The Polaris RX 480 Owners Thread.

[TNA]

Christ, mate. Is this some kind of cry for help?

Lol!

Dude, you nearly made me choke!

But not a nice thing to say though

 

[Radox-0]

One day, I need to see a pic of all your GPU's in one shot, would be glorious

Looking forward to seeing this thread fill up

 

[melmac]

Sure with the name scheme but it is a jump from 28nm to 14nm so it should be outperforming the 970 and 390 but hopefully as the drivers mature it'll pull ahead and in the future gain on the 1070.

Well it's doing what it's supposed to be doing, coming in at the same price point and giving next tier performance. In Dx12 games it pulls way ahead of the 970. Drivers should make a difference, with AMD you usually do get a good increase further down the line.

The only problem is the Brexit messing up prices in the UK market.

Wonder what the AIB's will do with them.

 

[stulid]

 

[TNA]

Very nice packaging. Even at the current price, had it come in at 390X performance out of the box, I would have purchased one and sold my 290.

 

[Gregster]

Same card ordered as Stulid and looking forward to testing it on Friday. Bit jealous of you guys with yours already

 

[Kaapstad]

Welcome and on TROH.

The Roll of Honour.

Date 29/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, stulid, Link
Date 29/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, Kaapstad, Link
Date 29/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, whyscotty, Link
Date 29/06/2016, Make Sapphire Reference 8gb, AMDMatt, Link


To get on the Roll of Honour all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your RX 480.​

 

[whyscotty]

New drivers

 

[Rannoch]

Quick question for you owners. Was looking to get the 4Gb version for my spare PC that runs my projector through a Yamaha Amp 5.1 system..

Projector outputs at 1080p 60HZ, wouldn't mind some light gaming, problem is the CPU is a lowly i3 2120, is the CPU a major bottleneck?

 

[whyscotty]

Nice little boost with the new drivers

Spoiler

16.5.2



16.6.2

 

[old gamer]

Nice little boost with the new drivers

Spoiler

16.5.2



16.6.2

Intrested to see if they make a difference gaming, most reviews have the 480 up and down against the 970 and did make me wonder about the drivers

 

[stulid]

Wonder how long it will take this thread to outnumber the FuryX/Pro/nano threads

 

[montymint]

mine coming tomorrow.

I use the acer x34 (freesync) so can test some games in UW 1440p if anyone wants

 

[whyscotty]

Wonder how long it will take this thread to outnumber the FuryX/Pro/nano threads

Next weekend

 

[Troezar]

Who is going to be the first to test it overclocked and under water?

Be very interested to see that.

 

[ninjah]

Hi all

Is it worth upgrading from r290x to rx480 xfire see sig.

 

[Gibbo]

mine coming tomorrow.

I use the acer x34 (freesync) so can test some games in UW 1440p if anyone wants

Yes that will be a real good test because if a £200 card can power 3440x1440 reasonably well would be very impressive.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Hi all

Is it worth upgrading from r290x to rx480 xfire see sig.

No, get a 1070 if you want an upgrade, crossfire is not up to much.

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/RX_480_CrossFire/

 

[ninjah]

No, get a 1070 if you want an upgrade, crossfire is not up to much.

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/RX_480_CrossFire/

If the Rx480 was in the same performance bracket as the 1070 than yes.
But not with a freesync monitor.

 

[h4rm0ny]

Never let it be said that Kaapstad does things by halves! :O : D