Use the GPU scaling setting in Radeon Control Panel to upscale the output to 4K rather than rely on the TV to do it. GPU hardware upscaling is almost always preferable to letting your TV do it as it generally produces a better image and does not introduce input lag.
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The Polaris RX 480 Owners Thread.
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Use the GPU scaling setting in Radeon Control Panel to upscale the output to 4K rather than rely on the TV to do it. GPU hardware upscaling is almost always preferable to letting your TV do it as it generally produces a better image and does not introduce input lag.
As a long term user of amd gpus I feel your pain on availability
Well that was really unexpected. Had a bash at Witcher 3 and Doom last night running 4K at mostly medium settings and managed a much higher than expected average of between 45-50 FPS. WTF.
Obviously no HairWorks but even so. Colour me surprised.
Obviously no HairWorks but even so. Colour me surprised.
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I know, the price is off putting. Other sites are selling at 260-280
I currently have 2 7950's and would love to upgrade to an RX 480, but I need to go non-reference because my monitor requires a DVI-D connection. I really like the look of both the Powercolor Red Devil and MSI Gaming X cards. My question is whether there are any plans for a full water block for any of the non-reference RX 480's? Before you start telling me it's a waste of $$ to put a 480 under water, know that my system already has a loop. I'm thinking about the future where I'll get a second matching card and have both in the loop. (Yes, I like tinkering with Crossfire profiles too!) Any rumors about full blocks for AIB 480's? Thanks for any ideas.
Loads of cards are designed to detect Furmark and throttle to prevent damage, don't use it if you want to look after your card.
Soldato
Guys, might be a bit silly but with all the legacy/UEFI vbios issues I've seen mentioned, my board (Z68AP-D3 rev1.0) has legacy/hybrid-EFI BIOS. Will this work with the UEFI cards or will I need to switch to a full UEFI BIOS Mobo for the 4xx series to work?
Hmm interesting I hadn't heard anything about this until now, do you have any links? I have the same mobo
Just trying to work out which card to go for, is there much to choose between then all? Other than slight differences in temps I presume.
Soldato
Sorry don't have any good links to hand, it's been mentioned a few times with the 4 series cards not working on all systems for this reasons.
Some of the Nvidia cards have dual VBIOS supporting legacy v UEFI seemingly supporting both, whilst some of these 4 series have UEFI only it seems.
That said, not sure if our board's hybrid-EFI solution wuld be affected.
There is a beta BIOS for our board (rev 1.0) to update it to UEFI BUT it cripples some of the overclocking/voltage controls
Some of the Nvidia cards have dual VBIOS supporting legacy v UEFI seemingly supporting both, whilst some of these 4 series have UEFI only it seems.
That said, not sure if our board's hybrid-EFI solution wuld be affected.
There is a beta BIOS for our board (rev 1.0) to update it to UEFI BUT it cripples some of the overclocking/voltage controls
Sorry don't have any good links to hand, it's been mentioned a few times with the 4 series cards not working on all systems for this reasons.
Some of the Nvidia cards have dual VBIOS supporting legacy v UEFI seemingly supporting both, whilst some of these 4 series have UEFI only it seems.
That said, not sure if our board's hybrid-EFI solution wuld be affected.
There is a beta BIOS for our board (rev 1.0) to update it to UEFI BUT it cripples some of the overclocking/voltage controls
Thanks for the reply. I think I'll take a chance and order one anyway (hopefully by the end of the week). I'll be sure to let you know if I do get any issues.
Soldato
Guys how do I overclock my RX480 in MSI afterburner?
Its currently set to 1303 MHz clock, 2000Mhz memory clock and 0 power limit. Ive read that all these can be increased?
Its an MSI Gaming X RX480 8GB.
Thanks for any help Ive never done this before.
Its currently set to 1303 MHz clock, 2000Mhz memory clock and 0 power limit. Ive read that all these can be increased?
Its an MSI Gaming X RX480 8GB.
Thanks for any help Ive never done this before.
Soldato
OK, so it's been some time now since I just got fed up of waiting and got my 1070 when I saw a deal. I was originally looking at the RX 480, but it just wouldn't come in stock.
What I want to know is... how is it performing in games nowadays compared to the 1060? Have drivers improved things? Has overclocking got any better etc ? What's the deal guys? (And yes Owners, I am asking you!)
What I want to know is... how is it performing in games nowadays compared to the 1060? Have drivers improved things? Has overclocking got any better etc ? What's the deal guys? (And yes Owners, I am asking you!)
I am not an owner, but, I would say the overclocking will never improve, that's a hardware limitation not a software one.
And I highly doubt anything has changed on the driver front yet for performance either. AMD has only sorted out it's supply in the last few weeks, hardly think they have had time to do any major work on drivers.
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Overclocking has improved due to there now being voltage control allowing more volts than previously. I think it's pretty common with 1.25v to get 1400+ on the core. Those with water and 1.35v have had the cards to 1500+ core.
Heres a review with Max oc 1060 and Rx480. The 1060 was boosting around 2050 and above.
http://videocardz.com/review/his-radeon-rx-480-iceq-x2-roaring-turbo-8gb-review
Soldato
It does indeed seem that AMD have an advantage n DX12 and Vulkan enabled titles.
I image it wont be until we see the next series of cards from Nvidia that they will truly try and bridge this gap.
I came to this conclusion when looking at some RX480 benchmarks. It seems to excel in anything Vulkan/DX12 enabled. Punching above it's weight.
I don't really feel comfortable spending £400+ on a 1070. The 480 is at the right price point, but not sure it's much of an upgrade from a GTX 970.
I image it wont be until we see the next series of cards from Nvidia that they will truly try and bridge this gap.
I came to this conclusion when looking at some RX480 benchmarks. It seems to excel in anything Vulkan/DX12 enabled. Punching above it's weight.
I don't really feel comfortable spending £400+ on a 1070. The 480 is at the right price point, but not sure it's much of an upgrade from a GTX 970.
A somewhat interesting look at the PowerColor Red Devil's PCB. The verdict is that they've gone extremely cheap on the power circuitry component choices, with worse-than-reference VRMs that are barely sufficient (and indeed may not be sufficient for running FurMark).
He's also looked at other 480 PCBs. The Asus Strix is the runaway winner so far. Nice to see them actually bother with an AMD card for once, as their efforts with Hawaii/Grenada were pitiful. Shame about the price though.
Soldato
No Rx480 can run furmark it seems. Even if you rename the file the driver lowers the clocks.
Strange that stability testing is going this way. First people say prime95 is a "power virus" and shouldn't be used and now GPU testing tools are shunned too.
Strange that stability testing is going this way. First people say prime95 is a "power virus" and shouldn't be used and now GPU testing tools are shunned too.