The Polaris RX 480 Owners Thread.

HRL · 26 Oct 2016 at 18:44

Totally agree.

Bought the 480 when I had a 1080P TV as I game from my sofa, following month my wife decided we should upgrade the TV to a 4K set. Bloody timing as much as I love my 480 it's not what I would have bought with 4K in mind.

Phixsator · 26 Oct 2016 at 18:51

HRL said:
Totally agree.

Bought the 480 when I had a 1080P TV as I game from my sofa, following month my wife decided we should upgrade the TV to a 4K set. Bloody timing as much as I love my 480 it's not what I would have bought with 4K in mind.

You are lucky.. Most wives would never have "decided" to upgrade anything IT or Home entertainment related but rather downgraded it to the trashcan

r7slayer · 26 Oct 2016 at 18:58

Phixsator said:
You are lucky.. Most wives would never have "decided" to upgrade anything IT or Home entertainment related but rather downgraded it to the trashcan

Yea i get that as well lol. I had a old 1080p 120hz monitor and i wanted to get a 1440p 144hz gsync monitor. All i got was what's wrong with that one. It works doesn't it? My response was.. Whats wrong with your old handbag? That worked didn't it? Do you really need 10 different kinds of handbags? Yea... Shaddap and let me buy my monitor.

HRL · 26 Oct 2016 at 19:08

Oh she's a keeper.

Just got back from a week away and now waiting for the kids to go to bed before I get my unopened PSVR out.

Fortunately she defers to me for everything techie.

Phixsator · 26 Oct 2016 at 19:12

r7slayer said:
Yea i get that as well lol. I had a old 1080p 120hz monitor and i wanted to get a 1440p 144hz gsync monitor. All i got was what's wrong with that one. It works doesn't it? My response was.. Whats wrong with your old handbag? That worked didn't it? Do you really need 10 different kinds of handbags? Yea... Shaddap and let me buy my monitor.

Its funny that they never seem to understand the handbag argument

GinG · 28 Oct 2016 at 23:39

I have been looking at upgrading my screen as it is now over 10 years old (!) and quite like the look of the superwides.

Question but how would going from a 1680 x 1050 to a possible 2560 x 1080 affect the performance of the 480 in games like BF1 ??

TheMorningStar · 29 Oct 2016 at 03:47

Do they make freesync TVs yet?

docsonic · 29 Oct 2016 at 08:12

GinG said:
I have been looking at upgrading my screen as it is now over 10 years old (!) and quite like the look of the superwides.

Question but how would going from a 1680 x 1050 to a possible 2560 x 1080 affect the performance of the 480 in games like BF1 ??

BF1 has great performance at 1440p for me with rx 480. You should have no probs with 2560 x 1080.

Nasher · 29 Oct 2016 at 10:55

I use a rx480 on 2560x1080 and it runs everything fine. I use an AOC 3583FQ. Great monitor if you don't want to pay the crazy prices for superwide 1440. Being VA the picture quality is notch as well, no bleed and blacks are solid

hornetstinger · 29 Oct 2016 at 12:32

Which 480 is recommended for coolest running? I'd like to buy new GPU & monitor, I could go for 1060 but that means Nvidia gsync IPS screen.. tbh from benchmarks think 1060 is better bet

argh this stupid dual format vsync mess.

MartynB85 · 29 Oct 2016 at 13:03

I'm looking to upgrade my old 7950, would this be a good choice? Game at 1080p, 144hz, mostly BF1. Will be paired with a 3770k.
Thanks

hornetstinger · 29 Oct 2016 at 13:38

Are the MSI models a good choice?

Dave2150 · 29 Oct 2016 at 13:41

hornetstinger said:
Which 480 is recommended for coolest running? I'd like to buy new GPU & monitor, I could go for 1060 but that means Nvidia gsync IPS screen.. tbh from benchmarks think 1060 is better bet

argh this stupid dual format vsync mess.

XFX GTR > 1060 IMO.

hornetstinger · 29 Oct 2016 at 13:43

£275 is a bit too much.

hornetstinger · 29 Oct 2016 at 13:47

FTI still using a ATI 6950 2GB and it still does pretty well in Witcher 3 @ 1920x1200. I'd say about 35-40 fps.

Dave2150 · 29 Oct 2016 at 14:07

hornetstinger said:
£275 is a bit too much.

Shop around.

The XFX is the absolute best RX480 you can buy in terms of temps, power draw etc, worth it imo. Picked one up for a family member, can't fault it.

GinG · 29 Oct 2016 at 17:42

Nasher said:
I use a rx480 on 2560x1080 and it runs everything fine. I use an AOC 3583FQ. Great monitor if you don't want to pay the crazy prices for superwide 1440. Being VA the picture quality is notch as well, no bleed and blacks are solid

Thanks for the recommendation. I have seen a 25" super wide lg which gets some great reviews for £150 which I am tempted to get to replace my 10 year old 22" lg.

Didn't want to have just upgraded my gfx for it to then fall behind again!!

kaiserc · 29 Oct 2016 at 19:38

GinG said:
Thanks for the recommendation. I have seen a 25" super wide lg which gets some great reviews for £150 which I am tempted to get to replace my 10 year old 22" lg.

Didn't want to have just upgraded my gfx for it to then fall behind again!!

Don't get 25 inch unless you have seen it, especially if gaming
Something like this has freesync and a great screen
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=2...=chrome..69i57j69i60&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

hornetstinger · 29 Oct 2016 at 19:51

GinG said:
Thanks for the recommendation. I have seen a 25" super wide lg which gets some great reviews for £150 which I am tempted to get to replace my 10 year old 22" lg.

Didn't want to have just upgraded my gfx for it to then fall behind again!!

Be sure you get a monitorthat has suitable PPI, ie you wouldn't want a 50" 320x200 screen (exaggeration)

For a 25" monitor I'd be looking at 100 PPI+

https://www.sven.de/dpi/

ie this is too low PPI. 32", and lower PPI I'm using now. That would be suitable as a TV or gaming monitor (as long as aware of the PPI) not a computer monitor.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/phil...s-widescreen-led-monitor-black-mo-02d-ph.html

qwerty567111 · 29 Oct 2016 at 21:44

Whats the rage with superwide screens, what am I missing here? And how far superwide can you go with a 480 (1080p superwide or 1440p?)