Who bought/is buying a Radeon RX 480?

[sze5003]

Do we have a confirmation about the NDA lift ?

Yea there is another thread on it under the video cards section. People posted links to it. Not on my PC now or I would link it.

 

[StrangerGuy]

I'm not.Coz the 8gb reference card is priced at $430 in my country instead of AMD's suggested $240.Even with 30% tax it shouldn't have been more than $310.This retailer price gouging is insane.Custom 1070 cards start at $575 so why would anyone get RX480 for $430?

Over here it gets also lopsided in favor of the 1070 despite the supply issues. Non-FE 1070 costs 70% more than the horrid ref 480 8GB but 60% faster, by the time custom 480s arrive they will cost 10% more than reference cards as usual.

I think the true value king for the masses would be a ironed-out better perf/W reference RX 470 with VRAM OC instead the 480.

 

[Bacon1]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/detail/index/sArticle/61887

Features:
- Sapphire Nitro Twin Fan Black Cooler
- Removable Fans (Makes cleaning easy)
- 2x HDMI, 2x DIsplayPort & 1x DVI (Perfect for VR Setups)
- Overclocked out the box
- 1x 8-Pin power connector for improved overclocking ability
- RGB Sapphire logo with LED Mode switch for different settings (Pick any colour or turn off)
- Sapphire Nitro backplate for improved cooling and aesthetics
- Black Diamond Chokes for improved power and eliminate potential of coil whine
- Nitro Pass through cooling to further improve cooling
- Dual BIOS


Specification:
- GPU: Polaris
- Stream Processors: 2304
- Compute Cores: 36
- Core Speed: TBAMHz
- Boost Speed: TBAMHz
- Memory Speed: 8000Mhz
- Memory interface: 256-Bit
- Memory capacity: 8192MB GDDR5
- PCI-Express X16 lane required
- 400W or greater PSU required
- 175W TDP
- Power Connectors: 1x 8-pin required
- Display Outputs: 2x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort & 1x DVI
- Warranty: 3yr

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/media/image/thumbnail/GX37BSP_143820_800x800.jpg

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/media/image/thumbnail/GX37BSP_143822_800x800.jpg

Sexy looking card

Definitely going for one of the AIB custom cards

 

[Fondue]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/detail/index/sArticle/61887

Features:
- Sapphire Nitro Twin Fan Black Cooler
- Removable Fans (Makes cleaning easy)
- 2x HDMI, 2x DIsplayPort & 1x DVI (Perfect for VR Setups)
- Overclocked out the box
- 1x 8-Pin power connector for improved overclocking ability
- RGB Sapphire logo with LED Mode switch for different settings (Pick any colour or turn off)
- Sapphire Nitro backplate for improved cooling and aesthetics
- Black Diamond Chokes for improved power and eliminate potential of coil whine
- Nitro Pass through cooling to further improve cooling
- Dual BIOS


Specification:
- GPU: Polaris
- Stream Processors: 2304
- Compute Cores: 36
- Core Speed: TBAMHz
- Boost Speed: TBAMHz
- Memory Speed: 8000Mhz
- Memory interface: 256-Bit
- Memory capacity: 8192MB GDDR5
- PCI-Express X16 lane required
- 400W or greater PSU required
- 175W TDP
- Power Connectors: 1x 8-pin required
- Display Outputs: 2x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort & 1x DVI
- Warranty: 3yr

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/media/image/thumbnail/GX37BSP_143820_800x800.jpg

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/media/image/thumbnail/GX37BSP_143822_800x800.jpg

Sexy looking card

Definitely going for one of the AIB custom cards

ETA July 22 :'(

 

[sze5003]

Yea the 22nd seems pretty far away. I wonder if the other models will be out before then.

 

[pcmax]

Personally my cases are all M-ATX and yes the standard RX 480 squirrel fan is not silent when it ramps up but for my needs all hot air is vented out the back (FWIW I don't hear it when idle). I currently have the side cover off for my GTX 770 to play DOOM.

 

[ZGR]

Personally my cases are all M-ATX and yes the standard RX 480 squirrel fan is not silent when it ramps up but for my needs all hot air is vented out the back (FWIW I don't hear it when idle). I currently have the side cover off for my GTX 770 to play DOOM.

Have you tried undervolting yours yet?

 

[Kenmitch]

Might pickup a AIB when they launch. The Nitro looks nice. Price?

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Have you tried undervolting yours yet?

How? Only program with voltage control seems to be amd crimson and you give up dynamic voltage control which means it runs at higher volts all the time.

 

[sze5003]

Might pickup a AIB when they launch. The Nitro looks nice. Price?

It's 249 pounds in the UK which translates to $350 here. But theirs also includes VAT. I'm gonna guess it's like $279-300 here.

 

[Kenmitch]

It's 249 pounds in the UK which translates to $350 here. But theirs also includes VAT. I'm gonna guess it's like $279-300 here.

I'd have to see some nice reviews 1st. Seems a little pricey.

 

[Eymar]

I'd have to see some nice reviews 1st. Seems a little pricey.

Funny, I'm hoping 1060 will bring price of AIB 480s down since releasing around same time. However, have a feeling the oc'd AIB 480s is AMDs counter to 1060 release rather than a price reduction.

 

[sze5003]

I'd have to see some nice reviews 1st. Seems a little pricey.

Me too. I also wonder how much the 1060 will cost. If the custom 480 will be above $300 then I'll probably order the $399 1070 gigabyte model instead.

Most people would say just get a 4gb 480 but if you want those extra settings on I think the 8gb kind of makes more sense.

 

[krumme]

Gf will be pumping out 480 is spades. When there is no buyers for it at 250 they will just continue producing it.
Price will then fell. And a lot.
The situation is very much different from earlier where capacity was bought at tsmc.
It will be interesting to watch.

 

[DisarmedDespot]

ETA July 22 :'(

Yeah, so far away.

Still, it could be worse. It gives some time for the rumored GTX 1060 reveal/NDA lift before the 480 AIB cards hit. More options are always good.

 

[Arachnotronic]

Gf will be pumping out 480 is spades. When there is no buyers for it at 250 they will just continue producing it.
Price will then fell. And a lot.
The situation is very much different from earlier where capacity was bought at tsmc.
It will be interesting to watch.

krumme, with all due respect, that's not how it works.

Semiconductor manufacturers such as Global Foundries, TSMC, Intel, Samsung, and so on usually put in capacity based on a reasonable estimate of the kind of demand that they expect to have in their factories.

This is why the idea that AMD has "limitless capacity" over at Global Foundries while its competition is limited to what it can get at TSMC doesn't make sense.

It also doesn't make sense to think that AMD can just flood the market with a virtually limitless supply of RX 480s and can just lower price without any consideration of the demand environment. Global Foundries is a business trying to make money, and AMD is a business trying to make money.

I don't think Global Foundries is just putting in tons of capacity, well beyond what it would expect its customers to utilize, and bet on just moving wafers through AMD if the demand that it expects (based on forecasts from its customers) don't materialize.

 

[krumme]

Yeah, so far away.

Still, it could be worse. It gives some time for the rumored GTX 1060 reveal/NDA lift before the 480 AIB cards hit. More options are always good.

1060 now is a showoff. Unless we get some hard numbers of stock from Gibbo and the like its just bluff. Extreme low quantity. It will not affect compettition and prices then. If it does great but dont bet on it. What can affect price is simply there is no demand for aib 480 at say 280 usd. My guess is thats a miniscule segment.

 

[DisarmedDespot]

1060 now is a showoff. Unless we get some hard numbers of stock from Gibbo and the like its just bluff. Extreme low quantity. It will not affect compettition and prices then. If it does great but dont bet on it. What can affect price is simply there is no demand for aib 480 at say 280 usd. My guess is thats a miniscule segment.

Point, GTX 1060 will probably follow the other 10XX series in being paper launched compared the the 480 (didn't Gibbo say they sold like 2000 480s in 24 hours?). I'm just saying it would be nice to have a better comparison for RX 480 besides old cards.

But I swear if Nvidia pulls the Founder's Edition nonsense with the 1060 too, I'll never buy another thing from them until they stop that crap.

 

[sze5003]

Point, GTX 1060 will probably follow the other 10XX series in being paper launched compared the the 480 (didn't Gibbo say they sold like 2000 480s in 24 hours?). I'm just saying it would be nice to have a better comparison for RX 480 besides old cards.

But I swear if Nvidia pulls the Founder's Edition nonsense with the 1060 too, I'll never buy another thing from them until they stop that crap.

One of the leak pictures of a 1060 I was looking at looked like a founders edition model similar to what the 1070 and 1080 were. I don't get these founders editions, besides having higher clocks, it's a way for them to make early adopters pay more when in reality people I think would prefer those were aib models.

 

[krumme]

krumme, with all due respect, that's not how it works.

Wise old rich man

How can you write this without mentioning the wsa?
Without saying what gf should do else and who their other customers are?
Without mentioning the political implication of mubadale owning gf?

 

[Arachnotronic]

Wise old rich man

I'm neither rich nor old

How can you write this without mentioning the wsa?
Without saying what gf should do else and who their other customers are?
Without mentioning the political implication of mubadale owning gf?

AMD is committed to buy a certain number of wafers, but that didn't help AMD in the past when it chose to pay a fine to GloFo rather than to buy wafers of products that it knew it would have a hard time moving.

The market (consumers, distribution channels, etc.) can't bear a limitless supply of RX 480, and there comes a price point at which it becomes more economical for AMD to actually take a charge related to the WSA than to sell products at certain prices.

Anyway, let's not veer this discussion too off topic please. If you would like to discuss this, I urge you to start another thread. Could be useful as long as people stay civil

 

[Silverforce11]

The biggest production right now at 14nm FF would be APU for PS4 Neo & Scorpio, not Polaris, for console volume, we're talking a different league here.

I wonder how they will turn out given Polaris so far. Though I suspect much of the woes of RX 480 is not fully the fault of GloFo as some of us thought, because lately with the undervolting AND overclocking results for the RX480, clearly, AMD is to blame for running the chip way over-volted.

If they had correctly tuned the voltages, like their new advanced power features advertised, this wouldn't even be a talking point. RX480 would have been a 125W card and suddenly looks much more attractive.

I mean you read some of the more indepth reviews and they cover these new power management features, and it's simply not working. Why is it a user can go into Wattman, lower the volts and have a better running card? That's a regular joe doing the job of advanced blocks on the chip that supposed takes many millions of transistors...

 

[krumme]

Point, GTX 1060 will probably follow the other 10XX series in being paper launched compared the the 480 (didn't Gibbo say they sold like 2000 480s in 24 hours?). I'm just saying it would be nice to have a better comparison for RX 480 besides old cards.

But I swear if Nvidia pulls the Founder's Edition nonsense with the 1060 too, I'll never buy another thing from them until they stop that crap.

1060 will surely be more efficient than 480. 30w tdp difference on a desktop gpu will then be more important than every thing else.
30w ! Omfg ! So good for low power psu so good in Texas in summer.

They will set a low msrp price, but there will just be few to no cards for the first month or two.
I dont think nv have any intention to sell that card at 200 usd even with 3gb and time will tell they dont have to.
Nv is market leader by far.

 

[DisarmedDespot]

1060 will surely be more efficient than 480. 30w tdp difference on a desktop gpu will then be more important than every thing else.
30w ! Omfg ! So good for low power psu so good in Texas in summer.

They will set a low msrp price, but there will just be few to no cards for the first month or two.
I dont think nv have any intention to sell that card at 200 usd even with 3gb and time will tell they dont have to.
Nv is market leader by far.

Honestly I'm expecting $300 6gig 1060s. At this point Nvidia is probably more concerned about margins than marketshare.

 

[sze5003]

Honestly I'm expecting $300 6gig 1060s. At this point Nvidia is probably more concerned about margins than marketshare.

I wonder how well they will do if they are $300 for the 6gb. Personally including tax I would spend the extra $100 and go for a 1070 at that point.