Who bought/is buying a Radeon RX 480?

[tential]

Yea the only difference would be paying tax. Then again I wonder if they would ever try and say you broke the card from newegg if it were dead on arrival.

Don't care. I'll pay an extra dollar or two to use amazon.

 

[sze5003]

Don't care. I'll pay an extra dollar or two to use amazon.

I've never had issues with Amazon and their returns were always painless if I had any. I was just comparing cards from newegg on there and they didn't seem to have the gigabyte windforce 1070. I guess they don't have all models or I may need to search differently.

 

[Sonikku]

Bought 6 more RX480s yesterday. Compute bang for the buck is too good to pass up.

Dangg. You are all over those cards lol. Whats your total hashrate for all of those?

I just sold my XFX 8GB I got on clearance at Microcenter for $200, on ebay for $270 (pending payment atm). I was able to snag a powercolor red devil last night. Just got my shipping confirmation from newegg for that about an hour ago

heh. I can't nab a single one. Auto notify? You betcha!

Nothing.

 

[sze5003]

heh. I can't nab a single one. Auto notify? You betcha!

Nothing.

You should also set up text alerts on nowinstock.

 

[Sonikku]

I've tried. They don't support my carrier (Safelink/tracfone)

 

[Madpacket]

I'm at 12 480's now. They've been hellish to get my hands on. Need to start unloading 390 to buy more 480's

 

[Silverforce11]

I'm at 12 480's now. They've been hellish to get my hands on. Need to start unloading 390 to buy more 480's

You know why it's hard to get, cos the miners are grabbing them all. :/

All these RX 480s, never to see the Steam hardware survey...

 

[Madpacket]

You know why it's hard to get, cos the miners are grabbing them all. :/

All these RX 480s, never to see the Steam hardware survey...

That's OK. Anytime the Steam Survey pops up it only finds my integrated Intel GPU, and never the discrete card I'm gaming on. The detection software is garbage so I look at Steam Survey results as pretty much useless.

 

[GIS]

I'm at 12 480's now. They've been hellish to get my hands on. Need to start unloading 390 to buy more 480's

Is that why we have a shortage in rx 480 :'(

Comon now you have 12 of those 480s and I have 0...And I actually need 1 to play games.

No wonder Nvidia always has an upper-hand in the gaming market, not because of performance per dollar, nor the longevity of driver supports and optimization, but more like availability and keep miners away from their cards!

I'm getting salty - yeah, it's real...

 

[3DVagabond]

Is that why we have a shortage in rx 480 :'(

Comon now you have 12 of those 480s and I have 0...And I actually need 1 to play games.

No wonder Nvidia always has an upper-hand in the gaming market, not because of performance per dollar, nor the longevity of driver supports and optimization, but more like availability and keep miners away from their cards!

I'm getting salty - yeah, it's real...

I tweeted a number of people from AMD before the release (months before) Advising/warning them not to let the mining effect cause distribution and pricing issues with Polaris like it did Hawaii. I was assured they wouldn't make that mistake again. :\

 

[vissarix]

Amd is hoping that this mining craze would last as long as possible, otherwise who would buy this slow, inefficient hot gpu over an gtx1060?


Threadcrapping and trolling are not allowed
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[coercitiv]

Amd is hoping that this mining craze would last as long as possible, otherwise who would buy this slow, inefficient hot gpu over an gtx1060?

And remember kids, a troll is a source of great joy but also great responsibility: they need to be properly fed and taken care of, otherwise they wither and die!

 

[A_Skywalker]

Is that why we have a shortage in rx 480 :'(

Comon now you have 12 of those 480s and I have 0...And I actually need 1 to play games.

No wonder Nvidia always has an upper-hand in the gaming market, not because of performance per dollar, nor the longevity of driver supports and optimization, but more like availability and keep miners away from their cards!

I'm getting salty - yeah, it's real...

I am sure amd are happy if miner or gamer buys their cards, it doesnt matter to them.

 

[poofyhairguy]

I tweeted a number of people from AMD before the release (months before) Advising/warning them not to let the mining effect cause distribution and pricing issues with Polaris like it did Hawaii. I was assured they wouldn't make that mistake again. :\

What did you expect AMD to do? Outside of sabotaging mining performance with their driver, the new node (power savings) were going to make 480's catnip for a miner no matter what. It was inevitable.

It will be good for gamers in the long run when all these cards are dumped on the market when mining is less profitable in a few months. 480 prices will crash.

 

[Zstream]

Is that why we have a shortage in rx 480 :'(

Comon now you have 12 of those 480s and I have 0...And I actually need 1 to play games.

No wonder Nvidia always has an upper-hand in the gaming market, not because of performance per dollar, nor the longevity of driver supports and optimization, but more like availability and keep miners away from their cards!

I'm getting salty - yeah, it's real...

PayPal me and I'll get a 8gb version from microcenter.

 

[tential]

Is that why we have a shortage in rx 480 :'(

Comon now you have 12 of those 480s and I have 0...And I actually need 1 to play games.

No wonder Nvidia always has an upper-hand in the gaming market, not because of performance per dollar, nor the longevity of driver supports and optimization, but more like availability and keep miners away from their cards!

I'm getting salty - yeah, it's real...

The RX 480 launch was all promises that nothing was delivered on.

Power efficiency? Never happened.
Performance expectations? Lower than expected.
Price? Hiked up from the $200 level that was promised to the $260+ level. (Let's talk about how Nvidia price hikes but not AMD).

There are so many more things, the point is:

The RX 480 underdelivered on every front except price.

I don't even think the GTX 1060 is a better buy, but the RX 480 is overpriced, underperforming, and AIB availability is a joke that I don't get why people are excited about this card at all.

 

[Final8ty]

This is for new orders, those who already ordered should see there card sooner than this.

ETA's updated as I literally just ordered an additional 3000 units of Nitro cards, infact the Sapphire Nitro 4G and 8G OC are as of now OcUK's pretty much top selling cards out of all graphics cards. Sapphire are absolutely over the moon with this level of success as are AMD.

But the Nitro at £199 and £250 is a serious incredible card that really just hits every mark, great looks, cool and quiet, tonnes of features, overclockable, great warranty. Gotta be one of the best all round cards of all time, absolutely nailed it!

Sapphire manage to get us more than the promised 30pc early delivery, it is now around 100 units which all being well should ship today. This 100 is mixed between 4G and 8G however.

Next lot just shipped today, which was a further 60-100 units and hopefully more will ship this weekend.

AMD are also aware that we have nearly 10,000 units of RX 480 on backlog, of which Sapphire accounts for over 50%, as such AMD are also moving more GPU to fulfill OcUK PO's.

We are now no.1 in the world for RX 480 sales on an end-user based level. Right now we are actually turning away mining orders on RX 480 to ensure it is gamers getting first dibs.

As mining is kicking off again on RX 480, but we are refusing to take orders until there is enough stock to cope with gamers and mining demand, gamers come first.

It really is, RX 480 is selling insanely well now, Sapphire with Nitro have nailed it and were finding the Powercolor Devil card to also be selling like crazy.

In the end it is what the market needs is competition!

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=3

 

[raghu78]

The RX 480 launch was all promises that nothing was delivered on.

Power efficiency? Never happened.
Performance expectations? Lower than expected.
Price? Hiked up from the $200 level that was promised to the $260+ level. (Let's talk about how Nvidia price hikes but not AMD).

There are so many more things, the point is:

The RX 480 underdelivered on every front except price.

I don't even think the GTX 1060 is a better buy, but the RX 480 is overpriced, underperforming, and AIB availability is a joke that I don't get why people are excited about this card at all.

Very simple. perf/$ and perf in DX12 / Vulkan is attractive to many buyers. oh btw gibbo says the Sapphire Nitro 4G OC and 8G OC are their best selling cards out of all graphics cards. Wow that is a nice surprise. Gibbo is getting stock and in fact he has ordered more. I think this should put all the claims of poor AMD Rx 480 supply to rest.

 

[b-mac]

IMO the 4GB seems like a very good price/performance ratio but the 8 GB cards are not very good. You essentially get 390 performance out of the 8 GB 480 for 390 prices and save a bit in energy use. You could have bought aftermarket 390s for between $260 and $280 within the last year. I glad I was lucky and was able to buy a Sapphire Nitro Fury for $275 with that newegg deal last week. I think the 4GB cards are the really sweet spot right now.

 

[raghu78]

IMO the 4GB seems like a very good price/performance ratio but the 8 GB cards are not very good. You essentially get 390 performance out of the 8 GB 480 for 390 prices and save a bit in energy use. You could have bought aftermarket 390s for between $260 and $280 within the last year. I glad I was lucky and was able to buy a Sapphire Nitro Fury for $275 with that newegg deal last week. I think the 4GB cards are the really sweet spot right now.

I think for raw perf/$ the Rx 480 4G is hard to beat. But I still think the custom Rx 480 cards like 8G Nitro OC are a good deal. They have 8 Gbps VRAM and 8GB VRAM. 10% faster than 4G Nitro OC and ready for VRAM requirements of future titles. I would say even at USD 260 - USD 270 they are a good deal.

https://www.computerbase.de/2016-07/sapphire-radeon-rx-480-nitro-oc-test/3/

 

[Yakk]

I am sure amd are happy if miner or gamer buys their cards, it doesnt matter to them.

Of course it matters to AMD. The 480 was introduced to expand their PC presence. AMD is already everywhere in gaming and consoles, so the PC is their next logical step to expand their market.

AMD is selling every single 480 they can make, but if they do not expand their PC userbase because a few companies are buying all the 480 cards for mining then their expansion plans are not successful.

AMD have to continue to increase their 480 production DRASTICALLY to meet demand. As an example in Canada, Newegg can only keep the 480 in stock for about 20 minutes a day when they receive their new shipments, it's nuts the demand for the 480!

 

[AnandThenMan]

The RX 480 launch was all promises that nothing was delivered on.

Power efficiency? Never happened.
Performance expectations? Lower than expected.
Price? Hiked up from the $200 level that was promised to the $260+ level. (Let's talk about how Nvidia price hikes but not AMD).

There are so many more things, the point is:

The RX 480 underdelivered on every front except price.

I don't even think the GTX 1060 is a better buy, but the RX 480 is overpriced, underperforming, and AIB availability is a joke that I don't get why people are excited about this card at all.

And yet the RX 480 sells out within seconds of being in stock funny how that works right?

 

[railven]

It will be good for gamers in the long run when all these cards are dumped on the market when mining is less profitable in a few months. 480 prices will crash.

But that's also what put the 290/290X in the bargain bin. As used cards were cannibalizing new cards for almost half the price, in some cases more.

It is what it is. Side effect of having good mining capabilities - lots of stock goes to non-gamers leaving gamers who may grow bitter and just buy Nvidia. Like me. C'est la vie.

 

[poofyhairguy]

But that's also what put the 290/290X in the bargain bin.

I thought the mining problem for Hawaii was the fact that mining drove the costs for a new cards up to crazy levels where Nvidia was cheaper for gaming? Seems like that isn't a problem for the 480. I bought one for $199 and the AIB ones seem mostly within a reasonable distance from MSRP.

As used cards were cannibalizing new cards for almost half the price, in some cases more.

That will also hurt Nvidia sales and help AMD in the almighty Steam surveys. Plus quite frankly given how its advantage is in Directx 12 all those 480s would basically be switching to gaming right when they started to shine. Sounds like a good deal to us gamers.

It is what it is. Side effect of having good mining capabilities - lots of stock goes to non-gamers leaving gamers who may grow bitter and just buy Nvidia.

I don't see how they are buying Nvidia (specifically the 1060 competitor) when neither are on Newegg right now. Pascal is a mining dog unless you are handy with Linux and yet still the 1060 is sold out. It isn't all miners.

 

[tential]

And yet the RX 480 sells out within seconds of being in stock funny how that works right?

Because availability is a joke. I stated that already.

The gtx 1080 and 1070 also sell out. So what?

Does change any of the points I presented.