Who bought/is buying a Radeon RX 480?

[guachi]

I'm sitting on a 4 year old 7770 friend.

It's a f!@#$ing need.

Six year old 5870.

I'm with you on the "need". Thankfully, my reference 480 is making its way across America to my door even as I type this!

 

[mooncancook]

Besides Amazon preorder? No where. The 480 is far more elusive than I ever could have imagined. Too bad too. I really wanted a nitro because AMD is my brand of choice, but was relegated to getting a 1060 for $250.

Same here, since 1060 is not really an inferior alternative. AMD could have sold a lot more if they could meet demand

 

[ozzy702]

ETA on AIB models? I'd like to try a couple out.

 

[SketchMaster]

Same here, since 1060 is not really an inferior alternative. AMD could have sold a lot more if they could meet demand

I'd be very interested to see just how many 480 units AMD has sold vs Nvidia's 1060. I don't have any stats to back this up, but I'm getting the feeling that the 480 is so hard to find because it's the preferred card over the 1060. Seeing as one member here has 26 cards just for his project means they are very good for the cost when it comes to certain applications.

The next earnings call from AMD will be interesting, hopefully the shortage isn't due to them screwing up supply.

 

[mooncancook]

I'd be very interested to see just how many 480 units AMD has sold vs Nvidia's 1060. I don't have any stats to back this up, but I'm getting the feeling that the 480 is so hard to find because it's the preferred card over the 1060. Seeing as one member here has 26 cards just for his project means they are very good for the cost when it comes to certain applications.

The next earnings call from AMD will be interesting, hopefully the shortage isn't due to them screwing up supply.

Well for sure the miners are buying all the 480 they can find and they are leaving the 1060 alone. Also I was expecting a few non reference cards around the 22nd but where are they?

 

[Cookie Monster]

Incase people have missed it, TPU has a review of a MSI gaming RX480 - https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/RX_480_Gaming_X/

Guess finally we are seeing those custom AIB boards trickling out to the market.

 

[Sonikku]

So I guess it isn't a power sipper.

 

[crisium]

MSI Gaming X never is, for any variant.

Looks like its much quieter than the Asus Strix. I guess that'd be the tradeoff between those 2 anyway... wattage vs noise.

 

[Stuka87]

So I guess it isn't a power sipper.

MSI cards always seem to use the most power.

 

[guachi]

The review I saw of the Red Devil from Powercolor indicated it was really quiet. I haven't seen any non-reference card with overly impressive speed. Good, but not great. So power looks and noise seem to be what you'd be looking for.

 

[zinfamous]

Incase people have missed it, TPU has a review of a MSI gaming RX480 - https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/RX_480_Gaming_X/

Guess finally we are seeing those custom AIB boards trickling out to the market.

what is with all the sharp edges and nooks and such on designs like this? Seems like a great way to design an extremely-efficient dust trapper and bunny collector, especially around those fans...was that their goal--to clog this card up with dust? :hmm:

 

[A_Skywalker]

I get this error and my Windows shut downs sometimes, rarely, since I bought 480, I tried reinstalling Windows but its the same.

The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x0000007e (0xffffffffc0000005, 0xfffff8002793a90d, 0xffffd000e5b4e498, 0xffffd000e5b4dcb0). A dump was saved in: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP. Report Id: dca44ac7-2eed-48c3-b917-6ef6f723adab.

 

[Anubis75]

I guess I got lucky I pulled the trigger on my new box when I did... got the reference card the day it came out and while I don't like the temps the performance is fantastic. Actually upgrading the cooling fans to try to reduce the temps some, possible plan is get a 490 when they come out... for that I will wait for AIB cooling solution.

 

[codyray10]

Here is a few benches I ran last night using just the Red Devil 480, stock settings +5% power limit (max power limit allowed). It struggles to maintain 1330mhz boost during these benchmarks. However, it does for the most part maintain at least 1300mhz.

Firestrike
https://app.box.com/s/s1udrhqlko53epbur4yo529m5602cnlj

TimeSpy
https://app.box.com/s/ckp8ph1gd9fur6ho8i2zz571wv3vf3yv

Unigine Heaven 1440p 2x MSAA
https://app.box.com/s/swlu3eem54zwi9g99efeefqliil8dmgt

Unigine Valley 1440p 2x MSAA
https://app.box.com/s/58m5lbryyxzw0ywv3at91ggn0vfefehj

 

[Stuka87]

Here is a few benches I ran last night using just the Red Devil 480, stock settings +5% power limit (max power limit allowed). It struggles to maintain 1330mhz boost during these benchmarks. However, it does for the most part maintain at least 1300mhz.

Firestrike
https://app.box.com/s/s1udrhqlko53epbur4yo529m5602cnlj

TimeSpy
https://app.box.com/s/ckp8ph1gd9fur6ho8i2zz571wv3vf3yv

Unigine Heaven 1440p 2x MSAA
https://app.box.com/s/swlu3eem54zwi9g99efeefqliil8dmgt

Unigine Valley 1440p 2x MSAA
https://app.box.com/s/58m5lbryyxzw0ywv3at91ggn0vfefehj

Have you tried seeing if you can under volt at all? It should then have no issue holding those clocks.

 

[codyray10]

Have you tried seeing if you can under volt at all? It should then have no issue holding those clocks.

I've only briefly messed with undervolting. It hasn't seemed to help much just yet. I need to put some more time in to that to see if it can get me locked at 1330mhz. I've done some googling around trying to find other Devil owners in hopes I'd get some good OC/undervolt info but that has not been the case.

 

[YBS1]

Here is a few benches I ran last night using just the Red Devil 480, stock settings +5% power limit (max power limit allowed). It struggles to maintain 1330mhz boost during these benchmarks. However, it does for the most part maintain at least 1300mhz.

Firestrike
https://app.box.com/s/s1udrhqlko53epbur4yo529m5602cnlj

TimeSpy
https://app.box.com/s/ckp8ph1gd9fur6ho8i2zz571wv3vf3yv

Unigine Heaven 1440p 2x MSAA
https://app.box.com/s/swlu3eem54zwi9g99efeefqliil8dmgt

Unigine Valley 1440p 2x MSAA
https://app.box.com/s/58m5lbryyxzw0ywv3at91ggn0vfefehj

That luck of the draw sucks after paying the extra money for a premium version. My reference doesn't hit the raised power limit ever while running 1335/2250, which was my biggest concern settling for a reference board. I was afraid I'd be badly limited by temps, the power limit, or the lone 6 pin. Right now I'm limited by either the gpu itself or the temps (1350 is unstable), once I get a block on it I'll get to see where it stands.

 

[SketchMaster]

Arrrg! The day is never longer than when you have two boxes sitting on your doorstep waiting for you.

EDIT: Finally got home and installed the two RX 480s. Man, they run HOT! My computer is pumping out some serious heat under load. Still pretty happy with the results going to these from my 7850, Ultra settings on BF4 at 2560X1080 and still above 60FPS.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/13871651

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/11469348

 

[xLegenday]

The review I saw of the Red Devil from Powercolor indicated it was really quiet. I haven't seen any non-reference card with overly impressive speed. Good, but not great. So power looks and noise seem to be what you'd be looking for.

Computerbase said the same, the card runs pretty quiet even in their OC mode.
Also on the silent they actually run more power efficient than AMD reference somehow.

 

[codyray10]

That luck of the draw sucks after paying the extra money for a premium version. My reference doesn't hit the raised power limit ever while running 1335/2250, which was my biggest concern settling for a reference board. I was afraid I'd be badly limited by temps, the power limit, or the lone 6 pin. Right now I'm limited by either the gpu itself or the temps (1350 is unstable), once I get a block on it I'll get to see where it stands.

Other Devil RX 480 owners have reported their cards are locked to a 5% power limit. But at least one reviewer (http://proclockers.com/reviews/video-cards/powercolor-red-devil-rx-480-video-card-review/page/0/19) is able to get up to the 50% power limit and overvolting the gpu a bit. I contacted the red devil club support about it. They replied in under an hour which was nice, and said "it is a known issue and being looked in to." So we'll see. I'm hopeful it will be fixed soon.

 

[guskline]

That luck of the draw sucks after paying the extra money for a premium version. My reference doesn't hit the raised power limit ever while running 1335/2250, which was my biggest concern settling for a reference board. I was afraid I'd be badly limited by temps, the power limit, or the lone 6 pin. Right now I'm limited by either the gpu itself or the temps (1350 is unstable), once I get a block on it I'll get to see where it stands.

Keep me informed YBS1. At some point when the production of these catches up with demand, I might snag a RX 480 and put it under water. Maybe Zen will come out by then.

 

[YBS1]

Keep me informed YBS1. At some point when the production of these catches up with demand, I might snag a RX 480 and put it under water. Maybe Zen will come out by then.

I really like the card so far, it is what it is....A good performing $240 dollar card, it's not a monster. I wanted something solid for use with a 1080p television, it fits the bill nicely, my only complaint so far is with the cooler which I kind of expected. Now I simply have to wait for some "out of stock" parts to arrive. I shouldn't have waited to order some of them until I knew which card I was going to get, I should have ordered all but the card block. So now I play the waiting game.

 

[guachi]

Got my reference 480 installed yesterday.

The only modern game I own is TW: Warhammer, which I got free with my 8350 I recently purchased (so net price of the 8350 was $90 if you were to get the game for $60)

I bought a 3840x2160 Freesync monitor as well and hacked the refresh rate down to 32hz.

Ran the benchmark and on medium (it still looks great) and got 34-40 fps, just above my Freesync floor.

1920x1080 ultra gave my 57 fps.

Warhammer isn't a game that needs high fps in single player, so the 480 can actually play the game at 4k.

 

[GIS]

AMD really dropped the ball on this one, still waiting for my rx 480 nitro pre-ordered on Amazon on July 25th...If my games aren't that demanding to begin with, I would have jumped ship by now if not earlier. Maybe I should look into the 1070 when it drop below $400.

It would be crazy for me to not want AMD gain market share and succeed. As someone who has and still using his HD 6950, I really wanted an affordable upgrade, no reference 480 please, as I've already waited this long.

If 1070 ever sells at MSRP @ $379 a piece, I would grab it.

 

[Stuka87]

AMD really dropped the ball on this one, still waiting for my rx 480 nitro pre-ordered on Amazon on July 25th...If my games aren't that demanding to begin with, I would have jumped ship by now if not earlier. Maybe I should look into the 1070 when it drop below $400.

It would be crazy for me to not want AMD gain market share and succeed. As someone who has and still using his HD 6950, I really wanted an affordable upgrade, no reference 480 please, as I've already waited this long.

If 1070 ever sells at MSRP @ $379 a piece, I would grab it.

How did AMD drop the ball on a product that Sapphire makes?