Radeon RX 480 "Polaris" Launched at $199

[Sargatanas2511]

I think hes playing a LOT of people and looks like its worked...

Guess who won't be getting a 490 review sample. I don't understand his problem to be honest but hopefully in 9 minutes or so it'll be forgotten.

 

[harney]

there must be reviews incoming any time now so eager to see what the NEW driver brings to the table

 

[Laputacake]

I was about to spend £150 on an Asus 380 DirectCU II Strix OC 4096MB but if this 480 is priced at £175 which should I go for? My gpu died the other day and I need a replacement quickly. System is a PhenomIIx4 955 oc'd at 3.6 8gb ram only game at 1080p Cheers

I'd say the RX 480 but it will be reference but won't be long till proper reviews.

 

[Gerard]

Well Kyle has apparently just said he's hearing from AIB's that 1400-1600Mhz is very possible on custom cards though it's a bit of a silicon lottery in what it would do.

91C doesn't suggest running hot, or not, it depends entirely on the fan speed/noise being used. 1.5% clock lower was running at 83c and from every other leak it would suggest that level of heat at a low fan speed, none of which points to running hot, just quiet while on a tiny cooler.

A chip itself running hot means a giant heatsink and high fan speed are required to keep it stable let alone cool. A tiny heatsink and low fan speed and running at 83C doesn't suggest hot, it suggests it's running warm on a cheap heatsink, nothing else.

Well the only version today apparently is the reference board so that's what will be judged in terms of thermals and overclocking. If third party boards can do better i'm surprised amd never made a push for them to be out at the same time as the reference card.

 

[five8five]

You have to factor in drivers. Completely new architecture has the potential to gain performance as the drivers mature.

True, but no one can truthfully say by how much though.

Best to make the purchase decision on actual performance.

 

[Yutang13]

Cheers. No point in the upgrade then I guess. I can power the 780ti adequately. Was hoping this would be a nice cheap upgrade for the new titles.

I used to have one but I sold it in preparation for a 480. Mini-itx you see so heat is much more of an issue.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Reviews in 8 minutes will reveal if the hype trains wheels have fallen off.

 

[Seanspeed]

Well the only version today apparently is the reference board so that's what will be judged in terms of thermals and overclocking. If third party boards can do better i'm surprised amd never made a push for them to be out at the same time as the reference card.

Seriously.

 

[Scramz]

there must be reviews incoming any time now so eager to see what the NEW driver brings to the table

Would be nice to see how much a driver will improve the scores. Double maybe?

 

[stuartdn]

I have done next to no work in two days because of this thread

 

[death_looms]

What's a reliable (not biased) source for a review on this card?

 

[five8five]

TOT video seems a retail card with CD driver and 1% overclock is just like all the previous leaks having issues with overclocking. Nobody questioning why it only got 1% overclock then in the video its compared to a good overclocked 970.

Yet people still mock the possibility of proper PRESS DRIVERS adding performance?

Not expecting miracles but just as predicted this thread has had so much "jump in the box" reactions to 1 review that still is not confirmation of the full potential of the card, whatever it may be.

Also soon X-Fire results will be known, regardless if the card only maintains a general 970 performance it is still going to sell like crazy.

Don't just look at one card. Look at the other cards it was compared against.

 

[Yutang13]

GTA V gameplay footage on Vessel from TechSource with the 480!

 

[Mr Latte]

Guess who won't be getting a 490 review sample. I don't understand his problem to be honest but hopefully in 9 minutes or so it'll be forgotten.

So we have 1% very poor overclock from TOT report or THIS

 

[WeSbO]

Should have disclosed that in the video

Yep he should have, and "Neither AMD release drivers" couldn't be more vague imo. Isn't there 2 release drivers ?

 

[Gerard]

You have to factor in drivers. Completely new architecture has the potential to gain performance as the drivers mature.

Maybe so but that's always the war cry, performance will improve. Invariably it does but at the same time you'd think they would want to put their best foot forwards with drivers to give the card the best possible showing on its release. Release day reviews make or break the card, so they should have polished drivers for it then and not try to make a song and dance about increased performance 6 months down the line when nobody cares anymore.

 

[joelk2]

I used to have one but I sold it in preparation for a 480. Mini-itx you see so heat is much more of an issue.

I'd love to go itx to be honest but that would mean a whole heap of new stuff I'd need. A graphics card of relatively low expense could be ninjad in un noticed.

 

[ov_sjo]

I can see the OCUK website slowing down already

 

[RavenXXX2]

What's a reliable (not biased) source for a review on this card?

Hexus, bittech, anandtech, digital foundry.

 

[stuartdn]

sure he didn't mean 'neither, amd release drivers' as in he used the release day drivers?