Official OcUK RX480 4GB and 8GB review thread

[D1craig]

8GB reviews

http://techreport.com/review/30328/amd-radeon-rx-480-graphics-card-reviewed
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-amd-radeon-rx-480-review
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/RX_480/1.html
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2016/06/29/amd_radeon_rx_480_video_card_review/1
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/RX_480/1.html
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Radeon-RX-480-Review-Polaris-Promise
http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/amd-radeon-rx-480-8gb-review/
http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2016/06/amd-rx-480-polaris-review/
https://www.computerbase.de/2016-06/radeon-rx-480-test/
http://www.hardware.fr/articles/951-1/amd-radeon-rx-480-8-go-14nm-polaris-test.html
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2016/06/29/amd-radeon-rx-480-8gb-review/1
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...2889-radeon-rx480-8gb-performance-review.html
http://www.techspot.com/review/1198-amd-radeon-rx-480/
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/AMD-Radeon-Grafikkarte-255597/Specials/RX-480-Test-1199839/
http://hothardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-rx-480-polaris-gpu-review-hitting-the-sweet-spot
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/amd-radeon-rx-480-polaris-10,review-33587.html
http://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreview...view-and-benchmark-vs-gtx-970-1070#!/ccomment
http://www.legitreviews.com/amd-radeon-rx-480-video-card-review-polaris-arrives_183428
http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/gpu_displays/amd_radeon_rx480_polaris_8gb_review/1

4GB reviews

Both 8GB and 4GB reviews

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/93932-amd-radeon-rx-480-14nm-polaris/
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10446/the-amd-radeon-rx-480-preview

XFire

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/RX_480_CrossFire/

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C24vLB6oYyU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRDgiWBfs5I

Linux

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amdgpu-rx480-linux&num=1

Please add new reviews to the thread please!!

you got to add AdoredTV's review he is the best and least biased by far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IcRF201cEc

 

[flopper]

Look at the bigger picture and what that means for the 1060. The 1070 already matches the 480 on power draw and is a lot quicker.

couldnt care less, its 250euro difference also
the 470 will have a low power and be even cheaper than the 480.
now you have two great choices to buy a midrange card with performance that used to cost 500$

more than 1000 customers agrees, thats a good deal

 

[Mr Latte]

James you got the wrong guy, not interested in discussing the 1060 in this thread or re-running arguments of peoples past expectations for the RX480.
The power draw is not really that bad and certainly AMD have made great improvements over what their own cards used to be using.

The 1070 is the successor of the 970, you want your upgrade its already available, just have to pay that bit more now to get it.
Like Humbug in the other thread this isnt the card for you for an upgrade and really I doubt the 1060 will be either.

Had the RX480 been an RX490 that might of changed things.

 

[RavenXXX2]

you got to add AdoredTV's review he is the best and least biased by far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IcRF201cEc

TBH he is AMD biased, he's already claiming the 1060 will be slower than the 480 years down the line.

He says the 480 has better power efficiency over the maxwell 980ti and that's really good.

 

[james.miller]

couldnt care less, its 250euro difference also
the 470 will have a low power and be even cheaper than the 480.
now you have two great choices to buy a midrange card with performance that used to cost 500$

more than 1000 customers agrees, thats a good deal

Well, you wouldnt. You're the least likely person on this forum to be even remotely interested in what nvidia are up to. You might will be if nvidia release an equivalent performing card with 2/3rds the power draw, though. And everything suggests they can.

James you got the wrong guy, not interested in discussing the 1060 in this thread or re-running arguments of peoples past expectations for the RX480.

That's fine, you can play that game. These points are all real. The power draw, the poor clocking, the fact that decreasing the voltage improves the clocks on the cards tested, it all points towards the card being pushed further than it was ever intended. It's less than AMD had hoped and less then we hoped. You can Ignore the out-of-spec power draw and uncompetitive performance per watt because you're not interested, that's fine. You can ignore what could be possible with nVidias competing card because you're not interested in it, as well, and just praise the 480. That's up to you of course, but it doesn't change reality. As said, great card for the money, but its obvious AMD have had to cut corners to get there and for the rest of us enthusiasts it doesnt do much that we couldnt already do and it has us questioning where AMD will go from here. I cant ignore that, no matter how good the 4gb card is at that price point.

This has been an odd couple of weeks from both camps to be honest. Hype, disappointment, hype, disappointment, hype, disappointment. About the only thing we could rely on was floppers unwavering stratospheric enthusiasm for Polaris.

 

[FoxEye]

To all those who said you can't compare the 480 price to EOL cards like the 970/980... or rather more specifically their new EOL pricing.

Isn't the 4gb 480 *already* EOL?

So by your own rules we can only use the 8GB price of £220 to compare to cards such as the 390 (which hasn't had massive price drops, but rather has been available at £235+ for many, many months).

Fair or no?

 

[Orangey]

Gotta love that going EOL 3 hours after launch.

 

[Jono8]

Pauls Hardware, wot does he say?

Certainly not bad but not more than a 1070 from this test.


Here the AIB might improve things...

You do realise that is a pre overclocked 1070 with dual power connectors that they are comparing it too right?

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Interesting - the RX480 running at an average speed of 1169MHZ.
BTW,it appears the 4GB model might be slightly longer lived!

 

[D1craig]

TBH he is AMD biased, he's already claiming the 1060 will be slower than the 480 years down the line.

He says the 480 has better power efficiency over the maxwell 980ti and that's really good.

i dont agree. he is basing his opinions on history which tbf is the right thing to do.

 

[RavenXXX2]

i dont agree. he is basing his opinions on history which tbf is the right thing to do.

Nah he's biased.

 

[FoxEye]

Nah he's biased.

Everyone who's genuinely neutral, and not paid by nVidia, would agree that the RX 480 is the best GFX card ever made. It shines brightly to free us from our green chains of oppression.

The true test of neutrality, which you must pass to have the right to an opinion on this forum, is whether you will swear life-long allegiance to AMD. If you don't, you're nVidia biased and we will find you.

OcUK forums, June 2016.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Pascal is "amazing" only in its ability to fleece Nvidia fanboys for a tiny upgrade over the card they already had. In case you didn't notice, I do have a 1080 and 980 Ti and in most cases it's a mediocre 20%-ish upgrade and more like 10% after OC'ing. On the other hand, AMD gives a 50% upgrade over their current 380X for the same money.

That's one of his youtube comment he posted. He's red till dead.

 

[D1craig]

just reading that it sounds like he is a bit biased.

on the other hand everything he says about nvidia is true though...

im only on my 3rd gpu and the last 2 have been nvidia but i am beginning to dislike them. the cards are good 770 and 970. plagued with problems on the 970. coil whine the 3.5gb vram (which i admit hasnt affected me) but the lack of any sense of sorry from them doesnt fill you with faith.

 

[D1craig]

even if he is red til he dies its good to see it. just look at the number of threads today about how goddamn awful the rx480 is. false statements that will stick with the company for many years to come.

 

[D.P.]

even if he is red til he dies its good to see it. just look at the number of threads today about how goddamn awful the rx480 is. false statements that will stick with the company for many years to come.

Most of the statements are true though. I've seen far more lies about Nvidia products in the last days than about the RX480. Nonsense like the 1080 is only 10% faster than the 980Ti.

 

[TheRealDeal]

That's one of his youtube comment he posted. He's red till dead.

Well what he says there is true. He might even have it wrong as the 380x was $229 and the 480x 4gb is $200. The 8gb is $229. So yea AMD gave a big performance jump to that section. We are just not getting it here in the UK due to the daft £ to $ rate. The Gtx1080 founders edition was actually $700 at release compared to the 980 ti's $649. So there is really nothing wrong with what he is saying. Any how i doubt he's biased with him forking out most likely well over £1k on Nvidia cards and about £400 on AMD cards.

 

[Gerard]

Nah he's biased.

Its not as if he made a blatantly misleading video comparing tessellation between cards....

 

[melmac]

That's fine, you can play that game. These points are all real. The power draw, the poor clocking, the fact that decreasing the voltage improves the clocks on the cards tested, it all points towards the card being pushed further than it was ever intended. It's less than AMD had hoped and less then we hoped. You can Ignore the out-of-spec power draw and uncompetitive performance per watt because you're not interested, that's fine. You can ignore what could be possible with nVidias competing card because you're not interested in it, as well, and just praise the 480. That's up to you of course, but it doesn't change reality. As said, great card for the money, but its obvious AMD have had to cut corners to get there and for the rest of us enthusiasts it doesnt do much that we couldnt already do and it has us questioning where AMD will go from here. I cant ignore that, no matter how good the 4gb card is at that price point.

This has been an odd couple of weeks from both camps to be honest. Hype, disappointment, hype, disappointment, hype, disappointment. About the only thing we could rely on was floppers unwavering stratospheric enthusiasm for Polaris.

Why would anyone on a 970, 390, 980, 390x, be even considering changing to a 380x replacement card? Why were people's expectations so high?

This card is a replacement for the 380x, going in the same tier as the 960. AMD stated that months ago. The hype was built up on forums, like the frenzy here that it was going to somehow match the 980ti. It was getting so crazy that Gibbo has to step in and tell people not to over react?

And you have to look at where AMD were coming from. They are basically bringing 390 type performance for 140w less power. Is it the 2.8x they had hoped? Nope, but then marketing blurb from neither side has told the whole story.

Has it problems? sure it has. Are those problems been blown out of proportion? Yes they are, like the pcie power problem for example.

Nearly every review site has given the 480 a good review, that's despite the issues that they mention. The reason people are so disappointed is that they are looking at this card based on what they wanted, a 970, 390 killer, instead of what it actually is, a 380x replacement.

 

[Yamahahahahaha]

Why would anyone on a 970, 390, 980, 390x, be even considering changing to a 380x replacement card? Why were people's expectations so high?

This card is a replacement for the 380x, going in the same tier as the 960. AMD stated that months ago. The hype was built up on forums, like the frenzy here that it was going to somehow match the 980ti. It was getting so crazy that Gibbo has to step in and tell people not to over react?

The RX480 is trading with the 970 GTX and the GFLOP figures indicated it would trade with the 980 GTX. Reality has fallen short of that for stock cards. I've not seen any third party stuff so I can't comment on that.

And you have to look at where AMD were coming from. They are basically bringing 390 type performance for 140w less power. Is it the 2.8x they had hoped? Nope, but then marketing blurb from neither side has told the whole story.

The 2.8x figure quoted is from the RX470.

Nearly every review site has given the 480 a good review, that's despite the issues that they mention. The reason people are so disappointed is that they are looking at this card based on what they wanted, a 970, 390 killer, instead of what it actually is, a 380x replacement.

They got a mainstream card which serves up 1080p experiences very capably for a good price. People in the market for a £200 graphics card are probably not going to be gaming above those resolutions.

We all wanted to see AMD bring out the big guns but that was never their intention. I still think there's plenty of juice in these cards going by the notional GFLOP figures; expect driver updates to improve things.