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AMD RX 4xx Discussion Thread

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    #362
    Justwinginit
    Registered Users Posts: 577 ✭✭✭Justwinginit


    Little CuChulainn wrote: »
    Well I've gone for the RX 480 on Amazon. Got stung for the extra VAT but free delivery cancelled it out. Four years since my last GPU update I think.

    what GPU have you currently got?


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    #363
    Little CuChulainn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,624 ✭✭✭Little CuChulainn


    Justwinginit wrote: »
    what GPU have you currently got?

    Radeon 6950. It's held up amazingly. Played Witcher 3, Fallout 4, XCOM 2, Arkham Knight (on release). Looking forward to trying them all on better settings.


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    #364
    Justwinginit
    Registered Users Posts: 577 ✭✭✭Justwinginit


    Little CuChulainn wrote: »
    Radeon 6950. It's held up amazingly. Played Witcher 3, Fallout 4, XCOM 2, Arkham Knight (on release). Looking forward to trying them all on better settings.
    Cool! Be interested to see how much of a fps increase you'll get. A lot I'd think:D


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    #365
    Glebee
    Registered Users Posts: 6,632 ✭✭✭Glebee


    Little CuChulainn wrote: »
    Radeon 6950. It's held up amazingly. Played Witcher 3, Fallout 4, XCOM 2, Arkham Knight (on release). Looking forward to trying them all on better settings.


    Snap, im in the same boat. 6950 still chugging away.


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    #366
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    The HD6950 is kinda above a GTX750Ti, so you have something in the region of about 250% performance increase.


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    #367
    jonerkinsella
    Registered Users Posts: 1,965 ✭✭✭jonerkinsella


    DAS UBER 480 ;)

    https://www.facebook.com/caseking/photos/pcb.10154264173047230/10154264169137230/?type=3&theater

    https://www.facebook.com/caseking


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    #368
    peter_dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭peter_dublin


    What do you all think of the Sapphire Nitro coming soon, nice card but having a hard just justifying the 30 pound premium over reference cards on Amazon, I've been swinging between a reference card and waiting for the Sapphire since it was announced. Currently running a R5 240 on a X99 mitx build after selling off my last build.


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    #369
    TerrorFirmer
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    peter_dublin wrote: »
    Currently running a R5 240 on a X99 mitx build after selling off my last build.

    giphy.gif


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    #370
    peter_dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭peter_dublin


    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    giphy.gif

    I should clarify it's a Xeon so no integrated Graphics and I needed something to power the 40" 4K Philips :-)


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    #371
    Eoinmc97
    Registered Users Posts: 403 ✭✭Eoinmc97


    peter_dublin wrote: »
    I should clarify it's a Xeon so no integrated Graphics and I needed something to power the 40" 4K Philips :-)


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    #372
    BloodBath
    Registered Users Posts: 10,299 ✭✭✭✭BloodBath


    peter_dublin wrote: »
    What do you all think of the Sapphire Nitro coming soon, nice card but having a hard just justifying the 30 pound premium over reference cards on Amazon, I've been swinging between a reference card and waiting for the Sapphire since it was announced. Currently running a R5 240 on a X99 mitx build after selling off my last build.

    Temps and clocks on the reference cards are poor. The AIB's will be at least 20-30c cooler at load, much quieter and should feature factory overclocks as high as 1400mhz which puts the 480 in line with a reference 980 and should have more overclocking headroom on top of that.

    One thing you learn with AMD over the years is to never buy a reference model. Their coolers are almost always terrible.


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    #373
    peter_dublin
    Registered Users Posts: 385 ✭✭peter_dublin


    Funny you say that. Same opinion in this tear down / water cooling of a 480. Wasn't sure if it was just them being picky given it's a £200 card against the price of the 1070/1080.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvhyrz5oDPo


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    #374
    BloodBath
    Registered Users Posts: 10,299 ✭✭✭✭BloodBath


    peter_dublin wrote: »
    Funny you say that. Same opinion in this tear down / water cooling of a 480. Wasn't sure if it was just them being picky given it's a £200 card against the price of the 1070/1080.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvhyrz5oDPo

    Yeah I saw that review, that's what I based my opinion on. That and past experience with AMD cards.


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    #375
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    BloodBath wrote: »
    Temps and clocks on the reference cards are poor. The AIB's will be at least 20-30c cooler at load

    I'm not entirely convinced there! :pac:

    This is a prime example of the tinkering being at least as much fun as the games you play on the thing!



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    #376
    Little CuChulainn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,624 ✭✭✭Little CuChulainn


    BloodBath wrote: »
    Temps and clocks on the reference cards are poor. The AIB's will be at least 20-30c cooler at load, much quieter and should feature factory overclocks as high as 1400mhz which puts the 480 in line with a reference 980 and should have more overclocking headroom on top of that.

    One thing you learn with AMD over the years is to never buy a reference model. Their coolers are almost always terrible.

    Is that what I bought? Bummer.


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    #377
    Slutmonkey57b
    Registered Users Posts: 5,560 ✭✭✭Slutmonkey57b


    Statement up from AMD on anandtech reads that the pci power draw issue is being solved in a software driver update, which comes back to my point earlier : they're still not on top of their software quality or power delivery problems.

    Hopefully board partners will have better designs and the 470/460 lines won't have a reference board at all...


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    #378
    EoinHef
    Registered Users Posts: 5,574 ✭✭✭EoinHef


    Little CuChulainn wrote: »
    Is that what I bought? Bummer.

    Yeah if you have ordered now,can you cancel the order?


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    #379
    Little CuChulainn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,624 ✭✭✭Little CuChulainn


    EoinHef wrote: »
    Yeah if you have ordered now,can you cancel the order?

    Already dispatched. Ah well, I'll get a new fan or something.


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    #380
    EoinHef
    Registered Users Posts: 5,574 ✭✭✭EoinHef


    Little CuChulainn wrote: »
    Already dispatched. Ah well, I'll get a new fan or something.

    You overclock potential will be limited but should be ok at stock.


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    #381
    Little CuChulainn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,624 ✭✭✭Little CuChulainn


    EoinHef wrote: »
    You overclock potential will be limited but should be ok at stock.

    I've never overclocked anything before so I'll probably be ok.


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    #382
    hangar18_
    Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭hangar18_


    When will the partner boards be out
    Looking to upgrade from a 750ti


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    #383
    Redfox25
    Registered Users Posts: 1,547 ✭✭✭Redfox25


    Little CuChulainn wrote: »
    I've never overclocked anything before so I'll probably be ok.
    If you don't intend on overclocking then you will be grand. Grats on the new card.

    If it's too hot or noisy you can return it within a short period of time for a refund and buy one of the partner ones.


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    #384
    challengemaster
    Registered Users Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    I assume people have seen that you can flash the BIOS on the 4gb card to unlock it to 8gb?


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    #385
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    challengemaster wrote: »
    I assume people have seen that you can flash the BIOS on the 4gb card to unlock it to 8gb?

    There's 8GB on the 4GB card?

    Lol - gotta love AMD, someone was gonna count to 8 lads!


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    #386
    B00MSTICK
    Registered Users Posts: 1,917 ✭✭✭B00MSTICK


    The review models had 8GB and could be flashed to 4GB to save on sending reviewers separate 8 and 4 gig cards.
    It has been uncovered that some retail "4GB" do have 8GB and can be flashed to utilise the full amount.

    You do need to disassemble the card (and void warranty) to check if you have 8GB available before you flash it though apparently.


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    #387
    Xenoronin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,307 ✭✭✭Xenoronin


    Sounds like they just sold the same card with a bios lock rather than remove the extra VRAM. I would assume that they may remove the extra VRAM in the future (probably) but it was cheaper in the short term to have one production line rather than two.

    Edit: Or some 8gb cards failed to meet a quality level with some of the VRAM chips and were sold as 4gb using the working ones


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    #388
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    B00MSTICK wrote: »
    The review models had 8GB and could be flashed to 4GB to save on sending reviewers separate 8 and 4 gig cards.
    It has been uncovered that some retail "4GB" do have 8GB and can be flashed to utilise the full amount.

    You do need to disassemble the card (and void warranty) to check if you have 8GB available before you flash it though apparently.

    Although the warranty with AMD is void, I'm suspect one's consumer rights with the retailer would remain in tact if months later an issue unrelated to the modification arose.


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    #389
    L
    Registered Users Posts: 655 ✭✭✭L


    B00MSTICK wrote: »
    The review models had 8GB and could be flashed to 4GB to save on sending reviewers separate 8 and 4 gig cards.
    It has been uncovered that some retail "4GB" do have 8GB and can be flashed to utilise the full amount.

    You do need to disassemble the card (and void warranty) to check if you have 8GB available before you flash it though apparently.

    Apparently you can check it via diagnostic - the memory will have a different code if it's an 8GB part.


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    #390
    B00MSTICK
    Registered Users Posts: 1,917 ✭✭✭B00MSTICK


    Did anyone go for a 4GB here?
    Think they were £175ish on OCUK at one point... not a sniff of them now though, serious value if they can be unlocked!

    In other non-RX480 news/gossip: http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-6-gb-3dmark-performance-leaked.html


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    #391
    Lu Tze
    Registered Users Posts: 3,495 ✭✭✭Lu Tze


    B00MSTICK wrote: »

    In other non-RX480 news/gossip: http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-6-gb-3dmark-performance-leaked.html

    Will have to wait to see what the price is! This could be great, or just merely good depending on the price!


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