AMD once again violating power specifications? (AMD RX-480)

[stconquest]

Gamers Nexus should have aftermarket (frankenstein V1) cooling on their 480 soon.  They will push the clocks hopefully... maybe even blow up their test bench.

[stconquest]

1 minute ago, laminutederire said:

Except for sff cases maybe

Nooope, too shitty for those too... jk... it is bad though.

[laminutederire]

1 minute ago, stconquest said:

Nooope, too shitty for those too... jk... it is bad though.

Yeah I know,  but like nvidia reference one can't compete with aftermarket ones

It's just that sometimes blower cooler handle pretty well sff cases

[Prysin]

10 minutes ago, stconquest said:

I want some $5 heat fucking pipes.... something other than some tiny aluminium block sitting on a copper slug.

meh, they wont do much. A single one is all you should add if anything.

[SHAD0WxF1R3]

My question is, would this be ok for my system, (If they ever fix it) for me to swap out my 360x for this new card, I don't wanna have to buy a whole new system.

[Dackzy]

2 minutes ago, SHAD0WxF1R3 said:

My question is, would this be ok for my system, (If they ever fix it) for me to swap out my 360x for this new card, I don't wanna have to buy a whole new system.

your CPU will bottleneck it.

[Prysin]

5 minutes ago, stconquest said:

Nooope, too shitty for those too... jk... it is bad though.

oh oh, so you are saying copper slug in ALU aint good no matter where you use it.

 

wow, thx, ive been saying that about the Intel stock cooler for nearly 2 years. fucking piece of atrocious shit. Terrible for what it is, Terrible in every way. But nooo. Its perfect because Intel put a fan with a Intel sticker on it.

[stconquest]

7 minutes ago, laminutederire said:

Yeah I know,  but like nvidia reference one can't compete with aftermarket ones

It's just that sometimes blower cooler handle pretty well sff cases

Nvidia's Pascal... I don't recommend those reference either, but they don't ask for as much power over rated spec as the 480.

 

6-pin, shitty cooler and a card that likes wattage (166W is what I have seen in a few benches), bad decisions were made.  I still wait for more real tests regarding the 480's limitations.  I like the card's potential. 

[SHAD0WxF1R3]

1 minute ago, Dackzy said:

your CPU will bottleneck it.

I know that, I was kinda hoping to maybe get a decent skylake system but I am just trying to see what is available now.

[Dackzy]

2 minutes ago, Prysin said:

oh oh, so you are saying copper slug in ALU aint good no matter where you use it.

 

wow, thx, ive been saying that about the Intel stock cooler for nearly 2 years. fucking piece of atrocious shit. Terrible for what it is, Terrible in every way. But nooo. Its perfect because Intel put a fan with a Intel sticker on it.

that intel sticker improves cooling with 99%

[Dackzy]

2 minutes ago, SHAD0WxF1R3 said:

I know that, I was kinda hoping to maybe get a decent skylake system but I am just trying to see what is available now.

you would need a i5 system not to bottleneck it. The 470 should also be out soon and the 1060 is also pushed forward

[laminutederire]

2 minutes ago, stconquest said:

Nvidia's Pascal... I don't recommend those reference either, but they don't ask for as much power over rated spec as the 480.

 

6-pin, shitty cooler and power hungry card (166W is what I have seen in a few benches), bad decisions were made.  I still wait for more real tests regarding the 480's limitations.  I like the card's potential. 

I think the card will be a killer in its aftermarket versions. Like I suspect a version which could be closer to a 390X with a good cooler, better power supply through an 8pin connector and a somewhat decent overclock. Because let's face it, the overclocking possibilities seen right now are a bit underestimated probably because the card can't draw much more power.

Does anyone know when they will an ounce when they will launch aftermarket ones?

[stconquest]

4 minutes ago, SHAD0WxF1R3 said:

I know that, I was kinda hoping to maybe get a decent skylake system but I am just trying to see what is available now.

Get the best GPU within your budget.  Deal with bottlenecks as they come.

[stconquest]

3 minutes ago, laminutederire said:

I think the card will be a killer in its aftermarket versions. Like I suspect a version which could be closer to a 390X with a good cooler, better power supply through an 8pin connector and a somewhat decent overclock. Because let's face it, the overclocking possibilities seen right now are a bit underestimated probably because the card can't draw much more power.

Does anyone know when they will an ounce when they will launch aftermarket ones?

ASUS announced the STRIX already... RGB and all.

 

 

[laminutederire]

2 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

you would need a i5 system not to bottleneck it. The 470 should also be out soon and the 1060 is also pushed forward

A i5 6600or 6600k with the sapphire rx 480 nitro should make a fairly balanced system.

[Dackzy]

1 minute ago, stconquest said:

ASUS announced the STRIX already... RGB and all.

Asus GPUs

[laminutederire]

3 minutes ago, stconquest said:

ASUS announced the STRIX already... RGB and all.

 

 

Yeah I know, but I haven't seen a date for when it'll hit market

[SSL]

3 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

Asus GPUs

 

Strix is the stupidest name ever for a GPU.

[stconquest]

2 minutes ago, laminutederire said:

Yeah I know, but I haven't seen a date for when it'll hit market

I think we have to go old fashioned for these:

 

Wake up one morning and there it is on Newegg! 

[Dackzy]

2 minutes ago, SSL said:

 

Strix is the stupidest name ever.

well that and that they are bad at cooling everything else than the core and that they run loud.

[Prysin]

2 minutes ago, SSL said:

 

Strix is the stupidest name ever.

stupidest design

 

5 minutes ago, stconquest said:

ASUS announced the STRIX already... RGB and all.

 

 

RGBs are going to increase power draw over the PCIe by 10%

[Dackzy]

2 minutes ago, Prysin said:

stupidest design

 

RGBs are going to increase power draw over the PCIe by 10%

Asus: We make problems even bigger.

[zMeul]

1 minute ago, Dackzy said:

Asus: We make problems even bigger.

ASUS: we make problems, legit

[Briggsy]

18 minutes ago, stconquest said:

ASUS announced the STRIX already... RGB and all

 

After firing all their human labour and replacing with robots on the assembly line, Asus can probably afford to decorate their cards like Time Square christmas trees.

[vanished]

Well that was a lot of reading to catch up... did everyone actually reach a conclusion about everything or did we just give up and move on?