RX 480 by Asus

[Bleedingyamato]

40 minutes ago, ColonelThunder said:

Well , by googling it , found a review : http://www.tweaktown.com/news/30915/we-take-a-closer-look-at-sapphire-s-beautiful-atomic-hd-7990-gpu/index.html

 

Its a 7990 with a veery nice cooling system and 3x 8 pin for power .. 12 Phase power delivery , 600 amps in total . 

It seriously uses 600watts?!  That's got to be more than my entire main desktop uses...

[dtaflorida]

9 minutes ago, Okjoek said:

very basic/utilitarian

I'd be ashamed to try to highlight this mediocre performing card in my PC, so yeah it's better to just have it be plain and utilitarian. And if I ever saw someone with a 480 all gussied up I'd be asking them why they didn't spring for a faster card.

[Belgarathian]

Both the black Nitro and the Strix look baller to me. 

 

Will be interesting to see OC potential on these cards!

[Mr.Dingle]

47 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

It seriously uses 600watts?!  That's got to be more than my entire main desktop uses...

600 Amps is the  current that can be supplied to the gpu cores from the power delivery circuitry . 

 

Watts wise .. going by connectors its 3x150W + 75W from the motherboard .. 525W in total . 

[The Realist]

1 minute ago, ColonelThunder said:

600 Amps is the  current that can be supplied to the gpu cores from the power delivery circuitry . 

 

Watts wise .. going by connectors its 3x150W + 75W from the motherboard .. 525W in total . 

That card is like a "Brock Lesnar version od GPU's"

[Okjoek]

3 hours ago, dtaflorida said:

I'd be ashamed to try to highlight this mediocre performing card in my PC, so yeah it's better to just have it be plain and utilitarian. And if I ever saw someone with a 480 all gussied up I'd be asking them why they didn't spring for a faster card.

Well I still plan on getting it. And Apparently I'm not the only one because according to Adored 84% of the GPU market shops in the $300 and below price range. 

As Adored said, it's the top 1% buying the GTX1080.

Spoiler

Just like the establishment, Nvidia won't stay afloat forever by alienating the consumer base.

[HKZeroFive]

5 hours ago, Bleedingyamato said:

It's so big and scary looking.  ?    What is it?

Back in the day, Sapphire had another tier above their Toxic cards - the Atomic series. Overclocking beasts with absolutely great cooling. The card I've posted is the Sapphire HD 7990 Atomic, so essentially it's a watercooled dual-GPU akin to the Radeon R9 295X2 and Radeon Pro Duo.

 

Alas, probably not going to happen but a man can dream

[Doobeedoo]

Looks good, though seems to be a pretty large cooler for such GPU heh. 

[Bleedingyamato]

1 hour ago, HKZeroFive said:

Back in the day, Sapphire had another tier above their Toxic cards - the Atomic series. Overclocking beasts with absolutely great cooling. The card I've posted is the Sapphire HD 7990 Atomic, so essentially it's a watercooled dual-GPU akin to the Radeon R9 295X2 and Radeon Pro Duo.

 

Alas, probably not going to happen but a man can dream

That's cool.  Are those dual GPU cards the same as SLI/Crossfire or do they function differently?

[The Realist]

1 minute ago, Bleedingyamato said:

That's cool.  Are those dual GPU cards the same as SLI/Crossfire or do they function differently?

They function the same expect they are kinda a "compact sli/crossfire card" but they tend to be more expensive (Fucking GTX Titan Z)

[HKZeroFive]

3 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

That's cool.  Are those dual GPU cards the same as SLI/Crossfire or do they function differently?

Yep, essentially it's two GPUs in Crossfire/SLI. Making it somewhat a niche product but still very cool nonetheless.

[The Realist]

1 minute ago, HKZeroFive said:

Yep, essentially it's two GPUs in Crossfire/SLI. Making it somewhat a niche product but still very cool nonetheless.

Yea until Nvidia puts a price tag of $3000 for a Titan Z,and it does not even matter even do its a old GPU it still has a price tag of $3000 whoever bought that GPU must be a idiot

[Bleedingyamato]

32 minutes ago, The Realist said:

They function the same expect they are kinda a "compact sli/crossfire card" but they tend to be more expensive (Fucking GTX Titan Z)

Ah.  Interesting way to do that at least.

[Bleedingyamato]

32 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

Yep, essentially it's two GPUs in Crossfire/SLI. Making it somewhat a niche product but still very cool nonetheless.

Definitely cool.  Pricey too I'm sure.

[RagnarokDel]

18 hours ago, The Realist said:

I agree i think Asus is going to far did you see there R9 390/390X and 980Ti cards those cards are longer and bigger than keemstar's sub lost (hard to beat) the 480 should be a budget card if they ask for more than $300 in the US its not worth it

according to something I read on the 29th, some AIB cards are reaching all the way to 1600 mhz. You might need it at those clock speeds.

 

Also Global Foundry chips hate heat