Should AMD bite the bullet?

KillDog · July 2, 2016

So, there's a lot of discussion going on, on how the RX 480 pulls too much power from the PCI-E slot and potentially can kill very old mobos with PCI-E < 2.0 .

Should AMD just bite the bullet and put an 8-pin connector on the card, and not care about the perf/watt and unleash the true potential of the card or should it completely re-haul the design so as to limit the power draw from the PCI-E slot.

Let me know your thoughts.

And for everyone having problems with the card, just wait for aftermarket solutions, ofc the reference cards always perform worse and run hot than the custom solutions.

david31160 · July 2, 2016

They should fix the power issues before Nvidia releases the GTX 1060 or else no one will buy 480

JefferyD90 · July 2, 2016

8 minutes ago, KillDog said:

So, there's a lot of discussion going on, on how the RX 480 pulls too much power from the PCI-E slot and potentially can kill very old mobos with PCI-E < 2.0 .

Should AMD just bite the bullet and put an 8-pin connector on the card, and not care about the perf/watt and unleash the true potential of the card or should it completely re-haul the design so as to limit the power draw from the PCI-E slot.

Let me know your thoughts.

And for everyone having problems with the card, just wait for aftermarket solutions, ofc the reference cards always perform worse and run hot than the custom solutions.

Personally, I think its not a big deal and I'm willing to bet 99% of the video cards are operating just fine. You didn't have this problem with the R9-295X2 and it pulled nearly 100w more than the spec allowed.

Bcat00 · July 2, 2016

Tell that to the people returning the card at where i work.

im sure they would think you are messing with them and walk away.

Kinda Bottlenecked · July 2, 2016

Nah. Peeps should just not buy the reference card.

Wait for custom cards. Those are the cards you'll be seeing more often.

AMD should just give up on making reference cards. Only upside to the cooler is that it looks good.

Misanthrope · July 2, 2016

I've read comments indicating that it might not necessarily solve the issue. But anyway, at this point I'm not honestly sure if any admission of guilt would work: they've shipped lots of units so day 1 customers demanding a recall...that's a though one.

Their best strategy would be to issue a non-apology or not even acknowledging it at all. I know it sucks for customers but that shit honestly, kinda sorta does work. If you apologize you're admitting guild. If you just kinda hope it dies down well you might just make it past the initial production wave.

Worked for Nvidia and 3.5

Bcat00 · July 2, 2016

Main reason it worked for nvidea is because their cards make up most of the maket share so those that got upset and returned the card didnt amount to much in their earnings.

AMD on the other hand has a much smaller customer audience, meaning evey customer does count in their earnings.