THIS THING IS SEXY AF (updated with larger images ala VideoCardz)

[ivan134]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/detail/index/sArticle/61887

 

http://videocardz.com/61794/sapphire-radeon-rx-480-nitro-detailed-some-more

 

RGB

8 pin

Removable fans

3 YEAR WARRANTY??? FROM SAPPHIRE???

I don't even need to the other custom cards anymore (maybe xfx, maybe)

 

 

 

[Starelementpoke]

2 minutes ago, ivan134 said:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/detail/index/sArticle/61887

 

RGB

8 pin

Removable fans

3 YEAR WARRANTY??? FROM SAPPHIRE???

I don't even need to the other custom cards anymore (maybe xfx, maybe)

 

 

Looks like another Sapphire card to me. Not that that's a bad thing. Tempted to get the ASUS one just for the damn LEDs.

[ivan134]

3 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

Looks like another Sapphire card to me. Not that that's a bad thing. Tempted to get the ASUS one just for the damn LEDs.

You cray...

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, ivan134 said:

You cray...

Hey, if Sapphire releases a blue themed variant, I'm all for it. But LEDs are the closest as of now that I'm getting to that.

[21rkosta]

its also expensive AF 250 pounds, DANG

[21rkosta]

wait nevermind

[ivan134]

2 minutes ago, 21rkosta said:

its also expensive AF 250 pounds, DANG

Pound is devalued now though compared to what it used to be.

[21rkosta]

@ivan134 i know brexit but its still 331.82 US Dollar

[21rkosta]

thats 100 dollars over the base model, thats a little crazy

[21rkosta]

but it might be the site because the regular 480 8gb on that site is still 230 pounds

[TheRandomness]

Holy fuck it gets all of my yes

[samcool55]

That's nice, price is flopping around but that will probably be sorted out soon.

I really hope AIB versions release soon, the reference model is quite disappointing soo yea...

[don_svetlio]

I might actually get this. Hot damn.

[vorticalbox]

I need this in my computer, my linux probally won't even be able to access to fully but i want it.

[ThinkWithPortals]

WANT.

 

WANT WANT WANT.

 

I hope to god that this is available when I come to buy one, and that it's less than 5cm in height.

[ivan134]

9 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

Hey, if Sapphire releases a blue themed variant, I'm all for it. But LEDs are the closest as of now that I'm getting to that.

With Asus history with AMD, I wouldn't even take it if Asus paid me to.

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, ivan134 said:

With Asus history with AMD, I wouldn't even take it if Asus paid me to.

If it turns out okay, and only then. I'll save judgement till then.

[NumLock21]

nice to see server side components trickle down to the consumer side and into a GPU.

[ivan134]

2 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

nice to see server side components trickle down to the consumer side and into a GPU.

Which components?

[NumLock21]

1 minute ago, ivan134 said:

Which components?

The fan

[ivan134]

1 minute ago, NumLock21 said:

The fan

XFX had them on their Antigua cards (380 and 380x)

[HKZeroFive]

Only Sapphire can make a card, that was previously reminiscent of a cheese grater, look actually decent.

Spoiler

 

[ivan134]

3 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

Only Sapphire can make a card, that was previously reminiscent of a cheese grater, look actually decent.

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Cheese grater master race. Seriously, my problem with the original version was the color scheme and not the design. Either it was unfinished then or they saw the backlash and redesigned it. Whichever it is, I fucking love it. Reminds me of XFX R9 200 and 300 coolers, both of which I really loved.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

I said black looked better and here we go. One of the best designs this generation. Its RGB as well. Removable fan tech. Sapphire will even send you a new fan if your fan becomes faulty. No more shipping cards across countries just because of a faulty fan when the card still runs fine.

 

 

[NumLock21]

3 minutes ago, ivan134 said:

XFX had them on their Antigua cards (380 and 380x)

Not server design, still on the consumer size. That Sapphire has it, not the XFX. Hot swap style fans, where the wires are tucked away and it's power on by touching of contacts or pins between fan and controller. When the fan needs to replaced, they just remove the broken one and replace it with a new one, without the need to touch the fan header.