Sapphire introduces official the RX480 Cards.

[Xsilent(X)]

 

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Gaming Series is the Smarter Choice for Gamers!  It has been crammed with features. We went back to the drawing board to design a series of cards that exploit our proven expertise in the high-end graphics card arena. We also talked to community experts in the fields of e-Sports, Custom PC Building and Hardware, to ensure we created a new series of cards that excel in terms of performance, features and aesthetics. As a result, we’ve packed the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Gaming Series Cards with everything you need (and left out everything you don’t) to bring the very best gaming experience available for your budget.

 

 

The graphics card is more than another component; it’s the beating heart of your gaming system. It should look as good as it costs. With tasteful shroud design augmented by RGB LEDs, each card is practically a piece of art. You can even change the colours of the LED, for your own customized design. This can be controlled via software using the latest version of SAPPHIRE’s Award Winning Overclocking Utility – TriXX 3.0, or through hardware by pressing the red button on the back of your SAPPHIRE NITRO Gaming Series card. Users can choose from a set of five different modes including Fan Speed Mode, PCB Temperature Mode or the colourful rainbow mode. If you prefer, LEDs can also be turned off.

 

http://www.sapphiretech.com/productdetial.asp?pid=251A3BDE-2CC1-4C49-B661-165D72DEA40A&lang=eng

 

The 4GB card http://www.sapphiretech.com/productdetial.asp?pid=A471FEC5-AAA9-482B-81C3-4A7E059A3574&lang=eng

 

[toastythomas]

ooooooh. This is pretty! I can't wait to see thermals compared to the base cooler.

[don_svetlio]

1350MHz base clock. Not bad - 10% above reference. Hopefully it can reach 1450 without much issue

[Shoob]

http://www.eteknix.com/sapphire-nitro-rx-480-oc-8gb-graphics-card-review/

Some reviews are out. It doesn't overclock well and the power consumption increases a lot.

[TheRandomness]

Trixx 3.0... I'm interested.

[Xsilent(X)]

1 minute ago, Pandalf said:

http://www.eteknix.com/sapphire-nitro-rx-480-oc-8gb-graphics-card-review/

Some reviews are out. It doesn't overclock well and the power consumption increases a lot.

 

Damn its beats the 980 OMG even the 1060 in aos

 

[Doobeedoo]

Nice card, like the backplate too. 

[Senzelian]

12 minutes ago, Xsilent(X) said:

 

Damn its beats the 980 OMG even the 1060 in aos

 

Of course it beats the 1060 in AOS.
Have a look here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-4K6qZxoF9gmpcuyWIvvp5SCe47P_d3wJvy470_2M2M/edit?usp=sharing

Even the stock RX480 almost beats the 1060.

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Senzelian said:

Of course it beats the 1060 in AOS.
Have a look here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-4K6qZxoF9gmpcuyWIvvp5SCe47P_d3wJvy470_2M2M/edit?usp=sharing

Some of those vary extremely wildly. Talking 50fps delta between reviewers.

[Senzelian]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

Some of those vary extremely wildly. Talking 50fps delta between reviewers.

Yes, because their benchmarks are diferent. Some overclock their cards, some don't.
Jay used a EVGA 1060 instead of the founders edition.

Overclocking a card in a review is one of the most annoying things I can imagine.

[ThinkWithPortals]

Pre-ordered the 8GB one two weeks ago

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Senzelian said:

Yes, because their benchmarks are diferent. Some overclock their cards, some don't.
Jay used a EVGA 1060 instead of the founders edition.

Overclocking a card in a review is one of the most annoying things I can imagine.

Still large deltas ._.

[Senzelian]

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

Still large deltas ._.

Especially OC3D's 1060 Metro Last Light benchmark was weird. It achieved less FPS in 1080p than in 1440p.

[grayperview]

42 minutes ago, Senzelian said:

Yes, because their benchmarks are diferent. Some overclock their cards, some don't.
Jay used a EVGA 1060 instead of the founders edition.

Overclocking a card in a review is one of the most annoying things I can imagine.

Agreed, all reviews of graphics cards should be what the card performs like out of the box. 

 

Overclocks are not always achievable and should not be taken into consideration when you buy a card. Therefore should not be part of the main review.

 

A reviewer even stating that he got an overclock could be construed as misrepresentation, and any overclocking of the card should be done in a separate article or video.

 

[Phoenix721]

*clears throat*
SCREW Nitro. Vapor-x is the supreme Sapphire product.

[kelvindeschutter]

shouldn't This be called the rumor edition?*

*for those that don't know This is a reference to a statement that sapphire pr made on a stream off them.

[gilang01]

Overvolt the thing with der8auer's overvolting tool and voilaaaa.

1400s

[awesomeness10120]

1 hour ago, Phoenix721 said:

*clears throat*
SCREW Nitro. Vapor-x is the supreme Sapphire product.

Nah, Toxic is even better.

 

[KillDog]

Now this is a 1060 competitor.

[grayperview]

A triX version would be nice, you could lock games at 60 or 75 fps and have the card running it the 50-60c range with that cooler.

[Briggsy]

So basically Nitro+ OC edition @ 1342 boost vs. reference 480 @ 1266 boost = 6% difference in boost clocks and a 9.25% performance difference at 1080p... I was expecting better considering the thermal throttling of the reference 480, but I suppose its in line with the throttling.

 

[WereCat]

1 hour ago, Briggsy said:

So basically Nitro+ OC edition @ 1342 boost vs. reference 480 @ 1266 boost = 6% difference in boost clocks and a 9.25% performance difference at 1080p... I was expecting better considering the thermal throttling of the reference 480, but I suppose its in line with the throttling.

 

*img*

Well, it gets it from bellow (DX11) GTX 970, R9 390 closer to GTX 980, R9 390x. And thats what you get out of the box now with the Nitro.

Considering that very few reference ones could even reach this clock with the stock cooler it is actualy nice improvement.

If we can OC it even further to at least 1400MHz which I believe that we should be able to do then it may get very close to GTX 1060 at DX11 while being quite a bit better in DX12.

 

It is even for preorder in my country now for €326 which is a lot since I can get GTX 1060 for €290 but so far it is inly available for preorder in only one shop I found so the prices in other shops may be actualy a bit lower (I guess it will have around €290-€300 price like GTX 1060).

[Curufinwe_wins]

6 hours ago, Senzelian said:

Yes, because their benchmarks are diferent. Some overclock their cards, some don't.
Jay used a EVGA 1060 instead of the founders edition.

Overclocking a card in a review is one of the most annoying things I can imagine.

Not overclocking a graphics cards in a review is literally one of the dumbest thing I can imagine.

 

Now Jay refusing to compare to aftermarket previous gen OC's is kinda pissing me off recently.

[Curufinwe_wins]

5 hours ago, super_skank said:

Agreed, all reviews of graphics cards should be what the card performs like out of the box. 

 

Overclocks are not always achievable and should not be taken into consideration when you buy a card. Therefore should not be part of the main review.

 

A reviewer even stating that he got an overclock could be construed as misrepresentation, and any overclocking of the card should be done in a separate article or video.

 

That is just plain stupid.

 

The variation in overclocks in the modern era of launch day GPU's is not very high at all. Indeed they are pretty much less than 1% perf variation (better than the accuracy of most reviewers FPS testing.)

 

Just as literally all early aftermarket GM200 gpus clocked 1507-1520/7800-7900 (sub 1% perf difference), all GP104 cards are capping at the 2050-2080/11000 range.

 

Likewise for R9 390(x)s outside of the MSI/XFX models it was 1150 basically no matter what and no more. 

 

(For those interested, reference pcb GM200 was basically pref capped at ~1480/7800. Also extremely consistent when not thermally limited.)

[Briggsy]

6 hours ago, Senzelian said:

Yes, because their benchmarks are diferent. Some overclock their cards, some don't.
Jay used a EVGA 1060 instead of the founders edition.

Overclocking a card in a review is one of the most annoying things I can imagine.

In a recent podcast Jay explained why he used the SC 1060, as the performance between the FE and the EVGA SC card were near identical out of the box. He even demonstrated it live with the FE card and the actual boost clocks were the same throughout his test. There will still be people that ignore the hard data and cry foul, but it's also his fault for not explaining it well enough in the first place. He should have known the AMD fanboys would dive all over it.