AMD RX480 opinions

[Zangashtu]

Hi all, 

So I've had my XFX Radeon RX480 8GB XXX version (Don't ask why I didn't go for the black edition, at the time past me was like pfft a tenner for 40 more mghz) and i'm enjoying it, I used to have a Zotac GTX 770 and this has been my first card upgrade.
So far everything's all good, it runs hotter than I expected (max I've hit is about 75°) but that's probably due to not having something that has been that hot before, it will happily run CS:GO at max settings (minus motion blur because I don't like it) at 1080p with a solid 59-60 fps, Final Fantasy 13 with 8k shadow res and x 16 MSAA at around the same frames, L4D2 boasts no issues, Rocket League doesn't hinder it at all, the entire Dark Souls franchise bears no issues.

It's only until you push games to 1440p is where you may notice some issues.
Rocket League, L4D, Dark Souls 2 etc. have no issues but when you apply that to CS and FF it starts to range between 30 and top 40's for fps. Which isn't bad but at points you will notice slowness and swapping it back to 1080p you instantly notice the difference.
Now you're probably reading this thinking well where's all the top end demanding games, well I don't have any, so *flatulent noise*

 

But anyway, for the price I paid (It was 199 full price, I got it ex.VAT and £60 off since I sold my old GPU) I can't knock it, yeah sure you can go buy a 1080 or a 980 and get better performance but they also cost a shit tonne more, I also like all the Wattman stuff and the general radeon settings, I have a GTX 760 at work and the Nvidia Geforce Experience doesn't feel as useful to me than the Wattman does. I even like minimalist styling of it which I know put many people off.
I would highly recommend one to be honest, if you're after a card upgrade but don't want to fork out a small mortgage or if you play most of your games at 1080p and like me you're perfectly satisfied with the games you currently have and none of the latest ones bother you that much then go for it  TREAT YO SELF



ALTHOUGH

If I had the money at the time I probably would've bought a 1070 or a 980, but ever since seeing the design of the RX480 I was hooked on owning one, also £300 to whatever a bloody 1070 costs nowadays is a LOT of money.
If you set the minimum fan RPM to anything over 1200-1500 it sounds like someone taped one of them bloody quid shop portable hairdryers into your rig.

It looks quite ugly without the backplate (Because companies focus all the looks on the bottom...that part...that you never see.....)

Some modern games are not happy with them being crossfired, but due to the thickness of it and its habit of getting rather warm I wouldn't trust them anyway.

Thanks for reading, 
Dan

[jedinym]

I have one too and  it's amazing! I play Witcher 3 1080p high settings and NVidia Hairworks ON 60fps solid. Haven't seen a drop yet. Enjoy your 480! 

[-rascal-]

I can answer why your RX-480 is running a little bit on the warm side (keep in mind, 75*C is still WELL within range; start worrying when you see 85*C ~ 90*C and up).

 

It looks like your XFX RX-480 XXX uses a reference cooler -- but with a XFX backplate.

 

...This is what it looks like under the fan shroud assembly...

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All I can say is, not a whole lot.

(You have to give them props though, surprised even THAT can keep a RX-480 from overheating)

 

The rest of the review here: http://www.legitreviews.com/amd-radeon-rx-480-video-card-review-polaris-arrives_183428/11

[Zangashtu]

13 hours ago, -rascal- said:

I can answer why your RX-480 is running a little bit on the warm side (keep in mind, 75*C is still WELL within range; start worrying when you see 85*C ~ 90*C and up).

 

It looks like your XFX RX-480 XXX uses a reference cooler -- but with a XFX backplate.

 

...This is what it looks like under the fan shroud assembly...

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All I can say is, not a whole lot.

(You have to give them props though, surprised even THAT can keep a RX-480 from overheating)

 

The rest of the review here: http://www.legitreviews.com/amd-radeon-rx-480-video-card-review-polaris-arrives_183428/11

As if! D; didn't realise that was it!

I'd best stop moaning and start being thankful ?