Sapphire Nitro+ RX 480 Clock Speed?

[barkloaf]

So, I need to put a new GPU in my system. I have integrated graphics, which, although it is Iris Pro 6200, I am planning to start doing things with VR down the line.

 

I'm really on the fence, however, about choosing between Team Red or Team Green. I would either go for the RX 480 or the GTX 1060. I have been told that the 1060 is more powerful than the 480, but I'm not sure if I need that performance, and I am fine for sacrificing that for--spoilers for the next paragraph--an extra HDMI port and I'm willing to pay $10 more for the 480 I found.

 

So I look on Amazon, looking at the 1060 and 480, then I realized that I don't have anything that uses DisplayPort, and all the 1060 manufactures only have 1 HDMI (No, I am not going to get a new monitor that uses DisplayPort, not happening, however I am getting a second monitor that uses DVI, perfect for the DVI port on these cards). Then I remembered that Sapphire makes cards with 2 DisplayPorts, 2 HDMI ports, and 1 DVI port. One HDMI for my main monitor, the DVI for my second monitor, and the other HDMI for a VR headset. I find their 480, no reviews, and the specifications DON'T SHOW THE GPU CLOCK SPEED. WHAT THE HELL! So I am making this to ask if anyone knows the clock speed of the Sapphire Nitro+ RX 480.

 

Here is their Amazon page for it: https://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeon-NITRO-GDDR5-11256-01-20G/dp/B01J1M4HA6/ref=sr_1_10?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1473688509&sr=1-10&keywords=rx+480&refinements=p_89%3ASapphire+Technology

 

[Citadelen]

1208MHz base, 1306MHz boost.

[don_svetlio]

Wasn't it 1320 or am I mistaken? Anyhow, just OC the thing. Performance between the 480 and 1060 varies from game to game and from API to API

[barkloaf]

Just now, Citadelen said:

1208MHz base, 1308MHz boost.

You sure? That doesn't sound... right...

[Citadelen]

Just now, AwesomeAustin226 said:

You sure? That doesn't sound... right...

Why? Because it's true you know.  

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, AwesomeAustin226 said:

You sure? That doesn't sound... right...

Why not?

[barkloaf]

Just now, Citadelen said:

Why? Because it's true.  

Ok, well, other than that, are there manufacturers that make the GTX 1060 with 2 HDMI, 2 DP, and 1 DVI like Sapphire?

[PRTI]

Ummmmmmm,if you go to the amazon link it says RX 470?

[barkloaf]

Just now, keNNySOC said:

Ummmmmmm,if you go to the amazon link it says RX 470?

Woah hey, thanks for pointing that out, Jesus Amazon your search engine sucks

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, AwesomeAustin226 said:

Ok, well, other than that, are there manufacturers that make the GTX 1060 with 2 HDMI, 2 DP, and 1 DVI like Sapphire?

Don't know.

[Citadelen]

1 minute ago, AwesomeAustin226 said:

Ok, well, other than that, are there manufacturers that make the GTX 1060 with 2 HDMI, 2 DP, and 1 DVI like Sapphire?

I have no idea, maybe, probably, I'm sure you're capable of finding it yourself.

[barkloaf]

Alrighty, well, looks like I've got a new choice: https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-GeForce-Dual-Fan-Graphics-DUAL-GTX1060-O3G/dp/B01KMVHB6M/ref=sr_1_6?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1473690402&sr=1-6&keywords=gtx+1060+2+hdmi

 

1060 that's more powerful than the 480 for an amazing price, 2 HDMI ports. Also black and white which goes perfectly with my MSI Krait Edition motherboard.

[don_svetlio]

2 minutes ago, AwesomeAustin226 said:

Alrighty, well, looks like I've got a new choice: https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-GeForce-Dual-Fan-Graphics-DUAL-GTX1060-O3G/dp/B01KMVHB6M/ref=sr_1_6?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1473690402&sr=1-6&keywords=gtx+1060+2+hdmi

 

1060 that's more powerful than the 480 for an amazing price, 2 HDMI ports. Also black and white which goes perfectly with my MSI Krait Edition motherboard.

Cooling is average and it won't be quiet though

[don_svetlio]

2 minutes ago, AwesomeAustin226 said:

Alrighty, well, looks like I've got a new choice: https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-GeForce-Dual-Fan-Graphics-DUAL-GTX1060-O3G/dp/B01KMVHB6M/ref=sr_1_6?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1473690402&sr=1-6&keywords=gtx+1060+2+hdmi

 

1060 that's more powerful than the 480 for an amazing price, 2 HDMI ports. Also black and white which goes perfectly with my MSI Krait Edition motherboard.

ACtually - that's the 3GB 1060. That is slower than a 480 as it has less CUDA cores than the 6GB one

[Citadelen]

6 minutes ago, AwesomeAustin226 said:

-snip-

It'll fall behind in the future as Vulkan and DX12 are used more, also it's a 3GB model, really not worth it.

[Shubham Yadav]

I don't understand what the issue is. Any displayport connection can be converted to HDMI, but the reverse cannot be done:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Anbear-Displayport-DisplayPort-Desktops-Displays/dp/B01AXI8M7Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1473690888&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=display+port+to+hdmi+adapter&psc=1

 

See. as simple as that.

[Shubham Yadav]

17 minutes ago, AwesomeAustin226 said:

Ok, well, other than that, are there manufacturers that make the GTX 1060 with 2 HDMI, 2 DP, and 1 DVI like Sapphire?

Asus does that. But I don't think that matters since any DP connection can be converted to HDMI via a cheap adapter.

[barkloaf]

3 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Cooling is average and it won't be quiet though

Not one to care about noise

 

3 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

ACtually - that's the 3GB 1060. That is slower than a 480 as it has less CUDA cores than the 6GB one

Just now, Citadelen said:

It'll fall behind in the future as Vulkan and DX12 are used more, also it's a 3GB model, really not worth it.

Does it really have less CUDA cores? How much slower would it be than the 480? By the way, this is the only 2 hdmi 1060 that is actually reasonably priced.

 

1 minute ago, Shubham Yadav said:

I don't understand what the issue is. Any displayport connection can be converted to HDMI, but the reverse cannot be done:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Anbear-Displayport-DisplayPort-Desktops-Displays/dp/B01AXI8M7Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1473690888&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=display+port+to+hdmi+adapter&psc=1

 

See. as simple as that.

Yeah, I was thinking about that, I don't really know if I want to do that, as I would use it on my main monitor.

[Shubham Yadav]

Just now, AwesomeAustin226 said:

Yeah, I was thinking about that, I don't really know if I want to do that, as I would use it on my main monitor.

These are digital connections and won't suffer signal loss due to adapters like VGA(analog).

[barkloaf]

So what I'm getting from this is I should get an 6GB RX 480 with 3 DP, 1 HDMI, 1 DVI, and use adapters?

[Shubham Yadav]

Just now, AwesomeAustin226 said:

So what I'm getting from this is I should get an 6GB RX 480 with 3 DP, 1 HDMI, 1 DVI, and use adapters?

You should choose the card and not worry about display connections. Get the card you like. If it doesn't have enough HDMI ports, get an adapter.

 

But a card you don't like will give you much more headaches than a simple adapter.

[don_svetlio]

19 minutes ago, AwesomeAustin226 said:

Not one to care about noise

 

Does it really have less CUDA cores? How much slower would it be than the 480? By the way, this is the only 2 hdmi 1060 that is actually reasonably priced.

 

Yeah, I was thinking about that, I don't really know if I want to do that, as I would use it on my main monitor.

It has 10% less cores cores so it's around 5% slower than a 480 under DX11 and 15% slower under DX12

[xAcid9]

9 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

It has 10% less cores cores so it's around 5% slower than a 480 under DX11 and 15% slower under DX12

Wut? Link pl0x.

[don_svetlio]

2 minutes ago, xAcid9 said:

Wut? Link pl0x.

That's what I read in a thread a while back.