rx 480

[DaRealPigBaby]

I am thinking of building a new computer and I was looking at the rx 480 but I was wondering if there is a huge difference between the rx 470 4gb, the rx 480 4gb and the rx 480 8gb or is the difference just future proof-ness and price

[Apollo Refugio]

1 minute ago, DaRealPigBaby said:

I am thinking of building a new computer and I was looking at the rx 480 but I was wondering if there is a huge difference between the rx 470 4gb, the rx 480 4gb and the rx 480 8gb or is the difference just future proof-ness and price

rx 470 and rx 480 has around a 10%-15% difference. RX 480 8gb isn't really future-proofness in my opinion, but the 8gb VRAM is. 

[tarfeef101]

2 minutes ago, DaRealPigBaby said:

I am thinking of building a new computer and I was looking at the rx 480 but I was wondering if there is a huge difference between the rx 470 4gb, the rx 480 4gb and the rx 480 8gb or is the difference just future proof-ness and price

Future-proof is not a thing. Between the 470 and 480 there is a noticable difference in performance, now and in the future. Between the 4GB and 8GB versions, if you plan on running above 1080p, or even using some games that take a lot of frame buffer, I'd go with the 8GB

[Cyborgsmith]

2 minutes ago, DaRealPigBaby said:

I am thinking of building a new computer and I was looking at the rx 480 but I was wondering if there is a huge difference between the rx 470 4gb, the rx 480 4gb and the rx 480 8gb or is the difference just future proof-ness and price

The more ram the better. 
 

[DaRealPigBaby]

but what does the extra 4gb's of VRAM actually get me

[Apollo Refugio]

1 minute ago, DaRealPigBaby said:

but what does the extra 4gb's of VRAM actually get me

not much in 1080p, but once you go 1440p and 4k, it will start to show,

[DaRealPigBaby]

I do some light video editing here and there would I notice the difference between 4 gig and 8 gig there

[Apollo Refugio]

Just now, DaRealPigBaby said:

I do some light video editing here and there would I notice the difference between 4 gig and 8 gig there

I don't think so. People edited on GTX 980s that had 4GB of VRAM and that seemed fine. Video Editing is more CPU intensive i believe.

[The Sloth]

8 minutes ago, Apollo Refugio said:

rx 470 and rx 480 has around a 10%-15% difference. RX 480 8gb isn't really future-proofness in my opinion, but the 8gb VRAM is. 

is is future proof especially if more games are running dx12 mode far as i can see AMD cards fair well for the future 

[Apollo Refugio]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

is is future proof especially if more games are running dx12 mode far as i can see AMD cards fair well for the future 

I've heard AMD has better older-gen card support compared to nvidia, and from seeing benchmarks, i think an RX 480 could last 3-4 years in my guess. DX12 is the future, so it might last