What RX480?

[TheNuzziNuzz]

Looking for an RX480, but I wan't to make sure my purchase is worth while. Trying to spend as close to 200USD as I can, but I can stretch a little for the sake of value. There are lots of different cards, so what one should I go for? I don't care too much about theme but I would prefer the cooler to be a solid color, prefrably dark or white but LED lighting is cool...

[ivan134]

Can you stretch to $220?

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/f9cMnQ/sapphire-radeon-rx-480-4gb-nitro-4g-video-card-11260-02

[Matu20]

For a $200 budget you'd be better off with a 470. If you were to get a 480, it will be around $240 for the 8GB model.

[PCGuy_5960]

RX 480 GTR the best RX480 hands-down!

[ivan134]

4 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

RX 480 GTR the best RX480 hands-down!

Can't find one for close to $200, lol. Too bad there's no GTR cooler for the 4GB 480.

[Matu20]

3 minutes ago, ivan134 said:

Can't find one for close to $200, lol. Too bad there's no GTR cooler for the 4GB 480.

4GB 480s are not worth the money.

[NTDaws]

In my opinion the best brand of any high end graphics card is Asus Strix. The Asus Strix 480 has 3 fans for better and quieter cooling (each fan doesn't have to work as hard) + you get Asus's GPU Tweak software which lets you easily overclock, cool, monitor, etc your GPU + it has super cool customizable LED lights which can be changed to different colors, patterns and off mode if your not into LEDs + the LEDs can be easily changed to display green to red depending on the temperature of your GPU so you can monitor your GPU temp without even opening the software.

[PCGuy_5960]

2 minutes ago, ivan134 said:

Can't find one for close to $200, lol. Too bad there's no GTR cooler for the 4GB 480.

He said, that he can stretch his budget for the sake of value and the GTR cooler is the best! 

I think that I saw an XFX RX 480 4GB with a GTR style cooler on it, but I could be wrong.... 

[ivan134]

2 minutes ago, Matu20 said:

4GB 480s are not worth the money.

That's all he can get for $200. Still better than a 470. Most people think it's the other way around though, and 8GB 480s are not worth it. In a sense, they're right for now. There aren't many games that task the 4GB 480's VRAM, especially since it has better memory compression than GCN 3 cards.

[ivan134]

3 minutes ago, Dawson Wehage said:

In my opinion the best brand of any high end graphics card is Asus Strix. The Asus Strix 480 has 3 fans for better and quieter cooling (each fan doesn't have to work as hard) + you get Asus's GPU Tweak software which lets you easily overclock, cool, monitor, etc your GPU + it has super cool customizable LED lights which can be changed to different colors, patterns and off mode if your not into LEDs + the LEDs can be easily changed to display green to red depending on the temperature of your GPU so you can monitor your GPU temp without even opening the software.

Strix 480 has 2 fans.

Strix is never the best of anything.

[ivan134]

3 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

He said, that he can stretch his budget for the sake of value and the GTR cooler is the best! 

I think that I saw an XFX RX 480 4GB with a GTR style cooler on it, but I could be wrong.... 

Nah, 4GB 480s from XFX only come with the RS cooler.

[NTDaws]

Just now, ivan134 said:

Strix 480 has 2 fans.

Strix is never the best of anything.

no it doesnt

[NTDaws]

1 minute ago, ivan134 said:

Strix 480 has 2 fans.

Strix is never the best of anything.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814126117&cm_re=rx_480_asus_strix-_-14-126-117-_-Product

[Matu20]

1 minute ago, ivan134 said:

That's all he can get for $200. Still better than a 470. Most people think it's the other way around though, and 8GB 480s are not worth it. In a sense, they're right for now. There aren't many games that task the 4GB 480's VRAM, especially since it has better memory compression than GCN 3 cards.

And Titan XP is better than a 480, it doesnt matter, when price to performance takes a fall.

[ivan134]

4 minutes ago, Dawson Wehage said:

no it doesnt

Oh wait, you're right. it does have 3 fans. Still not the best 480.

 

Edited December 16, 2016 by ivan134

[NTDaws]

Just now, ivan134 said:

Oh wait, you're right. it does have 2 fans. Still not the best 480.

 

it doesnt have 2 fans it has 3

[Sreno1]

4 minutes ago, Matu20 said:

4GB 480s are not worth the money.

Why aren't they worth the money? Very few games use more than 4GB of VRAM, and if they do, the performance hit won't be that great. The RX 480 4GB is great option.

 

Get any RX 480 that doesn't have a reference cooler.

[NTDaws]

1 minute ago, ivan134 said:

Oh wait, you're right. it does have 2 fans. Still not the best 480.

 

ok maybe its one of the best in cooling

[ivan134]

2 minutes ago, Dawson Wehage said:

it doesnt have 2 fans it has 3

I edited.

[ivan134]

4 minutes ago, Matu20 said:

And Titan XP is better than a 480, it doesnt matter, when price to performance takes a fall.

4GB 480 is probably the best price to performance card atm though. Aside from the 4GB 470.

[Matu20]

4 minutes ago, ivan134 said:

4GB 480 is probably the best price to performance card atm though. Aside from the 4GB 470.

Neither of them is the best, but yes, the 470 is better in that aspect.

 

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_value.html

[ivan134]

7 minutes ago, Matu20 said:

And Titan XP is better than a 480, it doesnt matter, when price to performance takes a fall.

BTW, I have the 8GB 480, so it's not like I'm defending something I bought. I got it because you never know what the future holds and because of scenarios like Mirror's Edge Catalyst where 4GB cards were getting hammered before they patched it.

[Houndz199]

For that price point, I might recommend a gtx 1060.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GeForce-Windforce-Graphics-GV-N1060WF2OC-3GD/dp/B01KQUDE2Y/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1481907140&sr=1-3&keywords=gtx+1060

[Matias_Chambers]

I would personally get a 1060 3 GB at that budget. It performs better in general. The only reason I see to get a 480 is if you have a Free-Sync monitor and/or you mainly play Vulkan/DX12 games. Do you already have a monitor? 

 

[Matu20]

Just now, ivan134 said:

BTW, I have the 8GB 480, so it's not like I'm defending something I bought. I got it because you never know what the future holds and because of scenarios like Mirror's Edge Catalyst where 4GB cards were getting hammered before they patched it.

You might be misunderstanding me. 4GB will introduce stutter when playing the AAA games, so if 8GB is not an option, the 470 is the better option of the 2 (save over 10% and still get about 95% of the performance).