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The nitro ones? Yeah, they're pretty good.

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It's... decent. It's not bad but it's not great either.

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I've heard mixed things which would lead me to avoid it even though I love Sapphire's designs.

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1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

I've heard mixed things which would lead me to avoid it even though I love Sapphire's designs.

what is bad about it? can it just not cool very well? Im running at 1.275 volts and 1412 and it can do ok...

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Just now, Nickathom said:

what is bad about it? can it just not cool very well? Im running at 1.275 volts and 1412 and it can do ok...

Like I said, "I've heard mixed things". I've not used a red card since they were still in quadruple digits (Sapphire 7870) and can't really speak of the card itself. 

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I have a Nitro+ 470 8GB, and it's okay. It doesn't get super hot or anything, but it is louder than I'd like, but I have quite high expectations so you it might not bother you.

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1 minute ago, Rangaman42 said:

I have a Nitro+ 470 8GB, and it's okay. It doesn't get super hot or anything, but it is louder than I'd like, but I have quite high expectations so you it might not bother you.

 
 

 

12 minutes ago, Loot said:

I have a Sapph rx480 nitro+ oc 4gb edition and other than it running a lil warm under load (mid 70's c) ive not seen or heard any fan issues ...i might have custom fan curves on tho tbh

 
 

how good is the vrm and pcb cooling?

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how good is the vrm and pcb cooling?

 

Not sure, but mine's been running nearly a year now (I only reboot for updates and very occasional maintenance) and it's never had a problem. I think the cooler is pretty good.

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Not sure, but mine's been running nearly a year now (I only reboot for updates and very occasional maintenance) and it's never had a problem. I think the cooler is pretty good.

 

have you done any overclocking? i think my card (with its pretty big overvolt and overclock) overheats when i run kombustor

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1 minute ago, Nickathom said:

have you done any overclocking? i think my card (with its pretty big overvolt and overclock) overheats when i run kombustor

 

Not a big overclock, it gets really stuttery and unstable above about 1360MHz@1150mV (1275MHz stock) and the RAM is still at the 2000MHz stock. I think my PSU is limiting it a bit to be honest.

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Not a big overclock, it gets really stuttery and unstable above about 1360MHz@1150mV (1275MHz stock) and the RAM is still at the 2000MHz stock. I think my PSU is limiting it a bit to be honest.

 

how many watts? you could try overvolting.

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Just now, Nickathom said:

how many watts? you could try overvolting.

550W I believe, seems like a lot but I always multitask heavily plus my CPU isn't exactly the most efficient. I've tried lifting the voltage a bit, but I hate noise so I try and keep it cool as well. It already gets great fps and I have a Freesync monitor so I can handle anything over 50 or so.

It actually may be 450W, I can't remember and it's up against the side panel so I can't be bothered checking.

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