This is the 8GB version. For those who wants cheaper graphics card than GTX 1070.
Price comparison: Gigabyte RX 480 8GB from MSY $479 (http://cdn.msy.com.au/Parts/PARTS.pdf)
Sapphire 21260-00-20g AMD RX 480 8GB Graphics Card £206.63 (~AU $378) Delivered @ Amazon UK
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Rather pay less for this
It's a $1 difference for local stock.
A no brainer here considering sapphire most likely doesn't even have international warranty.
That said, I still think it's a bit overpriced considering it's slower than the 970.
People may argue it has more vram but that doesn't improve fps and I don't think anyone is buying this for resolutions higher than 1080p.
how does this compare to a r9 390x/380x?
No better performance, less power consumption on load.
almost the same as 390 non x, in the benches i have seen. maybe better later done the road with vulkan and DX12
$419 in Mwave
https://www.mwave.com.au/product/sapphire-amd-radeon-rx-480-…
Better to buy locally for a few bucks.
Seems like a fairly significant issue, which has gotten minor media attention.
While it's not going to blow up your mobo, I may personally look elsewhere. As it happens, I was actually going to pick this up myself.
TBH always wait for non reference cards they are always better.
However this issue isn't new both AMD and Nvidia have exceeded the specs in the past. Granted AMD are far more likely to do it with reference.
I am just excited for this card as it is going to bring the prices of everything down. The card for this price is insane considering what it can do.
Holy crap… That's going to be bad news for anyone using multiple cards!! :(
Maybe quadfiring, anyone doing that is going to have a decent Mobo which can handle it.
tldr?
The card seems to draw an excessive amount of power from the motherboard and cause possible damage to low-end motherboards. Thus it exceeds the specifications of the PCI Express ports on a motherboard.
"the overload can theoretically lead to reboots or even damage, especially with overclocking"
The card takes considerably more power from the PCI-E slot than the motherboard is specified for. It creates some potential danger in terms of frying your motherboard. AMD rep is denying it.
Yep. Once again, better to wait for the custom cards
i thought the wattage from the pcie lane is limited certain watt and thus any additional power required is drawn from the PCIE cable is it not? or is this forcing additional load from the mobo without going thru the PCIE cable
Custom cards will offer additional PINs for power and overclocking, the reference option looks poor.
$369
HIS Radeon RX480 8GB GDDR5 HDMI 3xDisplayPort
https://www.ple.com.au/Products/624306/HIS-Radeon-RX480-8GB-…there's gaming and there's budget, two opposing things
Utterly moronic statement. This fills the same position in the lineup as the 380, 280 and 7870 cards of old, it's nothing new, and there's cards even further below it in the lineup. We're not all buying $900 1080's.
what? for 400$? are you on drugs?
for this? lol
AyyyyMD… Card is suppose to compete with a 970, which is over a year old.
with less power and heat.
its more than a year old… its EOL
and its still about $420 even now…
So wrong, its like you have your head in the sand wrong.
According to Steam, these are the most used graphics cards:
5.13% - NVIDIA GTX 970
3.40% - NVIDIA GTX 960
3.05% - NVIDIA GTX 750 Ti
2.75% - Intel HD 4000
2.15% - Intel HD 5000
2.08% - NVIDIA GTX 760
2.01% - NVIDIA GT 620M
1.94% - Intel HD 3000
1.93% - NVIDIA GTX 860M
1.79% - Intel HD 2000The RX 480 is around the the GTX 970 and faster than the other top 10 cards.
Its primarily for those who can't afford GTX 1070 or hates nvidia in general.
At least its in stock compared to many backordered 1070 and 1080s.
Problem is Nvidia arent competing here. The 1060 is coming up I beleive it has worse specs, less ram and will probably be $450…
It maybe beat the 480 in performance, who knows.
Is this the average price for the 480 in aus?
I'd say it's cheaper than the AU price, which is about ~$420.
Whenever a new generation of GPU comes out, it always takes months for prices to settle down. In the beginning there's mark ups, especially for local stock.
im in no rush so ill wait for the price to drop :)
It says seller does not deliver to Australia. Does that mean it's out of stock?
Rather buy from PC case gear @ $379 + shipping.