Feast Your Eyes on These Official AMD Radeon RX 480 Renders

btarunr · Jun 1, 2016

AMD put out press pictures (for now renders) of its reference-design Radeon RX 480 board. The pictures reveal a very compact reference PCB, which draws power from just a single 6-pin PCIe power connector, and which uses a 5+2 phase VRM to power the card. The ASIC package is about the size of the "Tonga," and is surrounded by 8 memory chips. Display connectors include three DisplayPort 1.4 and one HDMI 2.0a. The blower-type reference cooler has to cope with a card with a typical board power of just 150W despite high clock speeds, and so we expect this to be a very cool and quiet card. We expect AMD to allow its add-in board (AIB) partners to come up with custom-design coolers from day one, and so the combination of this 150W card with the likes of IceQ X, VaporX, or TwinFrozr VI can only be blissful.

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zargana · Jun 1, 2016

3rd image looks like something burned on pcb... Or my eyes doesnt see quite well?

Xzibit · Jun 1, 2016

zargana said:
3rd image looks like something burned on pcb... Or my eyes doesnt see quite well?

That's the shadow of the money your saving. :laugh:

Tannhäuser · Jun 1, 2016

Glad to see some minimalistic and straight design again. But sadly it's from AMD.

FordGT90Concept · Jun 1, 2016

I don't like how they extended the card beyond the PCB with the blower. I think I'll like the AIB cards over reference because that's just silly.

Chaitanya · Jun 1, 2016

Eagerly waiting for reviews, dont play much games but if it performs well at 1440p then I might get it as I just upgraded the monitor to 1440p one.

Caring1 · Jun 1, 2016

zargana said:
3rd image looks like something burned on pcb... Or my eyes doesnt see quite well?

Yep, bad eyesight.
The article says they are renders, not photographs.

Basard · Jun 1, 2016

Caring1 said:
Yep, bad eyesight.
The article says they are renders, not photographs.

Well it looks like the rendered in some leftover flux around the power connectors.... Just for added realism. LOL....

Sir Alex Ice · Jun 1, 2016

Nothing new or different compared to the older generations from the Radeon series.

Air · Jun 1, 2016

Looks great. As reference cards always do. Too bad AIBs will only sell "EXTREME GAMING" aesthetics variants as always.

TheLostSwede · Jun 1, 2016

Thank you AMD for dropping the DVI port, let's move forwards, not backwards.

Prima.Vera · Jun 1, 2016

Welcome back 1990's!

ZoneDymo · Jun 1, 2016

Sir Alex Ice said:
Nothing new or different compared to the older generations from the Radeon series.

Dont think older gens had that short PCB with the fan being extended beyond it and have openings in the botton as well sooo yeah.

mcraygsx · Jun 1, 2016

Only a 6 Pin connector, that makes me wonder about its OC potential. Numbers looks great given its price tag.

Dammeron · Jun 1, 2016

ZoneDymo said:
Dont think older gens had that short PCB with the fan being extended beyond it and have openings in the botton as well sooo yeah.

Yeah, like GTX 670 never existed...

Pinktulips7 · Jun 1, 2016

It's looks like total piece of Cra* from AMD as always!!! What a fuc**** design? Time to change Team again..

Pinktulips7 · Jun 1, 2016

mcraygsx said:
Only a 6 Pin connector, that makes me wonder about its OC potential. Numbers looks great given its price tag.

Overclock, are you crazy? Let it go, get GTX1080 and be happy...

TheLostSwede · Jun 1, 2016

Pinktulips7 said:
It's looks like total piece of Cra* from AMD as always!!! What a fuc**** design? Time to change Team again..

At least it's not a $799 "founders edition"...

Also, what does it matter what a reference card looks like? Their partners will make something custom anyhow.

ZoneDymo · Jun 1, 2016

Dammeron said:
Yeah, like GTX 670 never existed...

sigh, come on man, all the effort you had to do was read what I reacted to, which was in my message as thats how the reactions work here or you scroll up a tad...was that really too much for you?

"Nothing new or different compared to the older generations from the >>>Radeon series<<<"

Air · Jun 1, 2016

Pinktulips7 said:
It's looks like total piece of Cra* from AMD as always!!! What a fuc**** design? Time to change Team again..

What would be a good design from your perspective? I like the simplicity of this one.

ZoneDymo · Jun 1, 2016

Air said:
What would be a good design from you perspective? I like the simplicity of this one.

Obvious troll is obvious, no need to respond to that one

Random Murderer · Jun 1, 2016

The price was confirmed for $199.
That's right, AMD's going for the kill with this card, a $200, 150W card they claim will give smooth "premium" gameplay on a Vive or Rift.

VulkanBros · Jun 1, 2016

Reminds me of the 5870 - and I liked that a lot - especially the aesthetics - nice and clean.
It would fit just perfect for my wallet - and for 1920 * 1080 or 2560 * 1440 it would be great.
I hate trow money after Nvidia - for things I in reality don't need. (and for crippled memory).

And the other benefit would be better prices - for the costumers, as I bet that Nvidia will lower it´s prices
when it turns out that this card can perform (assuming)

Octavean · Jun 1, 2016

TheLostSwede said:
At least it's not a $799 "founders edition"...

Also, what does it matter what a reference card looks like? Their partners will make something custom anyhow.

Ummmm,.....

I believe its called "FU" edition,......

Casecutter · Jun 1, 2016

FordGT90Concept said:
I don't like how they extended the card beyond the PCB with the blower.

Yea like no other companies reference design have ever done it like this.

Dammeron said:
Yeah, like GTX 670 never existed...

Exactly, it's not smart with a mainstream offering but fine on second tier Enthusiast! Spoiler

I'm waiting for the 2-Slot Passive.

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Feast Your Eyes on These Official AMD Radeon RX 480 Renders

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