Which rx 480 to choose?

dassan · Nov 22, 2016

Hello guys, i wanna get a rx 480 for 1080p gaming and my monitor is 120 hz also. I m between Asus strix and msi gaming x. They say better things about msi but asus is also 15 dollars cheaper and have 1 more year warranty than msi one. And also i wanna ask if 8 gb is needed? I mostly play mmo games like WoW. I be happy if u help me decide plz thank you.

uuuaaaaaa · Nov 22, 2016

Afaik the best RX480 is the XFX GTR.

GreiverBlade · Nov 22, 2016

uuuaaaaaa said:
Afaik the best RX480 is the XFX GTR.

seconded.

Black Flag · Nov 22, 2016

Sapphire Nitro 8G+... The best.

XFX is a dirty company.

I still remember my 7970 Black Edition, which had custom XFX pcb with no dual bios switch.

dassan · Nov 22, 2016

Black Flag said:
Sapphire Nitro 8G+... The best.

XFX is a dirty company.

I still remember my 7970 Black Edition, which had custom XFX pcb with no dual bios switch.

I can only choose between rog strix oc and gaming x actually. Asus has 1 more year warranty and on my country its warranty service is really good. You can say performance wise there is any difference or those samsung micron vram problem aplies in these rx r80 models also?

MidnightJam · Nov 22, 2016

I cant speak for the 7970 s but my XFX 5850 still works after 6 Years of usage. For me one of the best Produkts i own.
@ dassan https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/RX_480_STRIX_OC/ is a bit noisi the msi is not. (my profile is not up to date ^^)

8GB isnt needet that much btw i would buy a 470 XFX 4GB Card.

You own a 390 ?

Ebo · Nov 22, 2016

Samsung or Hynix vram has allways had a much better reputation than Micron.

RejZoR · Nov 22, 2016

The XFX RX480 GTR is indeed the most interesting because of how power is configured (see JayZTwoCents video of it on YT). I haven't seen any other graphic card with RX480 core delivering such results. As much as I generally don't like XFX...

Ungari · Nov 22, 2016

RejZoR said:
The XFX RX480 GTR is indeed the most interesting because of how power is configured (see JayZTwoCents video of it on YT). I haven't seen any other graphic card with RX480 core delivering such results. As much as I generally don't like XFX...

I'm pretty certain that Jay was sent a commercial binned chip that is not available off the shelf for gamers.

HD64G · Nov 22, 2016

Nitro or XFX GTR if possible. From the rest, go with MSI for its better cooling and less noise.

thesmokingman · Nov 22, 2016

RejZoR said:
The XFX RX480 GTR is indeed the most interesting because of how power is configured (see JayZTwoCents video of it on YT). I haven't seen any other graphic card with RX480 core delivering such results. As much as I generally don't like XFX...

If you watch the video towards the end closely, you'll see he added VOLTAGE when running benches. Thus magical GTR myth dispelled. The GTR is a good pcb no doubt, but the asic % is more relevant than the pcb when attaining high clocks.

Ungari · Nov 22, 2016

thesmokingman said:
If you watch the video towards the end closely, you'll see he added VOLTAGE when running benches. Thus magical GTR myth dispelled. The GTR is a good pcb no doubt, but the asic % is more relevant than the pcb when attaining high clocks.

It's more than that, XFX bought a commercial binned chip from AMD and refitted it to a GTR pcb. This is why you saw such low power draw and heat enabling Jay to achieve such high OC on air.

thesmokingman · Nov 22, 2016

Ungari said:
It's more than that, XFX bought a commercial binned chip from AMD and refitted it to a GTR pcb. This is why you saw such low power draw and heat enabling Jay to achieve such high OC on air.

Got proof?

Ungari · Nov 22, 2016

thesmokingman said:
Got proof?

Well, if you watched Adored TV's video, you will see that these low TDP chips have been reserved for commercial sales by AMD, and that AIB's do not get them for their gaming products.
So, the only way that Jay's GTR had such characteristics is if was originally a commercial binned chip.

thebluebumblebee · Nov 22, 2016

uuuaaaaaa said:
Afaik the best RX480 is the XFX GTR.

RejZoR said:
see JayZTwoCents video of it on YT

Okay, how do we get one of these to @W1zzard ? Seriously. Is the power draw as low as JZ saw? How quiet is it? I needs to know!

RejZoR · Nov 22, 2016

Ungari said:
It's more than that, XFX bought a commercial binned chip from AMD and refitted it to a GTR pcb. This is why you saw such low power draw and heat enabling Jay to achieve such high OC on air.

Imagine the outrage if only Jay's sample would have such characteristics and the rest of GTR's would be the same RX480's as the rest. It would be stupid from XFX's perspective. They aren't that dumb...

Ungari · Nov 22, 2016

RejZoR said:
Imagine the outrage if only Jay's sample would have such characteristics and the rest of GTR's would be the same RX480's as the rest. It would be stupid from XFX's perspective. They aren't that dumb...

Have you seen any other GTR that has shown such low TDP other than Jay's?
If that was the case you would see people selling their RX 480's to buy the GTR, and these GTR's would be priced well over $300.

thesmokingman · Nov 22, 2016

Ungari said:
Well, if you watched Adored TV's video, you will see that these low TDP chips have been reserved for commercial sales by AMD, and that AIB's do not get them for their gaming products.
So, the only way that Jay's GTR had such characteristics is if was originally a commercial binned chip.

BS. There are users on this forum with cards that clock higher on stock voltage. That Adored vid, the guy is pulling crap out of his ass, literally. And the other obvious point would be that if they used a rigged gpu to market with it would break some real laws ya know?

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/rx-480-470-460-owners-club.224352/page-6#post-3540033

Ungari · Nov 22, 2016

thesmokingman said:
BS. There are users on this forum with cards that clock higher on stock voltage. That Adored vid, the guy is pulling crap out of his ass, literally. And the other obvious point would be that if they used a rigged gpu to market with it would break some real laws ya know?

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/rx-480-470-460-owners-club.224352/page-6#post-3540033

Nothing against the law about mounting a higher binned Polaris chip on their custom pcb, companies send golden samples to reviewers all the time.

RejZoR · Nov 22, 2016

Ungari said:
Have you seen any other GTR that has shown such low TDP other than Jay's?
If that was the case you would see people selling their RX 480's to buy the GTR, and these GTR's would be priced well over $300.

We know how things go when only review sample has spectacular results, but not retail ones. It's a business suicide. Not even XFX is that dumb, believe me. If they are, they don't deserve to exist.

cdawall · Nov 22, 2016

thesmokingman said:
BS. There are users on this forum with cards that clock higher on stock voltage. That Adored vid, the guy is pulling crap out of his ass, literally. And the other obvious point would be that if they used a rigged gpu to market with it would break some real laws ya know?

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/rx-480-470-460-owners-club.224352/page-6#post-3540033

To be fair I'm the only one breaking his clocks in that thread, but it consumes much higher wattage. I wouldn't be surprised if xfx paid for better binned gpu's the xxx edition my brother has uses less wattage than my nitro+'s do and can clock almost as high.

One another note of the cards the op can purchase the Asus strix card is the best built rx480 on the market. Binning be dammed it has a better pwm section than the xfx and better cooling and is the better option.

Ungari · Nov 22, 2016

I had to give my Nitro more juice to get it stable over 1442Mhz.

thesmokingman · Nov 22, 2016

Ungari said:
Nothing against the law about mounting a higher binned Polaris chip on their custom pcb, companies send golden samples to reviewers all the time.

You implied that video was saying that they put a different chip altogether. Are you saying you didn't type this?? If it's not available off the shelf then its a rigged card, ie. breaking some serious marketing laws.

Ungari said:
I'm pretty certain that Jay was sent a commercial binned chip that is not available off the shelf for gamers.

cdawall · Nov 22, 2016

Ungari said:
I had to give my Nitro more juice to get it stable over 1442Mhz.

What's the ASIC on yours? I got a second one that's on 72% now and pulls a full 15w more than my 78% asic card

thesmokingman · Nov 22, 2016

cdawall said:
To be fair I'm the only one breaking his clocks in that thread, but it consumes much higher wattage. I wouldn't be surprised if xfx paid for better binned gpu's the xxx edition my brother has uses less wattage than my nitro+'s do and can clock almost as high.

One another note of the cards the op can purchase the Asus strix card is the best built rx480 on the market. Binning be dammed it has a better pwm section than the xfx and better cooling and is the better option.

Yea, we went thru the posts back then. However that Nitro+ that poster linked that I posted clocked over 1505mhz on stock volts. Did that guy get one of these rigged midnight specials too?

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Which rx 480 to choose?

dassan

uuuaaaaaa

GreiverBlade

Black Flag

dassan

MidnightJam

Ebo

RejZoR

Ungari

HD64G

thesmokingman

Ungari

thesmokingman

Ungari

thebluebumblebee

RejZoR

Ungari

thesmokingman

Ungari

RejZoR

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

Ungari

thesmokingman

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

thesmokingman

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