The first of the custom RX480 graphics cards have been released - Sapphire have the 4GB model at £199 + delivery at Overclockers. There is an 8GB version for £239 and an OC 8GB version for £249:
Nothing to do with it buddy, it's the same every new gen whether it's intel's new architecture or NVidia or amd, there is always the same crap "oh this is the price", the same arguments on exchange rates etc.etc. you'd think in this day n age more people would catch on, I mean google is right there, there has always gouging until stock meets or surpasses demand and you always get these morons that pay the gougers price then condone it to others on forums, people on here that have been buying and following tech will tell you it's the same every single time, yet we still get these people stating its a good price and it won't drop and exchange rates mean nothing $200 dollars is the same as £200 because of economy lmao all this ridiculous bull.
In two months these cards all of them will be were they are supposed to be and if you covert $200 dollars to pounds then add 20% tax you'll find that's is around the price we'll be paying give or take £5.
As for the pound being weak that's just more bull it means nothing to people in the u.k. it still costs us the same its only when shopping outside the u.k. and that won't even last long this brexit crap means nothing those morons down the road will try to back out, the people voted out, end off, if they go back it will be the end of democracy in the u.k.
I don't care how our pound looks over the water I only care how were being screwed here in our own back yard and how many people mistakenly think that brexit is the cause of these price hikes, don't kid yourself it's all excuses and smoke screens, fear mongering at it's best, what really **** me off is very few people actually look into it they just spout the same crap they heard others say instead of looking into it themselves, I get it takes time to read up and understand but people really should be more informed, and today there is no excuse the internet is right there, it's not like back in the day where you rely on a news papers, the news or the library we have a world wide web and yet people are still clueless.
Really embaressing, how many times does the same thing need to keep happening before people click on?
The better news is this time around there's more people holding off on these prices more people are catching on, but there's still so many morons that want one now, I must have the newest and best, then tell them self and others its a good price and it won't drop bla, bla, bla, it always does, just wait till asus, msi, gigabyte, pny, evga etc all have in stock piles of 1060's or 480's then there all fighting over who gets the sales the first to act wins usually with the btr price, then bang fire sale.
lukec123
22 Jul 164#9
I feel like it's worth just paying the extra £30ish for an AIB 1060? It seems to OC really well, lower temps, power draw etc. I'm a bit disappointed with the 480 UK pricing to be honest and I think it will hurt AMD's sales, $200 apparently equals £200+ here
bigbloke
23 Jul 164#47
Everyone knows there is an associated price premium for new items, and that in the U.K for whatever reason we are charged a premium on top of whatever the conversion of currencies should indicate. I didn't see anyone disputing that.
Of course the £ being at 30yr + low level has an effect on the cost of goods here. Only an imbecile would claim otherwise, oh wait......
Whether you care or not means fcuk all, the fact is that a weak £ makes anything that is imported more expensive. Are you too simple to have noticed the cost of fuel (which will filter down to all goods as they have to be transported) has been going up from a stable base since the referendum?
What's really embarrassing is your inability to spell and understand simple economic principals a 10yr old can.
Gkains to bobo53
22 Jul 163#12
This is a custom AIB cards with a custom PCB and has an 8-pin power connector.
Sapphire state the max PCIe draw is 60W which is well in spec.
Mind you, since the reference cards have a software controllable VRM controller, AMD's driver update did sort the reference card's issue.
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chickey999
25 Nov 16#74
Gutted i missed this, had it in my basket but was deliberating on a case as it's a present and they suddenly disappeared :-(
mrwalruscaptain
27 Jul 16#73
I find it funny that people went from a simple tech discussion on a deal to being embroiled in deep political discussion XD. Anyway I think overclockers prices won't be as good so I'm waiting till Novatech and eBuyer come out with some prices on this :smiley:
menzah
27 Jul 16#72
Mine just got dispatched (4GB version)
morfinel
26 Jul 16#71
Will wait for the price to drop below £200 with free game.
tahir_owen
26 Jul 16#70
Here we go, review in german of the 4gb and 8gb model. They oc'd the 4gig model to 1415mhz, not too shabby
Of course the value of the pound versus the dollar impacts all pricing.
The price of delivering goods goes up, the price to purchase imported goods goes up, if your item has ANY gas involved in manufacture (plastic) transport (oil) or pretty much anything... It will absolutely be impacted by the value of the pound.
It may be a smaller impact, but certainly an impact.
bigbloke
25 Jul 16#68
Came across as such.
I always read previous points before posting in a thread as how else can you make a proper informed contribution? Silly of me to assume others followed this common sense rule. Anyway I have no issue with you only commented to refute the total crap being spouted by that revolver r e t a r d.
Agharta
25 Jul 16#67
Not being pedantic as I don't recall your earlier posts and making unqualified posts in a thread where people can jump in at the end leaves it unclear.
bigbloke
25 Jul 16#66
Let's not be pedantic. I stated in my previous posts (#47 & #59) that I was talking about imports and assumed it was implicit it my follow up. Obviously not.......
Agharta
25 Jul 16#65
The graph shows the wild fluctuation in the price of oil which is about 5x that of sterling v the dollar in the same period:
bobo53
22 Jul 16#4
is the pcie hardware problem been properly sorted out on this batch??
vanillamilkshake to bobo53
22 Jul 16#6
It was fixed by a driver update apparently.
Gkains to bobo53
22 Jul 163#12
This is a custom AIB cards with a custom PCB and has an 8-pin power connector.
Sapphire state the max PCIe draw is 60W which is well in spec.
Mind you, since the reference cards have a software controllable VRM controller, AMD's driver update did sort the reference card's issue.
rebus_forever to bobo53
25 Jul 16#64
Its a driver thing not a hardware thing and the "problem" which was slightly higher powerdraw via the pcie slot literally wouldnt have been an issue unless you were stress testing the card for extended periods of time, at least so far as im aware.
But yeah im sure i read an article about the drivers fixing the power issue.
bigbloke
24 Jul 16#61
Let's agree to disagree because irrespective of the oil futures fluctuation, the massive drop in the value of the currency effects the price of EVERYTHING.
Agharta to bigbloke
24 Jul 161#63
I didn't see that we had been disagreeing as I was just pointing out that oil and other traded commodities are more complex with regard pricing fluctuations. RAM is also a traded commodity which is why its pricing fluctuates in ways that most other PC components don't.
But I do now disagree when you say that EVERYTHING is now affected by the value of the pound dropping as it doesn't necessarily impact goods which aren't imported.
Nate1492
24 Jul 16#62
You would need to compare Brent Crude price in $ to Brent Crude price in GBP.
The ratio of those graphs will reflect the currency fluctuations.
The fact is oil prices had been low and petrol prices had consequently been as low as they had been since the crash in 08. Since the currency plummeted as a direct result of the referendum vote it has been going up since. Anything we don't actually produce is more expensive now the £ is at 30+ yr lows.
bigbloke
24 Jul 16#58
Imbicile.
Nate1492
24 Jul 161#57
Wow. Do you ever stop and read what you post?
revolver31
24 Jul 16#56
Lmao ok then, strange I was at asda you know food being important, saw no change but ye sure whatever, oh I did notice about 6 months ago fish tinned and fresh had gone up again, oh wait that was b4 brexit, lol our prices change all the time but now people like you blame it all on brexit, ok sure, another to my ignore list.
revolver31
24 Jul 16#55
Ye well I voted leave buddy but to elaborate on my fear mongering comment what I meant was everyone is saying that because of brexit the prices are high meaning we need to go back and all will be well etc. they are effectively using price hikes to scare everyone to beg and go back, but in reality especially when it comes to tech the price hikes are always there on release day, it's nothing to do with brexit, yet people seem content to blame everything on it usually in order to say "hey see I was right".
But what can you do these people are everywhere and it's pointless telling them, I'm nearly 40 so I've been around and although I hate politics I've seen my share, I've also seen plenty of swings in the tech industry but if you look you'll see that as much as things look to change there just more of the same nonsense just worded different and now more social media driven trying to win out with lies, fear and doom & your right mate it would be funny if it wasn't so true.
Nate1492
24 Jul 161#54
This isn't true at all.
The pound being lower absolutely makes the costs of goods higher.
There isn't some magic price within the UK that we pay, simply, many businesses haven't adjusted prices, but we can see the price changes in the tech sector.
Gas will go up in price as well.
We are not isolated from our brexit money loss, not at all.
sslesar
24 Jul 16#53
Problem only power supply which not fit that and video card.
cartsp
24 Jul 162#52
Not sure I buy into your fear mongering references, the referendum is over. The reports on the currency's value dropping, businesses pulling out and foreigners buying companies here now the pound is weak are just the news. The brexit is going to happen, they aren't going to pull out of it. Those of us who are financially stable, can only look on with pity at what is to come for future generations. Or if your a brexit campaigner like farage, can only put your feet up in your Belgium mansion with your German wife, where he can't speak the native language and collect his eu salary. If it wasn't real it would be a bad joke.
millar5002
24 Jul 161#50
We live in interesting times when the best price to performance card ever released is considered "overpriced".
revolver31 to millar5002
24 Jul 16#51
Every new generation has the best price to performance card ever released, and people still say the same thing you just did every time lol.
There will always be advancements the point is these tier of cards are overpriced this time round but as I say it's like this every time, people use the same remarks every new gen and the point is missed completely.
the time to buy a new gen gpu is when the price is right and that's when all company's have stock and they compete until then prices will always be higher, it was the same with intel and skylake.
Agharta
23 Jul 162#49
A number of UK tech companies have announced price rises due to Brexit/currency fluctuations including Dell UK and Asus UK.
Petrol is a separate case as its a volatile traded commodity so the price can vary a lot even when the pound is static.
revolver31
23 Jul 161#48
Lmao, well that was a complete waste of your time, really grammar police lol I think I might have misspelled one word since I had typed quite a bit I got lazy but it's funny you still correct people for spelling, given it's a forum and hand held devices it's common etiquette to let such silly easily mistake's slide in the world of social media, but thx for you ramblings it made me laugh, straight onto my ignore list.
bigbloke
23 Jul 164#47
Everyone knows there is an associated price premium for new items, and that in the U.K for whatever reason we are charged a premium on top of whatever the conversion of currencies should indicate. I didn't see anyone disputing that.
Of course the £ being at 30yr + low level has an effect on the cost of goods here. Only an imbecile would claim otherwise, oh wait......
Whether you care or not means fcuk all, the fact is that a weak £ makes anything that is imported more expensive. Are you too simple to have noticed the cost of fuel (which will filter down to all goods as they have to be transported) has been going up from a stable base since the referendum?
What's really embarrassing is your inability to spell and understand simple economic principals a 10yr old can.
revolver31
23 Jul 165#46
Nothing to do with it buddy, it's the same every new gen whether it's intel's new architecture or NVidia or amd, there is always the same crap "oh this is the price", the same arguments on exchange rates etc.etc. you'd think in this day n age more people would catch on, I mean google is right there, there has always gouging until stock meets or surpasses demand and you always get these morons that pay the gougers price then condone it to others on forums, people on here that have been buying and following tech will tell you it's the same every single time, yet we still get these people stating its a good price and it won't drop and exchange rates mean nothing $200 dollars is the same as £200 because of economy lmao all this ridiculous bull.
In two months these cards all of them will be were they are supposed to be and if you covert $200 dollars to pounds then add 20% tax you'll find that's is around the price we'll be paying give or take £5.
As for the pound being weak that's just more bull it means nothing to people in the u.k. it still costs us the same its only when shopping outside the u.k. and that won't even last long this brexit crap means nothing those morons down the road will try to back out, the people voted out, end off, if they go back it will be the end of democracy in the u.k.
I don't care how our pound looks over the water I only care how were being screwed here in our own back yard and how many people mistakenly think that brexit is the cause of these price hikes, don't kid yourself it's all excuses and smoke screens, fear mongering at it's best, what really **** me off is very few people actually look into it they just spout the same crap they heard others say instead of looking into it themselves, I get it takes time to read up and understand but people really should be more informed, and today there is no excuse the internet is right there, it's not like back in the day where you rely on a news papers, the news or the library we have a world wide web and yet people are still clueless.
Really embaressing, how many times does the same thing need to keep happening before people click on?
The better news is this time around there's more people holding off on these prices more people are catching on, but there's still so many morons that want one now, I must have the newest and best, then tell them self and others its a good price and it won't drop bla, bla, bla, it always does, just wait till asus, msi, gigabyte, pny, evga etc all have in stock piles of 1060's or 480's then there all fighting over who gets the sales the first to act wins usually with the btr price, then bang fire sale.
revolver31
23 Jul 162#42
A 1060 at £250 is over priced never mind £300, the real price of a 1060 is supposed to be £220 and there is still price gouging going on these, 1060's will hit £200, the 480 4gb will come in at £175 and the 8gb £200 to pay much more for any of these cards is just stupid so unless you must have a card right now for what ever reason, hold off let these thing settle down don't feed the gougers.
Tim1292 to revolver31
23 Jul 16#45
Maybe that would have happened before brexit, but with such a weak pound it's unlikely.
Nate1492
23 Jul 16#43
Has anyone actually received a 480 Nitro 4GB card? Would be helpful to know.
LazybeatX to Nate1492
23 Jul 16#44
Nope, only reviewers, nobody has them in stock yet and overclockers where saying August 5th for the 4GB model. If you want it sooner the I'm petty sure Scan are getting them in on 29/07/16
LazybeatX
23 Jul 16#41
For me it boils down to this, if there is no AIB 480s in stock on the 25th (pay day) I will buy a 1060. I have no allegiance to either of these companies, I will just buy whatever is in stock. I would slightly prefer the Rx 480 but it won't stop me from buying a 1060. I really think AMD screwed up not having these AIB cards available from launch like Nvidia.
LazybeatX
23 Jul 16#40
For me it boils down to this, if there is no AIB 480s in stock on the 25th (pay day) I will buy a 1060. I have no allegiance to either of these companies, I will just buy whatever is in stock. I would slightly prefer the Rx 480 but it won't stop me from buying a 1060. I really think AMD screwed up not having these AIB cards available from launch like Nvidia.
vmistery
22 Jul 16#39
That is fair enough, I had an nvidia card before the 7950 I have now and changed then as I was doing a bit of Bitcoin mining (whilst work paid my electricity bill). Now I'm no longer doing that so just have to decide on a card based on games I play which currently is just fallout 4 but will include mafia 3 and the new Deus ex in the next year. I'm hesitant to spend too much on a card as even the 1080 isn't really quite 4K ready.
Rhythmeister
22 Jul 16#38
Well, the GTX 1060 is what I went for after being an ATi man for over a decade and it's a stonkingly good card for £240 (add a tenner on for non mainland delivery from ebuyer of course). It IS a better performer than the RX 480 and it runs cooler, I'm not even going to mention the non event that is the power draw debacle as I don't think a motherboard has been conclusively proven to have been damaged by the RX 480 :man:
vmistery
22 Jul 16#37
Well I was amazed at the 1060 pricing as I thought it'd be around the £300 retail. I'm waiting for the new Deus Ex then will decide if I need a new card or not and which one
Agharta
22 Jul 16#36
If you look at the state of the RX 480 reference cards on release (out of spec power distribution, minimal possible O/C) I'd say that it was possibly rushed out to counter the 1060 as maybe AMD heard that it was being released earlier than they'd hoped for!
If that is the case then the custom boards are coming on time but they only seem late as the reference was prematurely delivered; it did need a bit of time in intensive care. :smiley:
The 1060 on the other hand so far seems like a solid release with stock and pricing on target with the latter being a big surprise for some who expected the price gouging that inflicted the 1070/1080.
LazybeatX
22 Jul 16#34
What the hell is taking them so long to get these cards out? The 1060 was pushed forward and released with lots of AIB cards to pick from, so far not a single AIB 480 is in stock.
vmistery to LazybeatX
22 Jul 161#35
Makes you wonder if nvidia did a deal to get theirs out first
vmistery
22 Jul 162#33
In my opinion this is the price it should be for the 8gb custom ones. At that point I might even go from my trusty 7950
ttttd
22 Jul 16#32
Oh. I never got round to doing it with Scan on Hexus so I doubt I will for OCUK :man:
ttttd
22 Jul 161#30
Is there no free delivery above a certain £ with OCUK? Just selected products?
eiamhere69 to ttttd
22 Jul 16#31
No, if you make 100 / 250 posts in there forums you can get free delivery (I can't remember exact number or if it has to be annual - i don't think it does)
eiamhere69
22 Jul 161#29
I suppose it is new though, but still they are seeing how much they can extort
eiamhere69
22 Jul 162#28
Overpriced
Noclouds
22 Jul 16#27
Sapphire recommends a 500W PSU, Overclockers something a little higher. Good to see an 8-pin connector and to hear this card is a good bit quieter and cooler running but the 7% improvement in performance over a reference card at stock, is a little disappointing. I can't see many people paying out £240, especially if Nvidia bring down the price of the GTX 1060 a bit to spoil the party. It's interesting that everyone I knew who was champing at the bit to buy either card is holding off, waiting for price drops that... might not come, for a long while. I thought the Overclockers review on Youtube was commendably level headed, rather than necessarily pushing product.
M0nk3h
22 Jul 16#26
A great price for a new card but it would be a shame to buy one seen as my 970 is still very much holding out.
Just Wondering
22 Jul 16#25
Not one to get excited about
Agharta
22 Jul 161#24
Ok so he meant OR rather than AND.
revolver31
22 Jul 161#3
overpriced sorry 4gb = £180
menzah to revolver31
22 Jul 162#8
Nah 180 is for reference 4gb 480
ST3123 to revolver31
22 Jul 161#23
I'd have to second this. yes I'm sure it has some improvements over the reference board but not many are going to be willing to stump up an extra £30+ over the reference design for a few bells and whistles. Increasingly 4GB is becoming the minimum you should have in a new graphics card not the huge amount it once was and personally I wouldn't pay over £200 just to have the minimum for optimal performance, if I was paying that kind of money I'd want at least 6Gb and ideally 8GB....
GAVINLEWISHUKD
22 Jul 161#22
I think he meant 8 pin or 6 pin. It's suggested you can use 8pin, 6+2, or just a 6 pin to power the card.
Maybe they haven't reviewed one? Anyway, it's not a big deal as it gives you a reference versus other cards and you can use that when looking at other review sites.
Oops! :confused:
catbeans
22 Jul 16#16
Why bother when it is equal to a founders 1060
lukec123
22 Jul 16#15
I'm talking about the 1060. The 480 seems to not OC well at all due to the PCB
It doesn't look like much of an improvement from the reference on that chart above!
lukec123
22 Jul 164#9
I feel like it's worth just paying the extra £30ish for an AIB 1060? It seems to OC really well, lower temps, power draw etc. I'm a bit disappointed with the 480 UK pricing to be honest and I think it will hurt AMD's sales, $200 apparently equals £200+ here
bobo53
22 Jul 16#7
yes, but I do not think that was a proper repair, hardware cannot be repaired unless replaced
edit: looks like they did
Sapphire redesigned the power system on the Nitro+ RX 480, swapping out the reference model’s 6-pin power connector for a beefier 8-pin and altering the power phase design so that no more than roughly 60 watts courses in via your motherboard’s PCI-E slot.
This is the proof that a simple driver cannot do it properly
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In two months these cards all of them will be were they are supposed to be and if you covert $200 dollars to pounds then add 20% tax you'll find that's is around the price we'll be paying give or take £5.
As for the pound being weak that's just more bull it means nothing to people in the u.k. it still costs us the same its only when shopping outside the u.k. and that won't even last long this brexit crap means nothing those morons down the road will try to back out, the people voted out, end off, if they go back it will be the end of democracy in the u.k.
I don't care how our pound looks over the water I only care how were being screwed here in our own back yard and how many people mistakenly think that brexit is the cause of these price hikes, don't kid yourself it's all excuses and smoke screens, fear mongering at it's best, what really **** me off is very few people actually look into it they just spout the same crap they heard others say instead of looking into it themselves, I get it takes time to read up and understand but people really should be more informed, and today there is no excuse the internet is right there, it's not like back in the day where you rely on a news papers, the news or the library we have a world wide web and yet people are still clueless.
Really embaressing, how many times does the same thing need to keep happening before people click on?
The better news is this time around there's more people holding off on these prices more people are catching on, but there's still so many morons that want one now, I must have the newest and best, then tell them self and others its a good price and it won't drop bla, bla, bla, it always does, just wait till asus, msi, gigabyte, pny, evga etc all have in stock piles of 1060's or 480's then there all fighting over who gets the sales the first to act wins usually with the btr price, then bang fire sale.
Of course the £ being at 30yr + low level has an effect on the cost of goods here. Only an imbecile would claim otherwise, oh wait......
Whether you care or not means fcuk all, the fact is that a weak £ makes anything that is imported more expensive. Are you too simple to have noticed the cost of fuel (which will filter down to all goods as they have to be transported) has been going up from a stable base since the referendum?
What's really embarrassing is your inability to spell and understand simple economic principals a 10yr old can.
Sapphire state the max PCIe draw is 60W which is well in spec.
Mind you, since the reference cards have a software controllable VRM controller, AMD's driver update did sort the reference card's issue.
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https://www.computerbase.de/2016-07/sapphire-radeon-rx-480-nitro-oc-test/3/#diagramm-call-of-duty-black-ops-iii-1920-1080
Of course the value of the pound versus the dollar impacts all pricing.
The price of delivering goods goes up, the price to purchase imported goods goes up, if your item has ANY gas involved in manufacture (plastic) transport (oil) or pretty much anything... It will absolutely be impacted by the value of the pound.
It may be a smaller impact, but certainly an impact.
I always read previous points before posting in a thread as how else can you make a proper informed contribution? Silly of me to assume others followed this common sense rule. Anyway I have no issue with you only commented to refute the total crap being spouted by that revolver r e t a r d.
Sapphire state the max PCIe draw is 60W which is well in spec.
Mind you, since the reference cards have a software controllable VRM controller, AMD's driver update did sort the reference card's issue.
But yeah im sure i read an article about the drivers fixing the power issue.
But I do now disagree when you say that EVERYTHING is now affected by the value of the pound dropping as it doesn't necessarily impact goods which aren't imported.
The ratio of those graphs will reflect the currency fluctuations.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/market_data/commodities/143908/twelve_month.stm
The two things are separate
But what can you do these people are everywhere and it's pointless telling them, I'm nearly 40 so I've been around and although I hate politics I've seen my share, I've also seen plenty of swings in the tech industry but if you look you'll see that as much as things look to change there just more of the same nonsense just worded different and now more social media driven trying to win out with lies, fear and doom & your right mate it would be funny if it wasn't so true.
The pound being lower absolutely makes the costs of goods higher.
There isn't some magic price within the UK that we pay, simply, many businesses haven't adjusted prices, but we can see the price changes in the tech sector.
Gas will go up in price as well.
We are not isolated from our brexit money loss, not at all.
There will always be advancements the point is these tier of cards are overpriced this time round but as I say it's like this every time, people use the same remarks every new gen and the point is missed completely.
the time to buy a new gen gpu is when the price is right and that's when all company's have stock and they compete until then prices will always be higher, it was the same with intel and skylake.
Petrol is a separate case as its a volatile traded commodity so the price can vary a lot even when the pound is static.
Of course the £ being at 30yr + low level has an effect on the cost of goods here. Only an imbecile would claim otherwise, oh wait......
Whether you care or not means fcuk all, the fact is that a weak £ makes anything that is imported more expensive. Are you too simple to have noticed the cost of fuel (which will filter down to all goods as they have to be transported) has been going up from a stable base since the referendum?
What's really embarrassing is your inability to spell and understand simple economic principals a 10yr old can.
In two months these cards all of them will be were they are supposed to be and if you covert $200 dollars to pounds then add 20% tax you'll find that's is around the price we'll be paying give or take £5.
As for the pound being weak that's just more bull it means nothing to people in the u.k. it still costs us the same its only when shopping outside the u.k. and that won't even last long this brexit crap means nothing those morons down the road will try to back out, the people voted out, end off, if they go back it will be the end of democracy in the u.k.
I don't care how our pound looks over the water I only care how were being screwed here in our own back yard and how many people mistakenly think that brexit is the cause of these price hikes, don't kid yourself it's all excuses and smoke screens, fear mongering at it's best, what really **** me off is very few people actually look into it they just spout the same crap they heard others say instead of looking into it themselves, I get it takes time to read up and understand but people really should be more informed, and today there is no excuse the internet is right there, it's not like back in the day where you rely on a news papers, the news or the library we have a world wide web and yet people are still clueless.
Really embaressing, how many times does the same thing need to keep happening before people click on?
The better news is this time around there's more people holding off on these prices more people are catching on, but there's still so many morons that want one now, I must have the newest and best, then tell them self and others its a good price and it won't drop bla, bla, bla, it always does, just wait till asus, msi, gigabyte, pny, evga etc all have in stock piles of 1060's or 480's then there all fighting over who gets the sales the first to act wins usually with the btr price, then bang fire sale.
If that is the case then the custom boards are coming on time but they only seem late as the reference was prematurely delivered; it did need a bit of time in intensive care. :smiley:
The 1060 on the other hand so far seems like a solid release with stock and pricing on target with the latter being a big surprise for some who expected the price gouging that inflicted the 1070/1080.
Oops! :confused:
Sapphire Nitro+ RX 480 review: Polaris rethought and refined
edit: looks like they did
Sapphire redesigned the power system on the Nitro+ RX 480, swapping out the reference model’s 6-pin power connector for a beefier 8-pin and altering the power phase design so that no more than roughly 60 watts courses in via your motherboard’s PCI-E slot.
This is the proof that a simple driver cannot do it properly