This edition of the 480 comes with the nice looking backplate fitted. To be honest I would hold off buying any 480 until the aftermarket cards come out. But if you need one right now then I would get this nicer looking card with the backplate.
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londonstinks to Martyn334
22 Jul 1610#33
Keep drinking that green kool aid, soon they'll have the monopoloy on gpu market so you can look forward to insane prices. You don't realise it but you need AMD to keep those greedy Nvidia boys in check.
HedgyHoggy
5 Jul 169#1
+ flux capacitor to regulate the power draw from PCIe slot?
isamanu
5 Jul 168#4
Why? It's the best graphics card for that you can buy for £200.
mranderson1971 to Martyn334
5 Jul 165#6
Care to elaborate? Is it the fact that they are cheaper?
I am running an Fx 8320 and an RX480 and am very happy.
1920 x1080 60+fps ultra settings.
Let's stop the fanboy nonsense.
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HedgyHoggy
5 Jul 169#1
+ flux capacitor to regulate the power draw from PCIe slot?
powerbrick to HedgyHoggy
5 Jul 16#2
nah, they are patching that today, probably will gimp the card so you cannot overclock.
Martyn334
5 Jul 161#3
Wouldn't recommend AMD to anyone..
mranderson1971 to Martyn334
5 Jul 165#6
Care to elaborate? Is it the fact that they are cheaper?
I am running an Fx 8320 and an RX480 and am very happy.
1920 x1080 60+fps ultra settings.
Let's stop the fanboy nonsense.
MadeInBeats to Martyn334
5 Jul 164#8
I would recommend no one listens to your drunken ramblings.
londonstinks to Martyn334
22 Jul 1610#33
Keep drinking that green kool aid, soon they'll have the monopoloy on gpu market so you can look forward to insane prices. You don't realise it but you need AMD to keep those greedy Nvidia boys in check.
fishmaster to Martyn334
22 Jul 16#45
I wouldn't recommend you to anyone. Anyone want a Martyn334? No one? Come on? Top troll on AMD deals, OK second rate troll? Still no one? Ah well shame, free with a packet of Walkers? Really? You're a tough crowd.
ukez to Martyn334
21 Sep 16#47
I wouldn't recommend your advice to anyone.. :wink:
isamanu
5 Jul 168#4
Why? It's the best graphics card for that you can buy for £200.
powerbrick to isamanu
5 Jul 162#9
since when is £218.99, £200 ?
SaxonStar
5 Jul 163#5
Agree entirely with OP, would recommend waiting for AIB cards but this is a good deal regardless. The power draw problem has been blown completely out of proportion. Nvidia and AMD have probably had about the same level of cock-ups if we're honest (although only one company is regularly accused of being anti-consumer and competition...); Fermi and 3.5Gate were atrocious on the Green side and reference R9 290 and their underdelivering CPUs are bad on the Red side. Drivers are a total ****-show for both sides, historically AMD have been worse for bugs although probably on par now. Nvidia actually managed to brick several of their older cards earlier this year. And now this is another driver error for AMD. I wish people would just be a bit more balanced with their incredibly strong opinions.
MadeInBeats
5 Jul 161#7
I'd research the OCing on these cards... the only way to get more performance is to increase the power draw, and because the reference cards only have a 6 pin power, it may try and suck more power through the PCI slot, which is why people are reporting fried Mobos.
Basically, with these early cards, the OC versions offer zero benefits over non-OCed versions.
Chidmas to MadeInBeats
5 Jul 16#19
I've never actually heard of anyone actually flying their mobo because of this.
But I'm no expert, I know it's possible but I think it's being exagerated
Gkains
5 Jul 162#10
Well, the thing which still has me avoiding Nvidia for years (did get a GTX970 though for someone who absolutely insisted) was the solder defects (Bumpgate) they had in the 80nm days and for which they never came totally clean even after lawsuits.
Personally saw so many cards and stuff die (8800GT, 8400GS, nForce boards etc.) and have been avoiding them ever since. Nvidia did eventually settle for around $250 million but the actual damage was way higher as millions of card failed.
Ironically, they like to portray themselves as the premium brand but when something goes wrong they don't want to know. Guess in their mind serious Nvidia fans only 'rent' their stuff and most of these cards failed after 2-4 years.
alanbeenthere
5 Jul 16#11
At this point in time I'm still looking at a 970 for £200.
Memory is less of an issue due to compression and you can OC them.
Also my 670 waterblocks will fit.
Of course I may change my mind once 1060 and the 480aib release...
chapchap to alanbeenthere
5 Jul 16#17
Would Sir care for a "Used-Very Good" Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Graphic Card from Amazon Warehouse for £181 ?
XFX has the worst customer support I have ever used. Forget warranty claims with them. They also have a higher than industry standard failure rate - to the point a major UK retailer stopped selling them for around 6 months.
Just a terrible company all around. Buy a RX480 from almost anyone else if you want one.
Adis to nomnomnomnom
5 Jul 161#13
Had an 290x from XFX and just died but the most suprising is that even that the card was 2nd hand and died - XFX has accepted my warranty claim and my card has been exchanged to a new one - CS are based in Netherlands but any card will be sent to NL then to Hong kong - which takes aprox 1.5 month tops - this is based on my own experience, don't know what was yours as you have just stated they are the worst - in my opinion CS was pretty good and been updated through the whole process.
Forgot to mention there were no customs charges as the card will be sent directly from HK to your address after being fixed/exchanged - just so you are aware
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Opening post
This edition of the 480 comes with the nice looking backplate fitted. To be honest I would hold off buying any 480 until the aftermarket cards come out. But if you need one right now then I would get this nicer looking card with the backplate.
Top comments
I am running an Fx 8320 and an RX480 and am very happy.
1920 x1080 60+fps ultra settings.
Let's stop the fanboy nonsense.
All comments (48)
I am running an Fx 8320 and an RX480 and am very happy.
1920 x1080 60+fps ultra settings.
Let's stop the fanboy nonsense.
Basically, with these early cards, the OC versions offer zero benefits over non-OCed versions.
But I'm no expert, I know it's possible but I think it's being exagerated
Personally saw so many cards and stuff die (8800GT, 8400GS, nForce boards etc.) and have been avoiding them ever since. Nvidia did eventually settle for around $250 million but the actual damage was way higher as millions of card failed.
Ironically, they like to portray themselves as the premium brand but when something goes wrong they don't want to know. Guess in their mind serious Nvidia fans only 'rent' their stuff and most of these cards failed after 2-4 years.
Memory is less of an issue due to compression and you can OC them.
Also my 670 waterblocks will fit.
Of course I may change my mind once 1060 and the 480aib release...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00NNXVPS2/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used&m=A2OAJ7377F756P
Just a terrible company all around. Buy a RX480 from almost anyone else if you want one.
Forgot to mention there were no customs charges as the card will be sent directly from HK to your address after being fixed/exchanged - just so you are aware