​Depends on the resolution mainly, this card is aimed at 1080p so there are very few games that use the whole 4gb of memory. As the resolution goes up obviously there is a need for more vram but I'm pretty sure 4gb is fine for the target audience of this card.

​The thing is extra vram isn't a good thing if the card isn't fast enough to utilise is. At 1080p in most games 4gb isn't saturated and the games that are turning down anti-aliasing a bit usually fixes it.

I am curious with this though. My brother is looking to upgrade his r9 270 to something that copes a bit better at 1080p. It's just difficult judging whether his Athlon 860x is going to bottleneck it significantly or not.

​Yes an adapter will work fine

​its not better but it's cheaper and is very close in terms of performance, especially at 1080p which is what the card is designed for. This uses even less power still though.

​There are lots of 470s below £190. But the point being that this is the cheapest option I could find for someone who may be on a tighter budget and doesn't want to spend the extra £25 on what is basically a different designed cooler and probably 1fps more performance.

I know it looks like it's a reference cooler but it's not, it's Sapphire's own built cooler and is apparently quite good.

​Yea I was hoping for £150 to be honest. I don't think this card will drop in price though at least until Nvidia release the gtx 1050 or whatever they decide to call it.

R9 380 draws a lot more power. Don't know if they're comparable.

Well according to gamers Nexus who always do very in depth reviews the difference between the 470 4gb and the 480 4gb is 10% on average.

http://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/2544-sapphire-rx-470-platinum-review-benchmark-vs-480-gtx-1060/page-7

I ​Don't think it really matters to the target audience anyway. AMD says it achieves 60fps at 1080p very high/ultra settings and reviews seem to conclude that.

It depends which 480 you are comparing it against: 4 or 8 Gigabyte, reference or custom board. Without stating which it's confusing.

​I really wouldn't bother with the nitro 470 4gb, at that stage you mite as well just get a 480 4gb Refrence card for £10 more. If I where you I would either get this card posted and save a fair bit of money or I would just get the 480 Refrence card. If you absolutely must get a 480 nitro then the only one I would get is the 4gb for £199 + postage. This is assuming you are on a tight budget. The problem is you could just say well if I spend another £40 I could get the 8gb 480 nitro oc. Then you could say well for £50 more I could get the 1060 strix then for £60 more than that you could get a 1070. The point is you have to set a budget and stick to it otherwise I'd just buy a 1070 and have done with it.