eBuyer have this fairly capable card reduced to £239.99, which is lower than it's ever been on Amazon according to 3 Camels. Yes, it's more than in the USA, and way over the anticipated £199 retail price, but with the pound having dropped so much against the dollar this year it looks a good deal to me.
Having posted this, Amazon currently have every other 8GB RX480 listed as one per customer and the MSI Gaming X card has a stupid high RRP of £299 in the listing. Could they be planning a Black Friday week Lightning Deal on this card anyway?
Saturday 19th November 9pm £239.99 on Amazon too.
As Amazon have now price matched this card with Ebuyer, I'm going to buy two from Amazon this evening. I'd already put £500 credit in my account expressly to get these cards and £239.99 is good enough for me now with the guarantee of having them for Christmas, plus Amazon CS if there's any issues with either of them.
Amazon price back up to £254.99 again, and they have the GTX1060 at £309.99 - ouch!
I'd pay the extra tenner for the MSI card, personally. The reference cooler is very hot and loud, whilst this is the quietest RX 480 around. You'll also get a better overclock out of this one thanks to the lower temperatures, unless you're willing to crank the fan up to 100% on the reference cooler (and deal with it sounding like a leaf blower).
zabique
17 Nov 161#3
im holding fire until black friday.
stuattravs
17 Nov 16#4
yeah totally agree, just an alternative in case this one sells out really.
I'll be watching over the weekend to see if either this or the 1060 drops beneath £200
segaste
17 Nov 16#5
Great price for an 8gb 480.
Was looking at this a few weeks back, as I want an MSI card to match my new MSI board, but a few reviews put me off. Think I'll go re-watch them and see what the faults were. Kind of convinced myself I want an MSI gaming x 1060 6gb but it's £60 more than this.
Voted hot.
dreamager
17 Nov 16#6
Holding out for some nice Nitro+ Black Friday deals, but given no built in 3D support it will probably end up being cheaper for me to go for a 1060
rev6 to dreamager
17 Nov 161#7
3D support? What :smile:
dreamager
17 Nov 16#8
I like to game in 3D on my 3D monitor, which NVIDIA supports natively in the drivers. As far as I can find, you still have to buy something like TriDef 3D for Radeon cards, unless that has changed recently, which effectively adds £30 onto the price of the gfx card
rev6
17 Nov 16#9
AMD HD3D?
dreamager
17 Nov 16#10
Which from this setup video says you need middleware, and as recommended by them, is TriDef 3D :/
rev6
17 Nov 16#11
I didn't know about this. Thanks for pointing it out. That's bad :smile:
dreamager
17 Nov 16#12
I'm not entirely sure what AMD HD3D means, other than a stamp saying "this card is powerful enough to produce 3D images". It's not an actual implementation to make it happen.
slayermatt
17 Nov 161#13
I feel I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place with these card deals. My R9 285 is pretty much golden at 1080p apart from games that need the extra VRAM (2gb card). A lot of cash but still a good price for the card. Its a shame the RX cards are still so much more than their GTX counterparts in the UK.
CAL23
17 Nov 16#14
How does this compare to a GTX 970?
hamzahuk to CAL23
17 Nov 16#15
Got an extra 4gb Vram, and in DX11 slightly beats the 970, but in DX12 ive heard its performance will be a big jump.
lindajane102361 to CAL23
17 Nov 16#16
gud better best compare to 1070 if u buy 2 480 they beat 1080 in some games and u can still save £200.
Seanspeed to CAL23
17 Nov 16#20
Better on average in *newer* games. More vRAM gives ability to run better texture settings, too.
If you have a GTX970, it's not something I'd upgrade to, though.
brendinho
17 Nov 16#17
great!! cheers!!
rev6 to brendinho
17 Nov 16#19
Please don't buy 2 480's :smile:
lindajane102361
17 Nov 161#18
https://youtu.be/EyuoQIuEZj0
it's beast for the price 1080 is abut £600 and 1070 around £450 now u can get 2 rx 480 for £400 and beat 1080.
Seanspeed
17 Nov 161#21
There are thousands of PC games out there. Showcasing just one game is a terrible way to judge general performance of a card.
And there's many reasons to not want to do a dual-card setup. Lack of support, framepacing issues, limited scaling, extra heat, noise and power draw, etc.
jamie19916
17 Nov 16#22
Sapphire is reference; it will be slightly slower and a worse cooler. Definately worth the extra 10.
stefw82
17 Nov 16#23
i bit the bullet and bought it:)
most likely should have waited but felt this was a pretty ok deal and this version of the card is getting pretty good reviews. will go nicely with my new 144hz monitor:)
SpitfireXXI
17 Nov 16#24
Damn.....a mate just offered me his 2x 980ti's. Knowing him, they'll have been polished, hugged, kissed and given individual beds with soft fluffy pillows every night since he bought them. he hasn't mentioned a price yet, but I'm thinking the price for the pair will be similar to this deal. Decisions decisions......
......or is it an easy choice?
Axeboy to SpitfireXXI
18 Nov 16#26
No contest, even one 980ti at this price would be a better choice in my opinion.
You can find the 3gb for 180 and the 6gb for 233. And if you wait for the black friday deals, you'll find even better deals (for both cards!)
Also, if you already have a 970, there is no point upgrading to the 1060 or the 480. Too close!
Snakeyes646
18 Nov 16#32
I'd choose this over the 1060 just my 2 cents.
lkahalestoyer
18 Nov 16#33
I got the 4gb sapphire which is very quiet.
As for nate's 1060 stomps over this card, looking at the review he linked it seems fairly even bother cards have good/bad games, arguably 480 is marginally better longer term assuming dx12 gets full support.
89quidyoucantgowrong
18 Nov 16#34
I think it's been established since the summer that there have been an awful lot of partisan reviews for both cards, paid and unpaid. If we accept that there are fanboys on both sides and that real life noticeable differences in performance for similarly priced cards in each camp are marginal, there's no point in arguing for one brand over the other. I'm not a fanboy. In my mind, the RX480 8GB specials and GTX1060 6GB are roughly comparable. There are some practical considerations, e.g. power consumption, cooling, noise, etc., but I'd be happy with either card from a quality manufacturer at the lowest price. Ideally, less than £200.
Unfortunately, my two sons are fanboys and they are dead set on this particular card this Christmas for each of their gaming rigs, so I'm watching it. I still haven't bitten with Ebuyer at this price. I'm determined to see out Black Friday week with Amazon, just in case I can save a few more quid on a lightning deal.
nodensdagon to 89quidyoucantgowrong
18 Nov 161#36
There's also freesync to consider. In case you get a 144 hz monitor freesync is gonna be handy and gsync is just too expensive. That's the reason i chose rx480
hamzahuk
18 Nov 16#35
Theres no way a Rx 480 crossfire beats a 1080 on anything at all, heck even a crossfired fury x just about hits that performance.
7800gtman
18 Nov 16#37
Crossfire fury x doesn't beat a 1080? Nvidia fanboy alert! Depends on the game and resolution. For newer games on dx12 and vulkan the crossfire fury x wins hands down - the fury x crossfire beats two sli titans in some of the newer games so how would one 1080 beat both. For older games the 1080 has the edge. So its a lot more complicated than saying one is better than the other as it depends entirely on the game. Your fanboy logic is bit good advice.
stefw82
19 Nov 16#38
main reason i went for the rx480, was the freesync also.
p.s tracked £4.40 from quidco on this purchase and also hopefully get the civ v1 game code - so pretty good deal overall
Equinoxx
19 Nov 16#39
It seems to come with a free copy of Civ. I'm not sure whether I should bite, or wait for Black Friday....
vmistery
20 Nov 16#40
Does Amazon take part in the free Civ 6?
stefw82
20 Nov 161#41
not sure about amazon, mines came from ebuyer yesterday(which was pretty quick) and installed already - so far so good
ive emailed them about the free civ 6 as i couldnt see anything in the box
input code and got a steam code, now installing game on steam
overall good deal me thinks
DragonChris
1 Dec 16#46
I've ordered this card from Amazon @ £245.
I have been hankering for an EVGA 1060 SC (or a 1070 if I could get it < £350 from UK retailer) but the price on this card is too good to pass up with the rebate plus Civ 6.
Tomaquet to DragonChris
1 Dec 16#48
£45 is a great price! :wink:
I spoke to amazon yesterday and they said it didn't come with the Civ6 code. I bought it anyway instead of through ebuyer as I'm happier if I have to return/replace anything. (The Civs arent my sort of game anyway - although could have tried to sell it)
Still, £196 (after rebate) is still a great price!
89quidyoucantgowrong
1 Dec 16#47
Yup, with the rebate and Civ6, it's a very persuasive offer. I just returned my two from Amazon yesterday, after having two more delivered to different addresses from Scan. They emailed the Civ6 codes within an hour during the order processing. Looking at the cashback offer from MSI, I'm not sure how likely I am to get it on both, but I'll give it a go. Having to wait 15 days after purchase, having to submit the claim within 30 days and then and taking up to ten weeks to process, plus a load of exclusions doesn't look good.
DragonChris
1 Dec 161#49
Seriously? That's a real kick in the pants if it's the case. I tried looking on AMD rewards for verification to see if Amazon took part or not and found nothing. I did however find someone stating it should be possible to redeem game through the AMD site anyway, so I'll find out later when I get home and find my password for the site to see :P
Tomaquet
1 Dec 16#50
Let us know if you have any luck!
stefw82
1 Dec 16#51
What's the chat on rebates? Bought one but haven't saw anythin, thanks
You have to cut out barcode and send with completed form. You have to do it within 30 days of the promotion period.
stefw82
1 Dec 16#53
:disappointed: I bought mine on 18th so doesn't look like I can get it
DragonChris
2 Dec 161#54
Bah, I think I was way off in my thoughts, AMDrewards site wants a code. BS :disappointed:
tcboy
21 Jan 17#55
anyone got their MSI cashback?
Tomaquet to tcboy
22 Jan 17#56
I still haven't received anything but the small print did say:
So expect to get it by mid-february, and then chase it up if you haven't received it by the end of february.
tcboy
3 Feb 17#57
got the cashback yet?
Tomaquet
3 Feb 17#58
Nope. Not really expecting anything back until the last minute.
tcboy
4 Feb 17#59
why MSI has to delay the cashback so long?
Tomaquet
5 Feb 17#60
The longer they hold on to the money, the more interest they can make from it.
Or, they're just badly organised.
tcboy
11 Feb 17#61
still waiting....
89quidyoucantgowrong
16 Feb 17#62
Anyone seen any cash yet?
tcboy to 89quidyoucantgowrong
19 Feb 17#63
no....
89quidyoucantgowrong to 89quidyoucantgowrong
20 Feb 17#64
Was your application countersigned in unicorn blood by two former N. Korean heads of state?
tcboy
21 Feb 17#65
what do you mean? why are you replying to yourself?
89quidyoucantgowrong
21 Feb 17#66
Because unlike you, obviously, I am imperfect and sometimes make mistakes.
tcboy
24 Feb 17#67
haha... anyway, no cash yet.. should we chase MSI UK abit?
89quidyoucantgowrong
25 Feb 17#68
I dunno on that. For me, I'm a bit worried about chasing them up because I made two claims to different bank accounts, emails and addresses, but the orders with Scan were to the same email address. I'd be interested to hear what they say in reply to someone other than me :wink:
tcboy to 89quidyoucantgowrong
28 Feb 17#70
me too, I bought two and claim using different names (me and my friend)
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Having posted this, Amazon currently have every other 8GB RX480 listed as one per customer and the MSI Gaming X card has a stupid high RRP of £299 in the listing. Could they be planning a Black Friday week Lightning Deal on this card anyway?
Saturday 19th November 9pm £239.99 on Amazon too.
As Amazon have now price matched this card with Ebuyer, I'm going to buy two from Amazon this evening. I'd already put £500 credit in my account expressly to get these cards and £239.99 is good enough for me now with the guarantee of having them for Christmas, plus Amazon CS if there's any issues with either of them.
Amazon price back up to £254.99 again, and they have the GTX1060 at £309.99 - ouch!
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currently between this and a 1060 for me
I'll be watching over the weekend to see if either this or the 1060 drops beneath £200
Was looking at this a few weeks back, as I want an MSI card to match my new MSI board, but a few reviews put me off. Think I'll go re-watch them and see what the faults were. Kind of convinced myself I want an MSI gaming x 1060 6gb but it's £60 more than this.
Voted hot.
If you have a GTX970, it's not something I'd upgrade to, though.
it's beast for the price 1080 is abut £600 and 1070 around £450 now u can get 2 rx 480 for £400 and beat 1080.
And there's many reasons to not want to do a dual-card setup. Lack of support, framepacing issues, limited scaling, extra heat, noise and power draw, etc.
most likely should have waited but felt this was a pretty ok deal and this version of the card is getting pretty good reviews. will go nicely with my new 144hz monitor:)
......or is it an easy choice?
They seem to trade blows for blows though?
One 1070 is cheaper and better.
And that's ignoring the elephant in the room.
The 1060 6gb stomps this card in everything but Doom and 2 DX12 titles.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_1060_Gaming_X_3_GB/29.html
So, I don't see how you can suggest 2 480s instead of a 1070 or even 1 480 instead of a 1060.
At the VERY least, the 480 and 1060 trade blows, but that's before we consider overclocking. The 1060 6gb has lots of OC room.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pc-components/graphics-cards/nvidia/geforce-gtx-1060?sPage=1&sSort=3
You can find the 3gb for 180 and the 6gb for 233. And if you wait for the black friday deals, you'll find even better deals (for both cards!)
Also, if you already have a 970, there is no point upgrading to the 1060 or the 480. Too close!
As for nate's 1060 stomps over this card, looking at the review he linked it seems fairly even bother cards have good/bad games, arguably 480 is marginally better longer term assuming dx12 gets full support.
Unfortunately, my two sons are fanboys and they are dead set on this particular card this Christmas for each of their gaming rigs, so I'm watching it. I still haven't bitten with Ebuyer at this price. I'm determined to see out Black Friday week with Amazon, just in case I can save a few more quid on a lightning deal.
p.s tracked £4.40 from quidco on this purchase and also hopefully get the civ v1 game code - so pretty good deal overall
ive emailed them about the free civ 6 as i couldnt see anything in the box
emailed ebuyer and then emailed it over, then just went to
https://www.amdrewards.com/
input code and got a steam code, now installing game on steam
overall good deal me thinks
I have been hankering for an EVGA 1060 SC (or a 1070 if I could get it < £350 from UK retailer) but the price on this card is too good to pass up with the rebate plus Civ 6.
I spoke to amazon yesterday and they said it didn't come with the Civ6 code. I bought it anyway instead of through ebuyer as I'm happier if I have to return/replace anything. (The Civs arent my sort of game anyway - although could have tried to sell it)
Still, £196 (after rebate) is still a great price!
You have to cut out barcode and send with completed form. You have to do it within 30 days of the promotion period.
So expect to get it by mid-february, and then chase it up if you haven't received it by the end of february.
Or, they're just badly organised.
So hopefully should be arriving this week...