Cheapest I have seen this card as was waiting for one under the £200 mark from Amazon. Out of stock at the min but took the plunge and ordered as not in any rush. Hope it helps someone at least.
I personally hate tearing. It really ruins the experience for me and V-Sync is less than ideal making you sacrifice rates for tear free gaming.
I purchased a G Sync monitor not too long ago and the difference is astounding. No more torn frames while the GPU pumps out however many frames it can muster.
Freesync is practically the same and either form of adaptive sync should be standard on all panels imo as they're essential for a good experience.
stanlenin
27 Jan 173#34
That's BS. There are games that require over 4Gb. Resident Evil 7 requires at least 6 to have all features on at FHD. Don't be an idiot. You only need 1 ONE game to make use of more memory to make the card with less memory a low end trash.
Where is your 4Gb now???
The_Hoff
26 Jan 173#1
Nice price.
Hot for being Amazon, shame it's reference design.
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The_Hoff
26 Jan 173#1
Nice price.
Hot for being Amazon, shame it's reference design.
davidfwalsh
26 Jan 171#2
cracking card i picked mine up last week. very little noise and blows away any game ive thrown at it.
coldjim
26 Jan 171#3
Ive just got myself a freesync monitor..... does it really make a big difference? I currently have a Geforce 1060 6gb (I didn't get buy the monitor for the freesync, it just comes as a feature).
I am debating selling my 1060 if the freesync is worth it!
OnlyJoeKing to coldjim
26 Jan 17#11
It depends whether you drop any frames. I've got a freesync monitor and it feels like it smooths out the jumpiness when the framerate drops. Quite a nice feature but it's best with demanding games.
If you are running at a locked 60fps or whatever refresh rate your monitor runs at, you wouldn't see any difference.
What resolution is your monitor? If you're playing at 1440p it might be worth it. At 1080p, depending on the rest of your rig, you'd probably be alright most of the time.
I've got an R390 and my monitor is an ultrawide 1440p screen, so 3440x1440, so I definitely see some dropped frames on newer games! And freesync does help. I still want a new card though, looking forward to Vega...
K1LLER HORNET to coldjim
27 Jan 175#16
I personally hate tearing. It really ruins the experience for me and V-Sync is less than ideal making you sacrifice rates for tear free gaming.
I purchased a G Sync monitor not too long ago and the difference is astounding. No more torn frames while the GPU pumps out however many frames it can muster.
Freesync is practically the same and either form of adaptive sync should be standard on all panels imo as they're essential for a good experience.
Leepox to coldjim
27 Jan 172#27
Jeesus, it is night and day. Especially with a 144Hz monitor. It is amazeballs. Never going back to non freesync monitors/systems ever again.
darthvader666uk
26 Jan 17#4
argh. I'm torn. this or a 6gb 1060!
xavierzzz to darthvader666uk
26 Jan 176#5
this.
satchef1 to darthvader666uk
26 Jan 172#7
Why?
This is cheaper and performs marginally better.
thelagmonster to darthvader666uk
26 Jan 172#8
This, especially with this card increasingly outperforming the 1060 on DX12 games as drivers improve and adoption increases.
hot price for 8gb! I got the 4gb 470 from amazon and happy with everything in 1080p hd. I tried it on 4k on my dad's tv and it was poor. not sure the 480 is ready for 4k - i think more 1440p? so waiting for the '490' til i upgrade
Themadcow to jameshothothot
26 Jan 17#10
Did you try outputting 1440p to the TV? Should still look good I reckon.
C4lm
26 Jan 171#9
Seeing a few good deals on these :smiley: makes me optimistic :smile:
HedgyHoggy
27 Jan 17#12
Wanted a freesync card but after 2 480s both giving flickering on desktop and black screens I went with the 1060 6GB. It's a known driver problem. A 470 had the same problem on my other PC. I know three other people who avoided the RX cards for this exact reason. AMD **** up.
MarcoLoves360
27 Jan 17#13
should I wait for Vega? I have an 1440p freesync 144hz monitor
The_Hoff to MarcoLoves360
27 Jan 17#15
I run a Fury @ 1440p on a 144hz freesync, works very nicely. If you can get a deal on the fury it will obviously outperform the 480.
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I personally hate tearing. It really ruins the experience for me and V-Sync is less than ideal making you sacrifice rates for tear free gaming.
I purchased a G Sync monitor not too long ago and the difference is astounding. No more torn frames while the GPU pumps out however many frames it can muster.
Freesync is practically the same and either form of adaptive sync should be standard on all panels imo as they're essential for a good experience.
Where is your 4Gb now???
Hot for being Amazon, shame it's reference design.
All comments (136)
Hot for being Amazon, shame it's reference design.
I am debating selling my 1060 if the freesync is worth it!
If you are running at a locked 60fps or whatever refresh rate your monitor runs at, you wouldn't see any difference.
What resolution is your monitor? If you're playing at 1440p it might be worth it. At 1080p, depending on the rest of your rig, you'd probably be alright most of the time.
I've got an R390 and my monitor is an ultrawide 1440p screen, so 3440x1440, so I definitely see some dropped frames on newer games! And freesync does help. I still want a new card though, looking forward to Vega...
I personally hate tearing. It really ruins the experience for me and V-Sync is less than ideal making you sacrifice rates for tear free gaming.
I purchased a G Sync monitor not too long ago and the difference is astounding. No more torn frames while the GPU pumps out however many frames it can muster.
Freesync is practically the same and either form of adaptive sync should be standard on all panels imo as they're essential for a good experience.
This is cheaper and performs marginally better.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_1060/25.html
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/RX_480/23.html
What do you have right now? What games do you play?