I have used the oc feature but it just makes the card louder with very little fps benefit . I run my games at 1080p Doom on ultra vulkan api. Gta v on a mix of very high/ultra. Borderlands 2 maxed out and Rise of the tomb raider on high. getting over 60 fps most of the time with few drops below that.

I finally got mine on wednesday. So far everything seems fine.(besides a weird pink cast to the screen when I initially installed the drivers this went away went I rebooted my pc). So far I have played a few hours of GTA V and a few hours of Rise of the tomb raider fallout 4 and Borderlands 2 with no problems. Doom on the other hand was a bit of a problem it would crash on startup but a reinstall fixed that. I have found Steam in home streaming is being a bit picky with the games it will work with. On My 1050ti all my games worked via in home streaming but with the rx480 some just won't play nice.

Can someone please confirm that they got this card and it works fine? There are a number of people who bought the 8GB model from the same site and are posting that they had issues with the card turning off under high loads when playing games.

I knew it, they sent me a email stating because of weather conditions its delayed, what the hell, cancelling my order and ordering with Overclockers, they state it will be delivered tomorrow if i order within the next 1 hour., its £10 more but you get Doom 2016 anyway.

I have just spoken to them. They told me due to the bad weather yesterday items will not be shipped till early next week. Make of that what you will.

anyone get any shipping updates, I still have a slight doubt in the back of my mind that we won't get this

I would say, even if you care about more than 2 years time, to save the 30 quid and get the 4gb model. There is very little proof that the VRAM requirements for 1080p will change in those 2 years as the vast majority of the market is still under 3gb of VRAM. 1080p is not demanding on VRAM, it's a marketing ploy to stick 8 gb on a mid market card.

Save your money, use it to get a new card later, or spend more and get a 1070 (Now, or shortly after the big dump of new cards come).

Just cancelled my order, Ordered from Overclockers instead (£164.99) free copy of Doom and free delivery.

they need to name these cards better lol it makes it sound like it's 2 rx480s in one xD

excellent!! cheers!!!

So basically you're saying that if I only plan to use it for 2 years for example, and don't care about 1440p to save the £30 and get 4gb? Or are you suggesting to wait till 1070s drop?

I do not think reselling an 8gb card in 2 years time will be any easier than reselling a 4gb card.

The initial cost is the main concern here. For 20% more, you get virtually no performance boost and the possibility of a future benefit. If you 'plan to crossfire' any card, don't. It's an outdated technology and will be replaced by mGPU tech shortly, and crossfire has *terrible* support. Save that crossfire money and spend it on the 1070 straight away, or don't spend it at all and put it toward your NEXT gfx card purchase, so you don't ever have to be victim of terrible scaling, bad drivers, or other problems with SLI/Crossfire.

Anyone recommending it as a viable upgrade path is crazy.

1060s are about £30 more expensive, I'll take the value I'm getting with this card tbh. I'm also coming from a G3258/750ti pairing so the difference to me will be huge. And that's without mentioning I don't actually need this.. thanks HUKD, money 'saved' again ;(

Imo, an i5 isn't needed to pair with this for solid 1080p performance. I'll be looking at the Ryzen chips under £100, or if they don't get received well, the pentium G4560: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2017-intel-pentium-g4560-budget-cpu-king-review

Could have tempted me if it was an ITX size... the 1060 has had an ITX option for ages now... just waiting on that price drop.

Ryzen prices are going to be way above the £150 you mentioned.This article suggests £283 + vat as a wholesale price. It's also massive overkill for gaming.

I'd have said an AMD FX-8300 at £100 with £60 on an AM3+ mobo was a good shout if you really want to hold to that budget, although it is getting a bit old school. I'd say an i5 7500 would be a good pair for this GPU if you could stretch to £193, with something like an ASUS PRIME B250-Plus Motherboard at £88. That feels more balanced and future proof.

Ryzen prices are going to be way above the £150 you mentioned.This article suggests £283 + vat as a wholesale price. It's also massive overkill for gaming.

I'd have said an AMD FX-8300 at £100 with £60 on an AM3+ mobo was a good shout if you really want to hold to that budget, although it is getting a bit old school. I'd say an i5 7500 would be a good pair for this GPU if you could stretch to £193, with something like an ASUS PRIME B250-Plus Motherboard at £88. That feels more balanced and future proof.

When the RX480 4gb editions were released, they were £149.99 and have steadily gone up in price ever since.

Like i said in my initial statement, i agree 4GB is enough for 1-2 years, except for 1-2 games which use more than 4GB and games with custom mods which can go above 4GB, these are both rare cases which most people are not interested in.

I myself only play H1Z1, CS:GO, as my PS4 is used for most games as i play with friends, and 4GB is good enough for me, but some people use their PC exclusively for all their gaming then I say in some rare circumstances 8GB is needed

Here is what I'm thinking: If you get a 4gb now youre good for 1-2 years @1080p. If however at that time you want to upgrade having a 8gb one would be better since you can get another one and crossfire them. Or if you want to go nVidia for example 1070 then reselling the 8gb would be easier as well. Any thoughts?

Why haven't you posted that deal if you can get a 1070 for £210 (which is £30 on top of the 8GB model), probably because you cant

I said 4GB for the next 1-2 years, I didnt speak about future proofing, i specifically said that the 4GB card will be good for atleast another year or 2, I also stated the reason why 8GB is a good idea and it was nothing to do with future proofing.

Almost back to the price they were launched at...

I agree that the 4GB is enough at 1080p, no doubting that, it will be good for atleast 1 more most likely 2 more years, only a few games need more than 4GB and quite a few games with mods might need more than 4GB BUT....

for 30 pound more why not, atleast you know pretty much whatever game you throw at it you can handle.

Ahh, the daily RX480 deal, cheers OP - NOT!

Best bang for a buck. Performance per dollar in this price = number one in a chart.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/RX_480/26.html

​£200 motherboards are generally aimed at enthusiast section for people doing LN2 clocking. A top of the range Intel motherboard for normal air/water cooling can be had for around £130 mark.

These rx 480 seems to have dropped marginally over the past week :confused:

£200 for a motherboard? Damn, Computers companies really need to fix their price/performance/value ratio

Me personally i think motherboards should be dirt cheap so you can spend more on parts

if skys the limit with money, ASUS X370 Crosshair VI Hero is looking a treat, but thats looking to be around £200 for the mobo alone, there is already a youtube unboxing of it HERE, I wouldn't pay that much for a mobo tho. There are images and renders and detailed articles about the motherboards, but no official press release yet.

I think this is a cracking price. Just need to off load the two 7850 cards I have in Crossfire

Still too early to tell mate!

You're right I just looked it up, thanks :O ! It's the Ryzen3 right? Do you have an opinion on which new motherboard is better, or still to early to tell?

Also can anyone clarify who might know more, is there a certain 4GB model that can be unlocked to 8GB or is it nearly every single 4GB version? cause then the 4GB is very attractive proposition

If you want 8 gigs but are happy to lose a bit of performance may I direct you to their sales section where a RX470 is being sold for 6 pounds less than this model

Edit: since I last checked the price has shot up however the Nvidia 1060 6gb small scale models are £150

So I'm definitely thinking of getting this. What would you guys say is a good CPU to go along side with it? I don't want the CPU to bottleneck performance. Something around £100-150? Also feel free to suggest a motherboard

3-5% gain at best, 0-3% gain at worst depending on the game and how much memory benefits there are.

If you are gaming at 1080p, there is almost no reason to spend 36 more on the 8gb of RAM. It does not make sense to me, at 1080p. And if you plan on going higher than 1080p, AMD 480 4gb or 8gb do not make sense full stop.

A slight gain on the 8GB model. This is due to the memory working at a higher frequency than the 4GB. It's not a lot though, and the memory on the 4GB can be overclocked to match easily enough anyway.

Ok price but I think £36 more gets you the 8GB which makes sense (least to me) anyway :smiley:

4GB is a much more sensible configuration for the 480.
Hot!

At this price not much point for anyone going for the 460, 470 or 1050/ti

Incoming "get the 8gb"

damn thats rx 460 pricing, amazing just ordered the 8gb version for my friends build

Haawwwt!!

great price, with the performance benefits drivers have brought since release, i think this could be declared the new budget - low mid range value king. While I have a lot of respect for the GTX1060, with current pricing this is a much better buy...

It's getting hot in hereee.