Unitl vega is released and we can see how it performs against it or the upcoming 1080ti, for the absolute best performance right now form a single card, you need the 1080
Ribs85 to buckiebull
2 Feb 173#26
Not currently. Vega might rival it but we simply don't know yet as it's unreleased. Vega is coming out really soon (March) if rumours are to be believed.
jameshothothot to adams54
2 Feb 173#13
I got the RX470 4gb for £150 from amazon. Seen it around £165 lately. Very little difference between RX470 and RX480 at 1080p. This is 8gb so might be a bit future proof, but my logic is the RX 480 cannot do 4k so with the money saved, I can put it towards a RX580 or whatever next year for 4k gaming.
So see what you need for WoW but I think this is overkill
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derp1664
2 Feb 172#1
Have one of these and it runs nice and quiet. Stays cool under load ~65max w/o overclocking. Stable clocks no throttling. OCs pretty well too.
Good price
MarcoLoves360
2 Feb 172#2
this or Vega... humm decisions decisions
ollie87 to MarcoLoves360
2 Feb 172#6
Vega won't be £225.
Anonknowmouse to MarcoLoves360
2 Feb 172#28
Get an aftermarket RX470/480 for £160-£200 now, or pay twice the price for Vega 10 in March or June (not sure) if you want to game at 4k 60fps. Also if you're input lag and screen tearing sensitive Freesync monitors whip Gsync monitors for value.
rd3d2
2 Feb 17#3
poison3k
2 Feb 17#4
Nice price for a good card
buckiebull
2 Feb 171#5
Is this any better than an MSI R390X 8gb ?
ollie87 to buckiebull
2 Feb 172#7
Not really. It'll run a lot cooler though.
ned_ryerson
2 Feb 171#8
Worthy upgrade to a 4gb 970 or not worth the bother?
kietay12 to ned_ryerson
2 Feb 171#11
I'd wait for something else dude
enwod to ned_ryerson
2 Feb 17#18
I'm in a similar boat with a 970 and from what I've read they're similar in terms of performance, with the AMD pulling away on DX12 games and the Nvidia better or equal in some older ones. I think I'm holding out for Vega or a significant upgrade tbh.
Seanspeed to ned_ryerson
2 Feb 171#19
It's a relatively small upgrade, but the difference between a 480 and a 970 will grow more in time.
Depends on how unhappy you are with your 970, I suppose. Mine is still doing ok. I'm going to hold out til either my 970 becomes insufficient to do 1080p/60fps with decent settings, or until I can get a card capable of 4k/60fps for around £300-350. I feel like any upgrade in-between will feel like a stop-gap.
ace_rees to ned_ryerson
3 Feb 17#47
Not really in my opinion. It's not strong enough to do 4K gaming properly (hdmi will only do 30mhz). Try and save for a 1070
adams54
2 Feb 17#9
Would anyone know if this would be suitable for a lad who plays World of Warcraft please?
Domislice to adams54
2 Feb 172#10
Easily, this will run pretty much anything modern at 1080p60.
jameshothothot to adams54
2 Feb 173#13
I got the RX470 4gb for £150 from amazon. Seen it around £165 lately. Very little difference between RX470 and RX480 at 1080p. This is 8gb so might be a bit future proof, but my logic is the RX 480 cannot do 4k so with the money saved, I can put it towards a RX580 or whatever next year for 4k gaming.
So see what you need for WoW but I think this is overkill
thecurt96 to adams54
2 Feb 17#16
I use a GTX 560 and get high 60+fps, ultra takes a little bit of a dip but still very playable
enwod to adams54
2 Feb 17#17
Hi mate, this will easily run WoW. I don't play it however and I'm not sure how limited it is by the CPU but this GPU is more than enough for most games today on high at 1080p.
gowf
2 Feb 17#12
Id say the sapphire nitro edition is the best but the twin frozr is pretty damn good too. At this price you can't go wrong
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absolute steal at this price
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Unitl vega is released and we can see how it performs against it or the upcoming 1080ti, for the absolute best performance right now form a single card, you need the 1080
So see what you need for WoW but I think this is overkill
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Good price
Depends on how unhappy you are with your 970, I suppose. Mine is still doing ok. I'm going to hold out til either my 970 becomes insufficient to do 1080p/60fps with decent settings, or until I can get a card capable of 4k/60fps for around £300-350. I feel like any upgrade in-between will feel like a stop-gap.
So see what you need for WoW but I think this is overkill