If i change my gtx 660 to rx480, i need to upgrade psu? Because mine barely enough for current spec.

Your motherboard may get fried while using your RX480. The card violates the PCIE specification by drawing too much power through the PCIE slot.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comme..._specification/

Can be fixed by pushing new drivers out implementing software-based limiters (hard limit on frequency clock, voltage, etc). Otherwise, bye bye fried motherboard.

And if AMD chose to go the the limiter route, bye bye overclocking headroom.

If this isn't fixed quickly, it'll make that 3.5GB GTX970 fiasco look like child's play.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Jun 30 2016, 12:46 PM

But in an ideal world , crossfire will not guarantee x2 performance in every games, especially when certain games just released . Instead of dealing with multi gpu in headaches , single card with much better performance is always the easy choice .

This post has been edited by Breaktru: Jun 30 2016, 01:09 PM

On seconds tot, maybe getting this rx480 gor my rig noe and get 1070 for my skylake build later

just get 1070 bos. but wait for a while la until the price reasonable.

anyone got receive XFX RX480?
no news from lingloong yet..

Quite a screw up. I would have made my purchase if it is not because of this.

i think other manufacturer rx480 wont have this problem.
i see reporting tat sapphire using 8pin connecter.
sos

It may be solved if AIB partners use 8 pin connector. But there are no guarantees until AMD themselves fix this at the core level (software limits, VBIOS with hard limits). If they do that, then the RX480 is no longer competitive performance-wise.

If AIB partners uses 8 pin connectors (8 pin rated 150W, 6 pins 75Ws only), it might work, but then again, there goes AMD's chant and touted advantage of Polaris's "efficiency and low power consumption". Back to the days of 290/290X?

anyhow. i will wait for other partners to launch the card first before i jump in haha
but still the price very attractive leh. f* power efficiency, i will trade off it easily for the price

"Buy quality things you only buy once, or buy cheap things you end up buying twice. "

In this case, it may indeed be the death of the entire system, since the motherboard is at the heart where every components is tied in.

im not saying i will buy the rx480 that having the power issue now.
im saying that if other vendor allow 8pin that wont cause the power issue. then i may buy.

but then again.i will wait for the other manufacturer n or fix to come n decide.

Look at it this way: this is a REFERENCE RX480. AIB cards will follow the REFERENCE design but add their own spin on it, maybe add 8 pin instead of 6 pins, add extra chokes and capacitors for better OC stability, etc. But if the REFERENCE board is used as reference for ALL RX480 cards, including the AIB cards, the fatal flaw of current overdraw over PCIE slot/motherboard will always be there, unless AMD fix this by neutering it: hard limit it by lowering clock frequency, reduced voltages, ANYTHING that will stop more than 75W from overflowing through the PCIE slot/motherboard. What does that mean? That means, even if AIB want to improve on the performance with their own customized version of the REFERENCE RX480 design, this inherent fatal flaw of current overflow will always hold them back: they have to scale back on core clock frequency, power delivery to the card, resulting in still reduced performance. It is no longer as competitive as it should be, no matter how cheap it is.

You're probably referring to this one.



600W PSU is sufficient. I will go single card all the way unless it's high end card.

ok. sorry for lack of knowledge. ill just wait for the fix then. why amd whyyyy

"Arctic Islands" is AMD's Polaris 10 and 11. They renamed it. http://wccftech.com/amd-1416nm-arctic-isla...ng-summer-2016/

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Jul 1 2016, 08:26 AM

Mark up? That doesn't make sense unless the seller is buying from Amazon and reselling it. Graphics card should be 0% import tax.

1070 = 2x RX480

palit's 1070 going for 1999 only so yeah. not exactly

NEW SOURCE: GTX1060 IS BETTER THAN RX480

This post has been edited by hyperspeed: Jul 2 2016, 04:22 AM