WYP
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Sapphire has revealed their RX 480 Nitro GPU, which has an 8-pin PCIe power connector and a sexy black cooler.
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Sapphire reveal their RX 480 Nitro
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. When it comes to AMD cards Sapphire always seem to get them right. OCUK will be taking pre-orders soon according to Gibbo.NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Looks much better than the silver version. Can't wait for reviews!
Tolemac
Active member
The Silver version will be the Toxic sorry I said Nitro earlier which will be higher clocked and cost more according to OCUK
"Black is Nitro: OcUK will be first, I ordered 2000 units yesterday direct with the owner of Sapphire. Nitro is black, 1x 8-pin, OC not yet confirmed but likely to be 1325-1350MHz out the box, runs much cooler, quieter and has really nice backplate.
Toxic is silver: These will come later, be clocked higher, silver and cost more, quite a bit more and be extremely short stocks, probably 1350-1375MHz clocks."
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NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
I'd still get the black and manually OC higher anyways
Doomslayer
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Yes it's a improvement over the silver one, IDK going from a single 6 pin to a single 8 pin i don't think it's going to improve the over clocking tho.
Heard some interesting things about AMD today on TechTalk with Jayz, That AMD could be in some trouble with the RX480.
Heard some interesting things about AMD today on TechTalk with Jayz, That AMD could be in some trouble with the RX480.
Prob referring to the power issue.
Should be possible for AMD to rectify via an update. Not a big issue tbh.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
So being power limited and giving it more means it won't improve overclocking? Right... extra 75watts won't help.
They won't get in trouble. The way they ship with that power target still keeps them in spec with PCI-SIG standards and they tested it both internally and externally with 3rd party tests. They have the proof and out of the box still complies. It's running at max speed out of the box, OC'ing is not guaranteed and done at your own risk. So if you go beyond what it is capable of(in this case) then it's at your own risk, not theres
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Wasn't meant to be and don't really see how it could have been. It's just an explanation
Doomslayer
New member
I'm not really sure an update can fixed the issue, from what i have learn it's hardware not software.
Just have to wait and see if it starts killing motherboards
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Could update microcode with firmware
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Hm.. wonder how much it'll be for US.
Tolemac
Active member
I would speculate $249 in the US
Can a QNIX QX2710 27" be used with the Sapphire RX 480 Nitro. My monitor only has the single DVI Dual link connector and not DVI. It is said that the QNIX QX2710 27" only works with a dual link, but don't know if this is true.
I know it may be to soon for this to have a known answer. Got a MSI GTX 970 now so it might be better to stay with it ??
I know it may be to soon for this to have a known answer. Got a MSI GTX 970 now so it might be better to stay with it ??
Tolemac
Active member
Sapphire RX 480 Nitro up for pre order on OCUK 
Tempting
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapphire-radeon-rx-480-nitro-oc-8192mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-37b-sp.html
Tempting https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapphire-radeon-rx-480-nitro-oc-8192mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-37b-sp.html
ImprovizoR
Well-known member
Nope. People ran into most troubles when they tried to overclock it. And overclocking isn't a guarantee. Especially not on a freakin' reference model. Why people expected miracles like Fury level performance from a reference model $200 card is beyond me. And whatever seems to be the problem with power delivery will be fixed with a driver. This is basically a non issue being blown out of proportion. The 480 performs very well for the money.
RGB's tend to be tacky in most cases. And they're irrelevant.
The most elegant and the prettiest card ever made IMO is still the XFX R9 280. LOOK AT IT:
Why can't we get something as simple and elegant as that?
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Tolemac
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Nope. People ran into most troubles when they tried to overclock it. And overclocking isn't a guarantee. Especially not on a freakin' reference model. Why people expected miracles like Fury level performance from a reference model $200 card is beyond me. And whatever seems to be the problem with power delivery will be fixed with a driver. This is basically a non issue being blown out of proportion. The 480 performs very well for the money.
RGB's tend to be tacky in most cases. And they're irrelevant.
The most elegant and the prettiest card ever made IMO is still the XFX R9 280. LOOK AT IT:
Why can't we get something as simple and elegant as that?
Although the card is nice looking I prefer this any day
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