Thursday, July 21st 2016
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PowerColor Announces the Radeon RX 480 RED DEVIL
TUL Corporation, a leading and innovative manufacturer of AMD graphic cards since 1997, has released a brand new video card in PowerColor Red Devil RX 480 8GB GDDR5. It is based on AMD's latest GCN 4 architecture designed for GloFo 14nm FinFET that delivers premium VR capability, increased level of performance, smooth VR, seamless support for next-gen gaming monitors, and CPU-free game streaming or recording. Furthermore, the model also supports AMD's newest technologies such as Direct 12 and Vulkan, FreeSync, and Liquid VR.
PowerColor Red Devil RX 480 8GB GDDR5 utilizes 8GB of GDDR5 memory with 2304 stream processors, ships with 1330MHz core clock speed, and has 2000MHz memory clock speed which is connected via a new high speed 256-bit memory interface. The 6+1 multi-phases board design enhances the power efficiency and stability, and also enables ultimate performance in overclocking mode with BIOS switch. In order to achieve better thermal solution in both ultra overclocking and silent overclocking mode, PowerColor Red Devil RX 480 adopts the newest fan technology called Double Blade III which increases airflows and prevents dust deposition on fans. The Double Blade III is made with triple 80mm 2-ball bearing fans, with 2pcs of 8mm and another 2pcs of 6mm nickel- plated heat pipe for the best heat dissipation.In creating one solid card with all components, the Red Devil also includes a backplate as well as having the PCB locked in a thermal module using the method of spring screws to pin through the rivets. The backplate and the copper based thermal module hold the GPU for not only balancing the pressure of the whole board but also for avoiding the damage done to the GPU and other components if dropped.Available from the 29th of July, 2016, the Red Devil RX 480 will be priced at USD $269.
For more information, visit the product page.
PowerColor Red Devil RX 480 8GB GDDR5 utilizes 8GB of GDDR5 memory with 2304 stream processors, ships with 1330MHz core clock speed, and has 2000MHz memory clock speed which is connected via a new high speed 256-bit memory interface. The 6+1 multi-phases board design enhances the power efficiency and stability, and also enables ultimate performance in overclocking mode with BIOS switch. In order to achieve better thermal solution in both ultra overclocking and silent overclocking mode, PowerColor Red Devil RX 480 adopts the newest fan technology called Double Blade III which increases airflows and prevents dust deposition on fans. The Double Blade III is made with triple 80mm 2-ball bearing fans, with 2pcs of 8mm and another 2pcs of 6mm nickel- plated heat pipe for the best heat dissipation.In creating one solid card with all components, the Red Devil also includes a backplate as well as having the PCB locked in a thermal module using the method of spring screws to pin through the rivets. The backplate and the copper based thermal module hold the GPU for not only balancing the pressure of the whole board but also for avoiding the damage done to the GPU and other components if dropped.Available from the 29th of July, 2016, the Red Devil RX 480 will be priced at USD $269.
For more information, visit the product page.
34 Comments on PowerColor Announces the Radeon RX 480 RED DEVIL
"Being able to get a small performance boost while lowering the power consumption and heat levels was pretty nice and it’s something you might want to try out if you happen to have an AMD Radeon RX 480 graphics card. It’s easy to geek out and enjoy seeing performance go up in benchmarks while seeing double digit Wattage drops at the wall!"
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I'm looking at you, MSI!
Meanwhile, 480's are available, sure some are priced stupid by sellers trying to gouge.. but no worse than Fanboy Editions.
I expected higher clocks. Oh well.
For those evangelizing the RX 480 over the GTX 1060 I would simply go with the classics.
More RAM as an option 8GB over 6GB
The 4GB version has a possibility of actually being an 8GB version for ~$200 MSRP (assuming you can get MSRP for any such card)
The GTX 1060 costs slightly more while having less RAM with respect to the 8GB version of the RX 480
Oh and my personal favorite, the GTX 1060 has no SLI option while the RX 480 has Crossfire support.
This things cooler is really well suited to the massive power draw that these cards will have going over 1400mhz.
Oh, probably just trolling:shadedshu:
What Im trying to say; Dont be 'that' person that exaggerates just to because you have a prefered brand.
FYI the STRIX OC version of 480 draws 177 w