Sunday, July 24th 2016
Sapphire Announces the Radeon RX 480 NITRO+
Sapphire announced its premium Radeon RX 480 graphics card, the NITRO+. Featuring a completely custom design, the card features the company's latest Dual-X cooling solution that combines a dense aluminium fin-stack heatsink, with a pair of easily detachable 95 mm fans, and an air-channel that directs hot air towards the top; and a custom-design PCB with a strong VRM, which draws power from a single 8-pin PCIe power connector.
The Radeon RX 480 NITRO+ comes in two variants, 4 GB and 8 GB. The 4 GB variant comes with clock speeds of 1208 MHz core, 1306 MHz boost, and 7 Gbps memory; while the 8 GB variant ships with 1208 MHz core, 1342 MHz boost, and 8 Gbps memory. Display outputs include two each of DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.0b, and a dual-link DVI connector. The unique NITRO Glow feature lets you make the LED-lit Sapphire logo useful, by cycling it between its default blue color, to a random RGB color, gradients based on PCB temperature and fan-speeds, a Sapphire TriXX-set color, or stay off.
The Radeon RX 480 NITRO+ comes in two variants, 4 GB and 8 GB. The 4 GB variant comes with clock speeds of 1208 MHz core, 1306 MHz boost, and 7 Gbps memory; while the 8 GB variant ships with 1208 MHz core, 1342 MHz boost, and 8 Gbps memory. Display outputs include two each of DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.0b, and a dual-link DVI connector. The unique NITRO Glow feature lets you make the LED-lit Sapphire logo useful, by cycling it between its default blue color, to a random RGB color, gradients based on PCB temperature and fan-speeds, a Sapphire TriXX-set color, or stay off.
37 Comments on Sapphire Announces the Radeon RX 480 NITRO+
Crimson update should remove the core clock restriction from overdrive, but hopefully w1z's Trixx can overwrite this
They should not of added those arrows, that red going blue arrow LOL. Shame they did not give pictures of the cooler too but i guess they are out there some were.
EDIT:
wccftech.com/sapphire-nitro-rx-480/
nether newegg or amazon even lists it
@XFXSupport double D card when ?
Edit: review of this Graphics card is already up here:
www.pcworld.com/article/3098825/components-graphics/sapphire-nitro-rx-480-review-polaris-rethought-and-refined.html
With two or more cards in a system it would allow better air flow through them with less restriction. :pimp:
there needs to be standardization here
oh + version
Even if it's possible, you just potentially make the signal trace worse by forcing it to take more indirect route for practically negligible amount of additional cooling and airflow. Those perforation still present a lot of backpressure while inducing turbulence (and noise that come with it).
A smaller PCB with overhanging axial flow fan-radiator is still better if you really need that cooling.
I say just leave the empty space empty... Why put the grill in there? It's just restricting airflow!
The retailers has tons of Maxwells/older Radeons though. I would not want to be a retailer right now. :D
Considering the low penalty for the 4GB version in most games, I'd not worry too much about it and buy the 4GB and overclock the RAM and GPU to easily overcome that minor gap. Well, except I don't usually overclock my GPUs, I underclock them to the lowest I can to still remain beautifully playable.
There are a bunch of excellent GTX 1060s with advanced cooling ranging from 250 to 280 USD
Also the fact that those less than 100 mhz OC in the nitro compared to the reference model give 9% performance boost is other proof.