ASUS RX 480 STRIX OC 8 GB

[Assimilator]

its tsrange...No DX12/Vulcan titles. Who paid for it ,-)? No seriously. Need DX12 games also and I cant believe much with GPU scaling, if I compare another review with stock RX 480 card vs OC GPU memory only and increase in %...There is something wrong.

http://www.hardwareluxx.de/index.ph...39615-amd-radeon-rx-480-im-test.html?start=25

Do you mouth-breathers even read past the pretty charts? https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/RX_480_STRIX_OC/28.html

I'm slightly undecided on DirectX 12, which is currently in its infancy, and only time can tell how much the power balance will shift in 2017 when more DX12 titles will be released and developers have had time to garner more experience with the API.

Not happy AMD, I want this level of performance, using half the Watts.

Buy Pascal, problem solved. #JustSaying

 

[FlanK3r]

The relative OC is smaller because the ASUS card is overclocked out of the box.

Ref at 1335 / 2250 gets 77.0 FPS.
ASUS at 1355 / 2250 gets 79.0 FPS.

Looks right to me.

Friend, not true. Stocks clocks are 1335/2000 MHz. And you cna try compare stock vs 1335/2250 in few games. You must see solid increase of performance in FHD.

letting asus in charge of releasing a good custom graphics card

oh cmon...

Its because direct contact between heatpipes help also to lower temps. The heat is not only from the core to the 3 heatpipes, but the heatpipes at the edges help to expand "directheat" from 3 heatpipes (higher flat)

 

[Caring1]

Frined, not true. Stocks clocks are 1335/2000 MHz. And you cna try compare stock vs 1335/2250 in few games. You must see solid increase of performance in FHD.

I'm seeing a lot of stock cards around 1288 / 2000 and 1266 / 2000

 

[FlanK3r]

I mean (and he also mentioned) the "stock" of Strix card.
Because in average you can have +7% increase only if you overclock the memory from 2000 to 2250 MHz (without taking the core clocks).
Look at this: http://www.hardwareluxx.de/index.ph...39615-amd-radeon-rx-480-im-test.html?start=25
They tested how RX 480 perform with memory clocks

//update
RX-480 Strix in average at Computerbase

in OC manufacture mode is +2% better than GTX1060 reference card

 

[hojnikb]

Yes I have the 1060 STRIX here

What about palit or gainward cards ? They seem to be selling for 279€, which is really good pricing for EU.

mmmh....If the RX 470 will be like the HD7950 of the HD7970, at 149 €, then it will actually be the real success.

I'm feeling like GCN is reaching it's limits. The 7870 could get a 20% overclock easy, (who even become factory setting with the R9 270x), meanwhile polaris seems to have so little room for improvement.

I wish they could have just suck with the "199€ VR gpu" even with the 8GB version. 199$ is what got ppl hyped, but instead we got a 249€ card a little too close from the 279€ of the 1060.

DX12/Vulkan is the only point were AMD is clearly winning, but those games are so few right now (Not counting DX12 tomb raider -_-).

mmmh....If the RX 470 will be like the HD7950 of the HD7970, at 149 €, then it will actually be the real success.

I'm feeling like GCN is reaching it's limits. The 7870 could get a 20% overclock easy, (who even become factory setting with the R9 270x), meanwhile polaris seems to have so little room for improvement.

I wish they could have just suck with the "199€ VR gpu" even with the 8GB version. 199$ is what got ppl hyped, but instead we got a 249€ card a little too close from the 279€ of the 1060.

DX12/Vulkan is the only point were AMD is clearly winning, but those games are so few right now (Not counting DX12 tomb raider -_-).

Actually, 270x has the same baseclock and a 50Mhz boostclock OC, so not much. The real improvement is memory bandwidh, which was upped from 1200 to 1400Mhz

 

[rhythmeister]

If they are greedy, why buy their card

To send AMD a message, I want more performance for my hard earned pounds! I had such high hopes for the RX 480, it's just not lived up to my expectations

 

[xenocide]

A 3% OC is really unimpressive. I think I'm settled on a 1060 for my next card. Was hoping AIB 480's could close the gap but apparently not.

 

[FlanK3r]

Manual OC is possible via another BIOS up to 1450 MHz. But The Stilt from AMD told at another forum, 14nm process for these Polaris cards is not very well for high clocks.

 

[LooKMaYnE]

I had to remove the World of Warcraft benchmarks, they prepatched to the next expansion which changes a lot of graphics settings related stuff, so new benchmark data is invalid.

Will you be re-adding it in future? TPU is like the only site that uses WoW in benchmarks, i really like it.

 

[W1zzard]

Will you be re-adding it in future? TPU is like the only site that uses WoW in benchmarks, i really like it.

Yes

 

[-The_Mask-]

Yes

W1zzard can you do the OC with OC profile, like Computerbase?
https://www.computerbase.de/2016-07/asus-radeon-rx-480-strix-test/4/

 

[FlanK3r]

Maybe as new article OC Guide for RX 480?

 

[PerfectWave]

wondering why using old drivers.......

 

[rtwjunkie]

wondering why using old drivers.......

This was already covered within just this page, which was a repeat of W1zzard's statement on the fact from earlier.

 

[PerfectWave]

Better switch website for getting good benchmark sadly

 

[Adam Freeman]

As mentioned in computerbase.de review of the same card RX 480 strix, the reason of the high noise level is default setting
for the temperature target which is 65c so it results in 2100 rpm noisy fan speed and 41.5db noise level. When setting the temperature
target to 80c, the fan speed dropped down to 1350 rpm and the noise level to 32db. I believe the temperature target is set to 65c by mistake.
https://www.computerbase.de/2016-07/asus-radeon-rx-480-strix-test/4/

 

[dyonoctis]

Actually, 270x has the same baseclock and a 50Mhz boostclock OC, so not much. The real improvement is memory bandwidh, which was upped from 1200 to 1400Mhz

Yhea, my bad. But you could still get a + 200 mhz oc with a good sample. the real shame for me was the use of elpida chip instead of samsung on the custom board. the reference design could get 1700 mhz on the memory, while the best custom could only reach 1590 mhz.

 

[W1zzard]

As mentioned in computerbase.de review of the same card RX 480 strix, the reason of the high noise level is default settingfor the temperature target which is 65c[...] When setting the temperature
target to 80c, the fan speed dropped down[..] I believe the temperature target is set to 65c by mistake.

That's pretty much exactly what I wrote in my review, and I also mentioned my test with higher temp target in the conclusion. Did you read the review?

 

[JBVertexx]

Disappointed in this first custom board. Are there any 4GB variants on the horizon?

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

3% gain after OC is kinda lame while a stock non-FE GTX1060 gained 14% for $250.

 

[Caring1]

Better switch website for getting good benchmark sadly

Bye.

@W1zzard is there any reason the R9 Nano isn't included in the test cards?
I believe it sits between the Fury and Fury X so would be interested in how it competes with the new RX480.

 

[Adam Freeman]

That's pretty much exactly what I wrote in my review, and I also mentioned my test with higher temp target in the conclusion. Did you read the review?

Surely I read the review but I focused on the benchmarks, I didn't read all the conclusion. It is bad mistake by Asus
to set the temperature target to low value raising noise level witch most customers nowadays focus on when deciding
which graphic card to buy.

 

[HD64G]

Not happy AMD, I want this level of performance, using half the Watts.

And I want the triple payment for my work but I live in a poor country atm. So, just get realistic. RX470 is the most efficient GPU of AMD for now. Vega will get even better and get closer to Pascal.

 

[W1zzard]

is there any reason the R9 Nano isn't included in the test cards?

I don't have one

 

[HD64G]

A 3% OC is really unimpressive. I think I'm settled on a 1060 for my next card. Was hoping AIB 480's could close the gap but apparently not.

A few days for Sapphire Nitro+ OC to land in market. After the review, let's dicuss again about which is the best GPU for up to $300.