Now that the PCIe power draw maymay has been fixed, how terrible

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just look at the heatsink ffs

>>55667898
Reference model is ALWAYS a mistake regardless of the brand.

If you can't wait just go for 1060 already, there's some customs on the market right now.

>>55668180
Pretty much this. If you're in europe you can get a 1060 for as cheap as £229 (~€250). They're aftermarket too.

>>55667898
It's pretty fucking terrible but I want it because muh clean aesthetics

I can't stand riced aftermarket coolers

>>55668317
This. But I don't want a fucking jet in my computer, so I guess I'll keep playing the waiting meme.

>>55668157
This is why i refuse to buy this card.

What where they thinking? Plus its not only hotter than Nvidia's offerings its louder.

>>55667898
Its alright. Temps are on par for other reference cards, and noise levels are moderate. Plenty of cards out there have been worse, and no one cared.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10446/the-amd-radeon-rx-480-preview/6

>>55668477
They were thinking they wanted everything to be as cost effective as possible.

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>>55668501
I totally get what AMD is going for. But man, one of the worst reference coolers ive seen in awhile, if it was a vapor chamber it may of worked at that size but as it is its just a hunk of alliy that gets heat saturated.

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>>55668501
The big issue is if you want to push past stock clocks, its like the card is already at its Thermal TPD at stock.

>>55668568
THAT WAS MY MONEY TOMMY
MY

MONEY

What GPU should I buy for a 500$ build,
yes, the thread topic is loosely enough related.

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>>55668568
It is. The cards are factory over clocked, and they're pushed to the limit of the heat sink with the fan at a certain speed.

Everything about it card and the Polaris 10 die was made to maximize cost effectiveness. Super simple die, its relatively small, but maximum density was thrown out in favor of a design which would yield lower defects, so all the structures on the front end are spaced far apart. If they wanted to they could have made Polaris 10 around 150mm2, near the size of some current ARM SoCs.

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>>55668641
Depends on budget after the rest of the rig, and if its for games, your best bet is to spend the most on the GPU.

>>55668649
I feel what AMD is trying to do and its a good idea like i said, and opens to door to cheep gaming rigs for the masses.

But it seems, i dont know, a little rushed. Between the PCIe over wattage and the temp being almost unacceptable.

VRMs get to 90C+, 90c on the core isnt uncommon ether.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLErWhLzZ3c

>>55668641
I'm in this boat.
Just upgraded to an i5 4690K and DDR3 but now I need a GPU and all of these cards coming out at once is fucking me up.
Can't decide on a new 1060 or a used 980ti.

>>55668809
The 980Ti will be slightly faster, the 1060 is a more advanced product.

Depends on what you want. Personally id go with the 980ti it is faster.

>>55668850
I want the most for my money, and I can get both cards for similar prices since I'm willing to buy used.

Just how much faster would it be? How do they compare thermally (is there even any info on the 1060's temps yet?)?

I game at 1080p and do light rendering/video/photoshop work if that adds any context.

Are there 1060 to do an sli? Or it's not worth it?

>>55668809
980ti will soon get a driver nerf to put the 1060 on top

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>>55668900
>>55668900
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_1060_review,27.html

Its noticeably faster.

>>55668977
Source?

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>>55669010
>Source?
Different guy but just look at how the kepler cards are.

>>55669010
>Source?
NVIDIA's tactics are well known at this point.

>>55667898
Get the sapphire nitro 480

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>>55669063
I dont think they will do this, 1060 is a midrange card, and the 980 ti was flagship its common for flagship cards and midrange cards from the next gen to trade blows. they are within 2000 or so points of each other, enough to make a difference in some games but not heads and toes faster.
>>55669082
Whatever you say fanboy shill

>>55669112
Look at Kepler, it's pretty much passively gimped. Nvidia continues providing driver "support", but goodbye optimizations. Anyways, Pascal is pretty much Maxwell v3 so Pascal optimizations should affect Maxwell a bit.

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>>55669091
Hnnnnnnggggg that's a good looking card.

What's the catch? Besides typical AMD memes of course.

>>55669112
The 1060 performs around 980 levels now. After the 980 ti gets nerfed it will probably perform like that too. In some benchmarks, the situation was much worse for kepler i.e. a 780 ti trading blows with a 960.

>>55669168
Shitty new driver UI. That's about it, the AIB 480 should run cooler, thank fuck.

>>55669184
Driver UI? Like the control panel?

>>55669183
> After the 980 ti gets nerfed it will probably perform like that too.

I doubt this will happen and have yet to see a reliable source for this, so im pretty sure you are just pulling shit out of your ass.

Mid range new gen and flagship old gen have always traded blows.

>>55669168
waiting until like next week

>>55669168
costs more than any 1060

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>>55667898

87C when gayming and the fan is loud as fuck.

Doesn't matter for me though because my computer is in another room (drilled a hole through the wall for the monitor and peripheral cables).

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>>55669209
Yeah they changed from CCC to AMD experience. Everything is different, some settings a buried.


Thats my only gripe.

>>55669288
VRMs get like 10c above core temp, i worry about VRM temp sheeeit.

>>55669168
Check this out
http://sapphirenation.net/NitroYear/

>>55669288
>amdrones can't even sit at the same room as their jet engines
lmao

>>55669317

pair this with an AMD FX processor and the AMD 970 chipset (south bridge is hot like an active volcano)

mini-furnace kek. I'm thinking about buying an infrared thermometor and point it towards everything inside my computer

>>55669091
That's what I'll do, thanks anon.

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>>55669322
>MFW I thought about lying and saying I have a SAPPHIRE card right now but they might ask for proof so I picked EVGA.
>MFW I don't know if I have a better chance because competition or a worse chance because no loyalty

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>>55669366
Damn i always forget AMD mobos have a NB and SB. I honeslty dont miss that from the Phenom II days, the chipset was the hottest thing in my system. That shit is in the CPU die on Intel stuff now.

I really think AMDs cpu days are drawing to a close on the desktop side of things, and that is sad.

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>>55669404
Its good to have no brand loyalty, you get the best product that way, ive had both AMD gpus and Nvidia GPUs that i loved.

>>55669326
>reference coolers
My 390 never goes above 74 in a hot as fuck room

>>55669434
>reference coolers

Its your only option at the moment for RX480 we have yet to see AIB cards.

>>55669410
Funny you say that because my skylake system has weird issues with the chipset temperature. Keeps jumping from 50C to 75 at the sign of a little load. Causes my CPU cooler to spin up and make noise. I fucking hate it

>>55669433
I try not to stick to one brand too much but I will gravitate towards brands that have never fucked me over and put out good products. But I won't pick an inferior product just because of a brand.

Who is the EVGA of AMD cards? I've always had good experience with them even if they're expensive.

it's not that bad to be honest. yeah it gets loud but i have headphones on 90% of the time so I never notice

>>55669455
Chipset or PCH? because the chipset in on the die, PHC controlls acts kind of like a SB, its the biggest die on Intel mobos now, and my PCH runs pretty hot too, its all about what brand your mobo is (Rampage IV extreme here.)

>>55669456
I feel that would be Sapphire, i have a Sapphire HD6970 and it still works great.

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>>55669488
The spikes are me opening a website. If I open up something heavy it'll go to 80C+. What the fuck is this shit. The readings aren't even realistic like that.

>>55669502
Use HW monitor because it has minimum and maximum recording. Damn that PCH is hoooot. Id check the heatsink on the board, replace the thermal paste if needed, or just do it anyway.

>>55669456
sapphire

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>>55669519
Look at this shit. My FX8320 was cooler then this. I don't even have a workload. It's weird that it sticks on exactly 37 degrees by the way. It always maxes out on 75 degrees. Broken sensor?

>>55669586
>Broken sensor?
Or an off sensor, ive had broken sensors before on boards so i wouldnt put it past you. But it could also be an issue like the PCH heatsink not making good die contact, shitty thermal paste, bad airflow blab bla, Id checkout that heatsink on the board, and if it all looks alright, Id contact ASUS, ive RMAed ASUS products before and its gone pretty smooth.

Its not supposed to be that hot. My PCH on x79 never really breaks 45c

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I have the xfx one and it runs at 83c, but it manages to max out most of the games I play (1080p 60hz + vive games)

>>55669928
83c sounds so very very high. Is that at a constant 100% load?

>>55669998
Yes, but I'm sure you can lower it a bit by tweaking the wattman settings, the default target/max temp is 80/90c. However, the fan gets pretty loud past 1500rpm

>>55668317
the Nitro version is pretty sleek