When it comes to RX 480 is 8 GB _reference_ model is engineered

the reference board is good, amd didn't cheap out. what you're going to miss though is the 8pin instead of 6pin power connector the aftermarket cards have. generally aftermarket boards are better, especially from name brands.
the MSI or powercolor's red devil aftermarket are quiet and powerful.
sapphire is also nice, but it's kind of on the loud side.

>>56499874
sounds right, thanks!

Reference cards are shit because the coolers are inefficient and very noisy.

Running an MSI Gaming X at 1400Mhz on air. Very quiet and cool under full load. Probably not as good as a GTX 1060 in terms of power and heat when overclocked. But I got mine cheaper than the Gaming X version on green team so not complaining.

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>>56500737
Actually, nvidia reddit's mad as fuck that the 480 keeps outperforming the 1060 and 1070 in dx12/vulkan

also notice the gpu threads have shriveled up and died overnight - nvidia stopped paying for them to shill tech sites. (for the time being - it'll likely pick up again during vega's launch)

Call me when a consumer card has FP64 performance to best a fucking 280x.

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>>56501662
>1060 and 1070 in dx12/vulkan
Out preforming a 1070
Kek

The 1060 I believe, but the 1070 matches the 980ti and old titanX
A low end 480 isn't matching a 1070

>>56499874
Whether it's 6 or 8 pin it doesn't matter, both output the a
Same amount of power. The only thing that the 8 pin gives is extra 2 grounds allowing less resistance in the circuit

OP, have you ever had a blower style cooler? To me they're so fucking loud they're not worth it, just save a little more and get an open design, you won't regret it.

>>56501761
in dx 12 and vulkan it does