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Polaris RX 480 / RX 470 / RX 460 Discussion Thread

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Polaris Thread RX 480/RX 470/RX 460

AMD INFORMATION POLARIS PAGE

AMD INFORMATION RX 480 PAGE




RX 480 Useful Quicklinks:
RX 480 Reviews
http://www.overclock.net/t/1604421/various-amd-rx-480-review-thread

Stilt's Fix for PowerGate(RX 480)
http://www.overclock.net/t/1604979/a-temporary-fix-for-the-excess-pci-e-slot-power-draw-for-the-reference-rx-480-cards

Latest RX 480(polaris) drivers
http://www.overclock.net/t/1605409/amd-crimson-16-7-2-hotfix#post_25333572

Older drivers
http://www.overclock.net/t/1605191/amd-radeon-software-crimson-16-7-1

OCN user RX 480 Review
http://www.overclock.net/t/1604690/rx-480-unboxing-and-initial-review

RX 480 4GB potentially flashable to 8GB
http://www.overclock.net/t/1604959/various-rx480-4gb-has-8gb-with-half-of-it-disabled

Polaris Bios mod thread
http://www.overclock.net/t/1604567/polaris-bios-mod-rx480#post_25307889

RX 480 Overclocking Discussion thread:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1604589/rx-480-overclock-discussion

MSRP $199 - 4GB RX 480
MSRP $239 - 8GB RX 480
MSRP $??? - AIB 8GB RX 480

Pictures of upcoming RX 480 AIB Cards:
Sapphire Nitro




MSI RX 480 Gaming




ASUS RX 480 STRIX


Powercolor Devil RX 480



Gigabyte Rx 480 G1 Gaming



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I stopped by my local best buy and nothing. Asked dude at counter of geek squad desk he didn't even know what i was talking about. He did know about AMD's stock going down and waiting to see if they were bought out. Heh...

It was funny to see reaction like AMD was a disease you get from someone just being near. Ebola AMD edition i guess.
 
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Originally Posted by dagget3450 View Post

I stopped by my local best buy and nothing. Asked dude at counter of geek squad desk he didn't even know what i was talking about. He did know about AMD's stock going down and waiting to see if they were bought out. Heh...

It was funny to see reaction like AMD was a disease you get from someone just being near. Ebola AMD edition i guess.
their stock has been doing really good since the drop.
 
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Originally Posted by dagget3450 View Post

I stopped by my local best buy and nothing. Asked dude at counter of geek squad desk he didn't even know what i was talking about. He did know about AMD's stock going down and waiting to see if they were bought out. Heh...

It was funny to see reaction like AMD was a disease you get from someone just being near. Ebola AMD edition i guess.
You will get yours soon. Just a matter of time bro!
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Look on this page and there is a link to a driver on it. Might give that a go?

http://videocardz.com/61475/amd-radeon-rx-480-rumors-part-7
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Originally Posted by The Mac View Post

heres a copy of 16.6.2 (supposedly)

http://www.mediafire.com/download/h13f6szrakcp11i/Driver+16.20.rar

Wattman is suppsedly working for the 480 in this one.

it WILL NOT work for any other card.
You are the man!!!!!
 
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Originally Posted by cscheat View Post

I need some help here

My PC doesn't have DVD rom... Cannot install the driver that come with the box...

Any advice???


haha, when my card came, i had to scramble to find my external usb drive to install the drivers.
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I am still rather bugged by the lock or NDA not lifted before launch. I need crossfire results and me personally may not really care about the performance of a single gpu. I am wanting to bench its possibly but rather hard to make any decision with nothing in hand until launch day. I am hearing various things and most are hard to believe but some are possibly very plausible. Such as the stock heat sink sucking really bad for overclocking on ref cards. While this may not be a big deal i need more specifics because i want to know if water cooling will help OC. This would be nice for benching knowledge i guess. Anyways I'm just blabbing however DAMN YOU AMD. I have a feeling its going to be more disappointing than good if they are locking the NDA this long.
 
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Originally Posted by The Mac View Post

from the few people that have their cards, ref coolers dont OC well, and are bios locked to 150w.

You are probably gonna have to wait for AIBs if you want any OC headroom.
I don't doubt this at all. I am curious about things like VRM temps and as you said Bios lock/wattage limits. Fiji really rubbed me the wrong way in this regard, the powerplay/throttling really just irked the living hell out of me. I really see these scaling well in crossfire. I also wonder if die surface/density will be an issue for heat as well if serious overclocks can be done. I doubt these cards will get full cover waterblocks due to the price/size. If it all looks bleak ill hold off for a while.

I am impatient i guess lol. I thought maybe the changes they made would help both dx12 and dx11. Still curious about driver overhead also with dx11 vs hawaii/grenada/fiji
 
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