AMD Radeon RX480 Polaris 8GB Review

Power Draw and Temperatures

Published: 29th June 2016 | Source: AMD | Price: 4GB £180 - 8GB £220 | Author: Tom Logan

AMD Radeon RX480 8GB Review

With any reference cooler you expect the temperatures to be around the 80°C mark and the RX480 is no exception. Our overclock probably pushed things too far for this particular cooler, but we're still beneath the thermal threshold of the GPU and few of you will buy the official AMD model anyway.

The power draw is fantastic though. AMD have really made a massive difference here when compared to their previous generations, and the RX480 is gentle on your utility bills. Great stuff.

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Most Recent Comments

29-06-2016, 13:06:13

AlienALX
OK can you please now strap an AIO to it and see if it's temp bound? Quote

29-06-2016, 13:31:24

Doomslayer
XFX is the only company who put a back plate on where all of the other companies did a bone head move buy not putting one on.

Also the ASUS, Gigabyte & MSI are a complete rip off in pricing on this card too they are charging an extra $40-$50 more compare to the XFX card.Quote

29-06-2016, 13:34:29

theallien
and here AMD just made an "8800GT 512MB" move on Nvidia .... ;-)Quote

29-06-2016, 13:41:05

AngryGoldfish
I was expecting quite a bit little lower temperatures, and lower power draw as well, but the performance is only slightly lower than I expected which is not bad. It's the price and availability that is going to give AMD the lead here, I reckon.

I read a Crossfire 480 review... it's bad. Either drivers seriously need work—which is a given, obviously—or this is the state of multi-GPU setups now.Quote

29-06-2016, 13:43:20

Doomslayer
Quote:
Originally Posted by AngryGoldfish View Post
I was expecting quite a bit little lower temperatures, and lower power draw as well, but the performance is only slightly lower than I expected which is not bad. It's the price and availability that is going to give AMD the lead here, I reckon.

I read a Crossfire 480 review... it's bad. Either drivers seriously need work—which is a given, obviously—or this is the state of multi-GPU setups now.
Yes for the moment but i think Nvidia is going to counter punch AMD maybe with the 1060 when it comes out, But who knows atm.

Well all know that Nvidia can do it but will they is the question.Quote
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