Leaked benchmarks for AMD Radeon RX 480 hits minimum VR spec for $199

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shikamaru317 said:

JEMC said:

We have more info:

New AMD RX 480 CrossFire benchmarks hit the web, exclusive first look at new overclocking tool

http://videocardz.com/61396/new-amd-rx-480-crossfire-benchmarks-hit-the-web-exclusive-first-look-at-new-overclocking-tool

New benchmark results were posted at Chiphell.

The clocks were bumped by 22 MHz (to 1288 MHz). Jugding from GPU-Z graphs the clocks are quite stable, but it’s temperature that is worrying. It seems that FireStrike has really pushed these cards to their thermal limits, as the primary CrossFire card reaches 87C and the secondary 82C.

It seems that Radeon's reference cooler is not that good compared to Nvidia's 1070/1080 reference cooler, 80c + with a 22mhz overclock isn't very good at all. I'll definitely be waiting for a good axial card from one of their 3rd party partners, probably MSI or ASUS. Hopefully then I'll be able to get at least a 100 mhz overclock.

The temps are indeed worrying, but there are a few unknows that could explain, at leadt in part, those high temps like what airflow did the cards have or how long was the test.

And to me, it's surprising that the second card has lower temps despite its fan being slower. Doesn't the second card always run hotter because it doesn't have room to get fresh air?