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

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Slimebeast 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.

 

Where is the benchmark lol? And I don't understand how they can reach thermal limits from a 22Mhz overclock. How do you interpret this JEMC?

I love the overclocking tool. So nice that they're officially providing that and encouraging it.

The benchmarks are at the link . I don't like posting entire articles as I want you to check it out and give them some visits/revenue.

But if you want them:

 

As for the temps, without knowing how long was the test and what kind of airflow the cards had, it's hard to take conclusions.

And, as shikamaru said, it's not much different than Nvidia's card. For example, look at [H]ardOCP's review of the GTX 1080 Founders Edition:

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2016/05/17/nvidia_geforce_gtx_1080_founders_edition_review/5#.V21tE6J9Wds

This is the temp of the card over time while playing Battlefield 4

It reaches 83ªC, and in the article they note that the fan never went above 55% (the RX 480 Xfire setup had the fan speed at 49 and 44%).

And also look at the boost speed of the card during that time

That's more worrying that the temp, as the cooler isn't able to cope with the heat at the default setting of 55% fan, and that limits the card performance.