I'm waiting for the first passive cooled AMD GPUs that will allow 1080p gaming at mid-high FX and 60fps or higher.
If it won't be possible next year, I'll start my next major upgrade with a Polaris+Zen APU and I'll upgrade with a discrete GPU later.

There's something about those results that look fishy, although that may be because of the lack of proper drivers.

For example, looking at Guru3D's review of the GTX 1070, testing at 1080p and MAX settings, the 7950 nets 49 fps, and the 7970 GHz (that became the 280X) 64 fps. Can the RX 480 be slower than those two cards? And I say slower, because one is running GTA V at high and the other two at max. settings.

I don't think so.

I could also mention The Witcher 3, but given that he's using a custom setup, it's almost impossible to compare... but I can use TechSpot's review of Overwatch that also uses Ultra settings:  A result of 90-105 would make the 480 slower than the 7970 GHz/280X.

And again, I don't believe it.

Where did you see the 8GB in GTA V? I see about 4GB in The Witcher 3 and about 5GB in Doom.

And I only remember the 290X having 8GB versions, but not any other.

I failed to see the bar at the top of the menu.

And yes, that's the only other option, but it would be a lot of work to just put the 480 in bad shape.

In any case, in 6 days we'll know if the 480 is a worthy card or if AMD has failed again.

There was a youtube video of a RX 480 doing Overwatch at 4k with max settings, and doing so at over 60 fps.

I know overwatch isnt the most demanding game but still.... its able to do it with 4k and everything maxed.

To me thats still impressive.

^ this video.

its a "teaser" video, he doesnt show the fps, but implies its 4k and maxed settings, avg over 60fps.

I think the RX 480 is around R9 Fury & maybe slightly above the Nvidia 980.

But slightly behinde the 980ti & Fury X.

Still I think once its had a few driver updates, and you OC these things... they will fly.

I have never heard about this. How can I see the difference between a blower fan and axial fan? If I look inside my computer case, is there an easy way to see which is which from all the fans inside (PSU, GPU, CPU etc)?

I assume blowing fan is most common from the way you two speak.

For example my Gigabyte R9 290 Windforce, what are those fans?

This is a axial fan:

They usually sit inside the card, blowing air along the cooling vents and outsides of the pc case.

They are more effective at moveing air outsides your pc case (which is a good thing, why all the newer cards have them).

"my Gigabyte R9 290 Windforce, what are those fans?"

those are blower type fans, and most of the air is just re-circulated inside your pc case.

That's an axial card.

A blower card, which tipically are all reference cards, have a fan in one extreme that moves air through the card and the heatsink and exhausts the warm air out of back of the card, out the case.

An axial cooler, as most if not all third party coolers like the Gigabyte Windforce one of your pic are, directs the air directly to the heatsink(s), but the resulting warm air is exhausted in the case, not out. That means that you need a case with good airflow or your components will get cooked by their own generated heat.

Scisca said: Arrr! Can't wait for these cards! For the full lineup of custom versions and OC tests. I hope stock is around the performance of 980, while after OC it gets near 980Ti. It would be the greatest steal in history of GPUs Though unfortunately I really don't like what Sapphire showed, which is sad, considering I wanted to buy their card. I hope MSI and others release a sexy looking card.

lol the card will be inside a case, what does it matter how it looks?

But yeah I know, psychologically it's important. I love the feeling when you've just bought a new graphics card and opened the package.

What GPU do u have now?