GTX 970 or RX 480?

kaden golda · Jul 2, 2016

I could get an RX 480 for 200-$239.99 or get a GTX 970 I found locally for $180 (reference PNY blower). Or I wait for GTX 1060. I have GTX 960 2gb right now and ITS SHIT>_>

maxalge · Jul 2, 2016

kaden golda :

if you cant wait > gtx 970

the reference rx 480 can kill motherboards because it violates the pcie slot voltage limits and its cooler is terrible

I suggest you wait for the 1060 though

could help lower prices even further

Edmond Behaeghel · Jul 2, 2016

maxalge :

kaden golda :

if you cant wait > gtx 970

the reference rx 480 can kill motherboards because it violates the pcie slot voltage limits and its cooler is terrible

I suggest you wait for the 1060 though
I do believe that you are mistaken about the violation of PCI-E voltage. Here a vid that explains it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhjC_8ai7QA.
And I do think that the 970 is nice however I would look up the thermals on the PNY blower cooler as that design like the 480's tend to suck.

could help lower prices even further

maxalge · Jul 3, 2016

Edmond Behaeghel :

the video confirms that the 480 is not keeping to pcie power specs, it is in fact violating voltage limits

amd themselves have confirmed the problem

>.> dude even says to get a newer stout motherboard so that it can handle it

a lot of the people that wanted the 480 are in fact going to have older mobos

zshadez · Jul 4, 2016

The 480 beats the 970, and is at the start of it's life cycle so that difference is only going to grow. I would go 480 or wait to see 1060 benchmarks and pricing. Personally I ordered the XFX 8GB 480 from Jet.com, last I looked it's showing out of stock currently but it's come and gone several times over the weekend. They're running a deal where the first 3 purchases you make are 15% off up to $30 per item, have a discount for paying with debit card, and have another for opting out of their free return packaging if you choose to return it. Altogether the $240 8GB model ended up at $216 delivered.

The power issue Maxalge has a hardon over is something that the 960 among other cards have had as well. It's caused no damage, only been reported a handfull of times, and AMD has already stated that it will be resolved with a driver update will be patched out. The initial forum statement from someone saying it fried his mobo was proven to be a lie the day it was said. Children love drama.

maxalge · Jul 4, 2016

zshadez :

PCPerspective investigated the Asus Strix 960, and disproved claims that it suffered from similar problems.
The PCI-E specification is met.

TecLabs:
"The PCI-E specification allows for 12V(±9% tolerance) and a maximum of 5.5A for 66W(71.3) of power. The RX480 in this video running Unigine Heaven is shown to draw 8.6A on the motherboard 12V rail, at 11.6V. That is 56.4% over the MAXIMUM specified by PCI-SIG. With furmark this spikes to 10A+ at 11.5V"

backed up by the findings of this very website and others, the issue is the continuous overdraw violation

amd THEMSELVES have said they are going to fix thru a patch, which WILL affect it's performance

the 480 and gtx 970 trade blows currently, the 970 wins when overclocked though due to the poor reference cooler on the 480

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