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If you are getting a 480, I would certainly make sure it's a non-reference 8 pin model. AMD did issue a fix but we are still seeing this happen.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3133544/480-blew.html

The Asus seems like a good one. Here's my issue tho....

But the Asus Strix 480 is $259 .... and at that price it just not an attractive option from a bang for the buck standpoint, there's non-reference 1060s out there for less. The reference 1060 is 10% faster then the reference 480 ... bit if you overclock, the non-reference 1080 is 24% faster than the non-reference 480 in Techpowerups 16 game test suite.

If ya play at 1080p and don't overclock, the MSRP of the $199 reference card is attractive. If you see non-reference 8 pin...
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If you are getting a 480, I would certainly make sure it's a non-reference 8 pin model. AMD did issue a fix but we are still seeing this happen.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3133544/480-blew.html

The Asus seems like a good one. Here's my issue tho....

But the Asus Strix 480 is $259 .... and at that price it just not an attractive option from a bang for the buck standpoint, there's non-reference 1060s out there for less. The reference 1060 is 10% faster then the reference 480 ... bit if you overclock, the non-reference 1080 is 24% faster than the non-reference 480 in Techpowerups 16 game test suite.

If ya play at 1080p and don't overclock, the MSRP of the $199 reference card is attractive. If you see non-reference 8 pin card at that price, or even up top $229 or so, it's an attractive option.
 
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