Best Brand for RX 480 8gb help me plz!!!

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hi there i will buy an rx 480 next week and i cant decide which brand is better i read about all brands but i cant find which brand is better so i ask for your help....
 
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If you have time, you can watch this video: https://youtu.be/0domMRFG1Rw

Reference cards usually come with blower style cooler. Other manufacturers can only change the cooling system and the clock speeds of the card - these are the only differences between brands. All the CUDA cores and processing units are the same and the number of them is also the same. The reference card is produced directly by AMD/Nvidia, or in other words, the creator. The thing is that "custom" cards other manufacturers make (msi, zotac, evga, asus..) have better cooling solutions installed which allows to increase card's clock speeds for better performance. That's why custom cards achieve 5-10% better performance than reference cards and stay cooler.

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Get the one that looks the best from the cheaper ones. They all have the same performance and unless you really need that +2fps in games, then you should read all in-depth reviews of every single model. Otherwise, you can simply overclock any of the cards and get the same +2fps boost through software.
 
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i m not the kind of guy that wants to squeeze every single fps from the card so i dont care about that i only care about temps.can any1 suggest a cooler rx 480 or all runs the same temps?
 
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If you have time, you can watch this video: https://youtu.be/0domMRFG1Rw

Reference cards usually come with blower style cooler. Other manufacturers can only change the cooling system and the clock speeds of the card - these are the only differences between brands. All the CUDA cores and processing units are the same and the number of them is also the same. The reference card is produced directly by AMD/Nvidia, or in other words, the creator. The thing is that "custom" cards other manufacturers make (msi, zotac, evga, asus..) have better cooling solutions installed which allows to increase card's clock speeds for better performance. That's why custom cards achieve 5-10% better performance than reference cards and stay cooler.

When should you consider a reference card or blower style cooler? Only when your case lacks fans. Blower style cooler takes air from the inside and blows it out from the case, meanwhile other open-air coolers don't blow the air outside, heat stays inside and additional case-fans take care of it. Reference cards are recommended for smaller PC cases with less fans. Photo:
https://i.gyazo.com/3573246899fb475e450fbe40759bbaf7.png

In-depth explanation is in the video.
 
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They can make custom PCBs, which (most importantly) affects power delivery/voltage regulators. They can also 'bin' the chips, which is the practice of selecting the best performing samples of a given GPU for their premium cards. Finally, they can provide BIOSs that allow greater voltage/power limits.
 
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thanks guys for the help,i read an article that rx 480 has power issues with some mobos.i have an amd fx 8350 at 4,6ghz and msi 970 gaming mobo will i be ok to hook a rx 480 or i will have problems?my psu is 950w
thank you again all
 
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This only applies to reference cards, which only have a 6 pin power connector (and probably other cards with reference PCBs, if there are any). But to be honest, it was more or less a non issue that got blown out of proportion due to a couple unconfirmed reports of people burning out their mobos with an RX 480. Regardless, AMD released an updated driver a little later that tweaked the power delivery on the card. It's not something I would worry about when looking for a card, but I guess you may as well get one with an 8 pin power connector, as most non-reference cards I've seen have one anyway.
 
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guys whats the difference between those 3 cards lol cause they have different price
Sapphire Radeon RX 480 8GB Nitro+ OC (11260-10-20G)
Sapphire Radeon RX480 8GB Nitro+ OC (11260-01-20G)
Sapphire Radeon RX480 8GB Nitro+ (11260-07)
please help me out on this,thank you
 
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