gigabyte rx 480 4gb rumours, does it have an overheating issue?

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xendazzle

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Hi i was looking at an Gigabyte RX 480 4gb G1 card and some early reviews claim there where some issues with overheating and crashing. apparently these problems have been fixed just wondering if this is the case, anyone running this card have any feed back or advice for me.

i picked this card due to price and availability at my local store..

 
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If it's a reference model, it will get to its thermal limit and throttle, but not overheat. As for crashing, that might have been a driver issue of some sort back then. Just about all the non-reference models are solid cards. I prefer Sapphire, ASUS and XFX cards as I have found them to be the best quality and customer service, but I know a lot of people like Gigabytes parts.

The reference model is a single fan at one end that blows the heat out of the other. Not the best design but it wont hinder the card much, just as I said, it can get to its thermal limits sooner and can be noisy. If it has more than one fan, it is an aftermarket design and thermals and noise should be of no issue at all.
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madmatt30

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I believe the issues were fixed with a BIOS update which lowered clocks & voltage slightly.

I think gigabyte pushed a little too hard on the out of the box specs to compete with more expensive cards & the cooling solution couldn't handle them 100%.

If it's significantly cheaper (it certainly is in the UK) its probably still worth a punt.

The white Asus dual is normally around the same price & is a better card though IMO
 
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If it's a reference model, it will get to its thermal limit and throttle, but not overheat. As for crashing, that might have been a driver issue of some sort back then. Just about all the non-reference models are solid cards. I prefer Sapphire, ASUS and XFX cards as I have found them to be the best quality and customer service, but I know a lot of people like Gigabytes parts.

The reference model is a single fan at one end that blows the heat out of the other. Not the best design but it wont hinder the card much, just as I said, it can get to its thermal limits sooner and can be noisy. If it has more than one fan, it is an aftermarket design and thermals and noise should be of no issue at all.
 
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