I can't find any info aside from the press release (which mentions no timeframe) but a few weeks is the standard time to wait for the non-reference cards to start shipping.
Whatever happened to Asus's hybrid fan design for their GPU's? It was first introduced on the 280X, and shortly discontinued (even on the 280X-V2) with no real reason as to why.
The RX480 isn't worth a look, no matter what custom design. Not sure what AMD thought when they released it. Everyone was waiting for a top-notch card competing with NVIDIA 1070/1080.
This is a middleclass card which is performance-wise somewhere between two year yold GTX 970 and 980.
Until now, AMD had the excuse of not having a 16nm process. That doesn't count anymore, and this chip still sucks reagrding performance/watt. Huge disappointment.
Nobody - but nobody - who had any idea what they were waiting for thought the RX 480 was going to compete with the 1070, let alone the 1080. I only ever see this claim from people making pro-NVidia posts.
It is a disappointment, but a qualified one. There were obviously going to be reasons why AMD were charging $200 and now we know what they are.
volume of $200 gpu sales is way bigger than $500 gpu sales. AMD wants to stay alive, they need more profit were it makes a diference.
wait a few months and RX490 (crossfire 480) will be here at $500 mark.
as for myself, i'm waiting a $200 new gpu, with 150w design and 7" total board size. RX480 is pretty close to it. lets see what nvidia launches in the following months.
The goal wasnt to so much as compete, but make it easier for people to get their hands on VR. AMD's goal with this card was to give more people a chance to experience VR.
Why should AMD care that much for VR? AMD is not directly selling any VR tech except GPU. Price of VR is currently affordable for less then 5% of users. The last year minimum for VR has changed from 970 @ $300 to this year RX 480 @ $199 which is great but VR itself is still out of reach for most = no difference at all.
Rhoehme, if you and other Nvidia fan boys missed the AMD Computex conference 1 month ago, you cannot say that everybody was expecting a high end graphic card or one better than Nvidia 1070/1080. AMD made it clear during Computex that the RX480 is not a high end GPU card but a card for the mainstream market. This is the right card for most computer uses who don't want to waste $ 1000 or more on a computer and wasting another $ 500 or more on an Nvidia card. But still 2 RX480 cards with crossfire come close to the performance of Nvidia 1080 and at around $200 less.
Who is "everyone" . Middle-end cards with a price of 200-250 usd are the most popular among average gamers. Amd gave a proper next gen mainstream card at a nice price
RX480 is released to compete with midranged cards. Not 1070/1080. And price/performance it is the best card available in mid range as it is meant to compete with 970/980. A card competing with 1070/1080/1080Ti will be released later this year by AMD, specifically to compete with them. So everything is going according to plan and quite successfully.
AMD now has a 14nm process, better than NVIDIA's. And its performance/watt is quite acceptable really and a huge improvement from previous cards.
Sorry, you can say anything about 480 and Polaris and Pascal and nvidia or whatever, but you can't really say that today 14nm AMD PP is better than nvidia 16nm used ones! With GPU at 1.15V and 1.2GHz max frequencies (that in tandem with the Polaris architecture arrives at the same efficiency that Maxwell was 2 years ago!) while nvidia is at 1.05V and ~2GHz, how can you ever think that the first PP is better than the second one? I may say that anyone making such a statement is either a complete ignorant or an idiot that wants to ignore real numbers Sorry, AMD chose to disengage from nvidia chase by using a different PP, but they bet on the wrong horse. They are doing worse than they could if using the same 16nm PP used by they concurrent. It will be for next time.. if there will ever be another chance...
Nowhere do I recall it being claimed that the RX480 would be competing with the likes of the 1070 and 1080. Nowhere was it claimed that the RX480 was a 'flagship' card. Hell, even the specifications pointed to it not being in the same category, let alone the price.
Anyone who thought/thinks that the RX480 was ever meant to be a 'flagship' card to compete with the likes of the 1070 or 1080 is either misinformed, deluded, or for some reason an Nvidia fan with some issues.
I would say the opposite: NVIDIA has no half-decent competitor for the RX480 - no card which offers such performance and modern features anywhere near this price. They just have their usual over priced unavailable high end cards no sane person buys..
1060 comes probably the same time when custom rx480's are available While probably around the same price point (that's custom RX480's) Have to what's better at that time
rx480 doesn't seem to be readily avaliable quite yet either
People can say what they want about the RX480...I got it for doom and will probably only play that and maybe a game or two more...after the Steam released Vulkan patch and the new beta driver AMD just released, I can easily play the game with max settings (ultra) and 1440p resolution with extremely smooth gameplay...it's an excellent card.
The RX 480 is good for 1080-1440P. With the Fury series being mostly a disappointment and now AMD releases a new gen, Polaris, for this segment? AMD fans were hoping for a competing flagship and they get this instead. Zillions of computer enthusiasts aren't eagerly waiting for a new midrange card. Most will stick with what they have now. Meh.
I just built a new PC...why would I not buy this? I am very happy with my 8gb RC480...it plays doom on highest settings 1440p with ease...I'm guessing that Vulkan patch has something to do with it but it's a great mid range card...not everyone just sits around benchmarking their systems all day long.
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Shadow7037932 - Thursday, June 30, 2016 - link
I hope Anandtech is planning to do a 480 round up review for the various non reference designs.Chaitanya - Thursday, June 30, 2016 - link
As long as it doesnt cost a bomb. It does looks like a proper after market treatment to a gpu.xthetenth - Thursday, June 30, 2016 - link
That looks like it's going to overhang the PCB a lot, should be an excellent cooler.Eden-K121D - Thursday, June 30, 2016 - link
I hope the include a 8 pin connector to avoid the PCIeGate fiascoScabies - Thursday, June 30, 2016 - link
We're doing a gate already? Besides I thought it was powergate. Get your gates together.Alexvrb - Sunday, July 3, 2016 - link
They're fixing that issue. I for one still hope (and assume) they include more robust power, but for overclocking reasons.Laxaa - Thursday, June 30, 2016 - link
Any date/timeframe when we can expect these? In the coming weeks?LostWander - Thursday, June 30, 2016 - link
I can't find any info aside from the press release (which mentions no timeframe) but a few weeks is the standard time to wait for the non-reference cards to start shipping.Sushisamurai - Friday, July 1, 2016 - link
Whatever happened to Asus's hybrid fan design for their GPU's? It was first introduced on the 280X, and shortly discontinued (even on the 280X-V2) with no real reason as to why.rboehme - Friday, July 1, 2016 - link
The RX480 isn't worth a look, no matter what custom design. Not sure what AMD thought when they released it. Everyone was waiting for a top-notch card competing with NVIDIA 1070/1080.This is a middleclass card which is performance-wise somewhere between two year yold GTX 970 and 980.
Until now, AMD had the excuse of not having a 16nm process. That doesn't count anymore, and this chip still sucks reagrding performance/watt. Huge disappointment.
Spunjji - Friday, July 1, 2016 - link
Nobody - but nobody - who had any idea what they were waiting for thought the RX 480 was going to compete with the 1070, let alone the 1080. I only ever see this claim from people making pro-NVidia posts.It is a disappointment, but a qualified one. There were obviously going to be reasons why AMD were charging $200 and now we know what they are.
marc1000 - Friday, July 1, 2016 - link
volume of $200 gpu sales is way bigger than $500 gpu sales. AMD wants to stay alive, they need more profit were it makes a diference.wait a few months and RX490 (crossfire 480) will be here at $500 mark.
as for myself, i'm waiting a $200 new gpu, with 150w design and 7" total board size. RX480 is pretty close to it. lets see what nvidia launches in the following months.
Peter2k - Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - link
I wonder if the statement that 200$ cards sell like crazy and high priced ones don't is actually trueIt's something people always seem to grasp at if they speak out for AMD and against Nvidia
And yet its Nvidia who makes a billion dollars profit a year
Must be something they do right
cocochanel - Tuesday, July 12, 2016 - link
You know how they make that billion ?Charging people like you $700 for a $200 card. With those margins, they don't have to sell too many.
usernametaken76 - Friday, July 1, 2016 - link
Don't be ridiculous. It's a ~$200 card. The 1070 starts at $449 and goes up from there.YukaKun - Friday, July 1, 2016 - link
You are either a troll or a paid shill.The RX480 is holding it's value quite well at ~200USD.
The only word of caution would be to wait until AMD has a stance on the PCIe Slot power drawing issue.
Cheers!
Sykotik - Friday, July 1, 2016 - link
The goal wasnt to so much as compete, but make it easier for people to get their hands on VR. AMD's goal with this card was to give more people a chance to experience VR.milkod2001 - Thursday, July 7, 2016 - link
Why should AMD care that much for VR? AMD is not directly selling any VR tech except GPU. Price of VR is currently affordable for less then 5% of users. The last year minimum for VR has changed from 970 @ $300 to this year RX 480 @ $199 which is great but VR itself is still out of reach for most = no difference at all.cocochanel - Tuesday, July 12, 2016 - link
VR is quite affordable. RX480 + Oculus Rift = GTX1080. Pricewise.rjd - Saturday, July 2, 2016 - link
Rhoehme, if you and other Nvidia fan boys missed the AMD Computex conference 1 month ago, you cannot say that everybody was expecting a high end graphic card or one better than Nvidia 1070/1080. AMD made it clear during Computex that the RX480 is not a high end GPU card but a card for the mainstream market. This is the right card for most computer uses who don't want to waste $ 1000 or more on a computer and wasting another $ 500 or more on an Nvidia card. But still 2 RX480 cards with crossfire come close to the performance of Nvidia 1080 and at around $200 less.Rc1138 - Saturday, July 2, 2016 - link
Who is "everyone" . Middle-end cards with a price of 200-250 usd are the most popular among average gamers. Amd gave a proper next gen mainstream card at a nice priceKristijonas - Saturday, July 2, 2016 - link
RX480 is released to compete with midranged cards. Not 1070/1080. And price/performance it is the best card available in mid range as it is meant to compete with 970/980. A card competing with 1070/1080/1080Ti will be released later this year by AMD, specifically to compete with them. So everything is going according to plan and quite successfully.AMD now has a 14nm process, better than NVIDIA's. And its performance/watt is quite acceptable really and a huge improvement from previous cards.
And you are an annoying idiot.
CiccioB - Thursday, July 7, 2016 - link
Sorry, you can say anything about 480 and Polaris and Pascal and nvidia or whatever, but you can't really say that today 14nm AMD PP is better than nvidia 16nm used ones!With GPU at 1.15V and 1.2GHz max frequencies (that in tandem with the Polaris architecture arrives at the same efficiency that Maxwell was 2 years ago!) while nvidia is at 1.05V and ~2GHz, how can you ever think that the first PP is better than the second one?
I may say that anyone making such a statement is either a complete ignorant or an idiot that wants to ignore real numbers
Sorry, AMD chose to disengage from nvidia chase by using a different PP, but they bet on the wrong horse. They are doing worse than they could if using the same 16nm PP used by they concurrent.
It will be for next time.. if there will ever be another chance...
Tams80 - Saturday, July 2, 2016 - link
Nowhere do I recall it being claimed that the RX480 would be competing with the likes of the 1070 and 1080. Nowhere was it claimed that the RX480 was a 'flagship' card. Hell, even the specifications pointed to it not being in the same category, let alone the price.Anyone who thought/thinks that the RX480 was ever meant to be a 'flagship' card to compete with the likes of the 1070 or 1080 is either misinformed, deluded, or for some reason an Nvidia fan with some issues.
jospoortvliet - Sunday, July 3, 2016 - link
I would say the opposite: NVIDIA has no half-decent competitor for the RX480 - no card which offers such performance and modern features anywhere near this price. They just have their usual over priced unavailable high end cards no sane person buys..Peter2k - Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - link
1060 comes probably the same time when custom rx480's are availableWhile probably around the same price point (that's custom RX480's)
Have to what's better at that time
rx480 doesn't seem to be readily avaliable quite yet either
ACE76 - Wednesday, July 13, 2016 - link
People can say what they want about the RX480...I got it for doom and will probably only play that and maybe a game or two more...after the Steam released Vulkan patch and the new beta driver AMD just released, I can easily play the game with max settings (ultra) and 1440p resolution with extremely smooth gameplay...it's an excellent card.ACE76 - Wednesday, July 13, 2016 - link
Not as disappointing as your knowledge on the video card or what it was supposed to be.Geranium - Saturday, July 2, 2016 - link
Three fan is unnecessary for a 150W card.Peter2k - Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - link
Keeps it nice silentAlso
I guess Asus is just reusing there cooler from the GTX strix line
Which is good, it's something I want
Coupled with a reasonable prices card
CiccioB - Thursday, July 7, 2016 - link
480 is a 160+W car in default mode and these customs are probably overclocked so the TDP moved more near 180-190W. Three fans are okChaser - Monday, July 4, 2016 - link
The RX 480 is good for 1080-1440P. With the Fury series being mostly a disappointment and now AMD releases a new gen, Polaris, for this segment? AMD fans were hoping for a competing flagship and they get this instead. Zillions of computer enthusiasts aren't eagerly waiting for a new midrange card. Most will stick with what they have now. Meh.ACE76 - Wednesday, July 13, 2016 - link
I just built a new PC...why would I not buy this? I am very happy with my 8gb RC480...it plays doom on highest settings 1440p with ease...I'm guessing that Vulkan patch has something to do with it but it's a great mid range card...not everyone just sits around benchmarking their systems all day long.