Amd rx 480
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keynes
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Maybe other versions are not available yet? You may need to ask PCS directly for an official response
Oussebon
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It seems there are a lot more 8gb ones out there atm. If you pick Brand X Retail Website of your choice, it's like there are half a dozen 8gb ones for each 4gb one out there. I heard that AIBs were finding it hard to meet their margins with the 4gb one due to the low base price set by AMD so it could be that there are fewer of them being made and so PCS's supply is more limited. It's only Day One after all. 
I'm a bit surprised with the pricing on here. Why is it £60+ more than retail? Normally additional components in builds are approx. retail. I noticed the same with the 1070. Adding a rx480 costs approx. £280 in the builds that I'm looking at, can be bought for £220 and the GTX 1070 can be bought for £380 (£431). If I was building a desktop I simply couldn't pay £280 to plug in a RX480 when I can plug in a 1070 myself for £100 more.
It's the obvious choice for anyone looking at the 970 but other than that I don't really see where it fits in the current releases.
It's the obvious choice for anyone looking at the 970 but other than that I don't really see where it fits in the current releases.
Oussebon
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With the pricing as it currently stands, not just on PCS but everywhere, the 970 might be the obvious choice for people looking at the 970 :/ You can get decent factory OCed 970s for sub £200. If you're on a budget and could just squeeze in a £200 GPU, the often-£230 RX 480 reference model might just edge itself out of the running.
Yeah it does seem a bit strange all round. The price vs performance doesn't really get over the hurdle that's required for the anti-AMD stigma but I suppose it's early days. I'm guessing a LOT of benchmarking is going to be done over the next day or 2, it may all hinge on the VR performance.
Perhaps manufacturers are just trying to make extra on the initial release although I'm still disappointed with the price translation in the UK. Even with the drop it should not be above £200. £189 is the cheapest I've seen it personally for the 4GB version which is much better value. The 8GBs seem to be a little overpriced.
Oussebon
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I saw one for ~£176 yesterday. Just checked that site now and it's £189. So good news, the price difference has closed a bit between the 4gb and the 8gb.. bad news it's because (presumably as stock has been used up) the 4gb price has gone up 7%.
And for those who haven't seen yet: http://videocardz.com/61667/what-re...80-exceeding-pci-express-power-specifications
There's some speculation it might just be sorted with a driver update, as a driver update already shaved ~5W off idle power consumption.
And for those who haven't seen yet: http://videocardz.com/61667/what-re...80-exceeding-pci-express-power-specifications
There's some speculation it might just be sorted with a driver update, as a driver update already shaved ~5W off idle power consumption.
£176 would have been a very good price, but the current £220+ for the 8GB doesn't make it much more impressive than a 970 being only slightly more powerful and better power consumption.
Oussebon
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DX12 scores: http://videocardz.com/62257/first-3dmark-time-spy-benchmarks-hit-the-web
And not from an AMD game, but from PC Mark.
Shows the RX 480 as being a decent future-proofing investment over the currently-cheaper 970 (as if there were any doubt).
Also shows that Pascal cards do benefit from Async (which we have seen in Ashes already) but that 300 and 400 series AMD cards benefit about twice as much (which we also saw in Ashes).
And not from an AMD game, but from PC Mark.
Shows the RX 480 as being a decent future-proofing investment over the currently-cheaper 970 (as if there were any doubt).
Also shows that Pascal cards do benefit from Async (which we have seen in Ashes already) but that 300 and 400 series AMD cards benefit about twice as much (which we also saw in Ashes).