AMD fucked up bad with the 480. They created a card that actually damages motherboards.
Lawsuits incoming.
"The vendor told me directly that while spikes as high as 95 watts of power draw through the PCIE connection are tolerated without issue, sustained power draw at that kind of level WOULD LIKELY CAUSE DAMAGE. The pins and connectors are the most likely failure points - he didn’t seem concerned about the traces on the board as they had enough copper in the power plane to withstand the current.
As we all know with hardware failures in PCs, this is something that could in theory happen during a single gaming session, or it might instead take months and months of gaming to wear down componentry. "
See pic, 50% outside of spec!
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Power-Consumption-Concerns-Radeon-RX-480
Why is AMD so incompetent?
>posters:1
>>55344471
Every time a new thread is made about this the numbers get higher
I wonder who could be behind this post
>1 poster
remember kids, sage in all fields.
>>55344800
>Every time a new thread is made about this the numbers get higher
What do you mean?
>>55344856
Did you hear about how the 480 pulls 120 watts through the PCIe slot, a full double of the 60W provided for by the PCIe standard?
>>55344800
>announcing sage
>>55344902
Just read the article, they show all their testing methodology there. They get basically the same results as Tom's did.
>>55344991
>VIA
What year is it?
>>55344471
>Pulling 3A over the specification
Jesus fuck how to AMDerps even pretend to think this ok?
There's enough current running through the mobo to literally burn down your house
>>55344471
Where were you when this shit got blown out of proportion?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/4qmlep/rx_480_powergate_problem_has_a_solution/
>>55346471
I guess people can just talk shit in India and nobody checks whether or not you're telling the truth.
>>55344471
>Claiming when you overclock a card, and it pulls more power, is somehow the manufactures fault
>>55344471
>actually damages motherboards
Speculation, just like when the 750ti launched
>>55348082
>out of proportion
>taking some random fucktards word over professional reviewers
no thanks rajesh
>>55348751
>speculation
>Experts all agree that it will damage your motherboard and/or shorten its lifespan
>Literally pulling 3A over the specified 5.5A
>Not turning your mobo into one giant electrical fire furnace
>>55349607
>just like the 750ti
>>55344471
Could you deal with this by undervolting the card?
>>55344471
Well done
>>55348751
wat, the 750 Ti used like 66w max
>>55349777
750ti averages 62 w from the pci-e slot
The 480 averages 88w. Power spikes are not damaging. Sustained over the spec power draw is what will damage your motherboard because it creates heat that the slot can't get rid of.
Reminder that heat is what destroys not power spikes.
>>55344471
DELET THIS
>>55349607
>speculation[citation needed]
>Experts[who?]
>Literally[dubious]
>electrical fire furnace[jargon]
>>55350381
>AMDumb denial in full force
>overclock reference card not meant for overclocking on shit motherboard
>damages shit motherboard
>I-IT'S AMD'S FAULT.
You forgot that the result of overclocking a card is an overclocked fucking card. I don't know how but you did.
>>55350826
>you can't overclock this card
Wow, they sure forgot to mention that on the box
>>55349945
get the fuck out ah here.
>>55350938
>avg 64 watts
learn2 read
>>55350938
That shows it was actually completely fine
Only the 480 has this issue
>>55350826
Look at the OP pic, it goes out of spec even when not OC
>>55349816
Yes and I expect AMD may release a BIOS fix to do this
However this will reduce the performance of the card as well
>>55350938
Huh, weird. Is your test the power consumption of the whole system or just the 750 Ti?
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_750_Ti/23.html
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