Why didn't they use any copper for the fucking heatsink. Why did they fuck it up this bad?
Benchmarks would have been much better if they used an 8pin and a better heatsink for the reference card.
FUCK AMD FOR FUCKING THIS UP THIS IS WORSE THAN FOUNDERS EDITION TRASH
>>55350480
The heatsink has a copper core, it was to keep their costs down, the 1070 and 1080 have just as bad thermals, you should always wait for after market cards unless you plan to do a custom liquid loop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvhyrz5oDPo
>>55350495
I wanted a reference card and they fucked this up.
How much extra would 2 heatpipes cost ffs
>>55350524
Why would this card be any different? it's only meant to function up to it's advertised specifications
2 weeks my man
>FUCK AMD FOR FUCKING THIS UP THIS IS WORSE THAN FOUNDERS EDITION TRASH
This is actually true lmao, Nvidia Pascal reference cards often overclock better than aftermarket cards.
The the reference card reaching 82ºC which is temperature target for Nvidia cards can be fixed by setting a custom curve fan, realistically speaking the only difference between reference and aftermarket comes down to noise.
AMD really fucked up big time but AMD fanboys are trying to downplay it.
>>55350566
I wanted a reference card to keep heat out of my computer.
>>55350549
It fails to do even that. It would be closer to the 980 if they actually bothered to use a half assed cooler instead that shitty aluminum block.
Look how fucking tiny it is, they could easily extend the aluminum block for better cooling, or use a bigger fan which there's clearly room for.
>>55350569
Problem is that when you turn up the fan it gets noisy.
They could have easily made the fan 1cm bigger and added 2cm to the heatsink probably which would have made a massive difference.
Better airflow and more metal to air contact.
>>55350610
The point of reference designs is to maximize the company's profits from the GPU before the after market cards come out, they're going to put out the minimum requirement for the card, and that's it.
Not like it matters anyways the RX 480 is sold out basically everywhere
>>55350653
Yes, which is what I said.
If you buy a Nvidia Reference or Nvidia Aftermarket the only difference will be the noise, overclocking capabilities are the same or sometimes better on the reference vs cheap aftermarket models.
>>55350682
Fuck amd for being cheap cunts then.
why does no one do something like this?
>>55350764
literally everyone does it, that's why you wait for the after market cards like any sane person or water cool your reference card
what do you know abut the bios flash for 4Gb to 8Gb?
>>55350782
I don't want to water cool and I don't want hot air circulating inside my case.
>>55350781
What the fuck am I looking at? Wouldn't they need to decrease fan size for this to fit?
>>55350788
Is this really a thing?
>>55350781
Different materials at different temps is actually a bad idea desu, even tho almost everone does it.
>>55350781
If you have access to a 3d printer, you could probably make that with a slim 40mm fan or something. Or even by just cutting the plastic shroud, laying the fan on it at an angle like that, and using electrical tape to make it airtight. I'm curious as to how it'd perform.
>>55350781
What if you take out the reference fan and just put 2 atx fans both pushing into the card on each side instead? Like a sandwich.
You'll get better airflow and less noise, won't you?
>>55350839
Like this.
Didn't have anything better to draw with ;_;
>>55350880
I mean i get it and its a cool idea but there are no good blower cards.
SHOW ME A SINGLE GOOD BLOWER GPU, i have a mini itx case.
>>55350480
It's not like AMD has any money to spend on R&D anymore, this was kinda expected
>>55351038
How much r&d do they need to make a bigger fucking heatsink.
>>55350610
RX480 XSPC water block
>>55350801
Sort of a hybrid between the two traditional cooler designs. Putting the fan diagonally allows you to use a larger fan, but it still maintains the blower design that forces the hot air out of the system instead of blowing it out into the chassis.
>>55350880
I figure having the fans blowing against each other like that would cause turbulence and more noise.
>>55351185
This is also good for SLI/CF since the fan isn't suffocated by the 2mm gap that happens when you put two cards on each other.
Why people don't understand your heatpipe placement is beyond me.
Dividing the heatpipes so they have their own row to better dissipate heat without radiating heat from one heatpipe to another is how it should be.
>>55351075
Why spend money on r&d when they can use that to give bonuses to the board
>>55351262
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>>55351185
They use radial fans, nimrod.
>>55351185
>Thinking any heat sink or cooler could save the shit house fire 480
KEK DELUSIONAL AMDRONES ARE REACHING THIS FAR
WUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>>55350480
BREAKING: NEW 240 DOLLAR CARD PERFORMS BETTER THAN ALL THE OTHER CARDS IN THE SAME PRICE RANGEMARKET, BUT NOT AS GOOD AS MORE EXPENSIVE ALTERNATIVES
>>55351347
But the 970 can be had cheaper than the 480...
>>55351366
link?
>>55351185
Unfortunately that is not how fans work. Any sharp angle destroys a fans cfm. There is actual work put into these designs
>>55351449
Check retailers, in aus the 480 is like $430 and the 970 can be had for $370 last time I checked.
Some euro anon just bought a 970 in the gcg yesterday for 220 euro brand new.
>>55351449
http://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#c=186&sort=a8&page=1
>>55351347
second hand 970s, 780tis, 290s and 290xs all outperform this hot garbage. you can't even make an argument to buy this thing on power efficiency because it's perf/watt isn't even superior to maxwell.
AMD failed.
>>55351449
https://www.mwave.com.au/product/msi-amd-radeon-rx-480-8gb-video-card-ab83753
https://www.mwave.com.au/product/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-970-windforce2x-oc-twin-turbo-4gb-video-card-ab67472
Cheapest in stock reference 480 vs cheapest in stock gtx 970.
There was also an open box strix 970 for $60 less than the one I linked, but that's open box so it's not fair to compare.
Why don't AMD and nVidia spend the minor additional R&D funds required to design reference coolers that compete with aftermarket shit?
>>55352399
It doesn't even need extra R&D, they just skimp out on minor material costs.
See
>>55350610
>>55352418
How much would it have cost?
>>55354486
Maybe a dollar per card, but I guess that is pretty huge when you're selling thousands of them.
>>55350682
>The point of reference designs is to maximize the company's profits from the GPU before the after market cards come out
lol, no it isn't.
The reference design is just that: a reference design. It's the ideal configuration according to the developer. It's what partners should base their designs off of.
You'll also be hard pressed to find any OEM using anything other than a reference design. Not because they're cheap, but because reference designs are supposed to be solid.
>>55350480
Because nobody in their right mind buys reference GPUs op
