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Guru3D.com » News » EK preps FC RX-480 water block

EK preps FC RX-480 water block

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 06/30/2016 06:32 PM | source: | 10 comment(s)
EK preps FC RX-480 water block

And that EK-FC RX-480 water block obviously is intended for the reference design Radeon RX 480. This is the very first block, straight from the CNC machine and will come in all four standard variants.

There is not other information on that liquid cooling block other then the photo that they posted, well teased, at their FaceBook pages.

"The brand new AMD Radeon RX 480 is here. So is the EK-FC RX-480 water block. This is the very first block, straight from the CNC machine and will come in all four standard variants."

Click on the thumbnail for the full photo.



EK preps FC RX-480 water block




« AMD opens Radeon.com Website · EK preps FC RX-480 water block · AMD possibly will be using XX5 revisions e.g. AMD Radeon RX 495 »

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Toss3
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#5298261 Posted on: 06/30/2016 07:10 PM
Not sure why anyone would want to watercool the reference model, with only a 6-pin power connector, especially considering the PCI-E power draw is already too high.

chispy
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#5298276 Posted on: 06/30/2016 07:34 PM
Good stuff , but it better be cheap , really cheap , in the $79US Dollars area or less to be worth it for a $199US Dollars video card !

holler
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#5298280 Posted on: 06/30/2016 07:37 PM
PCI-E power draw is not confirmed by AMD could be just a bad batch of GPUs. 980Ti violated 75 watt spec too. woop de doo. mobo can handle tons of extra power... this all blown out of proportion.

http://media.bestofmicro.com/J/I/498366/original/15-Gaming-PEG-Total.png


and why not water cool it? 2 make more power then a 1080 and its probably still cheaper with waterblocks then a 1080 air cooled (if you can find them) if you are upgrading an existing water cooled system...

PrMinisterGR
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#5298334 Posted on: 06/30/2016 09:07 PM
PCI-E power draw is not confirmed by AMD could be just a bad batch of GPUs. 980Ti violated 75 watt spec too. woop de doo. mobo can handle tons of extra power... this all blown out of proportion.

http://media.bestofmicro.com/J/I/498366/original/15-Gaming-PEG-Total.png


and why not water cool it? 2 make more power then a 1080 and its probably still cheaper with waterblocks then a 1080 air cooled (if you can find them) if you are upgrading an existing water cooled system...

This doesn't look like a violation. Two are equal to a 1080 when the multiGPU setup works perfectly, and even then you get worse frame pacing. A single 1070 is a better choice over 2x480.

sammarbella
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#5298406 Posted on: 06/30/2016 10:14 PM
This doesn't look like a violation. Two are equal to a 1080 when the multiGPU setup works perfectly, and even then you get worse frame pacing. A single 1070 is a better choice over 2x480.


^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^

There are ppl buying 2 480 GPUs right fooled by the AMD PR and some members here expecting to beat a single 1080...in a regular basis.

No AMD AOTS showcase is not the norm is a heavily promoted exception.

480 CFX will be a 1070 in some games...and fail miserably in the major part of the rest.

A single 1070 performs better than 2 480 in almost every game and spent less power than a single 480.

Advice coming from an AMD CFX customer not fooled by AMD PR slides or forum comments. :)

In any case everybody is free to burn his money in multiple GPUs, loose his time in elusive (or impossible) CFX gaming and "enjoying" increased power bill and room temp. :D

On topic:

I like EK blocks but this one for reference is a bad choice because the GPU PCB itself is bad.

It's better to wait for an EK block designed for a third party 480 model with a custom PCB and at least 6+6 pin or 8+6.

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