Asus and MSI tease custom design AMD Radeon RX 480 cards

[Kylzer]

Looks pretty nice i think i can wait for some nice custom AIBs.

[Pleiades]

Sapphire Technology Club currently teasing a Nitro+ version with 2x HDMI for VR purposes...

https://www.facebook.com/SapphireTec...type=3&theater

And 8-pin power & DVI-D!

[zsde]

My PCIE slot is now reserved for the Nitro. I see Sapphire announced that their fans will be replaceable by a simple clip out mechanism, which is a plus in my opinion.

[canopus72]

I've decided not to bother with a reference 480 but these look good however 970s are appearing for £200... Decisions Decisions...

Don't waste your money on 3.5GB 970gtx!. It is poor in DX12 and will be memory limited in demanding games. Makes far more sense to buy custom RX480 (Sapphire Nitro for £250) as it has 8GB GDDR5 at 8000Mhz AND Polaris scales extremely well (JayZ xfire of RX480 shows it performs on par with 1080) and it is future proof AND it is capable at DX12.

[scaryjim]

... Polaris scales extremely well (JayZ xfire of RX480 shows it performs on par with 1080) ...

In games that scale at all. TPU did a xfire review and found that it only scaled properly in 6/16 games. multi-GPU set ups really are not worth considering any more - and mGPU support will only get worse under DX12 as it will be up to the developers to code efficient multi-GPU games. For the games where it does work it'll be great, but expect to see more and more games that see no benefit at all from multiple GPUs...

[cheesemp]

Don't waste your money on 3.5GB 970gtx!. It is poor in DX12 and will be memory limited in demanding games. Makes far more sense to buy custom RX480 (Sapphire Nitro for £250) as it has 8GB GDDR5 at 8000Mhz AND Polaris scales extremely well (JayZ xfire of RX480 shows it performs on par with 1080) and it is future proof AND it is capable at DX12.

Don't worry - I've preordered a Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro+ from overclockers... Not sure how good it is but figure with the pound fluctuating it's not worth waiting as its not that much more than stock.