Hey all :)
Now before I start, I know some of you prefer EVGA or NVIDIA based GPU's and that is all fine by me, each to their own ya know :)
Just please no drama in this topic that lead to flame wars, as I will report such posts.
So since yesterday I been using my new GPU based on the AMD Polaris 10 Architecture and built upon the 14nm Fin-FET die process, making this GPU named Ellesmere the smallest GPU in the world :)
The Polaris 10 I chose was the Sapphire Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB 256Bit GDDR5, so here some pics of the box, it's contents the card and finally the card in the system :)
The Reason I bought this card is because it fulfills all my needs and I could afford it after saving up fora good 8 months.
My incomes are a lot less due to being 100% disabled, so no ore high end GPU's from me this time, even I do try to get them, such things will take lots more time.
The Sapphire Nitro+ RX 480 8GB was my choice since it performs best for my resolution 1920x 1200 and since I am a retro gamer I can run all my games fine at 3840 x 2400p without issuest thanks to AMD's Enhanced VSR Technology, this works very well, I don't like them 16:9 Aspect ratio monitors I prefer 16:10 Aspect Ratio, but since there are no 4K monitors that allow 16:10 Aspect Ratio, this is the ultimate solution to take out that problem and I have to admit it works very well
Also love the AMD Crimson Catalyst Drivers, they never gave me issues and there are no latency issues either
Anyways enough of that xD
The packaging is simple as are it's contents, no extra fancy crap, that will only make it more expensive, that to which I like, just pay for what you need and nothing else :)
Box top:
Box rear:
Box side:
Box top flap:
Box + Contents:
Sapphire Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 480 PCI-E 8192MB 256Bit GDDR5 top:
Sapphire Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 480 PCI-E 8192MB 256Bit GDDR5 rear:
Sapphire Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 480 PCI-E 8192MB 256Bit GDDR5 headshot:
DVI-D, HDMI & DSP Protectors placed:
DVI-D, HDMI & DSP Protectors removed:
2x DSP 2x HDMI & 1x DVI-D:
Massive Heatpipes for the heatsink:
Cooling Fins in front and back of the HSF and an 8 Pin Power plug for power feed:
Nitro Bios Switch:
Rear angled view of the Backplate:
Closeup of Sapphire & Nitro Logo's on Backplate:
Sapphire Led Logo:
Sapphire Led Logo closeup:
The following pics show the card in the system :)
All clean and all works fine :)
And here the night glow :)
Here the card closeup:
And here that awesome led logo all lit up :)
Aeragon the Steel Leopard Feathered Novaraptor waves Hi at 4K xD
Here some other 4K Pics I took in Primal Carnage Extinction last night on my server:
And that's it, I will see how Doom 2016 does with Vulkan API @ 3840x 2400 with my 24 Cores as well, since Doom 2016 is well programmed it's worth finding out, I will keep you guys updated on how that goes, so stay tuned!
