Suddenly, the assistant sister said that our old computer monitor prompts that no signal is not displayed. I checked that it was a broken video card and happened to meet the video card. I just bought a cheaper new video card and continued to revive the old computer. Plan to buy GTX1060, and later saw the non-public version of the largest memory only 6G, choose the same price of RX480 memory 8G, the most important reason is that RX480 8G cheaper than GTX1060 6G, RX480 8G can be promoted around 1650 yuan The price of winning, wins the price of cabbage, ah, but also what bike it? Many people say that RX480 will be GTX1060 hanging, initially considered GTX1060, the main price is a bit high, or add money on the GTX1070 graphics because of size I can not fit the length of my current Joe Sibo V4 chassis, and finally bought a sapphire ultra-platinum RX480 8G graphics card, this non-public version of the graphics card is only 240MM length, you can just put it under the chassis, or have to change a new chassis
There are not many manufacturers of RX480, basically four big manufacturers support: ASUS, Sapphire, Dataland, XFX
Waiting for a few days to receive the goods, I remember that the graphics card must be called the shop to open the invoice, if there is no invoice, then the late warranty will surely encounter difficulties
Sapphire's packaging does not have Xbox's unique dominance, as it did in previous graphics cards. RX480 is to support VR games, but it belongs to the VR game entry graphics card, entry-level can only be defined in can support, but not necessarily meet the minimum configuration standards for VR games for the current VR games is not widely popular, can only say support VR games are just a gimmick for publicity. If you want to play VR games, you must purchase a VR headset to play VR games.
The price of a head-mounted display that can support VR games is also very high, not that we see the kind of 9.9 cheap experience VR glasses can play
The sapphire packaging is very "simple" and one can't help but think that it is actually a brand new card that has been unsealed. Only the video card fan has a film, and the gold finger has no protective sleeve. It is installed directly on the static electricity. Inflatable Shockproof Bag Inside, Accessories: Manual and Drive Plate
This sapphire RX480 graphics fan front face value is not high, more common, but the back of the relatively metallurgy technology, so the article head map I used the back, too many people use positive
Usually buying digital products have a habit to see if the code: the nameplate on the back of the card serial number and the serial number on the box can match
There is a touch button on the graphics card, this button is to switch the LED light mode, Sapphire RX480 this video card is with 6 mode RGB belief lamp
A key overclocking toggle switch can switch between normal mode and game overclocking mode. About the official promotion of a key switch mode:
However, this one-button switch is designed in the back of the graphics card. It is inconvenient to switch everyday. It is necessary to open the chassis to switch. If you can design the position of the video card socket, it's just fine.
Sapphire NITRO's LOGO is a bit like a profiled avatar
On the back of the card is sapphire English: SAPPHIRE belief lamp. For the light official website publicity introduction mode:
You can customize the mode, according to the graphics card temperature or fan speed display of different lighting effects, sapphire's belief light is relatively small, light pollution effects For fans who like the light pollution, this little light more "petty" Fortunately for me There is no preference for pollution, plus the chassis is an all-aluminum chassis with no side-panels
The above is the belief light effect of installed lights on the graphics card
At the end of the graphics card, you can see dense heat sinks and 8pin power supply. After installing this video card in my Qiao Sibo V4 main box, because the video card's tail is closer to the front panel switch of the host computer, when playing the game video card is fully open, it will obviously feel The aluminum panel to the main chassis is slightly hot, indicating that this RX480 graphics card is really hot
Looking at the golden finger on the video card, you can see there are three heat pipes
Sapphire RX480 8G ultra-white gold graphics card is equipped with 5 interfaces: 1 DVI interface, 2 HDMI interfaces, 2 DP interfaces. Now the mainstream graphics card has already eliminated the VGA interface, if you still use the display of the old VGA interface you have to buy a conversion port, the compatibility of the conversion port is slightly poor, it is recommended to buy a monitor that supports DVI or DP interface.
Graphics from multiple angles:
Sapphire RX480 overall workmanship is relatively fine, there is no exaggerated appearance
Sapphire RX480 graphics card fan removal is very simple, just remove the next one screw can be removed, this design facilitates the late dust cleaning
The fan's official introduction is the use of double ball bearings, I did not disassemble and decompose, because it is a new graphics card, try not to dismantle within the warranty period to prevent people from being said to be dismantled and broken, not to guarantee the quality of double ball bearings mute theory is quite muted, What is the actual use of? After I installed it, I found that the fan is really quiet in daily use. If it is a game fan, it sounds louder. When using the Sapphire TRIXX sapphire overclocking software to adjust the full speed, it is simply a blower. For the game, ignore the fan noise. This fan is equipped with intelligent start-stop technology adjustment. In daily use, the fan will not rotate if the card's heat is not high. Only when the card reaches a certain amount of heat needs to be cooled, it will automatically start, or if it needs frequent rotation, Adjust the locked fan speed with the overclocking software Sapphire TRIXX
After removing the fan, you can see the dense heat sink fins, although the high-density heat sink fins is also difficult to withstand the huge heat emitted by this card, if it is used in the summer, I do not know how much heat can be reached after full load also side It shows that I don't need to change a chassis in the summer.
Theory test:
Simple to use a bit GPU-Z and Master Lu checked the video card, memory is 8G, although the GTX1060 6G whipped, but hope to have the opportunity to experience the comparison of hanging do not know when to drive out chicken blood
The machine is a long time old host, 1150 i5-4590, 16G memory is enough for the assistant sister to play the game
3DMark and Geeks3d Furmark small test scores.
Summary: As for whether the future will be counterattacked after the chicken blood drive will be counterattacked by the status quo hanging GTX1060 do not know it, but for entry-level VR game graphics is not recommended, because many VR games performance is not perfect Come out, if you really want to experience a more perfect VR game still have to go on GTX1080. Sapphire RX480 ultra-platinum graphics card, the length of 240mm is relatively short, can be fit into the small steel cannon, but it can be put in, but the temperature is very "enthusiasm" The pleasure of playing the game have fun burning body, and finally start around 1650 yuan, this price is still It is closer to my psychological price, after all, it is used on an old computer. It does not require much. I hope to have the opportunity to test a new host.