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The brand new AMD RX 480 seems to have an issue of drawing too much power through the pci-e port, so you may want to hold off on buying one of the first lot for now.

To make it clear, I cannot verify it myself since I have no contacts at AMD to get hold of a card.

Wccftech has the full lowdown here. As do a number of other respected websites.

It's worth noting that the Asus GTX 960 Strix also exhibits similar problems.

The main thing to note is: Don't overclock the reference AMD RX 480 as it could cause issues, but the custom designs from partners like Sapphire, XFX, Asus & MSI shouldn't have the issues.

The reference design also seems to be at the power limit, so hopefully cards from their partners will have additional power connections to feed it.

Still, this is a bit sad to see for a brand new card launch and something that's important for AMD.

This is why I think it's always a bad idea to be an early adopter, it reminds me of how Nvidia stung me with the VRAM issue on the 970 which now sits in my Steam Machine (I now have a 980ti in my desktop). Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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tuubi Jul 4, 2016
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Just got a rather lacklustre answer from an Asus tech to my (half serious) query about the reported problems with the Strix 960. Here's an excerpt.

Quoting: AsusIf you are worried that the card or motherboard will fail due to this within the next 3 years, then that would be unlikely. We have not gotten any complaints that the 960 would have broken some motherboards or anything like that.
I guess "unlikely" is something, although "impossible" would have been more reassuring. :)



Quoting: bridgman
Quoting: pete910Is that AMD-Bridgman ?

Yessir...
Welcome, and thanks for your part in AMD's open source efforts. Must feel like carving a mountain with a teaspoon at times, but please persevere, good man. I look forward to switching back to AMD in the (hopefully near) future.
talonzx Jul 16, 2016
i purchased the RX480 a little over a week ago after a little headache getting the new opensource drivers working i can say i have had no issues at all with this card and love the performance its giving me from the foss drivers
Creak Jul 16, 2016
Still waiting for the drivers to find their way to the Fedora's repositories before I buy the card ;)
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