RX 480 w/ 8 pin Hash Rates (Non Reference)

techtot

Has anyone tested the newer non reference 480's with 8 pin power connectors (sapphire, asus,powercolor devil,etc) to see if they are getting MH/s results? And at what wattage?

boysie

are they even available yet?

kristofferjon

Yes, I have some here. Will post results once I have them.

trump104

got power color devil ordered. still 3 weeks until they arrive.

techtot

I ordered a couple of Asus similar to these (but not OC version) : http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/asus-rx-480-strix-gaming-oc-aura-rgb-8192mb/

hasher87

wonder if the additional pin/power would produce additional hashrate, that would be very interesting to see

Iliketurtles

I ordered a Devil from newegg yesterday. Today they had some more in stock and right now the XFX $300 is in stock.

techtot

@Iliketurtles - i havent seen them available at newegg yet..do you refresh the page all day until they come up? Newegg said the regular powercolor 480 was available all day yesterday until i got to pay page, and then it said "not available.." - very frustrating

Iliketurtles

Go to nowinstock.net . You can set browser, email, and desktop alerts.

Jotun70

I'm just taking a guess and assuming that hashrate difference will be insignificant. The only thing that would change that is if they have better vram that is capable of speeds higher than 2200-2250mhz, while keeping decent timings.

GPU core differences are minimal at best. In fact, seeing as these chips do a lot better at any clock when UNDERvolted, there is very little difference between reference and AIB designs in regards to overclocking. And as I alluded to above, its the vram that makes all the difference.

peoples

Got Sapphire RX470 4G/8G and Sapphire RX480 4G/8G (OCs) . Doing some testing right now.

FurryBuxy

@peoples keep us updated

shutfu

300$ for an RX480 yikes! Will there ever be anymore 200$ RX480s from AMD?

boysie

@peoples how you getting on?

peoples

Hello,
here my findings so far.

Watt are for the whole system. (expect card and riser )

RX470 seems to stuck on 25,8 ETH but is doing well on sia and electricity compared to RX480.
Since my mining farm is running on linux and voltage modification are not possible on linux (so far?) i'm not playing arround with voltage settings to mutch. But undervolting polaris is definitly worth, boost bios only brings more watt and heat.

core16

@peoples Is that the sapphire nitro+ or just the regular reference sapphire?

peoples

nitro+

techtot

@peoples. Thanks for the info . Could explain the terms "boost bios" , "Ec3000", and "Watt Zange". I have a good idea of the meaning, but just want to make sure..

Also, it sounds like you are using the 8-pin card, and there does not seem to be a way to squeeze more Mh/s out of it? I was hoping that with more power , it could get up to 30 MH/s, but like someone else said more power does not = more hashing.

core16

@peoples How does the noise and heat level of your sapphire compare to the reference?

Also, I heard the DEVIL version was supposed to be even quieter, I don't suppose anyone can comment on the performance of those?

peoples

@techtot Sapphire nitros have two bios onboard which u can cycle. One is boost one is default (quiet). You can see takts here :
http://www.sapphiretech.com/productdetial.asp?pid=D3B743BC-5311-40E7-9537-43CB10AA150A&lang=deu

EC3000 is the wattmeter i use directly attached to ATX. "Watt Zange" forgot to translate that Its the clamp i use for measure electricity directly on the cables.

peoples

@core16 i don't care about noise, they just have to be cool but 3000 RPM x2 are to loud for home use

Iliketurtles

@core16 Just got my Devil but wont be able to mess with it till later. In the meantime gonna throw it up on Craigslist for a stupid price.

zorvalth

@peoples , do you have 480 4gb non ref cards? What is the hash there?

Iliketurtles

Initial impression. Rx 480 Devil hashes at a smidge over 28 MH( stock core values, cranked up the memory frequency to 2250), so .1 - .2 over my reference XFX. The big difference is the sound, or lack thereof. Holding 80c with 84F ambient, no adjustments to radeon settings aside from memory frequency.

bluelogic

I have the Red Devil as well. I get 28 MH with the frequency at 2250. Mine is at 84c in a case with three other cards. The main thing is my 7950 dualx is louder than this card. I got one of the XFX for $300 to do a little compare. Plus the Red Devil is HUGE. I heard the Nitro is the worse card.

core16

Have either of you tried dual mining on the Devil card yet? Is power consumption roughly the same as the reference?

bluelogic

I use the dual miner in ETH only mode. I plan to see if it pays well, but I'm more of an ETH fan boy.

bluelogic

Ok decided to take a look. So right now I have 2 x 7950 and 1 RX 480. Total power from the wall is 620 Watts.

ETH - 63 Mh/s (No Change); SIA - 31 Mh/s (650 Watts) + 0.033 cents per day
ETH - 62 MH/s; Decred - 925 Mh/s (700 Watts) + 0.6118 cents per day

Based on the numbers it is Ether only for me. Plus I can play no man sky will mining ETH only.

zorvalth

@bluelogic , can you please measure your watts in eth mode only and then remove the 480 and measure again. So we can see the actual watt consumtion of the devil.

bluelogic

With just the Red Devil 8G RX 480 Eth Only mode (250 Watts from the wall) at 28 Mh/s and 85 Watts in GPU-Z at 27% fan speed

Iliketurtles

Rx 480 Devil
System Idle: 120w

Core: 0%, 1075mV
Mem: 2250 MHz, 900mV

Eth only: 330w/28 hash @zorvalth

Dual dcr35 : 370w / 27.7/485 @core16


Edit: On a bronze psu.