The AMD Radeon RX 480 has massive power problems

[Jamie McKane]

The AMD Radeon RX 480 has massive power problems

The RX 480 draws a high amount of power through the PCIe slot on the motherboard, which could lead to system instability and damage.

[blaaislaai]

Yay, just as i bought this on launchday.

Hopefully a firmware update can ease things a bit?

[Flex]

Eish, glad i stuck with my 1 x 1080 indeed

[blaaislaai]

People will still buy the RX480 despite the issues.

GTX970 had a problem and yet it was still quite a popular card, still is nowadays

[PsychoFish]

Yay, just as i bought this on launchday.

Hopefully a firmware update can ease things a bit?

Just hope it doesn't fry your mobo

[blaaislaai]

Just hope it doesn't fry your mobo

I need a new one anyway lol.. currently have a mini-itx system and feel the need to go the ATX route again

[Jamie McKane]

Just hope it doesn't fry your mobo

I doubt it will, I'm sure most motherboards will be able to handle the extra voltage and, if anything, the PC will probably just shut down

[PsychoFish]

I doubt it will, I'm sure most motherboards will be able to handle the extra voltage and, if anything, the PC will probably just shut down

Yeah, that's my thoughts too for most motherboards. I'm more concerned about the "budget" motherboard manufacturers that might have cut a corner somewhere and could potentially be vulnerable to damage on a voltage surge.

[Flex]

I need a new one anyway lol.. currently have a mini-itx system and feel the need to go the ATX route again

If you do look to get a new mobo let me know. Got my haswell CPU, mobo and Ram up for sale atm

[Mister 44]

I read somewhere (and now I can't find the link) that the latest drivers have already lowered the idle power usage to ~10w. Hopefully the PCIe power usage can also be sorted through the drivers.