Personal computing discussed
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ronch wrote:Yeah the RX 580 seems like a bad buy given the power consumption and only ho-hum performance increase. Hopefully AMD will offer something more worthwhile in the mid-range soon.
Welch wrote:Even so, it's not the cost of the power that usually is why I and other care about power usage, it's the heat and overclocking headroom. It seems silly to pay someone more money to get the same product that has just been overclocked if I can do the same.
Welch wrote:Even so, it's not the cost of the power that usually is why I and other care about power usage, it's the heat and overclocking headroom. It seems silly to pay someone more money to get the same product that has just been overclocked if I can do the same. In this case it is more expensive (albeit, a small amount) and you can achieve the same thing with a BIOS flash. Even with my energy cost being much more than most of the states ($0.27 a kWh), it's the last thing to come to mind. Lets break that down though, is it really insane for people to not want an additional 40w inside their case?
Waco wrote:I must be the only insane person that doesn't really care about power usage. If a GPU that was cheap used 50% more power to hit the same performance level, but it was 2/3 the cost, I can't say I'd care a whole lot...
Firestarter wrote:all the cheap AMD cards have probably been bought by crypto miners
Krogoth wrote:Firestarter wrote:all the cheap AMD cards have probably been bought by crypto miners
The mania is about to crash too. AMD and etailers are just laughing themselves to the bank.
JustAnEngineer wrote:Newegg doesn't have any.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductL ... ageSize=96
Vhalidictes wrote:This is super aggravating - my 390 works great for now, but ever since I fixed the problem of the card running at desktop clocks even in games, I've discovered that at any kind of load it runs reliably at 95C.
Vhalidictes wrote:JustAnEngineer wrote:Newegg doesn't have any.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductL ... ageSize=96
That's a problem because I now need one.
This is super aggravating - my 390 works great for now, but ever since I fixed the problem of the card running at desktop clocks even in games, I've discovered that at any kind of load it runs reliably at 95C.
As a special bonus it appears that the fan happily ignores the driver settings and is fixed at "auto", so I can't even use loud noises as a temporary solution.
The good news is that performance of the card is fine, for as long as it lasts.
ptsant wrote:Krogoth wrote:Firestarter wrote:all the cheap AMD cards have probably been bought by crypto miners
The mania is about to crash too. AMD and etailers are just laughing themselves to the bank.
Well, that was what the people were saying a few years ago, but bitcoins have been appreciating in value. My mini-farm (2xR9 280X) paid for itself in approximately 6 months and if I had continued, I would have made a few thousand $. I, too, thought it would crash. I'm not saying it's a good time to invest in mining, I'm just saying that for some obscure reason, the cryptocurrencies simply refuse to die.
Waco wrote:I must be the only insane person that doesn't really care about power usage. If a GPU that was cheap used 50% more power to hit the same performance level, but it was 2/3 the cost, I can't say I'd care a whole lot...
Kougar wrote:That's the biggest side effect of power consumption for me too--noise. You risk louder fans or coil whine as you pull more amps, and I'd rather just have a quiet machine.After using an R9 380, I sure do bloody care. I can't believe how loud the sucker is even during games.
Some of those 580 models differed by as much as 60w in load power consumption over the 480's, so have fun with that.
Kougar wrote:Waco wrote:I must be the only insane person that doesn't really care about power usage. If a GPU that was cheap used 50% more power to hit the same performance level, but it was 2/3 the cost, I can't say I'd care a whole lot...
After using an R9 380, I sure do bloody care. I can't believe how loud the sucker is even during games.
Some of those 580 models differed by as much as 60w in load power consumption over the 480's, so have fun with that.
Waco wrote:Kougar wrote:Waco wrote:I must be the only insane person that doesn't really care about power usage. If a GPU that was cheap used 50% more power to hit the same performance level, but it was 2/3 the cost, I can't say I'd care a whole lot...
After using an R9 380, I sure do bloody care. I can't believe how loud the sucker is even during games.
Some of those 580 models differed by as much as 60w in load power consumption over the 480's, so have fun with that.
That's usually the fault of a crappy cooler, though, since most good aftermarket/AIB coolers aren't terribly noisy.