AMD RX480 LN2
Overclocking
WITH THE CURRENT
CROP OF GPUS ON
THE MARKET.
OVERCLOCKING HAS
BECOME RATHER
EXPENSIVE IN
COMPARISON TO THE
CLOCK SPEEDS THAT
WE WERE PREVIUSLY
ABLE TO ACHIEVE OR
PERHAPS
PERFORMANCE GAINS
THAT CAME FROM IT.
FORTUNATELY WE
HAVE THE RX480
It may not be a great GPU
and it does have very low
overclocking limits, However,
it is affordable and with the
elmore eVc tool it is easy as
pie to overclock. So in the
meantime, if you're bored of
GTX 900 overclocking, perhaps
you would consider going over
to the AMD side of things. Yes,
it isn't a worthwhile high end
GPU to overclock, but the
RX480 has proved to be
relatively, or more accurately
ridiculously easy to overlock.
With some basic tools and
freely available software,
you’re pretty much ready for
LN2 overclocking even with
the normal/reference board.
Of course having a partner
card is better, if only because
it’s VRM is wired in a more
sensible manner, but the fact
remains that you can have
plenty of fun with the regular
board as well. (see,
24 The OverClocker Issue 39 | 2016
ASUS STRIx RX480 video here
by Buldzoid) If you do go with
a partner card try the STRIX
and you'll have little to no
worries concerning any
potential power draw
problems. Potential, because
even when using the
reference card as I used with
the eVc controller, it was
simple and straight forward.
Maxing out the card took
minutes rather than hours.
How you go about using the
eVc tool is pretty easy and
has been detailed here along
with specifics on how to
overclock the RX480 using
this tool in particular. This of
course was the chosen
method at first and with a
2nd run I relied strictly on
software. What must be said
is that, while there are many
more steps required to use
the eVc tool, it is in general
the more effective way of
controlling the
RX480’s behaviour. This is
simply because the less AMD
software you have to rely
on, the better of you’ll be,
especially when dealing with
voltage which can be rather
problematic when dealing
with the RX480.