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Face it, you're just another Nvidia fanboy.
DAMN MAN, WHERE DOES THE HEAT COME FROM THEN? YOUR ASS?
I see now that you're either an idiot or a troll. Either way, I won't waste any more of my time with this conversation
The past Ati cards do run hot and they do consumes a substantial amount of watts above the nvidia cards. But the new model is right on par with nvidia in terms of watts or even lower consumption. To make a statement about it consuming more or being a "heater" makes you a nvidia fan boy when you judge a product before it is even released.
GTX 1080: $800 32" G- Sync 60Hz 4K Monitor: $1200
Total: $2000
2 x RX-480 8 GB $500 40" FreeSync 60Hz 4K Monitor $600
Total: $1100 and its actually possible to do at less then $1000 total going with the 4GB version and getting the current discount on Amazon for the screen.
For $1000 you can liquid cool everything in your case and get room to over clock higher only furthering beating Nvidia while staying at the same total price point.
The numbers tell the story as to why the only thing the AMD bashers can do is scream about heat in a card that no one has ever even seen. Will two cards produce more heat than one? Of course it will. Does that mean you are better off spending double the price to save a few degrees of ambient room temperature that you will not even notice unless you are gaming in the hall closet? Well that's up to you but keep your very flawed opinion to yourself.
Signed, Soon to be running Crossfire RX-480s and laughing at the Nvidia Fanboys.
From my quick google searches, everything seems to say that the 1070s beat the 480s by a good amount.
Also, could you link me to a good $600 60hz 4K freesync 40'' monitor that has preferably 2ms or less delay? I've been looking for a good one.
Signed, Someone who is still running an i3-2120 and a R9 270x.
Indeed a single RX480 is well out performed but most of the talk is on 2 x RX480 in a crossfire setup which is pretty much dead even with the 1080. Everyone is making a big deal out of that because of the significant price difference for 2 very equal setups.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CSC2P0K/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I just got this screen 2 weeks ago and absolutely love it. I am not sure what the exact delay is but I feel no input lag. There are tons of sites that have been picking this up to do reviews thanks to the explosion of popularity with these Korean panels.
I actually paid roughly $550 thanks to 5% off with the Amazon store card. They shipped it from Seoul South Korea on a Friday and it was at my door on Monday.
If you are looking to game in 4k as well and have the PCI slots open but the card will not fit you could always use a PCI extender with risers. While these have next to no effect on performance in shorter lengths the figuring out card placement could be a bit tricky. I have actually been doing a good amount of research on PCI extenders because when the AM4 boards come out I plan on doing a full wall mounted PC.
This thread gives some pretty good insight into them:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1427731/pci-express-extender-cables-benchmarked
and totally unrelated - https://www.massdrop.com/buy/nixeus-24-144hz-freesync-led-gaming-monitor
One of the better 24" 1080p 144hz FreeSync monitors out there.
For gaming you may really want to find a 144hz monitor.