Radeon rx 480 will solve the problem of consumption by drivers

The arrival of the AMD Radeon RX 480 was not without controversy despite the good performance of the card. Mounting a single 6-pin power connector has caused the card to present an excessively high power consumption issue through the PCI-Express slot by causing the motherboards to be a problem.

New version of Crimson will solve the problem of consumption of the AMD Radeon RX 480

The AMD Radeon RX 480 sees its consumption increase above 150W, especially under overclock, so it is forced to extract more power from the PCI-Express slot than it should, in more extreme cases the card can reach consume almost 200W.

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AMD is aware of the problem and is already working to reach a solution for users' peace of mind, the consumption problem of the Radeon RX 480 will be solved by updating the Crimson drivers. It remains to be seen what the solution will consist of, but the most logical thing is to limit consumption to really 150W, which could reduce the performance of the card and leave no room for overclocking.

In any case, if you are thinking of buying a Radeon RX 480 we recommend that you wait for the custom models of the assemblers that will arrive free of the problem, in addition to more advanced cooling solutions and better performance.