German enthusiasts have already proved that even the reference version of the Radeon RX 480 is equipped with decent power system, and only six-pin connector spoils the whole picture, imposing restrictions "at the entrance." If, however, provide for external voltage control, the card significantly improves its overclocking potential.
As AMD representatives acknowledged in an interview with fellow PC Games Hardware site, such a decision was taken for the sake of compatibility with older power supplies, which are equipped with only a six-pin connectors or use the appropriate adapters. The implication was that Radeon RX 480 will help many owners of old computers to make a long-awaited modernization of the graphics system, and the 6-pin video card power connector to the old infrastructure had to fit as much as possible organically. And overclockers in this situation will have to pay attention to the graphics card Radeon RX 480 alternative design with different configuration power connectors.
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