Sapphire Radeon Rx 460 2gb Review

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Sapphire radeon rx 460 2gb review.

There s nitro featuring 4gb of gddr5 memory and 2gb model with slightly different cooler. Buy sapphire radeon rx 460 directx 12 100409 2goc 2l 2gb 128 bit gddr5 pci express 3 0 crossfirex support video cards with fast shipping and top rated customer service. The rx 460 runs on amd s polaris architecture which is also found on the more expensive rx 470 and rx. Using the same base architecture amd reduces the compute unit count by over half 14 vs.

The sapphire nitro radeon rx 460 oc 4gb is slightly overclocked it runs cool and quiet and has very modest power requirements performance is adequate for 1920x1080 gaming at medium to high quality. Rx 460 is a much smaller gpu than its polaris brethren. Lab sapphire s nitro radeon rx 460 oc to test which is overclocked to a 1175 mhz base and 1250 mhz boost frequency. Instead the powercolor red devil radeon rx 550 uses the same basic cooling solution as powercolor s rx 460 with a single fan and a plastic shroud over a small heatsink reminiscent of a stock.

First impression was rather positive. Testing conducted by amd performance labs as of july 2016 on the amd radeon rx 460 and radeon r7 260x on a test system comprising i7 6700k 8gb memory amd radeon. Sapphire nitro rx 460 oc 4gb polaris 11 is another gcn 4th generation architecture built using the 14nm process. As an itty bitty gpu you wouldn t expect the graphics card itself to be very large.

The only online game that i couldnt max out was overwatch which only reaches ultra at epic the framerate starts dipping below 60 which is bad for a fast paced shooter. Sapphire currently offers two rx 460 models. Radeon rx 460 4gb had up to 1 36x faster performance with 52fps compared to gtx 750ti with 38 fps on nv 375 70 driver. Performance may vary based on use of latest drivers.

Tom s hardware germany received asus strix rx 460. 36 when compared to the rx 480. An excellent gtx 1050 alternative. Reviewed in the united states on october 18 2016 this card is marketed to people that want to play mmos at max settings and it does just that.