AMD has aimed its new lineup of Polaris graphics cards squarely at the mid-range budget PC gaming market.
Boasting performance superior to the GeForce GTX 970 and a relatively low price tag, the Radeon RX 480 is AMD’s flagship Polaris card and is the most powerful card in the companies new GPU range.
The Radeon RX 480 has recently been officially launched, and is available from a variety of retailers across South Africa.
Here is everything you need to know about AMD’s flagship Polaris graphics card.
Specifications
Check out the full specifications of the AMD Radeon RX 480 below:
| AMD Radeon RX 480 Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Graphics Core | Polaris 10 XT |
| Fabrication Process | 14nm FinFET |
| Peak Compute | 5.83 TFLOPS |
| Memory | 8GB GDDR5 |
| Maximum Clock Frequency | 1,267MHz |
| Compute Units | 36 |
| Memory Interface | 256-bit |
| ROPs | 32 |
| TMUs | 144 |
| Memory Speed | 8Gbps |
| Memory Bandwidth | 256 GB/s |
| TDP | 150W |
Benchmarks
Below are the benchmark scores for the reference AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB running at stock clock speeds.
Gamers Nexus 4K and DirectX 12 versus DirectX 11 benchmarks:
Guru3D comprehensive 3D Mark scores:
Digital Foundry Review:
Pricing
The AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB is aimed at the mid-range gaming market, offering powerful graphics and VR capabilities to consumers on a budget.
The graphics card has an international MSRP of $239.
Locally, the price of the reference RX 480 varies according to partner brand, but is available from as low as R4,799.
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