Name: AMD RX 480 - The Ultimate $200 Graphics Card
Uploaded: 2018-01-14T13:24:19.000Z
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Hey guys this is Austin. Say hello to the
new Radeon RX 480. I've got to give a big

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shoutout to AMD for not only sponsoring this
video but also for inviting me out to Macau

for tech day this year. The star of the show
is the new RX 480. At $200 this promises serious

performance for the price but it represents
an interesting shift. Now that GPUs are ready

to take advantage of smaller process nodes
AMD has opted to focus on mid range cards

in the $100 to $200 price point. One of the
ways they're doing that is with VR. But

we knew that this Holodeck like experience
was on it's way the minute the GPU got powerful

enough to be able to render you know, fully
immersive, realistic scenes. The RX 480 is

fully certified to work with both the Oculus
Rift and HTC Vive which significantly brings

the cost down on building a PC that can handle
virtual reality. So one of the things about

virtual reality that's actually really important
is keeping a steady frame rate. So when you're

in the virtual world this is all I can see
right now, I look down I see my fake body,

I see this giant space station and it's
immersive and something that is super easy

to break the immersion is if the performance
is not up to par. But the cool thing is this

is a completely identical experience to playing
on a five, six, seven hundred dollar graphics

card. There's more to the 480 than just
VR though. The GPU is capable of recording

gameplay at up to 4K without hurting your
performance unlike before where you would

take a small but sometimes noticeable hit.
This also applies to streaming with programs

like OBS and it also can output 4K at up to
120 frames per second or even up to a 5K display

using a single cable. While usually reference
cards aren't as popular as more extreme

coolers I think the RX 480 looks pretty solid.
It has a dimpled finish up front with a single

surprisingly quiet fan toward the back. With
a TDP of 150 watts it only needs a single

6-pin PCIe power cable and around back you'll
find three DisplayPort 1.4 ready ports along

with a single HDMI 2.0 to pump out some serious
pixels. It also supports HDR displays which

are hard to appreciate on a YouTube video
but if you have a newer high end TV it makes

a noticeable difference. You can also put
two together in CrossFire which is becoming

more interesting with DirectX 12 multi adapter
and they also had an RX 480 set up at tech

day with the Razer Core. Connected to the
Razer Blade Stealth over Thunderbolt 3 Battlefront

was totally playable. Of course the biggest
question is how does the 480 actually perform?

At launch there are four and eight gigabyte
versions, I have the reference model with

eight gigs of memory but there will be non
reference models available a little later

in the year. I did all my testing inside the
Neutron 3.0 which is an upcoming $750 build

with the 480 along with a Core i5-6500, you
guys can check out the full video for the rest

of the specs. The first benchmark is the 3DMark
Fire Strike test which gives us a solid baseline

to start with. Considering the GTX 970 is
$100 more expensive it's nearly a tie where

the $330 R9 390 is able to pull out a small
lead. Getting into an actual game we have

Grand Theft Auto 5 which can still be fairly
taxing when you turn the resolution up. Running

on Ultra settings the RX 480 is right behind
the 390 and narrowly outperforms the still

powerful 970. Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor
is another solid title that the 480 does well

in, still edging out the GTX 970 while delivering
just under 60 frames per second at 1440p.

Moving over to a DirectX 12 game in Ashes
of the Singularity this plays well to AMD's

DX12 strength with the 480 pulling away, especially
when you compare to the 285 which really struggles

here. It's pretty clear than the 480 has
absolutely no problem with 1080p ultra gaming

and even 1440p is totally playable. But how
about 4K? It's actually sort of doable.

I tested the cards on 4K ultra settings and
while only Shadow of Mordor is even close

to being playable if you turn down the settings
you can make it work. The thing is, this is

a $200 graphics card. It wasn't long ago
that 1080p at this price point was all you

could hope for but the RX 480 can easily handle
1440p and beyond along with virtual reality.

Speaking of, AMD was cool enough to hook me
up with an extra 480 to giveaway to you guys.

All you need to do is make sure you're subscribed
to the channel and leave a comment down below

and I will pick a winner in one month. So
what do you guys think about the RX 480? Let

me know in the comments below and I will catch
you in the next one!

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