AMD had the world on its heels when they revealed the RX 480, a card aimed to bring high-end performance at a low cost. Priced at USD 200, it may just be the cheapest VR ready card in the market, with the best performance/dollar spent. Take a look at the specs. RADEON™ RX 480 GRAPHICS GCN ARCHITECTURE 4th Generation COMPUTE UNITS 36 STREAM PROCESSORS 2304 CLOCK SPEEDS (BOOST / BASE) 1266 MHz / 1120 MHz PEAK PERFORMANCE Up to 5.8 TFLOPS MEMORY SPEED (EFFECTIVE) 7 Gbps or higher MEMORY BANDWIDTH 224 GB/s or higher MEMORY INTERFACE 256 bit MEMORY TYPE GDDR5 BOARD POWER 150W AMD FREESYNC™ TECHNOLOGY Yes DIRECTX® 12 SUPPORT Yes VULKAN™ SUPPORT Yes VIRTUAL SUPER RESOLUTION Yes HDMI VERSION 2.0b DISPLAYPORT VERSION 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready The reference version of the RX 480 is a single fan radiat...
AMD has just announced a decrease in retail price of the Radeon RX 480. This is part of AMD’s commitment to provide premium technology to the Indian market engineered to deliver the best performance at the best price in its class, democratize VR and deliver a wide range of future-proof technologies supporting current and forthcoming game and video standards. 4 GB variant – The new MSRP is INR 20,990 including taxes, a reduction of INR 2,000 from the previously stated INR 22,990 including taxes 8 GB variant – The new MSRP is INR 22,990 including taxes, a reduction of INR 4,000 from the previously stated INR 26,990 including taxes This price reduction will surely tend to boost the RX 480’s market presence as it makes probably makes it the cheapest card to offer premium VR experience. N...
Disclaimer: Gaming Central does not vouch for the accuracy of any of these benchmarks. They were leaked online and were deleted soon after. However, a YouTuber by the name of Alex was able to quickly upload these on his channel. The AMD Radeon RX 480 is available in two variants, a 4 GB and 8 GB . Powered by 2304 cores, this card is capable of gameplay at very high resolutions and VR as well. The memory on the Radeon RX 480 graphics card is clocked at 8 GB/s which gives us a total of 256 GB/s bandwidth on the graphics board along a 256-bit wide bus interface. Here are the specifications as given by TechPowerup. With these amazing specifications, it’s hard not to expect an equally amazing performance. And for a price tag of $200, the RX480 is a beast. Without further ado, let’s...