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AMD Radeon R5 230 Sapphire 1GB Edition

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Based on current gaming requirements the Radeon R5 230 Sapphire 1GB Edition is considered one of the weakest cards and wont meet modern AAA game specs. This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 11.

How many years will the Radeon R5 230 Sapphire 1GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon R5 230 Sapphire 1GB Edition in your PC? Its upgrade time for the Radeon R5 230 Sapphire 1GB Edition, assuming you are a modern day gamer.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon R5 230 Sapphire 1GB Edition? A good choice when looking to upgrade the Radeon R5 230 Sapphire 1GB Edition would be the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB which meets 771 of the 1000 top game’s recommended system requirements and has 3033% better performance. Alternatively if you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the R-500 Series Radeon RX 580 8GB. This PC hardware upgrade performs 2456% better and can run 673 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games.
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The Radeon R5 230 Sapphire 1GB Edition is released on 03 Apr 2014

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Architecture
Terascale 2 Caicos PRO-L
Process
40nm
TMUs
8
Texture Rate
5 GTexel/s
ROPs
4
Pixel Rate
3 GPixel/s
Shader
Processing Units
160
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Compatibility
Direct X
DX 11.0
Shader
5.0
Open GL
4.3
Resolution (WxH)
2560x1600
Notebook GPU
SLI/Crossfire
Dedicated
Integrated
Memory
Memory
1024 MB
Memory Speed
667 MHz
Memory Bus
64 Bit
Memory Type
DDR3
Memory Bandwidth
10.7GB/sec
L2 Cache
128KB
Display Connectors
VGA Connection
0
DVI Connection
2
HDMI Connection
1
DisplayPort Connection
Clock Speeds
Core Speed
625 MHz
Power
Max Power
19 Watts
PSU
400 Watt & 25 Amps
Power Connector
None
Recommended Hardware
Best CPU Match
Pentium G3220 3.0GHz
Best RAM Match
4 GB
Best Resolution
1024 x 768
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Radeon R5 230 Sapphire 1GB Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Radeon R5 230 Sapphire 1GB Edition is a special edition of the entry-level Radeon R5 230.
Its only relevant new feature is the increase in the operating memory clock from 533MHz to 667MHz.
Expect a 2% performance boost over the reference card in some games and under certain circumstances.


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Radeon R5 230 Sapphire 1GB Edition vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements
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