2 Aug 2020 - Graphics card reviewed

One of the most powerful pieces of hardware available today, the Radeon RX 480X 8GB runs today’s game system requirements comfortably. Radeon RX 480X 8GB is capable of DirectX 12 gaming requirements.

Here we take a closer look at the various performances across 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions for the Radeon RX 480X 8GB. In particular this is looking at the Ultra graphics settings to see what sort of FPS this graphics card can get across some of the more popular games played in 2020. This card runs recommended graphics requirements of 829 games from the top 1000 most demanding games being played today.

Running at 1080p this card is predicted to get a playable frame rate from Marvel's Avengers with 42 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at Grounded which returns a good 73 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular Halo Infinite which we predict will get a playable 42 FPS.

Increasing resolution to 1440p is something a number of PC gamers are doing today. We tested the Radeon RX 480X 8GB at 1440p and researched how Marvel's Avengers might perform on it leading us to predict a playable set of FPS results. These were, Low: 85 FPS, Medium: 67 FPS, High: 45 FPS and Ultra: 32 FPS. We then checked out Grounded which had a set of graphics results as followed, L: 147FPS, M: 116FPS, H: 78FPS, U: 56FPS. And another popular game was Halo Infinite with predictions of L: 85FPS, M: 67FPS, H: 45FPS, U: 32FPS at 1440p. 1440p gaming on the Radeon RX 480X 8GB is a good choice of hardware for increased screen resolution gaming. We can see this graphics card is capable of delivering reliable frame rates at Ultra and certainly High graphics settings at 1440p.

How many years will the Radeon RX 480X 8GB graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon RX 480X 8GB in your PC? This gpu has around 2+ years of running AAA recommended system requirements before any upgrades should be considered.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon RX 480X 8GB? A suitable upgrade choice for the Radeon RX 480X 8GB is the 20 Series GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR5, which is 20% more powerful and can run 948 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements. Alternatively if you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB. This PC hardware upgrade performs 26% better and can run 977 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games.