10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Based on current gaming requirements the Radeon RX 460 Sapphire Nitro 4G D5 is considered one of the weakest cards and wont meet modern AAA game specs.

Radeon RX 460 Sapphire Nitro 4G D5 is capable of DirectX 12 gaming requirements.

Game performance for the Radeon RX 460 Sapphire Nitro 4G D5 where we look at the bigger games played in 2022. Looking closely at the graphics card frame rate performance on Ultra graphics settings at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions. This graphics hardware can run 133 of the 1000 most demanding PC games played today.

With 1080p being the most common gaming resolution at the moment we explored how well the Radeon RX 460 Sapphire Nitro 4G D5 can run Resident Evil 8 at 1080p and saw it return weak frame rates at the following graphics settings - Low: 0 FPS, Medium: 0 FPS, High: 0 FPS and Ultra: 0 FPS. For performance contrast we can see that Far Cry 6 returns a weak 0 FPS at Ultra 1080p.

Next up we increase screen res tests to accommodate the growing in popularity 1440p screen size. So we booted up Resident Evil 8 to see how the Radeon RX 460 Sapphire Nitro 4G D5 dealt with it. It scored up a weak series of FPS results across these graphics presets - Low: 0 FPS, Medium: 0 FPS, High: 0 FPS and Ultra: 0 FPS. Next we looked at Far Cry 6 which was weak with a 0 FPS at Ultra 1440p. And finally looked at Star Citizen that we predict will get an Ultra 1440p FPS of 14. Looking at a few of these 1440p results for the Radeon RX 460 Sapphire Nitro 4G D5 we get the impression that it is unable to perform adequately across modern games at this increased resolution.

How many years will the Radeon RX 460 Sapphire Nitro 4G D5 graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon RX 460 Sapphire Nitro 4G D5 in your PC? Its time to start researching your next graphics card upgrade as the Radeon RX 460 Sapphire Nitro 4G D5 is failing to meet modern day gaming system requirements. A gpu AAA lifespan of around 6-12 months.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon RX 460 Sapphire Nitro 4G D5? Are you looking to upgrade a Radeon RX 460 Sapphire Nitro 4G D5? Then we would suggest getting a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB, as it can run 718 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today with 77% increased graphics performance. Alternatively a good choice when looking to upgrade the Radeon RX 460 Sapphire Nitro 4G D5 would be the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5300 which meets 301 of the 1000 top game’s recommended system requirements and has 41% better performance.