10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

A mid to low level graphics card, the Radeon RX 480 Sapphire NITRO+ 4GB is found in budget machines nowadays, struggling to meet AAA system requirements.

Radeon RX 480 Sapphire NITRO+ 4GB is capable of DirectX 12 gaming requirements.

Here is a performance review on how capable the Radeon RX 480 Sapphire NITRO+ 4GB is at running the more popular games of 2023. Specifically looking at this PC hardware’s ability to get suitable frames per second to play on Ultra game settings and what FPS it might get on 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen res. We look at 1000 of the most demanding games available today and this GPU is better than the recommended graphics requirement of more than 458 games in the list.

A Radeon RX 480 Sapphire NITRO+ 4GB card at 1080p is seeing a reasonable frame rate when running Forza Horizon 5 on Ultra - 45 FPS. Lets look at the performance its getting on Battlefield 2042 which is 15 FPS. To add a bit more variety lets see how the popular Grand Theft Auto VI is predicted to perform on this hardware, which gets a weak 23 FPS.

One of the growing popular screen resolutions for PC gaming is the wider 1440p. So we wanted to see how well the Radeon RX 480 Sapphire NITRO+ 4GB performed at 1440p by taking a look at some of the current popular games. First we looked at Forza Horizon 5 and saw it deliver playable frames per second across the following graphics settings - Low: 90 FPS, Medium: 71 FPS, High: 48 FPS and Ultra: 34 FPS. We then checked the performance on Battlefield 2042 to see if that runs well. It was weak with a 11 FPS at Ultra 1440p. 1440p Radeon RX 480 Sapphire NITRO+ 4GB PC gaming is not the best resolution for this GPU, but if you adjust some graphics settings, perhaps lowering to medium or low at 1440p then this graphics card might be ok.

How many years will the Radeon RX 480 Sapphire NITRO+ 4GB graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon RX 480 Sapphire NITRO+ 4GB in your PC? This Radeon RX 480 Sapphire NITRO+ 4GB card has 12 to 18 months of latest AAA game play left in it before upgrading should be considered

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon RX 480 Sapphire NITRO+ 4GB? There are no graphics cards on the current market that would provide a big enough increase in performance to warrant upgrading the Radeon RX 480 Sapphire NITRO+ 4GB.