10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

The Radeon RX 470 GIGABYTE G1 4GB is a very low performing piece of gaming hardware and can probably only run indie system requirements.

DirectX 12 gaming system requirements will be met by this gpu.

How well will the Radeon RX 470 GIGABYTE G1 4GB run 2023 games? We will take a look at the biggest releases and frames per second analysis on Ultra graphics settings. We look at 1000 of the most demanding games available today and this GPU is better than the recommended graphics requirement of more than 297 games in the list.

With 1080p being the most common gaming resolution at the moment we explored how well the Radeon RX 470 GIGABYTE G1 4GB can run FIFA 22 at 1080p and saw it return strong frame rates at the following graphics settings - Low: 210 FPS, Medium: 165 FPS, High: 111 FPS and Ultra: 80 FPS. For performance contrast we can see that Resident Evil 8 returns a weak 7 FPS at Ultra 1080p.

People are turning their increasingly more powerful graphics cards to the popular 1440p screen size so we tested the Radeon RX 470 GIGABYTE G1 4GB to see how it performs on 1440p. First off we have looked at FIFA 22 where it was good. The frame rates it scored for the game presets were - Low: 160 FPS, Medium: 126 FPS, High: 85 FPS and Ultra: 61 FPS. We added Resident Evil 8 to our tests and saw it was weak with a 5 FPS at Ultra 1440p. And then tested Back 4 Blood which got 25 FPS at Ultra 1440p. 1440p gaming on the Radeon RX 470 GIGABYTE G1 4GB is certainly a viable option for these higher gaming resolutions. Remember that if you suffer some 1440p FPS drops the you can usually tweak modern game graphics settings until you get a near High graphics setting experience with this Graphics card.

How many years will the Radeon RX 470 GIGABYTE G1 4GB graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon RX 470 GIGABYTE G1 4GB in your PC? 12-18 months of top end gaming is still left in this graphics card

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon RX 470 GIGABYTE G1 4GB? A good choice when looking to upgrade the Radeon RX 470 GIGABYTE G1 4GB would be the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB which meets 716 of the 1000 top game’s recommended system requirements and has 28% better performance. Alternatively we would suggest getting a R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB, as it can run 956 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today with 81% increased graphics performance.