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AMD Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse 4GB

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How well can the Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse 4GB run games
AMD Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse 4GB
10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

The Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse 4GB is a very low performing piece of gaming hardware and can probably only run indie system requirements.

All games with system requirements of DirectX 12 or lower are met by this card.

How well will the Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse 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 232 games in the list.

The 1080p FPS on Ultra for the Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse 4GB shows us that FIFA 22 is getting a good result of 67 FPS, and then we are seeing Star Citizen predicted to return a playable 30 FPS while another game on our list is the Grand Theft Auto VI which is predicted to get 0 frames per second at Ultra 1080p.

Next up we increase screen res tests to accommodate the growing in popularity 1440p screen size. So we researched the upcoming Star Citizen to predict how the Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse 4GB would deal with it. Our research revealed a weak series of FPS results across these graphics presets - Low: 60 FPS, Medium: 48 FPS, High: 32 FPS and Ultra: 23 FPS. Next we looked at Grand Theft Auto VI which we predict will be weak with a 0 FPS at Ultra 1440p. And finally looked at FIFA 22 that got an Ultra 1440p FPS of 51. Running games at 1440p with a Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse 4GB 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 560 Sapphire Pulse 4GB graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse 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 560 Sapphire Pulse 4GB? A great upgrade graphics card would be a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB, which has 52% better performance and can run 716 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today. Alternatively a good choice when looking to upgrade the Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse 4GB would be the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5300 which meets 300 of the 1000 top game’s recommended system requirements and has 22% better performance.
FPS System Benchmark
42 FPS
High
The Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse 4GB was released on 18 Apr 2017
AMD PC game performance check Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse 4GB
GPU
Architecture
GCN 1.3 Baffin XT
Process
14nm
TMUs
64
Texture Rate
78 GTexel/s
ROPs
16
Pixel Rate
19 GPixel/s
Shader Processing Units
Ray Tracing
Tensor Cores
Release Price
$149.99
Compatibility
Direct X
DX 12.0
Shader
Open GL
Resolution (WxH)
5120 x 2880
Notebook GPU
SLI/Crossfire
Dedicated
Integrated
Memory
Memory
4096MB
Memory Speed
1750MHz
Memory Bus
128bit
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth
112GB/sec
L2 Cache
1024
Display Connectors
VGA Connection
DVI Connection
HDMI Connection
1
DisplayPort Connection
1
Clock Speeds
Core Speed
1175 MHz
Boost Clock
1216 MHz
Power
Max Power
45 Watts
PSU
450 Watt
Power Connector
None
Recommended Hardware
Best CPU Match
Best RAM Match
8 GB
Best Resolution
1600 x 900
GPU Upgrade
GD Official
GD RATING
23
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Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse 4GB Game Requirement Analysis

Overview
Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse 4GB is an Middle-Class Graphics Card based on the 4th Generation of the Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture.

GPU
It equips a GPU Codenamed Polaris 21 which has 16 Compute Units activated and thus 1024 Shader Processing Units, 64 TMUs and 16 ROPs. This is a low power version of the RX 560, downclocked to 1216MHz from 1275MHz.

Memory
The GPU accesses a 4GB frame buffer of Fast GDDR5, through a 128-bit memory interface, while the Memory Clock Operates at 1750MHz, 7GHz effective.

Power Consumption
With a rated board TDP of 45W, it requires at least a 450W PSU and relies entirely on the PCI Slot for Power, meaning no Extra Connectors are required.

Performance
This graphics card was designed and marketed towards competitive MOBA gamers. A light weight, small form factor GPU solution that offers mobility, so that gamers travelling to events can bring a smaller cheaper gaming rig. The Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse 4GB can play most modern games at medium graphics selection on a 1080p screen res and expect around 45+FPS

System Suggestions
Radeon RX 560 Sapphire Pulse 4GB is best suited for resolutions up to and including 1920x1080. We recommend a Performance Processor and 8GB of RAM for Optimal Performance.

Source [ Jon ]