Crysis 3 up next, and we are seeing performance a little more relevant. It is still needing a little more horsepower to make a good name for itself with this test, but we didn’t notice any gameplay issues while testing.
Crysis 3 is getting on a bit now, but it still manages to give the Sapphire RX 480 8Gb a run for its money. You would have thought that with 8Gb of VRAM and some up to date GPU features and specifications, a better performance would be achievable.
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 480 8Gb Graphics Card Review
Package and Bundle - 7.5
Performance - 8
Price - 8.2
Consumer Experience - 7
7.7
AMD are excellent at aggressive price campaigns in general and against Nvidia, and the RX 480 is no different. It is cheaper than the R9 390X when it launched by some margin. The question remains as it did when we reviewed the XFX Radeon R9 390X 8GB DD Black Edition, should you upgrade. The answer this time is yes, for the price point, the modern revisions including FinFET 14 process technology, it’s got potential, features and value. The Nvidia GTX 1080 is just over twice the price, the RX 480 isn’t always half as fast.