Doom next, in OpenGL 4.5 and Vulkan APIs. We retested all cards with both APIs and as before on the 1080p test, we upped the “Decal Filtering” to Anisotropic 16x. We have only compared the RX 480 this time round, we have a quick article coming up with all cards and performances on the same chart for analysis in 1080p and UHD resolutions.
We would say the Sapphire RX 480 8Gb struggles with the OpenGL API UHD test. It’s playable, and looks amazing with only a hint of lag occasionally. Maybe we are being to harsh, but we don’t like to see anything below 25FPS to prevent jerkiness.
Vulkan next and the performance jump expected is there, with another slight decrease in minimum FPS. Even with this in mind, the Sapphire RX 480 8Gb using the Vulkan API is a capable UHD graphics card, and don’t forget, we have all the graphics settings turned up!
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.