For such a plain card it’s very photogenic, though it looks the same from most angles. You will only need a six pin PSU connector for this one too, reducing the cabling a touch. The card has a TDP of 150w and requires a minimum PSU rating of 500w.
Yip, the more we look at the RX480 it’s a very reserved looking card, despite being oddly good looking too. Sapphire is sticking to the reference design for this one, so you’ll see a lot like this.
The Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 480 8Gb supports one HDMI 2.0b, a welcome relief over previous generations of AMD GPUs and three DisplayPort 1.4. We have DisplayPort monitors, so this didn’t really impact us, but we can appreciate saving all your money for a Fury X or R9 390X only to find you need a new monitor too or a converter.
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.