Moving on to the perennial 3DMark Professional from Futuremark and we have included the Time Spy benchamrk just released. The latest 3DMark Professional from Futuremark has a lot of subtle improvements and up to date features, worth a look if you love a good benchmark.
The Sapphire RX 480 8Gb again seems to struggle with a synthetic GPU benchmark. By struggle we mean relative to a 2016 GPU release, as it’s on par with the XFX R9 390X DD, just.
Time Spy next and if you haven’t seen this one yet, check out Futuremark’s YouTube teaser. The Sapphire RX 480 8Gb manages a bit better and even gives the Fury X a run for its money. We had some samples unavailable and have been omitted from some of the charts, rather than any gaming driver issues.
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.