That is understandable, but with higher resolution textures able to be accessed quickly in the much faster Vram, the faster the compute and rasterization of the frame. More Vram allows for more detailed effects and storage of higher res textures as well as other computational binary for the whole assembly. It's quite obvious that for lower rez, not much more than 4GB is necessary, I know because I had 2x270x in crossfire and I ran BF4 maxed at 70-90fps detailed settings, but obviously had issue when I changed render size.
Also since the PS4/XBOne launched, 8GB is going to be the standard of what an engine "expects" to be within reach of the GPU.
Here some Tests for RX 480 Default & OC to 1350MHz Battlefield 4 RX 480 OC vS GTX 970 NON-OC & OC | 1080p Ultra Preset Call of Duty Black Ops 3 RX 480 & GTX 970 | 1080p Maxed Out The Witcher 3 RX 480 OC vS GTX 970 NON-OC & OC | 1080p The Division RX 480 NON-OC & OC vS GTX 970 NON-OC & OC | 1080p Ultra & High Preset Quantum Break RX 480 OC Vs GTX 970 OC | 1080p Ultra Preset Settings Fallout 4 RX 480 vS GTX 970 | 1080p | FRAME-RATE Mirrors Edge Catalyst RX 480 OC & GTX 970 OC | 1080p Hyper Settings "GPU MEMORY RESTRICTION OFF" ARK Survival Evolved RX 480 OC | 1080p EPIC - HIGH - MEDIUM - LOW Dying Light RX 480 | 1080p | FRAME-RATE TEST HITMAN RX 480 OC vS GTX 970 OC | DX12 1080p Maxed Out Rise of the Tomb Raider RX 480 OC vs GTX 970 OC & DX11 vs DX12 | 1080p Battlefield 1 on the PC, closed alpha with the GTX 1080, RX 480 and GTX 970 == Battlefield 1 PC Build | RX 480 Benchmarked
My translation from PCGH: The Big Question? I already receive messages from our Guru members regarding this, i tell them that it will/should Work. So im right afterall :nerd: Every day gets PC Games Hardware queries, suggestions and criticism from readers. In the "letter of the week" we provide weekly before a selected letter and if necessary, the response of a professional editor. Note that the letter of the week was not necessarily sent in the week to the editor in which he is presented to you at this point. PCGH reader Oliver H. toying with buying a Radeon RX 480, but still uses an older motherboard with 890FX / SB850 chipset. Are problems expected if the motherboard still provides no UEFI? The letter to the editor: "I have to change a question to the AMD Radeon RX 480. Since my Phenom II X6 stable running at 4 GHz, for me there was so far no reason to an FX. So my board is now a little older (Asus Crosshair IV Formula) and has even an old BIOS and UEFI no. Now my question is: Does the RX 480 with the old BIOS or is it necessarily assumes UEFI? On the side of Sapphire is so far all map "Legacy and UEFI". When RX 480 but is only UEFI. With Zen also UEFI will keep with me collection, but actually I would rather now bring me a new graphics card and then change early next year on a AM4 board with Zen CPU and DDR4 RAM. " The response from Carsten Spille (Department of graphics cards): "Do not worry - even with a BIOS-based motherboard comes our, also from Sapphire Reference RX-480 deal Although we are still in the testing phase, in terms of the practical part, but run up and shut overclock and 3D games is representing. to our offices to test Phenom II X4 975 bE with ASRock Alive dual ESATA2 no problem - and there already is a pretty wild engineered board (PCIe 1.1 x16 & AGP8x two different mainboard chips Uli M1695 / nForce3 250 and more ). " Letters can be sent to redaktion@pcgameshardware.de. The letter of the week is presented every Saturday at 15:30. The letter does not represent the opinion of the editors. The editor also reserves the right to shorten readers' letters.
The HIS model? I think it's fine looking personally. They're not as common in the US, but I've done well with their products in the past.
Actually HIS making very good GPUs (Performance + Cool & Quite) But i will go for XFX DD Black Price in Germany: 279€-299€ (2xBig Fan) Dont know exact Devil price but it will be ~299-309€ (it has 3xFan)
Sopphire Radon RX 480 Nitro pre order on overclockers Nitro+ OC -boost clock 1342MHz - 8GB- 249,95GPP https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapp...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-37b-sp.html Nitro OC -boost clock 1306MHz - 8GB- 239,99GPP https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapp...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-37c-sp.html Nitro OC -boost clock 1306MHz - 4GB (at 7000MHz) - 209,99GPP https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapp...ss-graphics-card-gx-37d-sp.html#close_compare According to rumor available in Friday Edit: updated prices
Next-gen gaming with Polaris: Gtx 1060 vs Rx 480. Some very important points GTX 1060 Launched! Is it Worth $50-$100 More Than the RX 480? No
Frys Electronics ASUS RX480 8GB Ref stock etc $250.00 runs well with fixed 65% 5000rpm at 100% holy crap! got as a gift for my gf, have to test it out first though > till the 490 comes out, this will do her well.
