MSI Radeon RX 480 GAMING X review
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Noisiv
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I am using 16.7.3.
Bug in AMD installer results in displaying it as 16.7.2
Now find some other thread to look silly :wanker:
Hilbert Hagedoorn
Administrator
Article has been updated:
- Updated Tomb Raider - RX 480 results with the new 16.7.3 driver
- Added Doom - Vulkan TSSAA 8tx results compared to OpenGL 4.5
JonasBeckman
Well what do you know, it almost reaches the Fury GPU's performance in Rise of the Tomb Raider (DX12 now with those optimizations, impressive. 🙂
(Catching up to the 1060 as well at higher resolutions.)
EDIT: DOOM is seeing some improvements as well via Async though higher resolutions tax the GPU which results in smaller gains.
(A decent gain of 6 - 7 FPS on 1080p although the GPU is already running the game at 120+ FPS at that res though it tanks after that down to 80 at 1440p and then 40 at 2160p though at 1080p it might be able to retain those 120+ framerate figures now even on more demanding levels although probably not all the time but still good for people using 120hz monitors and at 1440p 60+ should be viable too though above that framerate might drop to around 30-ish at 2160p which is a bit low for a fast paced shooter like this.)
EDIT: 8 GB VRAM should allow for "Nightmare" texture quality too although shadows might tax the GPU a bit more.
Mannerheim
does fury get any benefits with newer drivers?
Undying
Ryu5uzaku
JonasBeckman
Hilbert Hagedoorn
Administrator
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Picolete
Results from the re-test of Tomb Raider with the driver (16.7.3 WHQL)
If anyone wants to see the improvement
Taken from the review of the PowerColor Radeon RX 480 RED DEVIL( http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/powercolor_radeon_rx_480_red_devil_review,10.html ) and MSI Radeon RX 480 GAMING X ( http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_radeon_rx_480_gaming_x_review,10.html )
Radeon RX 480(8GB)
16.7.2
Res FPS
1080 64
1440 45
2160 24
16.7.3 WHQL
Res FPS
1080 70
1440 48
2160 24
majinsnake
I am not sure how true this is, but I read reviews on this MSI gaming x 480 8 GB graphics card. I own the card, so I was seeing what other people who own the same card were saying. This review was on Amazon from someone who had purchased it and returned it.
Quote "The heat sink pictured in the description, and on MSI's website for this card, is actually the 6 heat pipe heat sink from the 1070/80. This card uses a smaller 3 heat pipe heat sink that it shares with the 1060. In addition, this card does not have active VRM cooling. This would not be a problem for a stock PCB 480's VRM, good up to 125C. However, there are no spec sheets available for critical components on this card's PCB. There is some anecdotal evidence to suggest that the card throttles when VRM temps reach 92C. I returned my cards for these very reasons."
I contacted MSI who did not understand my first message to them. I asked them why only three heat-pipes on the card, when Nvidia has 6 heat-pipes on there 1070/80 series? MSI told me it was the design by their R & D Department.
sykozis
majinsnake
@sykozis
I was hoping I did not make a bad purchase upon receiving this graphics card.
I understand on people making bad reviews on products.
cvearl