The large Radeon RX480 test roundup (Update)

Endless Roundup and Depth Testing Many will of course wonder why we made the roundup for the Radeon RX480 only now, or why we did the roundup for the Radeon RX480. have begun. But firstly, we have fundamentally changed the division of labour within the editorial office, as well as new... Apart from the fact that AMD appears at the front in the alphabetically sorted order, we also deliberately put the reference map of the Radeon RX480 first. Although these cards always have to fight with their reputation, worse than Boardp... Better to be really big and just do nothing wrong! The Asus RX480 Strix is not only an impressive visual appearance with three fans, but also a very successful compromise of reason and performance. Why we use this as an introduction to... Noun est Omen? With the Roaring Turbo, HIS performs well at GPU clock speed, but the fans will certainly get a lot to do. In the end, the fearful question remains whether the roaring is now based on performance, noise or ... MsI relies on tried-and-tested radiator technology for the RX480 Gaming X 8G and remains reasonably true to itself. With the clock, the predetermined 1303 MHz sets the boost to a good, but not the highest possible factory overclocking. Additionally... One thing you have to leave Powercolor: you are often pleasantly surprised. Instead of smashing the last spark of efficiency out of the Polaris 10 card, like many others, the Red-Devil has really found a really successful compromise, the Ell... The Sapphire RX480 Nitro+ was one of the first cards to be available relatively shortly after launch, albeit initially in fairly manageable quantities. Compared to the simpler (and slightly newer) Nitro, it also offers a wide-world... With the XFX RX480 GTR Black Edition (BE) we are now testing a card that is almost identical to the HIS RX480 IceQ X2 Roaring Turbo. The biggest difference is in the radiator cover and the installed fans, as well as a slightly different firmware. mal... Introduction We test all cards generally in closed housing and in completely warmed up condition to eliminate unfair differences in boost clock. In addition, all benchmarks generally run with six runs - the first of which is always... Power consumption First of all, we compare all graphics cards in direct comparison in a gallery in terms of power consumption in the main areas of gaming loop, stress test and idle, all of which are in exactly this order as balk... Summary In general, even after the test, exactly the same as we wrote in the introduction applies. Whoever buys a Radeon RX480 will certainly have its legitimate reasons for doing so. But while the differences between the individual...

Power consumption

First of all, we compare all graphics cards in direct comparison in a gallery, which contains all the results in exactly this order as bar graphics.

Depending on the GPU and the power limit set by the manufacturer, significant differences can be measured. We deliberately do without the decimal places for the bar graphics, because they would be within the possible measurement tolerances.

We also found that some cards with a rather tight power limit had a slightly lower power consumption in the stress test and in some places also in gaming due to the downclocking. However, in none of the cases did this really negatively affect gaming performance, it only represents the absolute worst case.

Volume/operating noise

For this comparison, we have summarized the maximum results in gaming as a bar graphic. In order to be able to classify these individual values subjectively correctly, it is important not only to compare the absolute bars, but also to look at the frequency spectra on the individual product pages of this roundup and to read the corresponding text.

Since the cards also use a semi-passive mode except for the reference card and the fans are stationary in the idle, they do not have to specify corresponding measured values.

Temperature behaviour

We offer two galleries in which we compare both the GPU temperures in open and closed construction, as well as the VRM tempratures in the hotspot for the same constellations.

First, let's look at the GPU values:

The voltage converters are at least as important, because this area contributes significantly more to the heating of the entire board. For exact statements, we also have the appropriate thermography analyses for each card on the relevant product page:

Intermediate conclusion

You can see very clearly where which manufacturer sees its focus and where in return perhaps savings have been made. Of course, these three criteria alone are not enough to be able to assess a map objectively, but together with the details listed on the individual pages and the performance (previous page) which is quite similar at the end, the picture rounds out quite neatly.

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