Customers express satisfaction with the performance and price of the Hard Swap Edition AMD Radeon RX 480 graphics card, citing its ability to run games smoothly at high frame rates. Many also praise the ease of installation and the card's visual appeal. While some users noted elevated temperatures and fan noise under heavy load, the overall feedback highlights the card as a strong value option for gamers.
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Fps
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Excellent video card for 1080p gaming
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Even though it only has 4gigs of memory, it still plays games on highest graphics at 1080p (1920 x 1080). I have tried it at higher resolutions, and it does good, but you do have to turn graphics down slightly when playing. At 1080p, it runs at 60 fps no problem.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance, Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Awesome Price For Performance
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I bought a prebuilt Lenovo desktop gaming computer and felt the urge to upgrade my graphics performance without hurting my bank too badly. I bought this card due to the increase performance compared to the RX470 but less expensive than the RX480 8GB. With this new card it allows me to play most games smoothly at 1080p on ultra settings. I highly recommend this card to anyone looking for great performance at a cheaper price so long as you have a proper power supply and a decent processor.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
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Noise
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent video card for the price
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I got this card to replace to GeForce 650 in sli. This card rocks. It has a great set of color less to illuminate the fans, as well as a power led to indicate it is getting power from the psu. It does make some noise under full load, but so do all cards that aren't water cooled. It is quieter than most. Good frame rates.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Went from a 7870 to the RX 480
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This is a great card for the money and unlike the reference design it won't make your house as warm or to loud. I have mine OC'd to 1350Mhz and have yet to see it go above 55c while playing games without any issues. The card is heavier than expected as it was the same weight as my old 7870 card witch was longer having 3 fans, but it has a very good build quality. Going from AMD's GCN 1 to GCN 4 is a major leap as I went from playing high setting with 35-45fps in most games to ultra at 60-120fps. Examples of games I play are SC2, Witcher Series, Minecraft, Sid Civ Series, Etc.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Heat, Noise
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great buy, easy setup
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I bought this card so I could play the latest DOOM. This model seemed to be a good price/performance balance. This performs well for what I wanted. The only caveat is that the fan noise is noticeable when playing games and may get warm, so be sure your case ventilation is working well. During most other computer use, the fans cycle down, so it's not usually an issue.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent Graphics Card
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I replaced an earlier version Radeon graphics card with the this RX-480. Believe it or not, I am not a gamer. I stream a lot of movies. The card delivers superb video quality from a variety of sources. I chose this card because of its outstanding specifications and features. It provides for wide range video and display configuration settings. It also supports the AMD high definition audio driver which delivers outstanding sound quality. The Crimson software control panel is intuitive and easy to use. It immediately notifies you when updates are available. This is by far the best graphics card I have ever owned.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
High performance graphics at value price
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I am very happy with my XFX RX 480 card. Runs quiet and cool and performs very well with all games at 1920x1080 resolution. I am using this card to drive a Freesync-capable monitor, and all is working well.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance, Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great card for the Price
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Great card for the price point can run 2 of them in crossfire and them be inbetween performance of Gtx 1070 and Gtx 1080 and still save alot of cash higly recommend this card in single or Crossfire format
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Nice card, 1 off for the lights
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So far this card has taken everything I have thrown at it and taken it very well. My one star off is for the LED's in the fans. I'd be fine with the fans lighting up, but they shine right through fan housing and directly into my eyes with my computer being on the desk next to me. This could be fixed with a windowless case or my using the floor for my pc, but that's not my setup. Luckily the fans a hard swap so once I find some plain ones it's easy to swap them out.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance, Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
This replaced 2 6970's in crossfire
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This replaced 2 6970's in crossfire. Some new games were unplayable with the old cards and run medium to high on 3 screens 5760x1080p. Very pleased for the price and look forward to buying another as needed to keep up the demand of the newest games.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Fps
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
great budget card
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Always being an Nvidia user, I wasn't 100% sold on getting this AMD card. I'm also extremely impatient and this AMD was all that was in stock at y local best buy. Using the price match from Amazon, I got a phenomenal deal.
I had some trouble getting the card to work. This turned out to be my BIOS, so make sure that yours is updated before installing the card.
I can play The Witcher 3 on ultra settings with a couple graphics mods and i Consistently get 45-60 fps, which is more than satisfactory for me. I have even played on my 4K TV with no mods and still kept up the same frames.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Ease of use, Graphics card
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good Performance
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Works well. Was a significant upgrade for me from an older graphics card. Easy to install and had no issues with drivers.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Lots of power for alittle money.
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Ive been gaming for a long time and can tell you this is the best bang for
your buck. This card will run anything out there at Ultra or max modes. This card is super fast and super quiet, the fans on the card don't even turn while in idle, so if your just surfing the web or doing most task the card makes no noise at all. This card can run in crossfire mode which is you can run 2 of these card together in one machine with the correct motherboard and get GeForce 1080 speed for less money.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
great budget card
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this is a great card for my machine to play games at 1080p on a budget.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
This is the RX 480 to get !
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If your looking to get Polaris this is the one for you great price and quality vrms. Also can't go wrong with the free upgrade led fans and optional free game when you register !!
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
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Heat
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good
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no issues works great its quite doesnt over heat..
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Product
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Good for it's time it's been replaced at this point. Did 1080p gaming not worth the money in today's market.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good Performance
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Card performs well. Replaced an older Nvidia card on a 3 year old computer and see significant performance increase. Best Buy and manufacturer, however, have been advertising a free game promotion, but have not honored same. No "code" was provided by Best Buy related to same.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great card
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I had bought an Asus version of thus card for myself and when this XfX card went on sale I had to get one for my grandson. He plays video games and does video and 3d modelling. His games now run on Ultra and programs that can use graphics processor have improved big time. Great card for the price.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Quality Card
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Can't really say much except that the card worked without a single issue, unlike the first graphics card that arrived DOA (different vendor). Came with it's own capture software and it runs quiet even with the fans going. Can play graphic intense games without a hitch. Very satisfied.