Customer Ratings & Reviews

Ok first of all I was an early adopter and I own a Reference RX480 if you do not know what that means it simply means an early first batch AMD made version of the card. This version made by XFX and powered by AMD takes the reference card and builds off it to make a new card sometimes a complete redesign but overall the same card, this card stays WAY cooler sometimes the fans do not even need to spinup. the Quick Change fans are sweet, and running 2 of them in Crossfire is amazing also. I highly Recommend this to anyone looking for amazing performance on a budget or a card that can do VR on a budget.

This particular GPU was a moments notice purchase for me. I had got my new PSU and custom cables in that matched my NZXT elite black/red and during the build I felt that the GTX 760 I had just wasnt suited to sit in this PC anymore. So I went to my local best buy and voila! I had been researching and viewing benchmarks and the new GTX and AMD line up for a few months and was ultimately torn between the GTX 1060 from EVGA or an XFX RX 480. I wasnt able to make a decision until I noticed that newegg had the XRX RX 480 RS 8GB on sale for $209, coincidentally that was on the same day I was working on my PC build. So I called my local BB and asked if they would match the sales price, sure enough they did. What was nice about this card from BB is that it came with the white led fans where as the one on newegg did not, so there was a immediate freebe for me. The card is far superior to the GTX 760 I had sitting in my PC and I noticed a massive bump in FPS in a majority of my games. id say this card is very much worth the money spent on it and has me itching fora second once I get my ryzen machine built.

This GPU is excellent. Catch it on sale and it's waaaaaay better! It runs games like Black Desert Online at 60fps on max settings. Has ran every game I've thrown at without any temperature issues. CPUZ has had a temp of 70* Celsius under a full load. Usually, it sits around 53-60* Celsius. Honestly, doesn't need an overclock, but you can. XFX has been making gpu cards of high quality for years now. The reason I purchased it was because of XFX. Pair this with an intel 6500k or higher and you will have a nice gaming beast. I run a 6700k and they get along great! The LEDs are super bright! Gorgeous card... fans aren't too loud and they only run when the card is being used. At idle, they don't move!

This thing is amazing, I don't feel appalled from it and I can safely say that it will stay with me for a long time.

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I wanted a RX 480 since it was announced and glad that I finally got the chance to test it out after those pesky prices came down! My version is the RS (Best Buy) with White LED’s but recently XFX sent me some RED LED’s (XFX is now selling their hard swap fans in Red, White and Blue) to check out and they are just as cool looking. At stock speeds it will run at 1288MHz without an issue. On top of the awesome hard swap fans that XFX is doing, it also has Zero Noise which allows the fans to not spin under light loads. It will auto start on its own based on temps, you can of course customize this with AMD Wattman or other 3rd party app. I have always liked this feature as it keeps my PC to a bare minimum of sounds where only my barely noticeable water pump is all that I can hear since I have Noctua Blacks running at low RPM. I have always liked the look of XFX GPU’s and with this newest tech that hasn’t changed. The black has always seemed more clean to me. The XFX LED is a nice bright white as well very clear too. Another major plus with this GPU is an awesome aluminum backplate! Since the backplate is often seen more than anything else I have felt that every GPU should have one, I know they all don’t but they should. It makes it that much nicer in a case. This GPU is VR ready! I don’t know if I every plan on getting a VR headset but it’s nice to know that if I do, it’s set up for it to go. For under $300 this is a great card for 1080p gaming! It will hold 60FPS or more for most games on Ultra and barely dip down. The quality in graphics seem crisp and clear, which I really like. It gets even better for me since it’s paired with an Asus MG279Q Freesync monitor! I do game at 1440p most of the time on it and it does hold its own on that resolution as well. It’s not as good at that compared to 1080p but it’s still quite smooth. I barely notice a difference in most games. Having DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.0b is a plus for a lot of people. I for one use DVI and DisplayPort. FinFet 14nm technology is a win in my book! Vulkan, Mantle ready and DX12 support with Windows 10. XFX offers a 3-year warranty on the GPU and 5-year for the fans. XFX RX 480 8GB A few Benchmarks: TimeSpy (DX12 Benchmark): Graphics 4,101, Total 3,979 Firestrike: Graphics 13,156, Total 8,980 Fire Strike Extreme: Graphics 5,826, Total 5,265 Unigine Valley: 51.4FPS, Score 2,149 Games are based on Average FPS on Ultra/Highest with MSAA X2 GTA V (1080p) 61 FPS, (1440p) 47.5 FPS Doom (1080p) OpenGL 64FPS, Vulkan 110FPS, (1440p) OpenGL 50FPS, Vulkan 65FPS Dirt Rally (1080p) 71FPS, (1440p) 66FPS BF4 (1080p) 65FPS, (1440p) DX11 60 FPS Rocket League (1080p) 225FPS, (1440p) 130FPS Temps Idle 44c Normal Use 55c Gaming 74c My PC: FX-8370 Custom Loop 16GB AMD Ram Samsung EVO SSD’s 250Gb and 500GB Asus Sabertooth 990FX XFX RX 480 RS Corsair Air 540 EVGA 1050 GS Asus MG279Q 27.0" Windows 10

For the MSRP, the RX480 is a really nice little card. It's pretty fast, fairly power efficient, and can be pretty quiet. Great option for people who want to play modern game on high settings, and don't care if frame rates occasionally dip into the 50s, and it's a pretty good upgrade path especially from AMD's older midrange cards. It is not, however, an enthusiast grade GPU. I think most people building enthusiast grade computers a) arent buying GPUs from best buy, and b) know this isn't an enthusiast card, but for the extreme gamer who doesn't know what to buy but wants max settings and max framerates on every game RIGHT NOW, head over to best buy and grab a nvidia GTX 1070 or the 1080, if you've got the budget. I returned my 480 and got a 1070 to do VR, no regrets other than my all AMD system now has some green in it. This said, the 480 will do VR as well, but as VR experiences get even harder on the GPU, the 1070 will fare a lot better.

I was blown away by how well this card performs. I put it in an old Phenom II machine that I build about 5 years ago. My main rig is an i7 with a gtx 1080, but this computer it my home media pc, that I occasionally use for light gaming. Even with that old processor, I was able to get 40 fps on Doom at 4k with the settings very high for the most part. On battlefield 4 I was hovering around 90 fps. This is a very capable card for the price. I don't really care for the aesthetics of the card, and the white leds are extremely bright, but it's not in a windowed case, so I wasn't really going for aesthetics.

I run two of these XFX RX 480 8gb cards in crossfire for most heavy games and I have the FPS set to my monitors refresh rate which is 144hz. When i was running only one card it did the job very well. It runs COD BO3 on ultra 1080p around 85-95 FPS all day. If you can catch them on sale like i did, its well worth the money. The first card i got on sale for 229.99 and the second on sale for 239.99. Worth every penny. Especially being I am a budget builder.

The card runs flawlessly for me. The only issues I have are with the current iteration of the drivers. The card draws a bit too much power in the 6th and 7th power stages leading to some black screen and flickering issues. But it is easily resolved by undervolting the card using the Global WattMan option in the Radeon Settings. I run most currently released games on high to ultra settings at a resolution of 2560 x 1440 on a 4K monitor. I would consider 2 cards for full 4K support if you want higher frame rates. But for my needs it is just fine.

This card is a great value for the price. It runs most of the AAA titles in ultra settings at 1080p. Also with this price point, you can easily buy another one and use crossfire to go with 4K resolution at a lower price point than green team counterparts. Unlike the reference version of RX480 it does not heat up significantly. It often runs at around 58-64C (compared to 78-84C reported for other after market and reference cards). The fans will even stop when you pause the game for about 30 seconds. It is very quiet and does not have a notable coil whining. I am pretty happy with this specific card and would recommend it to people who has a tight budget but wants to game with no issues.

If your looking for a good 1080P GPU then this is card the for you. With the removable fan and easy to use overclocking feature (within AMD's driver) you cant ask for much more at this price. I have thrown Shadow of Mortar, GTA 5, and Fray Cry primal at this card and can easily get 60 FPS at High settings.

Running 3 in crossfire mode and working great with only one issue. The cards are so tight together on the Motherboard. I used the plastic protectors that were on the display port connectors as a wedge between the cards to prevent fan rubbing. 3x 1920 x 1200 monitors ultra settings for all games and quiet. I am happy

To start out with - I've always built my own computers and I have always been a fan of Radeon products even before AMD purchased them. Yes GeForce and AMD seem to leapfrog each other in terms of performance over time, however I've always thought AMD's drivers/software/extras were the difference. I've only had this card for 2 months now so comments on longevity cannot be made. I chose this card because it seems to hit a nice price-point of performance/price combination. You can run games at 1080p at decent framerates and it is smooth. Of course it's not on par with the thousand dollar cards - but I have no desire to spend that much. This card was put into a computer that is over 2 years old. The previous card could not keep up with games coming out now - this one can. So far it is a very good purchase.

Great performance and easy to install. Led lights brighter than expected. Would have liked an option to disable the led lights as an option.

I've bought xfx products since the xfx 270x 4gb card came out this card is awesome I was able to hit a stable overclocked on the amd software to 1310mhz at 1150mv stable DO NOT MESS WITH THE MEMORY! If you do it freezes up fans are a little loud but for the cooling it needs overclocked it's not bad at all got a score of close to 17000 in firestrike in crossfire overclocked with a ryzen 1700 was awesome beat my 8370 and r9 390x 8gb of score but double I was stunned by the performance. Highly suggest it for one card crossfire if you can afford it is that much better

If you're trying to purchase this GPU for high end 4K, intense VR, or heavy streaming, I wouldn't recommend it. This is not a top of the line, incredibly high intensity graphics card. If you're like me, however, and want an amazing and affordable card, this is the way to go. Using this card I am able to play any game I have in my library on Ultra graphics, and I don't see myself having issues with games anytime soon. The card was incredibly easy to install and runs very quiet and cool. I have it paired with an 8-core AMD FX processor and 12GB of RAM.

This a mid-range card that is suppose to be retailed at $200. It runs everything smoothly in BF1, WoW, WoWs, WoTs, new battlefront, etc... Now if you going to want to run 4k you will have to dial down some setting, because this a mid range card. But overall i am satified with it. Also another inportant factor if you are a person that wnats the best Frame per second, you will have to take into account your other device in your computer build, especially CPU. Also keep in mind if you are running regular RPM hard drive i recommend that you at least upgrade to SSD or Nvme if your MB supports it, this will be a big difference in performance and loading games

Upgrade from a 2gb AMD 7850, getting much less artifacts in FPS and benchmarks scores show double the performance. This card is better than the blower style for my needs. Look forward to purchasing a freesync monitor to pair with this. Almost overkill for 1080p with today's games.

Very disappointing to report that this card has failed after a month. This is the second 480 I went through and I'm sad to say I'm done with XFX for this generation. The first one I bought was a 480 4GB and the PC, along with every game was reading it at 3GB (on multiple PC's, mind you) and the second one died after coming back from the store. Was on the desktop, restarted the computer and bam, dead no signal. Fans and LED's still on, but no functionality. Put in a tester-card and the signal came right back. Ended up returning it and getting a 1060 GB which I am enjoying quite a bit (the EVGA SSC version) Not as good looking but at least the Pascal arch. is way more overclockable and I believe will achieve way more. I think a lot of us were let down by this generation of AMD cards if you're a true gamer or AMD fan like I am. The 200 series was great, the 300 series was a complete joke and the 400 series was a minor step up. Hopefully Vega and Ryzen will bring me back. But who knows (I am quite content with my 1060 and FX-8320 combo right now) I really love XFX AND AMD but after these two problems, I just can't recommend either the 4GB or 8GB variant of this card. I don't know if it's a problem across the board, but just do yourself a favor. Save the headache and buy a 1060 for a tad bit more. Who knows maybe Best Buy will finally put a Nvidia card on sale for once, lol. Good luck in the future AMD, please blow us away. For now, can't recommend you.