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1. Introduction 2. Asus RX 480 Strix Gaming OC Aura RGB 3. Testing Methodology 4. 3DMark 11 5. 3DMark 6. Unigine Heaven Benchmark 7. Ashes Of The SIngularity (1080p) 8. Ashes Of The Singularity (1440p) 9. Ashes Of The Singularity (4k) 10. Middle Earth: Shadow Of Mordor (1440p) 11. Middle Earth: Shadow Of Mordor (4k) 12. Dirt Rally (1080p) 13. Dirt Rally (1440p) 14. Dirt Rally (4k) 15. Rise Of The Tomb Raider (1080p) 16. Rise Of The Tomb Raider (1440p) 17. Rise Of The Tomb Raider (4k) 18. Grand Theft Auto 5 (1080p) 19. Grand Theft Auto 5 (1440p) 20. Grand Theft Auto 5 (4k) 21. Metro Last Light Redux (1080p) 22. Metro Last Light Redux (1440p) 23. Metro Last Light Redux (4k) 24. Hitman 2016 (1080p) 25. Hitman 2016 (1440p) 26. Hitman 2016 (4k) 27. Acoustics Performance 28. Thermal Dynamics/IR Thermometer Readings 29. Power Consumption 30. Overclocking 31. Closing Thoughts 32. View All Pages

AMD launched their RX 480 at the end of June and I was on hand to offer my analysis of the reference card at the time. Today we present our review of the new Asus RX 480 Strix Gaming OC, a custom solution featuring enhanced clock speeds, a modified triple fan cooler and ‘Aura’ RGB lighting. At £289.99 inc vat the Asus card hits the same price points as many Nvidia GTX 1060 solutions, so we have high hopes it can compete.

The new AMD Radeon RX 480 is built on the FinFET 14nm process. For Polaris, AMD selected Samsung and Global Foundries 14nm FinFET based process technology, the densest foundry process available. FinFET transistors are crucial to reduce power consumption while enabling operating voltages which are 150mV lower than the previous generation.



The AMD RX 480 will be available in two different memory capacities, 4GB and 8GB. We have heard retail prices of $199 for the 4GB card and $239 for the 8GB card with UK prices around £180 and £215 respectively. Pricing is a little higher in the UK, but I guess most of us are getting used to that now.

GPU Radeon R9 290X Radeon R9 390 Radeon R9 390X Radeon R9 Fury Radeon R9

Fury X Radeon RX 480 Shader Units 2816 2560 2816 3584 4096 2304 ROPs 64 64 64 64 64 32 Graphics Processor Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii Fiji Fiji Ellesmere Transistors 6200M 6200M 6200M 8900M 8900M 5700M Memory Size 4GB 8GB 8GB 4GB 4GB 4GB/8GB Memory Bus Width 512 bit 512 bit 512 bit 4096 bit 4096 bit 256 bit Core Clock 1000 mhz 1000 mhz 1050 mhz 1000 mhz 1000 mhz up to 1266mhz Memory Clock 1250mhz 1500mhz 1500mhz 500mhz 500mhz 2000mhz

The Asus RX 480 Strix Gaming OC Aura will ship in ‘gaming mode’ with a clock speed set at 1310mhz. Our sample was hardcoded with the faster OC mode BIOS @ 1330mhz. We have tested previous Asus Strix cards at the fastest speed because this is how the majority of KitGuru readers will be using the hardware via the supplied GPU Tweak software package.

Our review sample has the latest BIOS installed.

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