Foreword
Since July of this year, the expectation of the non-public version of the RX480 has continued to ferment. Finally, at the end of July, a large number of non-public versions of the RX480 were officially launched, and XFX, Sapphire, Dylan, and ASUS have all been launched. The non-public version of the RX480, but the player's evaluation on the network is uneven, many players have said that the price of 2299 with such performance is not worth, but I think otherwise, since the pricing is so there will be One of the reasons, I decided to demonstrate the unreal performance of the RX480 by this in-depth evaluation.
This time participating in the evaluation, a total of XFX, sapphire non-public version of the RX480, the public version of the RX480 and Colorful GTX1060 several graphics cards, evaluation of the main content of all things, whether it is running points, power consumption, temperature, VR performance or game performance All are included in it, to bring you a comprehensive three-dimensional graphics evaluation.
As a non-public version of the RX480, Ultra Platinum is not the first to enter the market, but I still chose such a video card, because I basically buy video cards are used to play their own games, a video card will often accompany me for a long time . Although this super platinum is not the same as a friend of mine, I still evaluate this card according to my test method and personal opinion. He is a player who plays cards, not a gamer like me, so I use the side of this card will be more overclocking and performance improvements. If you are a gamer like me, I also prepared a corresponding Raiders to use in the silent frequency, for your reference.
I don't think I'm the first to receive sapphire's ultra-platinum users, so I believe many people will think like me when they see the robot outside. It's not a robot. The sapphire's public, platinum, and super platinum are all robotic packaging. I don't know that the 400 cards in the next series of poisons and black diamonds will continue back this feature.
1, packaging
The sapphire's ultra-platinum packaging can only be said to be as ordinary as ever. “There is no other highlight than the classic Tuba to buy robots to send video cardsâ€. The arrogant ultra-platinum NITRO+ robot demonstrates the power of graphics cards (nuclear bombs).
The carton inside the package is divided into two layers, the upper layer is the graphics card, the lower layer is the instructions, all the inclusion will stop here, as the previous sapphire contains.
The sapphire packaging is really easy. The graphics card has anti-magnetic bags, as always, the packaging is not very good. At the same time, I discovered that the magnetic bag was not packaged and the bag was still open.
2, graphics card appearance
Breaking away the magnetic bag, we can see the same model of this generation of ultra-platinum gas stoves. If there are no radial dents on the surface, this really becomes a complete gas stove. I only ask one, Sapphire, you are not a shortage of designers. Not only the ultra-platinum, platinum 470 graphics card design also seems very attentive, but the public version for the shell plus a backplane only hope that sapphire this AIB has always been one of the top brands can do a better job in design.
Then look at the back, the backplane is very handsome, the super platinum logo is very bright on the metal backplane, full coverage of the metal backplane protection is good, but may block the fan's arrival.
In addition, there is a small one-button nuclear black switch. This switch allows the graphics card to switch between the two Bios, 1266Mhz low noise and 1342MHz high performance these two modes can be balanced under different performance requirements, as for this more conspicuous red button, he is just a small change of light color Kill Matt.
Goldfinger is very flowery, it seems that the number of tests is more.
In fact, the top value is also good, the belief light is waiting to be lighted, the sapphire logo is very design sense. The positive face value is too low, pulling down the average face value of the entire video card.
Interface In addition to the public version of the graphics card's HDMI and DP, an additional DVI is added, and friends with old monitors can also use this new card.
In short, in terms of appearance, compared to Dylan's Big X and Asus's rainbow lights, the basic can be said to be a complete defeat, but the significance of the video card does not lie in its appearance (although the appearance is indeed important), we should be more See more of its performance characteristics.
3, dismantling
In order to deal with our sapphire sapphire to seal your own graphics card, in order to warranty I still decided not to tear down, are interested in changing the grease can try to change it, I only remove the fan for everyone to see it, the fan is Quick disassembly design, contact power supply, easy to clean
Remove the shell, cooling conscience ah! ! Contrast with the public version, I almost cried, this is the level of mid-range dessert (fever) level graphics card ah.
Public version →
It is worth mentioning that the disassembly of the radiator requires the use of a flat-blade screwdriver and a Phillips screwdriver, but overall it is not inconvenient. I won't dismantle the cooling system, and the marketer Xiao Min like me still needs a warranty. .
When the 8pin's interface is stable, the installation is completed, and then it is waiting to be lighted.
Show me my platform. There is definitely no bottleneck on this platform, so don’t take these things
E3 1231 V3
Kingston 8g 1600MHz Hacker X1
Antec 450W VP
B85m-g plus MATX motherboard
Samsung Solid State 750evo 120g
The resolution of the screen is 1920X1080. I bought Samsung's curved display on Tmall. I feel very good. It's just on the table. The curved screen has good visual effects.
1, the appearance of the machine
After we light up, we can see that the light of faith has been successfully lit up. It is really full of faith. Compared to the public version of a dark box, the non-public version of the light of faith is considered a place of color. But the software for debugging colors has not been released yet. There are only a few monotonous colors. The lamp color is breathing, not according to the power consumption.
The internal shape of the machine, light pollution or something in this case is not much reflected, because the side panel is not completely transparent but translucent, the meaning of the side penetration is not much, but the belief light is still visible, yes.
2, the use of the driver
AMD's new graphics driver is very cool, functional subdivision is also very obvious, the latest set of drivers for the Wattman graphics card is also very convenient, which provides players with independent overclocking provides very good conditions, even my perennial game player Also itchy.
In the official website under a good drive, after the installation can be used to restart, ultra-Platinum smart fan start and stop, often there will be a high standby temperature, such as the default will have 50 + temperature, where I show Two different fan | frequency settings, easy to reference for ordinary players and overclockers.
Let's take a look at my physique. It seems that it is expected.
General settings, this is to set the game process more smoothly, but my personal approach, this method is inherited from my use of the public version of the graphics card, the game process of the graphics card to enhance miraculous, be my own chicken blood to enhance .
★ General player settings Raiders
This driver is for the convenience of ordinary players, there are few adjustments, the temperature and the speed of the fan.
★ Overclocking player settings Raiders
Most of the overclocked players pay attention to performance, and many of them are playing cards instead of the average game player. In order to pass the test, I only slightly increase the frequency, so that game players can also use the reference.
Just look at the settings do not mean much, ah, I have a lot of cards here 3DMARK run points, the main test is the Fire Strike Extreme and Time Spy, the reference card has a public version (public version OC), XFX black wolf evolution, Rainbow 1060. Sapphire Platinum I also made two runs. Here are two charts.
Obviously, the overclocking potential of sapphire is not bad. The daily use of 1.38Ghz is almost completely free of pressure, and I did not lose the drive during the test.
Place a few graphs comparing temperature and power consumption below.
I have to admit that Nvidia's graphics card's temperature power consumption design is really very good. I have always had to agree with this A-card fan, but we must also see that the non-public version of Sapphire is very close to 1060, if slightly It is still very good to use overclocking, 200W also applies to most of the general power (500W or so).
In addition to running points, I also tested the VR performance of the public version of the oc, but also do not know how it is, the public version of the RX480 in my hands is not running Ready, but ultra-platinum can be.
In the last test, because many games were not bought or downloaded, the evaluation part was not very perfect. This time, I specifically selected several games with reference value for comparison.
The test included the latest DX12 game "Tomb Raider: The Rise", there are also very popular online games "watch pioneer", there are past 3A masterpieces, and very popular online games, in order to test these games, I pay the money Are enough to buy half of the graphics card, and do not say, eat soil to go.
1. Tomb Raider: Rise
Tomb Raider's latest work is to support the DX12, and I did a few comparisons. I ran the benchmark test directly and set the scores for DX11 and DX12 respectively.
It can be seen that the gap between the RX480 and the 1060 after the new driver update is not very big, but the DX12 has a slight advantage and a very slight advantage. I believe that after the asynchronous computing evolution, there will be a greater breakthrough.
Game screenshots
In the test picture cut-off diagram, IMHO, I still think the DX12's picture looks good, the most obvious is the effect of water flow out, DX12 appears more realistic.
The picture is really beautiful, and I really love my RMB (in the soil).
2, "watch pioneer"
Blizzard Dad's dynamic FPS, I personally feel that this is not an FPS, compared to the original CS FPS like death, OW is very friendly to new players, and even life back, before the basic Unheard of. . I used the game ++ here to record the data, and finally looked at the average number of frames throughout the game to make a table that compares to the public OC.
Game screenshots
It's cool, hey. . .
3. Dragon Age: Judgment
Dragon Age 3 is a relatively old A card optimization game that supports Mantle effects. I still remember that when Dragon Age came out, we had a fever of A powder, and finally A card advantage game appeared! Then Huang Lao had a patch and forcibly pulled back the gap. He said that they were all judges. I also tested the public OC and Super Platinum results on DX11 and Mantle, and produced this table.
Game screenshots
4, "Assassin's Creed: Revolution"
In the Revolution, I directly used XX Star Edition. I tested the performance and made a form. I also took a short video at both ends. It was taken under the different settings of the public version of OC and Sapphire. You can see the fluctuation of the number of frames in the video. , Ultra Platinum to lead some.
Game screenshots
The video may be a little blurry, but the fluency is reflected. It can be seen that the sapphire ultra-platinum not only has a higher frame rate, but also improves the fluency.
Obviously, non-public version is much smoother and the number of frames is higher
5. Watchdog
This is a work that I really like. Although the Bug is a bit more, but the details of the performance is very good. I have played a main line for the video card. Yes, I have played the main line for the last time. Figure, first give everyone a look at my data
Game screenshots
6. Dark Souls 3
I'm just a slag, and now I'm still circling near the high wall of Los rica. The screenshot of the game will not be shown to everyone, so you won't know how bad I am. . So, if you look directly at the number of frames, I don't evaluate anything about this game, so I won't be ridiculed by everyone. .
7. League of Legends
To be honest, when I first tested the League of Legends, I refused because I knew that I couldn't test it and it wasn't good to test it out. That way everyone would say me, how could you do this test? So I want to play first (funny). But if you buy such a good graphics card and play LOL, it's really not a waste of performance.
The video card is one of the important components of the host computer. Compared to the cpu, it can float quite a lot. Selecting a good video card is the key to assembling the computer. This evaluation article does not represent the recommendation. The most important thing is that you like it and you buy it. . The color of the A-card is already there for me, but I'm sure N-card has excellent game performance. If I have the opportunity, I would also like to try the Titan's belief bonus (though I can't afford it).
Finally, give this video card a rating, I still amazed at the gas stove's shape, performance is also satisfied with the public to upgrade so much, the potential refers to the overclocking potential and post-optimization, buy value is my personal opinion .
Appearance ★★★☆☆
Performance ★★★★★
Potential ★★★★☆
Buy value ★★★★☆
Comprehensive evaluation: As a fever-level graphics card performance is slightly insufficient, as a dessert-level graphics card is also a bit expensive, personally think that positioning a little sturdy a graphics card, but it is currently an option for mid-range gaming graphics, drawing performance is also good cost-effective medium The potential for development in the later period is barely worth buying.