Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 GV-RX460WF2OC-4GD

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The older version of the Radeon RX 460 graphics card with 4 GB of memory costs a little more than the younger two-gig one ($160 versus $140), but it also provides the player with completely different features. There are more and more computer games that even at FullHD resolution consume more than 2 GB of video memory every year: GTA V, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Doom 2016 and others.

Red is faster than Green

It is in demanding video memory games that the four-gig RX 460 significantly outperforms not only its younger two-gig sister, but also the competing GeForce GTX 950 (the price is the same - $160). Although NVIDIA's junior 900-series graphics card has a more performant GPU than the RX 460, it is equipped with strictly 2 GB of memory (4 GB is already a privilege of the much more expensive GTX 960). As a result, the RX 460 with 4 GB can be called the optimal solution for 1080p resolution and at least medium graphics settings in games.

Cheap and cheerful

The specific Gigabyte WindForce RX 460 model is an inexpensive and compact (less than 20 cm long) graphics card with a pleasant bonus in the form of a small factory overclock. The printed circuit board is a reference one (made according to ready-made AMD drawings), and the cooling system is the simplest two-fan one (the radiator is just a piece of aluminium). You should not hope for additional manual overclocking - without an additional power connector, the frequencies will run into a power limit.