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It's time for battle - GTX 1060 vs RX 480 vs RX 580 in 2021 - FIGHT!

When AMD announced FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) at Computex 2021, the company also revealed a list of compatible Radeon graphics cards, ending with the 4 year old RX 580 and RX 570. As it turns out, RX 400 series graphics cards will also be supported.  The announcement was made on …

After many weeks of sifting through early/leaked information, the RX 500 series has officially landed and as we have known for a while, the new range is a Polaris refresh. Given that the chips under the hood are so similar, it looks like some are experimenting with flashing their older …

Sapphire makes the best of AMD's RX 580 refresh with its Nitro+ version.

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While Steam Machines didn't really take off, plenty of PC makers are still focussing on creating tiny systems that can rival consoles both in terms of power and size. This week, Zotac has announced the MAGNUS ERX480, the world's first AMD-powered Mini PC to come equipped with the Polaris architecture. …

Although there's no denying that Nvidia's Pascal cards hold the performance crown right now, it's hard to argue that the RX 480 isn't one of the best bang for buck cards around. So if you need an upgrade to a GPU that's VR ready and operates cool and quiet, we …

We do a lot of giveaways here on KitGuru, because we end up with a lot of hardware and we don't need to horde it all like some sort of technological Smaug. Often the people that we send out prizes to are just names and Facebook pages, but not in …

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 …

With the recent release of the new AMD RX 480 graphics card, system builders are keen to start shipping out PCs with the new GPU inside. We have already seen one such desktop with a RX 480 from PCSpecialist – review HERE – and today DinoPC have sent us their Primal …

Last week, we teamed up with Overclockers UK to give away one of the first custom RX 480 boards available in the UK- the Sapphire Nitro+ RX 480. We received thousands of entries for this competition but there can only be one winner, who we are announcing today. The winner is: …

Although AMD's RX 480 has been well received by most, there are a few who experienced unfavourable power draws through the PCIExpress port, leading to questions about its stability and longevity. Fortunately it didn't take long for AMD to address it, as with the new 16.71 driver release, it's claiming …

While AMD's new RX 480 graphics card has launched with positive reviews, it did run into one issue last week when a few publications discovered that the GPU was demanding more power from the PCI-e slot than it should be. Fortunately, despite some early speculation, this issue is fixable through …

The Sapphire RX 480 Nitro is the world's first custom RX 480 graphics card to be listed at retail and to celebrate its launch, we are teaming up with Overclockers UK  to give one away!  Sapphire's Nitro cooler is one of the best around and that additional cooling efficiency allows for …

PC Specialist has broken a speed record to hustle a budget gaming PC out of the door that uses the latest AMD RX 480 graphics card based on the new Polaris GPU. When you spend £799 you generally get a Core i5 with GTX 960 4GB graphics so the prospect of …

Although AMD's new RX 480 has reviewed well with most publications, a few issues have arisen in certain circumstances with some cards, namely, that the power can spike for seemingly no reason. AMD has now admitted the flaw and is said to be working on a fix. The flaw in …

The reviews are now live and those of you who were waiting to grab AMD's RX 480 now know exactly what sort of performance you will be getting for the money. So when will these cards be available to buy? Well stock has already landed at retailers and Overclockers UK is kicking …

AMD is set to launch the RX 480 very soon but it looks like Nvidia won't be too far behind with a mid-range offering of its own as the first image of the GTX 1060 has appeared online today, ahead of a launch rumoured to happen as soon as next …

Along with Newegg jumping the gun and listing the Visiontek RX 480 a week early, we've now got a number of other listings from other RX 480 manufacturers all appearing online. From Sapphire, to XFX, to PowerColor, we can learn a little bit more about each of them in the …

AMD's new RX 400-series graphics cards are on their way at the end of the month and while we already know quite a bit about the new range, we now know that there will be two versions of the RX 480, a 4GB model priced at $199 and an 8GB model …

AMD may have revealed its Radeon RX line-up of Polaris GPUs this week but there are still quite a few questions left to be answered. Fortunately, while we all wait for reviews, some benchmark leaks have given us a rough idea of what performance to expect from the RX 480 …