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IInuyasha74 :
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bananaforscale :
RX 480 is *maybe* mid-end, definitely not high end. The review solidified my decision to go 1070, RX 480 simply isn't fast enough to compete without Crossfire and that requires more wide PCIe slots and a beefier PSU.
It's mid-end.
Would you call an AMD R9 290x, AMD R9 390x or Nvidia GTX 970 mid-range GPUs?
No, of course not because they are high-end GPUs. So the RX 480, which competes with them, would also be a high-end GPU.
I'd call them mid-end now. They were high end, but now I'd call them mid end with the new GPUs out. Then again it is subjective anyway.
Umm, no it is not subjective at all. It is either is or is not. That is determined by the performance, which is testable and quantifiable. The definition of what is high-end can change over time, but the definition of "High-end GPU" isn't currently "GTX 1070, GTX 1080, GTX 980 Ti" and essentially nothing else nothing else.
There is a clear line between high-end and mid-range. GTX 960 and similar cards are all mid-range. AMD's R9 290 is edging that way, but still high-end. Everything above that is high-end, everything below that is mid-range.