Is the RX 460 a good graphics card for 1080p gaming?

[Ben_165]

Hello,

So I am planning on building a computer and I am going to use the Sapphire Radeon RX 460 for my GPU.

I am planning on using it for some basic gaming, Rust, CS:GO, BF1, maybe Rainbow Six Seige, Ark.
I've come on here and people have said it's a 720p card, although I don't want to play in 720p.

I've seen reviews on the card and it can handle mostly every game 1080p medium settings(exept ark,). I will never use Anti-Anialising or whatever you call it, and I am not looking to run it at Ultra settings 4k.

I just want to hear your guys opinions about the card and what the limitations are.

Cheers

 

[Vogner16]

yea id go for it. you have to turn down settings but its capable of 1080p.

it can play CS:GO in 4K lol

there was just some news on a bios mod for the 460 to unlock the rest of the GPU cores too which gives it about 10% performance increase. only works on the sapphire and the asus one I think though.

 

[heebobo5]

It won't be able to max games like BF1 at 60 fps but you can run high settings well. I would make sure you go with a RX 460 4GB model https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_9?url=search-al... though. 2GB VRAM is going to run out quick with the more demanding games on your list like Siege and BF1.

 

[dontlistentome]

Even older cards with 1gb of vram will run games at 1080p. The question is what do you mean by 'good'? Some games, ie Ark, the issue is the game itself is a bit unoptimized, so I wouldn't count those games. Some games, esports like CSGO, will run great at 1080p on a 460 because that's what the 460 was meant to do. Some games, AAA games like BF1, will require you to compromise on something, whether it's lower settings, lower resolution, lower framerate, or some combination of all those things.

I'd say it's good for the price and considering it performs well in the esports category like it's supposed to. If you want a card that can do it all at 60fps 1080p high settings then you will need to spend substantially more money or buy a more powerful but used card.

 

[Vogner16]

It won't be able to max games like BF1 at 60 fps but you can run high settings well. I would make sure you go with a RX 460 4GB model https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_9?url=search-al... though. 2GB VRAM is going to run out quick with the more demanding games on your list like Siege and BF1.

while the 460 is capable of running out of ram its unlikely with games today. the gpu is the weak point. of the graphics card. the vram buffer will not be maxed out unless your running some crazy texture mods or just playing a horribly unoptimized game.

your not really going to notice the 2gb vram limit in anything listed above, but say you start playing some newer games down the road you may find a game that wants to use 2.5 gb and your 2gb limit makes you have to lower settings to get 40 fps.

for the money the 2gb is the way to go, however if you like me and like to overclock and do that bios mod then get a good 4gb version. its a fun little card. I'm thinking about picking one up myself

 

[CardiHoe]

1080p with settings toned down would be definitely fine, but if you're going for All-Out 1080p Gaming, the Rx 480 4GB or the GTX 1060 to play current-gen games at maxed out settings (e.g. Rainbow Six, Fallout 4, Battlefield 1, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, etc.). Some games with the Rx 460, or Rx 470 will not be able to run at 60fps at the highest settings, but pushing the clock may change that. Again, the 1080p kingpins are the GTX 1060 3GB~6GB, or the Rx 480 4GB~8GB