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Best Bench: 53% AMD(1002 0B37)
Worst Bench: 35% Asus(1043 04FB)

Poor: 35% Great: 53%

SPEED RANK: 136^th / 714

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Best Bench: 66% MSI(1462 3170)
Worst Bench: 53% MSI(1462 3170)

Poor: 53% Great: 66%

SPEED RANK: 112^th / 714


Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed		45.7 %			59.3 %	Faster effective speed. +30%


Lighting Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	56.3 fps	73.7 fps	Much better lighting effects. +31%
Reflection Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	59.8 fps	86.4 fps	Much better reflection handling. +44%
MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)	61.5 fps	75.9 fps	Faster multi rendering. +23%
Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)	65.2 fps	72.8 fps	Faster NBody calculation. +12%


Lighting Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	66.9 fps	83.9 fps	Better peak lighting effects. +25%
Reflection High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	62.6 fps	113 fps	Hugely better peak reflection handling. +81%
MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere)	64.7 fps	80.6 fps	Faster peak multi rendering. +25%
Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy)	75.5 fps	80.9 fps	Slightly faster peak NBody calculation. +7%


CSGO Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	154 Fps		183 Fps	Better CSGO Fps. +18%
Fortnite Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	92 Fps		105 Fps	Better Fortnite Fps. +15%
PUBG Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	59 Fps		70 Fps	Better PUBG Fps. +19%
GTAV Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	55 Fps		61 Fps	Slightly Better GTAV Fps. +10%
LoL Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	160 Fps		191 Fps	Better LoL Fps. +19%
Overwatch Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	95 Fps		104 Fps	Slightly Better Overwatch Fps. +9%
BF1 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	75 Fps	+2%	74 Fps
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	53 Fps		60 Fps	Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fps. +15%
Minecraft Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	158 Fps		207 Fps	Much Better Minecraft Fps. +31%
DOTA 2 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	126 Fps		136 Fps	Slightly Better DOTA 2 Fps. +8%
WoW Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	68 Fps		75 Fps	Better WoW Fps. +11%
WoT Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	101 Fps		111 Fps	Better WoT Fps. +10%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.25 %	Much higher market share. +32%	0.19 %
Value Value For Money	144 %	Hugely better value. +414%	28.1 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	65 %		66 %	+2%
Price Price (score)	$75	Hugely cheaper. +85%	$500


Age Newest	94 Months	More recent. +18%	115 Months
Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	92.2 fps	Better peak texture detail. +11%	83 fps
Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	46.5 fps		72.3 fps	Much faster peak complex splatting. +55%
Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	80.6 fps	Slightly better texture detail. +8%	74.8 fps
Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	44.4 fps		65.3 fps	Much faster complex splatting. +47%

The RX 480 is the first graphics card to feature AMD’s new 14nm Polaris architecture. The card is due for release on June 29 (in four days time). We don’t have all the details yet but the RX 480 is rumoured to have an MSRP of $199 and it will likely perform on a par with the Nvidia GTX 970. At present we only have one benchmark so although the performance figures are provisional the RX 480 and GTX 970 do appear to be closely matched. If further tests validate these results and the cards retail at the MSRP of $199, then the new RX 480 will effectively improve graphics card price/performance ratios by a whopping 23%, something that has not happened since the release of the Maxwell based Nvidia GTX 970 nearly two years ago. In addition to better price/performance for the current generation of games, the RX 480 also offers relatively strong DX12 support. ^{[Jun '16 GPUPro]}

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The Nvidia GTX 980 is the new top end Maxwell based Nvidia GPU. The Maxwell architecture offers significantly higher clock for clock performance when compared to Kepler based cards from the previous generation. Comparing the GTX 980 and GTX 970 shows that the 970 only lags by around 17% in terms of performance but it's priced nearly 40% lower making the GTX 970 far better value for money card. Even though the GTX 970 beats the 980 in terms of value, the 980 still destroys previous generation cards. Comparing the GTX 980 and 780 Ti shows that the Newer 980 offers around 14% better performance at a 25% price discount. Nvidia have changed the price/performance landscape with their new Maxwell architecture and now pose a serious threat to AMDs high end GPU market share. The new GTX 980/970 cards replace the now discontinued GTX 780 Ti, 780 and 770. ^{[Sep '14 GPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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