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Best Bench: 62% PowerColor(148C 2391)
Worst Bench: 51% MSI(1462 C411)

Poor: 51% Great: 62%

SPEED RANK: 117^th / 713

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Best Bench: 22% Sapphire(174B E344)
Worst Bench: 17% Gigabyte(1458 22D6)

Poor: 17% Great: 22%

SPEED RANK: 218^th / 713


Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed		56.9 %	Hugely faster effective speed. +188%		19.7 %


Lighting Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	71.8 fps	Hugely better lighting effects. +204%	23.6 fps
Reflection Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	68.1 fps	Hugely better reflection handling. +147%	27.6 fps
MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)	67.7 fps	Hugely faster multi rendering. +150%	27.1 fps
Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)	81.4 fps	Hugely faster NBody calculation. +201%	27 fps


Lighting Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	79.8 fps	Hugely better peak lighting effects. +198%	26.8 fps
Reflection High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	70.5 fps	Hugely better peak reflection handling. +143%	29 fps
MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere)	71.3 fps	Hugely faster peak multi rendering. +153%	28.2 fps
Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy)	90.3 fps	Hugely faster peak NBody calculation. +197%	30.4 fps


CSGO Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	174 Fps	Much Better CSGO Fps. +49%	117 Fps
Fortnite Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	96 Fps	Hugely Better Fortnite Fps. +86%	52 Fps
GTAV Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	67 Fps	Much Better GTAV Fps. +71%	39 Fps
LoL Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	169 Fps	Much Better LoL Fps. +50%	113 Fps
Overwatch Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	107 Fps	Hugely Better Overwatch Fps. +81%	59 Fps
BF1 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	77 Fps	Much Better BF1 Fps. +79%	43 Fps
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	84 Fps	Hugely Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fps. +162%	32 Fps
Minecraft Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	195 Fps	Hugely Better Minecraft Fps. +100%	97 Fps
DOTA 2 Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	128 Fps	Hugely Better DOTA 2 Fps. +89%	67 Fps
WoT Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max	100 Fps	Hugely Better WoT Fps. +115%	47 Fps

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.08 %	Hugely higher market share. +167%	0.03 %
Value Value For Money	168 %	Hugely better value. +170%	62.3 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	77 %	Much more popular. +33%	58 %
Price Price (score)	$80		$75	Slightly cheaper. +6%


Age Newest	71 Months	More recent. +28%	99 Months
Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	111 fps	Hugely better peak texture detail. +197%	37.4 fps
Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	54 fps	Hugely faster peak complex splatting. +105%	26.4 fps
Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	99.9 fps	Hugely better texture detail. +206%	32.7 fps
Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	52.7 fps	Hugely faster complex splatting. +131%	22.8 fps

AMD’s mid-range RX 590 is the latest refresh of their Polaris-based RX 580, which in turn was a refresh of the RX 480. This iteration yields 10% higher clock speeds compared to the RX 580 which is fuelled by an increased power draw from 185W to 225W. The 590 does not have a 4GB variant which is good for longevity. At launch the 590 was priced at $280, which was 20% more expensive and 7% faster than Nvidia’s then popular 6GB 1060. In today’s market the 590 can be found for little as $170. For more than 90% of gamers (≤1080p) the RX 590 (at $170) represents the best value for money available. Since the GPU is by far the most important component in a gaming PC, it is usually worth spending more on it. The next step up from a 590 would be to Nvidia’s comparable $230 1660S. The 1660S is a more refined card, less heat results in less fan noise, but both are capable of delivering silky smooth 60+ EFps in almost all of today’s popular games at 1080p with maximum details. ^{[Nov '19 GPUPro]}

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The RX 460 is the third Polaris based 14 nm graphics card released by AMD this year, it follows the 470 and 480). The Polaris 11 GPU which drives the RX 460 is around 50% less powerful than the Polaris 10 GPU used by both the RX 480 and RX 470. Looking at the provisional average benchmarks (we only four samples of the RX 460 at this time) of the RX 460 and RX 480 shows that the performance gap of 50% percent is in line with the specs. The RX 460 is available with custom coolers from launch and it comes in both 2GB and 4GB varieties. With list prices starting from $120 for the 2GB variant the RX 460 offers decent value for money at the lower end of the graphics card spectrum. The 4GB version is somewhat poor value for money at the $150 price point since an RX 480 is only an additional $50 for double the performance. See the current value for money leaders here. ^{[Aug '16 GPUPro]}

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