ASUS ROG Strix RX 460 4GB Review
Graphic cards (GPU) are a must-have in a gamer’s PC; while the obvious choice is to grab the top-of-the-line GPU and start gaming, it is mostly out of reach for some due to budget constraints, and lower end GPUs are not as good……. or are they? To answer that, we’ll take a look at the AMD RX460 4GB GPU.
Mighty thanks to Asus Malaysia in providing to us the ROG Strix Radeon RX 460 4GB for this review. Priced at RM741, let us jump right in and see if we could game on this one.
Specifications
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Model Name |
ROG STRIX-RX460-4G-GAMING |
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Graphics Engine |
AMD Radeon RX 460 |
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Bus Standard |
PCI Express 3.0 |
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Video Memory |
4GB GDDR5 |
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Engine Clock |
1220 MHz (OC Mode) |
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Memory Clock |
7000 MHz |
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Memory Interface |
128-bit |
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Interface |
DVI Output : Yes x 1 (Native) (DVI-D) |
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Accessories |
2 x ROG Cable Ties |
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Software |
2 x ROG Cable Ties |
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Dimensions |
194mm x 120mm x 35mm |
Unboxing
Packaging wise, the RX 460 comes in the same ROG Strix design that highlights the RGB lighting feature of the graphics card, and the support for HDR, AMD FreeSync, DirectX 12.
Highlighted features such as the patented Wing-Blade fan design, FanConnect for targeted and precise cooling, Aura RGB lighting can be found on the back of the box as well.
The accessories included are the usual user’s guide, drivers CD, World of Warship redeem guide, and the newly added ROG cable ties and the decals for ROG Strix products.
Appearance wise, we can see that ASUS has decided to step up its game with the ROG Strix branding. The ROG Strix RX 460 as we can see, looks way much better than its predecessor, the R7 360, and is one of the best looking entry level graphics card we’ve seen to date.
Apart of the aesthetics from the new shroud design, the ROG Strix RX 460 are also equipped with ASUS’ patented Wing-Blade fans that boasts of 30% more airflow and 3 times quiter performance.
The heatsink used on the ROG Strix RX 460 isn’t exactly those with thin aluminum fins, but rather, a big chunk of aluminum block type heatsink used on most of ASUS’ entry level graphics cards in the past.
Unlike the reference design from AMD, the ROG Strix RX 460 comes with an extra 6-pin PCIe power connector to supply extra power for some extra performance – that is, if you managed to squeeze more performance out of it via overclocking.
While custom cooler by the AIB partners cools the GPU better than a blower-type cooler on a reference card, the dissipated heat will still remain in your chassis and will eventually causes the temperature in the chassis to rise overtime.
The FanConnect is a new feature on ASUS’ ROG Strix graphics card which aimed for better cooling performance aided by external cooling fan to improve the overall airflow inside your chassis.
The ROG Strix RX 460 comes with a shorter PCB design similar to the reference RX 460, but with a cleaner finishing on the PCB, all thanks to ASUS’ AUTO-EXTREME Technology.
Unlike higher end cards, the RX 460 comes with a limited but reasonable amount display output which consists of 1 x DisplayPort, 1 x HDMI and 1 x DVI-D.
Performance Test
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Test Rig Configuration |
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CPU Cooler |
Raijintek Triton 240 |
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CPU |
Intel Core i7 4790K @4.6GHz |
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Motherboard |
ASUS Maximus Hero VII |
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Memory |
G. |
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Primary Hard Drive |
Crucial M500 120GB |
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Power Supply |
Be Quiet! Straight Power 10 600W |
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Chassis |
Cooler Master Test Bench V1.0 |
Skill TridentX 2400MHzWe mounted the ASUS ROG Strix RX 460 on our test bench as above and each and every benchmark is conducted in a room of about 30C° ambient temperature.
Performance
We ran a few graphically demanding games, eSports titles, and synthetic benchmarks in our possession on a selected settings at 1080p, which is considered as high for much of our test as usual.The final result of each benchmark is presented in the form of the graph below:
Temperature
Temperature wise, we’ve observed a pretty decent temperature record of 46°C during idle and 66°C on load while running on default clock speed.
We’ve tried bumping up the GPU core clock doesn’t seem to give a very significant performance boost, but a raise in temperature instead – we’d say it’s better to leave it at factory default.
Verdict
Performance wise, the ASUS ROG Strix RX 460 has no problem with most of the esports titles at its highest settings, that includes the now seemingly popular FPS Overwatch. Despite the fancy graphics, we’ve manage to pull out a 68 FPS on average on the highest settings.
AAA titles at its highest settings is definitely not the thing for the ROG Strix RX 460. Based on our tests on some of the AAA titles, it has an overall performance that is close to a R7 370, which means you’ll have to turn down the settings to medium if you insists on playing AAA titles with the card.
Price wise, the ASUS ROG Strix RX 460 4GB isn’t the cheapest RX 460 around, and in fact, cost roughly 10% more compared to most of its competitors. Though, that RM741 you’ll be spending on the ROG Strix RX 460 gives you some extras in return, which are not offered by some of its competitor, i.
e better aesthetics, clean and solid build, extra cooling features.
Pros
- Solid build quality
- Decent gaming performance on 1080p
- Good choice for small form factor build
Cons
- Higher price tag compared to its competitor
- Insignificant change in performance even after overclocked
Asus ROG RX 460 STRIX review
Barely a few days after the launch of the AMD RX 470 the red team is back with another new GPU, the budget-oriented Radeon RX 460. Damn, they’ve hardly even given us a weekend to recover…
Read more: check out review of the Sapphire RX 470 OC.
Once more it’s a release for the board partners, so there are no true reference RX 460s in the wild, leaving just myriad iterations born from the minds of AMD’s graphics card making buddies.
That means there’ll be cards on the horizon with new coolers, higher clockspeeds, rearranged PCBs or different memory configurations.
Our first taste of the new Polaris-based card has come from Asus in the shape of their ROG RX 460 STRIX – their top-of-the-line, factory-overclocked version. It’s a $139 (£139) card where the stock-clocked 2GB versions are retailing for as little as $109 (£109). That situation didn’t work out too well when we checked out Sapphire’s overclocked take on the RX 470; it added a hefty price premium in a section of the market where cost is a massive factor.
But have Asus avoided the same trap with the even more budget-focused RX 460, or is the latest STRIX simply asking too much? Well, it sure is a cool ‘n’ quiet card, but that price…
If you’re an impatient sort, click below to be taken directly to architecture info, our benchmark data, and that all-important out-of-10 score:
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Asus ROG RX 460 STRIX architecture
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Asus ROG RX 460 STRIX benchmarks
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Asus ROG RX 460 STRIX performance
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Asus ROG RX 460 STRIX verdict
Asus ROG RX 460 STRIX specs
The new AMD RX 460 is based on a different spin of their Polaris GPU architecture compared with the chip used in both the AMD RX 480 and RX 470.
The Polaris 11 GPU is a much more slight slice of graphics silicon, containing around half the logic circuits of the bigger Polaris 10 chip.
The full version of the Polaris 11 GPU contains 16 compute units (CUs) offering a total of 1,024 GCN cores, yet the version used in the new RX 460 comes with a pair of CUs disabled as standard. That leaves us with 14 CUs and a core count of 896. There’s also a paltry 48 texture units (compared with 128 in the RX 470’s Polaris 10 chip) and half the ROPs count of its older siblings at 16.
The reference clockspeeds of the RX 460 have been set at 1,090MHz and 1,200MHz as base and boost clocks respectively, with the memory configuration set as a base of 2GB GDDR5 across an aggregated 128-bit memory bus. Asus’ ROG STRIX version of the AMD RX 460 though is a pretty heavily overclocked take on those reference specs with double the memory count at 4GB.
The STRIX clocks in at a maximum of 1,256MHz in its ‘OC Mode’, with its ‘Gaming Mode’ set at 1,236MHz.
There’s also a ‘Silent Mode’ which dials the clockspeed back a little more, but considering the 0dB cooler Asus have attached to the Polaris 11 GPU barely gets going at the card’s overclocked speeds I doubt anyone’s ever going to bother with that profile.
Because of this extra overclocking power, Asus have chosen to add a 6-pin PCIe power connection onto the card despite the base version taking all the juice it needs directly from the PCIe slot itself. Personally speaking, that’s a bit of a negative for this card. In the lower echelons of PC gaming having a cheap card you can drop into any off-the-shelf, budget PC and instantly get 1080p gaming performance, without the need for extra power cabling, is great. And one of the things I still love the ol’ GTX 750 Ti for.
Finally, speaking of the PCIe slot, the RX 460 is rated as a x8 card, meaning that it actually only uses half the PCIe 3.0 lanes in a full-size slot. Given the relatively low-level of the GPU that won’t affect its gaming performance.
Asus ROG RX 460 STRIX architecture
The new Polaris 11 GPU is a much smaller chip compared with the larger Polaris 10. There are just 3 billion transistors packed into its 123mm2 package. That makes it a little more than half the physical size of its larger sibling, but in terms of the important numbers (those little GCN cores) it’s got less than half the core count.
The smallest of those 3 billion transistors have been created with the new Global Foundaries 14nm FinFET lithography, designed to offer AMD’s latest graphics cards far better power efficiency than the red team have managed in the last few GPU generations. It is still using the same basic Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture as those older cards, though now in its official fourth generation. By comparison, Nvidia’s Pascal cards are built on a slightly larger 16nm FinFET design, manufactured by rival semiconductor company TSMC.
AMD is levelling up the playing field for this latest spin of its GCN architecture though, with all the new cards released this year using the same version.
The last few generations have seen different cards, at different levels, using newer or older versions of the GCN technology. That means all the Polaris cards support FreeSync and TrueAudio as well as contain the advanced memory and colour compression algorithms which mean the 128-bit memory bus of the RX 460 should deliver the same performance as 256-bit buses of old.
Because of the diminutive scale of the Polaris 11 GPU AMD is looking to drop this chip directly into laptops. An RX 460 in the laptop space promises to be practically identical to a desktop version of the RX 460. I say ‘practically’ because the laptop manufacturers are likely to clock the GPU lower to keep power draw down.
Asus ROG RX 460 STRIX benchmarks
Asus ROG RX 460 STRIX performance
The AMD RX 460 has been designed from the outset to be a GPU aimed primarily at the eSports crowd, or rather for the sort of graphically un-demanding games that usually make up the majority of eSports titles.
AMD then is aiming for great gaming performance from the likes of League of Legends, CS:GO and DOTA 2.
Which is good, because when it comes to the sort of games we’re running in our graphics benchmarking suite the RX 460 doesn’t come out looking too hot. While you could potentially be netting yourself liquid smooth gaming in DOTA 2 using its Vulkan build (thanks to AMD’s groundwork in low-level APIs) across the rest of our tests you’re only going to be seeing 1080p performance in the mid-30s for the average FPS.
Nvidia has still to release a lower-end, Pascal-based graphics card, so the green team competition comes in the shape of the GTX 950. Right now you can pick that up for around the same price as this overclocked Asus RX 460 and in performance terms they’re mighty close. The benchmark numbers I’ve got for the GTX 950 are from an older test rig, but they are still a decent indicator of relative performance. In the synthetic Heaven benchmark and the BF4 and GTA V gaming tests the Nvidia card has a bit more about it, with the RX 460 taking a performance lead with Total War: Attila and Shadow of Mordor.
In terms of really improving over the last generation of cards then the RX 460 doesn’t feel like it’s delivering much different.
But there is, of course, the Vulkan performance. In this generation it’s all been about AMD taking Nvidia to task when it comes to the newer APIs, but something doesn’t quite scan so well with the Polaris 11 GPU. In Doom at 1080p the RX 460 posts a healthy extra 15FPS on average when using Vulkan as opposed to OpenGL; nothing to sniff at as a free speed boost. At 1440p though there is a stutter as the average performance actually drops a couple FPS. You still get a better experience with Vulkan though as the frame rates are far more stable, with fewer drops, but it’s not the massive overall improvement we’ve come to expect from AMD’s latest architecture.
Across the board the performance figures are almost matching the halving of GPU silicon by delivering gaming frame rates which are about half the speed of the RX 470. Which would be fine if the card was also half the price, but with the Asus ROG RX 460 STRIX we’ve got a card which is only a little cheaper than a 4GB RX 470.
In the UK you can pick up a 4GB RX 470 for £165 which is just £26 more than this RX 460 is retailing for. Being able to pick up twice the gaming performance for the price of a cheap night out makes me really scratch my head at the RX 460’s pricing.
Obviously we’re talking about a pretty heavily overclocked version of the RX 460, adding another 50MHz onto the boost clockspeed out-of-the-box. With a lot of factory-overclocked cards that’s just the start of the adventure and their price-premium is justified by the extra speed you’ll be able to add yourself. However I couldn’t squeeze any more performance out of this card.
My Asus RX 460 tapped out with just a 3.5% clockspeed boost, even with the GPU barely hitting 70°C. Anything over 1,299MHz just delivered a whole lot of processor artifacting on-screen. And with that minimal clockspeed hike we saw no actual performance boost in real terms, barely even the odd frame per second here or there.
That’s testament to the performance of Asus’ mighty DirectCU cooling though – in the card’s ‘OC Mode’ the GPU maxes out at a positively chilly 63°C.
Considering the fans don’t even come on until 60°C most of the time the STRIX is silent even overclocked as it is. STRIX cards always come with outstanding cooling, but even that is not worth adding another 30% onto the price of this budget version.
Asus ROG RX 460 STRIX verdict
I’m really struggling with the last two GPU releases from AMD. The RX 470 was a strange one because it’s performance was so close to the RX 480 that it couldn’t be priced much lower or it would utterly cannibalise the larger GPU’s sales. That’s frustrating, but understandable. With the RX 460 though the pricing of this overclocked SKU remains remarkably close to the higher tier GPU, yet the actual gaming performance in this instance is far, far lower.
The factory-overclocked price-premium makes juiced-up cards harder to recommend as you travel further lower down the performance scale. When the base RX 460 is available for $109 (£109) the extra money you’d spend on this Asus hardly makes sense when much better cards are only a little more expensive.
If your GPU budget is tight, pick the reference clocked card and be happy – there’s little point in spending more on an overclocked version of that same chip when you could step up a whole GPU grade.
So who would be upgrading to an RX 460? Realistically I don’t think many people will. More likely the RX 460 is going to be the go-to card for system-builders putting together budget gaming systems. And in that regard the AMD RX 460 is a decent choice for a full budget build, though probably still not in this pricey, cool ‘n’ quiet Asus trim.
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In one of the previous reviews, we reviewed the budget NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 gaming graphics adapter, which is aimed at a wide community of eSports, MMO and MOBA gamers.
It can also be suitable for undemanding users who are able to sacrifice the visual quality of the picture for the sake of passing their favorite game. It competes with the AMD Radeon RX 460, available in 4GB and 2GB versions, which allows AMD to implement a more flexible pricing policy. nine, although at the beginning of autumn it remained at the level of $195. For comparison: the cost of the 4 GB ASUS ROG STRIX RX 460 is $157, and the 2 GB ASUS Expedition GeForce GTX 1050 is $156. That is, for undemanding and constrained users, it is the 2-gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 460 that can become a guide to such a tempting world of games. Of course, provided that the performance drop compared to the 4 GB version will not be so significant.
Specification
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Model |
ASUS DUAL Radeon RX 460 2GB OC (DUAL-RX460-O2G) |
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GPU |
AMD Polaris 11 (AMD Baffin) |
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Microarchitecture |
4th Generation AMD GCN |
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14 (FinFET) |
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Number of stream processors |
896 |
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Number of texture units |
56 |
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Number of raster blocks |
16 nine0062 |
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GPU dynamic clock frequency, MHz |
1224 («Gaming») / 1244 («OC») |
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Video memory type |
GDDR5 |
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Volume, GB |
2 |
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Effective memory frequency, MHz |
7000 |
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Memory bus width, bit |
128 |
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Memory bandwidth, GB/s |
112 |
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External interfaces |
1 x DVI-D |
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Minimum recommended power supply wattage, W |
400 |
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Optional PCIe power connector |
— |
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Dimensions from the official website, mm |
204 x 115 x 42 |
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Drivers |
Latest drivers can be downloaded from the ASUS website or the GPU manufacturer’s website |
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Manufacturer website |
ASUS |
0 Packaging and delivery set
The familiar and rather stylish packaging of the ASUS DUAL Radeon RX 460 2GB OC video card is characterized by good content, but it still cannot be called complete. On different sides, key design features and some technical characteristics are indicated, however, the frequency formula of the GPU and video memory is not enough for completeness of acquaintance.
Although for those who are especially curious, there is a QR code that leads to the official page with the specification. Particular attention should be paid to the possibility of activating the World of Warships invite code until January 30, 2017 to receive the premium cruiser Diana and 15 days of premium access. nine0003
On one of the sides are the system requirements recommended by the manufacturer, which are traditionally chosen with a margin. In particular, the power of the power supply must not fall below 400 W, and the +12V line must withstand a load of 42 A, which is generally typical for 500-watt power supplies. At the same time, the power consumption of the video accelerator itself does not exceed 75 watts.
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Appearance
The ASUS DUAL-RX460-O2G graphics card has a snow white design that blends in well with some branded motherboards. Claimed chassis dimensions are 204 x 115 x 42 (214 x 113 mm according to own measurements), which ensures wide compatibility with many cases.
We were not allowed to completely remove the cooling system, but in the photo you can see the 4-phase power subsystem controlled by the DIGI + VRM ASP1206CGQW PWM controller. Next to it you can see three connectors for direct measurement of key voltages. The use of selected Super Alloy Power II components and ASUS AUTO-Extreme Technology is traditionally mentioned. All this inspires confidence in the reliability and stability of the graphics adapter. nine0003
There were no stiffening plates on the back of ASUS DUAL Radeon RX 460 2GB OC. And on one of the fixing screws of the radiator there is a paper seal, damage to which leads to a loss of warranty.
ASUS DUAL-RX460-O2G receives all the necessary power exclusively through the PCI Express x16 slot, since an additional 6-pin PCIe connector is not installed (although there is room for it).
The set of external interfaces contains the following ports:
- 1 x DVI-D
- 1 x HDMI 2.
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- 1 x DisplayPort
The maximum resolution can reach 5120 x 2880.
The GPU-Z utility allows you to find out the manufacturer of the GDDR5 memory chips, which is SK hynix. Their total volume is 2 GB, and the effective frequency is 7000 MHz, which, with a 128-bit bus, gives a throughput of 112 GB / s. Also note that the program correctly detected the use of only 8 lines of the PCI Express x16 interface. In turn, the graphics processor AMD Polaris 11 (AMD Baffin) operates in «Gaming» mode with a dynamic frequency of 1224 MHz. nine0003
ASUS GPU Tweak II has another factory overclocked profile called «OC». If it is activated, the speed increases to 1244 MHz. Recall that the reference dynamic frequency is 1200 MHz.
Cooling system
ASUS DUAL Radeon RX 460 2GB OC video card cooling system uses a fairly simple design that is appropriate for affordable and energy-efficient models. It consists of an aluminum radiator (173 x 80 x 18 mm) and two axial 74 mm fans mounted on a plastic casing. The base of the heatsink directly contacts the GPU and covers the memory chips, although there is a small air gap between them. The optimal solution in terms of heat dissipation efficiency would be to use a thermal interface to transfer heat from GDDR5 chips to a heatsink. In turn, the elements of the power subsystem are generally devoid of an additional radiator. nine0003
If desired, you can detach the cover for easy cleaning of the cooler from dust. This allowed us to look at the propeller markings — «FirstD FD7010h22x» (4.2W, 12V @ 0.35A). The last character closes the frame, but for sure it is the letter «S», indicating the use of a plain bearing — a typical option for budget models.
ASUS GPU Tweak II utility was used to check the efficiency of the cooling system. With automatic control of the speed of rotation of the fan blades, in the maximum load mode, the graphics core heated up to 62 ° C, and the propellers themselves worked quite quietly at 39% (1496 rpm) of its maximum power.
A comparison immediately suggests itself with the previously tested ASUS ROG STRIX RX 460, which uses a DirectCU II cooler with two nickel-plated copper heat pipes. In a similar mode, she was able to keep the GPU temperature at around 63 ° C, but at the same time its clock frequency was higher (1236 versus 1115 MHz).
When running DOOM (2016) in automatic cooler mode, the temperature of the GPU did not rise above 56°C. The speed of the propellers reached 1476 rpm, that is, there was no significant noise. It is curious that it was the game that was able to raise the GPU frequency to the declared 1224 MHz, but the synthetic test was executed at a lower speed. nine0003
Forced setting of the blades rotation speed to the maximum (3340 rpm) allowed to reduce the GPU temperature to 51°C. The noise at the same time exceeded the average level and ceased to be comfortable.
In the same mode, the DirectCU II cooler demonstrated similar efficiency (53°C), but for a higher GPU frequency (1236 versus 1091 MHz).
Finally, in the absence of load, the frequencies of the graphics core and memory were automatically reduced, allowing to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation of the video accelerator as a whole. In this mode, the GPU temperature did not exceed 27 ° C, and the fans worked at 39% (1482 rpm) of maximum power. The DirectCU II cooler stopped the fans altogether in the same mode.
In general, the ASUS DUAL Radeon RX 460 2GB OC (DUAL-RX460-O2G) worked quite stably. AMD has not indicated the maximum temperature of the GPU used, so it is difficult to say how comfortable the results are. But temperatures above 90°C are traditionally considered critical, so the obtained 56-62°C can be considered quite worthy. In addition, in automatic mode, the cooling system is quiet, and during testing no extraneous sounds were noticed in the form of a high-frequency squeak of throttles.
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ASUS ROG Strix RX 460 video card review
Can budget video cards (in the category up to $120) be called gaming if they are not able to provide a stable frame / s (at the level of 30-40 points) in modern gaming applications in Full HD and at the maximum picture quality settings? The question is debatable, because some users have learned to be content with medium or even low image parameters, which, in our opinion, is not entirely correct.
Advantages ASUS ROG Strix RX 460 — compactness, low power consumption and virtually silent cooling system.
You shouldn’t deprive yourself of bright and beautiful graphic effects, even if the budget is not enough for a middle-end video card of the latest generation. There are always accelerators of the past lines on sale, which are cheaper, but at the same time provide access to the required level of performance.
Today’s guest, the ASUS ROG Strix RX 460, raises some questions about actual gaming performance. The tested product is not able to «digest» the game picture in Full HD resolution and at high settings. nine0003
But the main thing is that the lag in performance compared to the Radeon RX 470 reaches almost 50% (in terms of price, the situation is approximately identical), which means that AMD has formed a decent gap in the middle range.
NVIDIA successfully took advantage of this by releasing budget solutions GeForce GTX 1050 and 1050 Ti, but first things first.
External features and specifications
Before us is the fastest modification of the ASUS ROG Strix RX 460 in the manufacturer’s line (the exact marking is ROG STRIX-RX460-O4G-GAMING), the clock frequency of the chip is increased compared to the nominal value. nine0003
| ASUS ROG Strix GTX 1050 | ASUS ROG Strix RX 460 | Radeon RX 470 | |
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| Cores | 640 | 896 | 2048 |
| Chip frequency | 1557 MHz | 1256 MHz | 1206 MHz |
| Memory frequency | 7008 MHz | 7000 MHz | 6600 MHz |
| Number of memories, width | 2 GB GDDR5 128-bit | 4 GB GDDR5 128-bit | 4 GB GDDR5 256-bit |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Maximum resolution | 7680×4320 pixels | 5120×2880 pixels | 5120×2880 pixels |
| Auxiliary power supply | 6-pin | 6-pin | 8-pin |
| Dimensions | 241x129x40 mm | 194x120x35 mm | 242x129x42 mm |
The main advantage of ASUS ROG Strix RX 460 is compactness, low power consumption (one 6-pin connector is used) and an almost silent cooling system.
In idle and in 2D, a pair of fans does not rotate, and in benchmarks and gaming applications, you can hear the slight rustle of the propellers only when you get close to the adapter. nine0003
The length of the ASUS ROG Strix RX 460 is 194 mm;
The compact dimensions of ASUS ROG Strix RX 460 should be recognized as a weighty argument when it comes to choosing between this adapter and its direct competitor — GeForce GTX 1050. The product from NVIDIA is noticeably larger and hotter.
The ASUS ROG Strix RX 460 uses Aura RGB technology, which has found its place on the only element located on the CO plastic casing — this is the ROG badge. The user has the right to change the color of the lamps, the type of pulsation, flicker, etc. Light will serve as an excellent indicator reflecting the temperature of the chip.
An additional 4-pin connector is soldered on the textolite, it is required to connect the case propeller (optional), which blows through the bowels of the system unit depending on the operating temperature of ASUS ROG Strix RX 460 (higher degrees — higher speeds). Thus, the company strives to take care of the internal components of the system.
Test stand:
Processor — Intel Core i3-7350K
Motherboard — ASUS ROG Maximus IX Hero
RAM — Corsair Vengeance LED 16 GB DDR4
Storage — Toshiba L200 1 TB
Power supply — HuntKey X7 900W
under $120 is the AMD Radeon R7 370.
Once again, the ASUS ROG Strix RX 460 is not able to provide acceptable gaming frame / s in modern applications in Full HD resolution and Very High mode. The overall situation is somewhat evened out by the presence of 4 GB of memory (competitors, for example, the same GeForce GTX 1050 have only 2 GB, and this negatively affects the graphic results). nine0003
Even air overclocking does not add power, for which ASUS created a special utility called GPU Tweak II.
As a result, the lot of ASUS ROG Strix RX 460 is the notorious image output to the display, including in high definition and 4K resolution, average quality settings in games and no anti-aliasing / filtering.