AMD Unveils Radeon RX 480 With VR Support - Its Most Advanced Graphics Card At Just $199
Graphics card developer AMD seems to have fulfilled wishes of all the gamers across the planet, by launching super-powerful graphics card technology - the Radeon RX 480. The company takes pride to announce this graphics card as "the world's most advanced graphics technology". The company on Wednesday announced that the new member in the Radeon Graphics card family will support a very wide range of products and devices - from notebooks to consoles to #-Link-Snipped-#as well.
The Radeon RX 480 graphics card will be available in two options - 4GB for $199 (INR 13,400 approx.), and 8GB which costs $239 (INR 16,200 approx.), according to the information published by #-Link-Snipped-#. This largely brings down the cost for VR machines, which was earlier roughly around $300.
The credits for this achievement by the RX 480 goes to AMD's Polaris architecture. Thanks to Polaris, it inhabits the smaller yet powerful FinFET. This 14nm chip is the heart of the card and is the reason RX 480 showcases phenomenal performance as compared to other options available, as it performs nearly 5.8 trillion calculations per second.
AMD has developed a goodwill over the span of 45 years to make its products to be capable of processing newer technologies,or making them 'future ready', per se. With Radeon RX 480, it's no different. It features DisplayPort 1.4 HDR and 1.3 HBR3 along with HDMI 2.0 to display crisp images and videos on 4K devices as well, and further is also able to process 5K resolution at a frequency of 60 Hz. It also makes the best use of powerful APIs like the DirectX 12. The Polaris architecture mentioned above responsibly provides best of the HD gaming experience to gamers.
AMD has partnered with many industry-leading tech companies to provide better gaming to their loyal customers. The list includes companies like Oculus, Lenovo, HTC, Acer, Alienware, EA, Ubisoft and many more. The Radeon RX 480 is compatible with popular headsets like the <a href="https://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/oculus-touch-controllers-launching-with-over-30-games-this-year.89248">Oculus Touch Controllers Launching With Over 30 Games This Year</a>.
The Radeon RX 480 graphics card will be available in two options - 4GB for $199 (INR 13,400 approx.), and 8GB which costs $239 (INR 16,200 approx.), according to the information published by #-Link-Snipped-#. This largely brings down the cost for VR machines, which was earlier roughly around $300.
The credits for this achievement by the RX 480 goes to AMD's Polaris architecture. Thanks to Polaris, it inhabits the smaller yet powerful FinFET. This 14nm chip is the heart of the card and is the reason RX 480 showcases phenomenal performance as compared to other options available, as it performs nearly 5.8 trillion calculations per second.
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