Gaming PC build Radeon RX 480 Sapphire Nitro+ 8GB, Core i5-3570 3.4GHz, 12GB performance review

A gaming PC with the Core i5-3570 3.4GHz, paired with a Radeon RX 480 Sapphire Nitro+ 8GB graphics card and 12 GD RAM can play 232 of the 1000 top recommended requirements games. This PC’s weak point is the Core i5-3570 3.4GHz, and the best performing hardware is the Radeon RX 480 Sapphire Nitro+ 8GB.

This PC’s performance can be benchmarked against todays most popular game, Red Dead Redemption 2. To summarise, the Radeon RX 480 Sapphire Nitro+ 8GB is very capable of playing Red Dead Redemption 2. Our assessment here for resolution size puts it at 1440p for optimum frame rates when considering graphics quality versus resolution. Lets take a quick look at some figures to help us decide whether we are Low vs Ultra. 1440p Low setting: 109 FPS, 1440p Medium setting: 86 FPS, 1440p High setting: 58 FPS, 1440p Ultra setting: 41 FPS.

2nd most popular game: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - To summarise, the Radeon RX 480 Sapphire Nitro+ 8GB is very capable of playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Our assessment here for resolution size puts it at 1440p for optimum frame rates when considering graphics quality versus resolution. Lets take a quick look at some figures to help us decide whether we are Low vs Ultra. 1440p Low setting: 109 FPS, 1440p Medium setting: 86 FPS, 1440p High setting: 58 FPS, 1440p Ultra setting: 41 FPS.

3rd most popular game: Halo: Reach - To summarise, this game runs easily using this graphics card at all resolutions. Halo: Reach gets 77 FPS at 4K Ultra costing $3.38 per frame. But if that doesnt feel right for you then you can drop the graphics setting down to High for 108 FPS costing $2.41 per frame. Otherwise you can get some great performance by moving down a resolution bracket to 1440p. 130 FPS in Ultra 1440p costing $2.00 per frame or 1440p High gets 182 FPS costing $1.43 per frame.