XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card RX480M8BFA6

Get the next level of gaming immersion with the world of VR gaming and entertainment with the XFX Radeon RX 480 graphics card. The graphics card features innovative AMD LiquidVR technology to deliver a virtually stutter-free, low latency experience, essential for remarkable Virtual Reality environments. Polaris architecture precisely combines the latest FinFET 14 process technology and AMD’s advanced power, gating and clocking technologies to deliver a superior cool and quiet gaming experience. Watch strikingly sharp, colorful, and vivid HDR-ready games and movies, thanks to a brand new display engine and HDR-ready capabilities.

Imagine the future upgrade capabilities with HDMI 2.0b and Display Port 1.3/1.4 features that can enable the latest generation of displays to deliver beautiful beyond-HD, HDR, and ultra-smooth FreeSync experiences.

Plus, XFX Radeon RX 480 graphics card features unique full cover backplate for superior protection, and is meticulously fine-tuned by XFX, giving you the performance you have come to expect from XFX.

XFX Custom Designed Backplate

Because gamers demand the best.

The custom-designed full cover backplate offers superior protection by shielding vital components, and ties everything together on the RX 480 graphics to make it a work of art.

Tuned by XFX

Giving you the performance you have come to expect from XFX.

Stock isn't enough, the XFX engineers have factory overclocked the RX 480 at the BIOS level and have fine-tuned it for optimal gaming performance. You get all the extra speeds without any of the extra effort.

FinFet 14nm Technology

Unprecedented efficiency

Enjoy whisper quiet gaming with the revolutionary Polaris architecture. Combining the latest FinFet 14 process technology and AMD’s advanced power, gating and clocking technologies, you’ll enjoy dramatically cool and quiet gaming.

The FinFet 14 process technology puts more transistors in less space, enabling dramatic increases in processing power and power efficiency helping to provide better processor performance while using less power and enabling better transistor efficiency than previous generation technology.

AMD VR Ready Premium

For extraordinary virtual reality experiences

Experience the new generation of compelling Virtual Reality content with the Radeon RX 480 graphics card paired with the leading VR headsets (not included).

The Radeon RX 480 graphics card coupled with AMD LiquidVR technology delivers a virtually stutter-free, low latency experience, essential for remarkable Virtual Reality environments. Industry leading innovation and powerful performance enables the Radeon RX 480 to deliver premium experiences on high-end VR games, entertainment, and applications.

AMD LiquidVR

Exceptionally Comfortable VR

Experience beautifully rich and immersive VR experiences with advanced comfort and effortless compatibility. Avoid nausea and motion sickness, made possible by the AMD LiquidVR initiative, featuring ground breaking Asynchronous Shaders.

The Radeon RX 480 graphics card, combined with AMD LiquidVR technology already in use by leading head-mounted display (HMD) vendors, provides an exceptional platform for a fully immersive and comfortable VR experience.

AMD FreeSync Technology

No stuttering. No tearing. Just gaming.

Every PC gamer knows how incredibly smooth gaming can be at a steady 60+ FPS. Now you can have that low latency experience at virtually any framerate with AMD FreeSync technology.

Unlike the competing technology, you don’t have to choose with FreeSync technology, this royalty free technology syncs your video card and monitor for perfectly smooth gameplay.

Premium HDR

Expand the range of colors.

Premium HDR - High Dynamic Range (HDR) is a state-of-the-art technology for gamers and cinephiles that care deeply about the display quality of their TV or monitor. Modeled after the acuity of human vision, HDR vastly expands the range of colors and contrast ratios that can be shown by compatible displays. HDR-ready games and movies played on an HDR display appear strikingly sharp, colorful, and vivid, with enhanced contrast and sophisticated nuance compared to even the most stunning SDR content.

The Radeon RX 480 graphics card’s brand new display engine and HDR ready capabilities equip you for the new wave of HDR displays, content and the future of gaming.

Radeon Software

A premium set of driver utilities

As sophisticated as the Polaris architecture based graphics cards are, the software that powers the cards is equally as sophisticated. Radeon Software delivers the ultimate in performance, features and stability to help ensure an exceptionally smooth and fast out of the box experience.

With Radeon WattMan (formerly AMD Overdrive) – Push your hardware to the limits. Radeon Settings takes customization to a whole new level with per state control over clocks, voltages, and temperature.

Latest Display Connections

Ready for the latest displays

Radeon GPUs with the Polaris architecture support HDMI 2.0b and DisplayPort 1.3 for compatibility with a new generation of monitors that would make any gamer excited:

• 1080p @ 240Hz
• 1440p @ 240Hz
• 4K @ 120Hz
• 1440p ultra-wide @ 190Hz

Microsoft Windows 10 Support

Do great things with Windows 10.

New features and functions bring new computing experiences to life with AMD Radeon graphics on the Windows 10 platform. Take your gaming further with XBOX ONE on Windows. Play and connect with your games and friends. Everywhere.

Compatible with the Newest DirectX 12 Technology

Meet the standards of the newest games with the latest Direct X driver compatibility.

Microsoft’s new technology enables great performance and dramatically improved GPU and CPU multiprocessing and multithreading performance thanks to Async Shaders and Multi-threaded Command Buffer Recording for more efficient rendering of richer and more complex scenes.

Vulkan cross Platform Graphics

The next generation graphics API from Khronos

Vulkan is the new generation, open standard API for high-efficiency access to graphics and compute on modern GPUs. This ground-up design, previously referred to as the Next Generation OpenGL Initiative, provides applications direct control over GPU acceleration for maximized performance and predictability.

Extreme 4K Gaming for Serious Gamers

Experience resolutions up to four times higher than HD and see everything your opponent throws at you without sacrificing a single detail.

Teleport into life-like 4K gaming realism with AMD Radeon Rx 480 Series graphics. Reign over all the action in 4K with supercharged performance and 256-bit 8GB GDDR5 memory. Add more muscle with AMD CrossFire technology and amplify your gaming performance with the superior scalability with multiple Rx 480 Series GPUs.

AMD Eyefinity Technology

Multidisplay technology for gaming, productivity and entertainment

Expand your territory and customize your field of vision. Connect up to six displays on a single GPU for dynamic, panoramic multi-screen gaming. You’ll get an expansive experience that’s truly out of sight. (additional displays may require the use of MST hub).

AMD GCN 4 Generation Architecture

Latest API support

Discover the direct-to-the GPU performance advantage of Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture, enabling stunning detail and dynamic gaming, a richer and more immersive VR experience, with exceptional graphics performance and low power consumption.

4th generation Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture features asynchronous shaders and an enhanced geometry engine, so you can enjoy exceptionally smooth gameplay on the latest DirectX 12 and Vulkan titles.

AMD XConnect Technology

Great performance, even on the go

Should a PC gamer on the go buy a gaming notebook that’s tough to carry, or a thin notebook that’s tough to game on? AMD XConnect unlocks the best of both worlds on systems designed for Thunderbolt 3 eGFX enclosures. Finally you can use a desktop graphics card on a notebook.

AMD Crossfire Technology

Scale multiple GPUs with AMD CrossFire and amplify your system’s graphics.

AMD CrossFire technology lets you connect multiple graphics cards to amplify your system’s graphics processing capability including enhancements that set a new standard of consistent and smooth gameplay.