The Asus Strix RX460 4GB is packed with features I’ve never seen before at the sub $200 price point. Hell, this card is less than $150, and comes with custom cooler design, RGB, and a fan header.
The Asus Strix RX460 features Wing Blade 0db fan design with visually intrusive heat pipes emerging from beneath the shroud. The RGB is limited to say the least only gracing the logo design at the top of the card. But for the low price these features are impressive. The additional fan header for more system fan control is a nice touch for compact systems, which this card would target.
Display adapters include 1 display port port, a single hdmi 2.0 port, and a single DVI, the only AMD card in the 400 series to include one. At this price point 1080p 60Hz panels often come with DVI as the only option, so it’s nice to see. Next we have a 6pin power adapter sporting a standard 4+1 Power Phase, drawing a 75watt tdp.
Under the hood the card sports a 1234mhz boost clock, which we were able to overclock to 1299MHz. The boost clock communicates over a 128bit bus with 4gb of gddr5 at a 7000Mhz effective clock, which we were able to overclock to 7200MHz.
Even with the overclock enabled the card stayed cool never surpassing 63C, with stock fan profiles. If you decide to crank the fans to one hundred percent, they stay quiet only rising 15 decibels over ambient room noise.
All games were benchmarked in 1080p at highest available settings, unless those settings are proprietary to a particular manufacturer; for example, Pure Hair. Unless otherwise stated.
In Rise of the Tomb raider the Asus Strix RX 460 hit 17.86 frames per second. Turning some settings down to medium however does provide a playable experience.
Forza Motorsport 6: Apex Beta performed extremely well with a very smooth and constant 45.2 frames per second. Very impressive for this little guy.
Time Spy Graphics test 1 scored 20.3 frames per second and Time Spy graphics test two scored 16.26 frames per second.
Doom performed amazing in ultra settings at a buttery smooth 73.9 Frames Per Second
The Talos Principle was not a playable 31.9 frames per second, but becomes playable at lower settings.
Gears of War Ultimate Edition scored a playable 51 frames per second even with 4k textures and easily stays above 60 if you turn 4k textures off.
Hitman would not boot, I tried everything I could and it refused to get past the loading screen. Even after a fresh windows install in either DX 12 or DX 11.
Total War: Warhammer must be getting some optimization updates as the RX 460 hit 39.5 frames per second beating out my previous test for both the RX470 and RX480. In some further testing Nvidia cards are now performing worse than before. I included this benchmark as more of a PSA on the game developement, more than for comparison sake.
For a little fun, I tested the latest and greatest currently out from Hello Games. The Famous or Infamous No Man’s Sky in their experimental beta. It was playable, however hitching was present. With a min of 33 max of 50 and average of 39.5 frames per second at medium settings in 1080p.
There is a price point that I never recommend going below, while this is a great budget card it still falls below that line. If you are on a ridiculously tight budget the RX 460 will get the job done most of the time. However, it hits walls in some games, there are frankly some games that you won’t even be able to run. For an additional $40 you can jump into the RX 470 which is night and day when you consider performance and compatibility.
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