Is Radeon RX 460 worth it?

[xFluing]

I am looking to get a video card upgrade, any upgrade is good, I want to upgrade from an R7 250, but I was wondering if the RX 460 / 560 is worth it given the current video card drought, most of the games I play will be able to run on such a card pretty easily (I can already play all of them on 1050p, low-medium, or medium-high, The Crew being the only game I have issues with, but that might just be a CPU bottleneck)

[3 Lions]

It would be better to invest your money into a 1050Ti 4GB

[xFluing]

1 minute ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

It would be better to invest your money into a 1050Ti 4GB

That's the thing, if I go for that I might as well get a 1060 3gb for the same price, but I can't find anything past a gtx 1050 ti / rx 460 (560) in stock because of the miners

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, xFluing said:

That's the thing, if I go for that I might as well get a 1060 3gb for the same price, but I can't find anything past a gtx 1050 ti / rx 460 (560) in stock because of the miners

I would recommend an RX 560 over a 460, just make sure it's not the weakened version.

[Jurrunio]

Just now, xFluing said:

That's the thing, if I go for that I might as well get a 1060 3gb for the same price, but I can't find anything past a gtx 1050 ti / rx 460 (560) in stock because of the miners

Atm the best option is to get a used 970/980. RX 460/560 is a bit weak for 1080p (no demanding AAA games for sure) unless you go Crossfire.

[xFluing]

Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

I would recommend an RX 560 over a 460, just make sure it's not the weakened version.

From my understanding rx 500s are just overclocked rx 400s, and since I plan to overclock my card anyway thought I'd go for 460

 

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

Atm the best option is to get a used 970/980. RX 460/560 is a bit weak for 1080p (no demanding AAA games for sure) unless you go Crossfire.

I don't have any games more recent than 2014, the crew being the most recent

[xFluing]

4 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Atm the best option is to get a used 970/980. RX 460/560 is a bit weak for 1080p (no demanding AAA games for sure) unless you go Crossfire.

Then again a card like the 970/980 could enable me to play some older games in 1440p (i think, i hope)

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, xFluing said:

Then again a card like the 970/980 could enable me to play some older games in 1440p (i think, i hope)

The 980 would be better at 1440p. The 970 is more of a 1080p card these days, similar to the 780.

[Jurrunio]

4 minutes ago, xFluing said:

From my understanding rx 500s are just overclocked rx 400s, and since I plan to overclock my card anyway thought I'd go for 460

 

500 series' clock increase compared to 400 series is more than just factory overclock, but tech used to produce the transistors. This means 560s can reach clock speeds 460s never reach. Also all 460s have 8 SMs while some 560s have 10SMs (also nerfed versions with 8 SMs, make sure how much it has before buying), which means 560s have compute core number advantage as well.

 

7 minutes ago, xFluing said:

I don't have any games more recent than 2014, the crew being the most recent

RX 560 is good enough then

 

3 minutes ago, xFluing said:

Then again a card like the 970/980 could enable me to play some older games in 1440p (i think, i hope)

You can. When 970 first came out it was advertised as a 1440p card.

[xFluing]

I'm kinda reluctant to go for used however, while there aren't really any glaring issues, I'm scared that the previous owner would have just cooked the video card after it broke down a few days after the warranty expired

[Ashleyyyy]

i own an rx 460. it can run Overwatch at 1080p medium settings at "decent" fps. by that i mean 50/60 fps most of the time. 

 

AAA games, or other graphically intense games have issues. 

 

i'd go for a 1050ti, it is a lot better.

 

i own a non-ti 1050 as well, and that plays AAA games like NFS Payback on low/medium settings decent fps. my rx460 can't do that. 

 

my 1050 also plays Overwatch on high/epic at 1080P at decent fps. with antialiasing off. if i turn that on, it slows down. 

 

note: decent fps in my case doesn't mean 60fps all the time. sometimes i get slowdowns and stutters. 

[dragonhart6505]

I would like to say, as an owner of a 460 that I modded the bios on...alot of what you're hearing above is kinda nonsense. Paired with my Phenom II x4 955 I play AAA titles from 2015/16 at 1080p/High and while it's not 60fps all the time I don't get stutter, crashes, graphical glitches or overheat. I emulate alot as well with very little problem, depending on the platform. It's very capable when paired with hardware to match it's limit. If I had a better CPU I'd get much better performance and I'm soon to upgrade so only a matter if time there.

With the modded bios, my card is basically a 560 and keeps up with 1050tis. That being said, if you can get a 1050ti or a 1060 at a reasonable price (good luck) then that would benefit you more so long as your CPU won't hold it back. Anything from an i5 3470 on will definitely suit you well, provided you then don't have a CPU that will cause the GPU to hold you back.

RX 460 is totally worth it, but I came from an HD 5770 and it's the most powerful card I've personally owned so take what you will from that

[xFluing]

19 minutes ago, dragonhart6505 said:

I would like to say, as an owner of a 460 that I modded the bios on...alot of what you're hearing above is kinda nonsense. Paired with my Phenom II x4 955 I play AAA titles from 2015/16 at 1080p/High and while it's not 60fps all the time I don't get stutter, crashes, graphical glitches or overheat. I emulate alot as well with very little problem, depending on the platform. It's very capable when paired with hardware to match it's limit. If I had a better CPU I'd get much better performance and I'm soon to upgrade so only a matter if time there.

With the modded bios, my card is basically a 560 and keeps up with 1050tis. That being said, if you can get a 1050ti or a 1060 at a reasonable price (good luck) then that would benefit you more so long as your CPU won't hold it back. Anything from an i5 3470 on will definitely suit you well, provided you then don't have a CPU that will cause the GPU to hold you back.

RX 460 is totally worth it, but I came from an HD 5770 and it's the most powerful card I've personally owned so take what you will from that

I'm finding great deals on used 1060s (granted there's a risk they were used for mining, but I'm gonna do a thorough search on the guy's background), what's great too is that because they are new I still get warranty for them

 

I currently have an x4 860k as my cpu, but I plan to do a full upgrade to ryzen in the near future anyway, maybe after ryzen 2 comes out when everything from the 1st wave will be cheaper.

[dragonhart6505]

2 minutes ago, xFluing said:

I'm finding great deals on used 1060s (granted there's a risk they were used for mining, but I'm gonna do a thorough search on the guy's background), what's great too is that because they are new I still get warranty for them

 

I currently have an x4 860k as my cpu, but I plan to do a full upgrade to ryzen in the near future anyway, maybe after ryzen 2 comes out when everything from the 1st wave will be cheaper.

Then a 460 WONT be worth it. Upgrade your rig first, get the 1060 last. Even if you're building a Ryzen 1200, the 460 will hold you back.