XFX Radeon RX 460 DirectX 12 RX-460P4HFG5 4GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card

Pros: Inexpensive card, fan-less. Lots of video-memory.

Cons: Card used to have a driver issue, but they finally fixed it. I think it was related to the variable clock speed they were using to save energy. Once I turned that feature off, it worked fine.

Pros: I compared this card with an XFX 460 4GB card with an XFX 480 8GB card in a recent computer build with an FX 8350 AMD processor, 16GB RAM, and a OCZ/Toshiba REVODRIVE 350 PCIE solid state drive. Benchmark tests only. In Futuremark PCMark GRAPHICS tests, this video card scored 1615 on Timespy, 5174 on Firestrike, 17238 on Skydiver, 34618 on Cloudgate, and 145300 on Ice Storm Extreme. I switched video cards to the XFX RX 480 video card with the same driver. Repeating the tests, the PCmark scores were 3983 on Timespy, 13165 on Firestrike, 41190 on Skydiver, 72279 on Cloudgate, and 170794 on Ice Storm Extreme. The system felt very responsive with both video cards. The system was much quieter with the RX 460 FANLESS card.

Cons: This card is slower than the FX 480 8GB card

Overall Review: Price is about half the price of the RX 480 card and the RX 460 card is plenty for the games I play.

Pros: I bought this to replace an HIS HD7750 iSilence -- I wanted a current GPU with low power and noise signature. This certainly fills the bill with no fan and no external power requirement. It runs even cooler at full load (52-56C) than the old 7750.

Cons: The "TrueClock" hardware-controlled GPU clock doesn't appear to optimize the clock as well as XFX claims. This is sold as a 1220 MHz GPU clock. While running the Unigine benchmark, it runs at 1220 MHz in a minimuzed screen, as reported by CPUid HW Monitor. When run full screen, HW Monitor reported 1214 max. However, when running Folding @Home, it hovers around 1140 MHz (varying somewhat 1120-1180) at 100% load and temps in the low to mid 50s.

Overall Review: As long as the GPU clock speed is not absolutely important to you, this is a great card, and should be ideal for a HTPC. It's a bit overpriced, but I admit it's somewhat of a low-volume, niche market. I still have a support ticket open with XFX to try to find out if this clock situation is normal.

Pros: - Easy to install - Not too large - Silent - Fairly fast for the price

Cons: - There are faster graphics cards, if that's your priority

Overall Review: This is a graphics card with a purpose. It's a reasonably priced, reasonably fast, silent card.