Reviewers Liked
- Overclocked out of the box Fans stop in idle 8 GB VRAM HDMI 2.0b, DisplayPort 1.4 DVI port included
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Power efficiency reduced significantly Memory not overclocked
MSI Radeon RX 480 Gaming X 8GB GDDR5 PCIe
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