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Pros
Pro Very high clock speeds means better performance than other RX 480s
The clock speeds on the Sapphire Radeon RX 480 8GB are the second highest available - just barely behind the Asus RoG Strix RX 480. Clocking in at 1267MHz for base clock, and 1342 for boost clock it offers very high speeds compared to Gigabyte and XFX's RX 480 offerings which both are well below 1300MHz boosted speeds.
Pro Decent cooling keeps the RX 480 fairly cool
Under a very heavy load, the Sapphire RX 480 heats up to a maximum of 76 degrees Celsius. This is average temperatures for RX 480s, but it is still cool enough to run well without throttling even though it runs warmer than other chips like the GTX 1060.
Cons
Con Very noisy fan
The fan on the Sapphire Radeon RX 480 is very loud when maxed out- 43.7dB(A) which is roughly equivalent to the sound made by bird calls. Compared to other RX 480 cards, this one is the second loudest (just behind the Sapphire Nitro+ which is significantly louder at 48dB(A)). Other cards, such as the MSI Radeon RX 480 are as quiet as 31dB(A) - which is almost silent in comparison (less than half as loud as this card at 31dB(A)).
Con Fan is always spinning, even in idle
Even when idling, the cooling fan still spins in this Sapphire RX 480. It remains fairly quiet at just 33.5dBA, but it spins nonetheless which some of the other graphics cards don't do (at least until temperatures reach around 60 Celsius - then their fans will kick on).