The mid-range segmented Radeon RX 480 and GeForce GTX 1060 have recently been released, in this review we will be analyzing frame time/pacing in combination with FCAT. With FCAT (Frame Capture Analysis Tool) we can easily detect and visualize if there are any problems related to rendering content in terms of stuttering or oddities.

For this article we'll test both DirectX 11 and DirectX 12. Recent updates allow us to add the latest DX12 titles into this article as well. To check all this, we revert to our FCAT measuring setup, which we'll explain again in the next few pages. This technique allows us to record each frame rendered precisely up to the millisecond. The beauty of this technique is that it measures at the monitor output side, that means everything you can observe with your eyes (or not) is measured.

The focus for this article today is the Radeon RX 480, as the GTX 1060 already has had an FCAT review. For the FCAT we rely on DVI output and the reference Radeon RX 480 doesn't have one.