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AMD RX 460 Polaris 11 GPU (Baffin) shows itself
Some photos of a Sapphire Radeon RX 460 Dual-X have been posted on the web, the card was disassembled and as such you can have a peek at AMD Polaris 11 aka the Baffin GPU.
Baffin is the Polaris 11 made on 14nm. These product are intended for entry level and come with a 128-bit wide GDDR5 memory bus. The card use less than 75 Watts as they do not come with a power connector, also a fun fact is that they are tied to a PCI-Express 3.0 x8 host interface and not X16. so you can use it in a x16 slot is using just x8 (which is still plenty enough for the SKU series. The photo show the Sapphire with Dual-X cooling, and it's looking good for something entry-level.
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#5313287 Posted on: 07/29/2016 01:31 PM
Why didn't they cut that PCIE connector?
Why didn't they cut that PCIE connector?
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#5313288 Posted on: 07/29/2016 01:34 PM
Even though it only uses most bandwidth for x8 slot, most people are going to use it in an x16 slot. Makes sense to keep it secured.
Why didn't they cut that PCIE connector?
Even though it only uses most bandwidth for x8 slot, most people are going to use it in an x16 slot. Makes sense to keep it secured.
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#5313289 Posted on: 07/29/2016 01:35 PM
Becouse with wider length its more sturdy. It wont bend as much on pcie slot.
Why didn't they cut that PCIE connector?
Becouse with wider length its more sturdy. It wont bend as much on pcie slot.
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#5313335 Posted on: 07/29/2016 04:04 PM
Meh... I don't think physical security is that good of a reason. I mean, look at Sapphires Tri-X cards. The 16x slot is puny compared to that mammoth, and it still holds up fine.
To me, I think the reason is more that physical 8x slots pretty much don't exist on anything but servers (and even then, they're rare) and it would probably cost Sapphire more money to tweak and test the physical design than they would save on just cutting off a handful of unused pins. PCBs aren't expensive, it's getting everything on them that costs a lot.
Meh... I don't think physical security is that good of a reason. I mean, look at Sapphires Tri-X cards. The 16x slot is puny compared to that mammoth, and it still holds up fine.
To me, I think the reason is more that physical 8x slots pretty much don't exist on anything but servers (and even then, they're rare) and it would probably cost Sapphire more money to tweak and test the physical design than they would save on just cutting off a handful of unused pins. PCBs aren't expensive, it's getting everything on them that costs a lot.
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I'm really interested in the Sapphire Dual-X RX470 which I'm sure will come. It should have a small overclock built in and would be a really good upgrade from my R9-270X. I'm wondering a little how my MB with the 760/780 chipset and my CPU will work with it. The system runs really well now and so far has played everything I've tried more than acceptably. The 470 would be a lot more powerful and at the same time , use less power and probably run cooler. I don't think I really need the 480. The 460 just isn't for me but it does look nice.