AMD Shows Full Specs Radeon RX 470 and RX 460

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/12/2016 10:42 AM | source: | 35 comment(s)

During a press conference in Australia AMD has released specifications of the Radeon RX 470 and RX 460. The RX 470 is positioned as "HD gaming video card" and is using the same blower style cooler as the RX 480. AMD confirms that the RX 470 has 32 Compute Units (CUs), which is 2,048 shaders.

AMD partners will have the ability to fab 8 GB cards. The AMD reference card however will have 4 GB of GDDR5. Like the RX 480, the RX 470 will include a 256-bit memory bus. We also see a 6-pin PEG connector on the reference card. According to the latest rumors, the card will have a TDP of 110 watts.

This older slide above actually denoted Polaris 11 with 16 CUs, this now is listed and changed to 14.

The Radeon RX 460, according to AMD is positioned as e-Sports gaming graphics card, based on the Polaris 11 GPU. The card lacks a PEG connector and is powered so directly from the PCI Express slot, representing a TDP of around 75 watts. The RX 460 has 14 CUs with 896 shaders. The reference model includes 2GB of GDDR5 and a 128-bit memory bus, this actually was 16 CUs a while ago in another presentation.

Finally, AMD has (virtually unchanged) roadmap again displayed during the press conference. Herein we see that Vega will be launched with HBM2 around the years end. The only thing added is the phrase "A high-end architecture for high-end gamers. According to the latest rumors, the RX 470 and RX 460 cost $149 and $99 respectively. The exact launch date of the RX 470 and 460 is not yet announced.

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Undying
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#5304757 Posted on: 07/12/2016 09:44 AM

470 looks like interesting card. Cant wait for your review, HH.

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#5304793 Posted on: 07/12/2016 11:17 AM

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#5304796 Posted on: 07/12/2016 11:23 AM

You don't even know anything else about these cards

except they might or might not be 110w and 75w with said amount of shader cores. And the price.

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#5304798 Posted on: 07/12/2016 11:26 AM

You don't even know anything else about these cards

except they might or might not be 110w and 75w with said amount of shader cores. And the price.

Yes but don't make sense people want to argue because AMD.

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#5304799 Posted on: 07/12/2016 11:26 AM

I believed 110W will allow AMD to remove PEG connector altogether (as clearly they have found a performance boost by underpowering cards).
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Ok, that was trolling. The issue is I can't say anything good about these cards. Except for the price, everything else is awful.

First leak was reporting performance between 280X and 290 for a RX470. Considering its a under 150$ card thats not bad at all.

At that price range, nvidia has to offer a gtx950 2gb which is not even close.

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#5304823 Posted on: 07/12/2016 12:45 PM

I don't see anything "awful" about the 470. For 1080p gaming it should be great. It would certainly be a huge upgrade over my 270X and at $149 I just may get one. I'll wait for what Sapphire comes up with in a non-reference model though. Actually I'll look at Sapphire, MSI, Gigabyte, and Asus and decide which one I like the best.

The 460 I wouldn't consider.

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#5304834 Posted on: 07/12/2016 01:05 PM

I believed 110W will allow AMD to remove PEG connector altogether (as clearly they have found a performance boost by underpowering cards).
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Ok, that was trolling. The issue is I can't say anything good about these cards. Except for the price, everything else is awful.
Well, they'll all perform better than the 680 we have, at 1/3rd the price. So there's that.

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#5304883 Posted on: 07/12/2016 02:55 PM

At that price range, nvidia has to offer a gtx950 2gb which is not even close.

not at all... it will be 1050.

you have to compare from the same gen.
comparing gen to gen is usefull to have an idea of evolution only.

(even more true now that actual middle class GPU explode the bench of previous gen high end GPU for less than half of the price).

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#5304896 Posted on: 07/12/2016 03:21 PM

I don't see AMD clocking the 470 as high as the 480. Just my opinion.

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#5304913 Posted on: 07/12/2016 04:00 PM

First leak was reporting performance between 280X and 290 for a RX470. Considering its a under 150$ card thats not bad at all.

At that price range, nvidia has to offer a gtx950 2gb which is not even close.

Your whole reasoning is based on MSRP made by AMD. How many 199$ 480 cards are being sold out there? They are ~290 euros in my country. That's a lot more than 199$. A lot more. I expect this 470 150$ to be at least 200 euros, if not even 220. I can buy r290 for that money. Hell, even r290X by the time they launch 470.

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#5304923 Posted on: 07/12/2016 04:17 PM

Your whole reasoning is based on MSRP made by AMD. How many 199$ 480 cards are being sold out there? They are ~290 euros in my country. That's a lot more than 199$. A lot more. I expect this 470 150$ to be at least 200 euros, if not even 220. I can buy r290 for that money. Hell, even r290X by the time they launch 470.

What are you talking about? 199$ was for the 4gb version and my neighbour bought one for 229 EUR - they are sold out now though. 8gb is going for 260 at least where I live. "How many 199$ 480 cards are being sold out there?" You can get them really easy for 199$ in US unlike nvidias offerings.

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#5304938 Posted on: 07/12/2016 04:34 PM

A single 6pin should be more than enough for the 470. It looks like a very nicely balanced card. 4GB, but with just 15% less shaders than the 480. If it manages to hover around $140-$150, it's more or less another lower segment win for AMD. The lower cards sound perferct for HTPC use. It seems that when it's low-clocked Polaris is very very energy efficient actually. Performance wise it should be around a 290, probably faster in NVIDIA-favored games, and even faster at DX12 games. Sounds quite sweet.

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#5304940 Posted on: 07/12/2016 04:34 PM

RX470 for £150 and its capable of "brilliant HD gaming" this is going to be a very popular card indeed especially in the Chinese markets.

With specs like those I suspect it will rival GTX960/970

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#5304943 Posted on: 07/12/2016 04:37 PM

RX470 for £150 and its capable of "brilliant HD gaming" this is going to be a very popular card indeed especially in the Chinese markets.

With specs like those I suspect it will rival GTX960/970

The 960 and the 970 are not the same things :nerd:

It will be around the 290 in DX11 games, and probably faster than the 970 in DX12.

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#5304944 Posted on: 07/12/2016 04:37 PM

RX470 for £150 and its capable of "brilliant HD gaming"

For about year...

Unless you accept 30 FPS.

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