News AMD Reportedly Disables Overclocking on the Radeon RX 6400

[Admin]

A TechPowerUp review shows that AMD has seemingly disabled overclocking support on the latest Radeon RX 6400 graphics card.

AMD Reportedly Disables Overclocking on the Radeon RX 6400 : Read more

 

[tennis2]

Here's why.

Still seems odd they wont even let you undervolt though.

 

[hotaru.hino]

If by "overclocking" this means the card doesn't boost, then boo on them. But if it just means adjusting the slider which means raising the boost cap, then... I don't see this as a major loss since you probably can't get very far with it anyway.

EDIT: Or it's power limited like what was shown

 

[slash3]

Here's why.

Still seems odd they wont even let you undervolt though.

Yep, lack of an external PCI-E power connector means that it must adhere to the 75W PCI Express slot power limit (at least, out of the box - external VRM or modified PCB may provide other... opportunities).

 

[escksu]

Wow.... This is like absolute crap from amd... If you need a cheap card getting a 2nd hand rx480 4gb makes even more sense!! Lots of 4gb cards at dirt cheap prices because they cant mine eth.

 

[hotaru.hino]

Yep, lack of an external PCI-E power connector means that it must adhere to the 75W PCI Express slot power limit (at least, out of the box - external VRM or modified PCB may provide other... opportunities).

Although adding one to deliver more power shouldn't be out of the question, especially since AIBs can make a custom vBIOS to account for this. Then again, I can see some enterprising people flashing video cards without the plug with said custom vBIOS and selling explodey cards.

 

[tennis2]

Wow.... This is like absolute crap from amd... If you need a cheap card getting a 2nd hand rx480 4gb makes even more sense!! Lots of 4gb cards at dirt cheap prices because they cant mine eth.

Depends on the price!
Considering you get RX570 performance a half the power draw....meh!

 

[escksu]

Depends on the price!
Considering you get RX570 performance a half the power draw....meh!

I am very sure this won't cost less than a used RX570. Btw, can go for RX480 instead. RX580 is just a refreshed and oced RX480.

 

[digitalgriffin]

A TechPowerUp review shows that AMD has seemingly disabled overclocking support on the latest Radeon RX 6400 graphics card.

AMD Reportedly Disables Overclocking on the Radeon RX 6400 : Read more

Soon to be sitting on the shelves for $99.

The new APU's like the 5700G would come close to the same performance with appropriate memory. You can do 1080p gaming on low settings and a reasonable frame rate with a 5700G.

It would be interesting to see which would be a better buy:
$150 Zen 3 5500 (Or a 12400F) CPU + $99 6400 ($249)
$250 5700G

Found it...Not sure why they are testing against ultra settings though. These cards are not designed for that.