AMD Rounds Out Polaris Offerings With RX 470, RX 460 GPUs

[cmi86]

@FREAK777POWER, So $199 is too much for a GPU that is suspected to provide GTX-980 ($549 on launch) level performance ? Maybe they should just give it to you for free then...

 

[alidan]

So what is the $300 card?

the current thought is that its that the 480 could be a fairly beefy overclocker, and the 100-300$ price point was takeing into account 3rd parties factory oc and coolers with refrence being 200 and 8gb version being 230-250

 

[IInuyasha74]

So what is the $300 card?

the current thought is that its that the 480 could be a fairly beefy overclocker, and the 100-300$ price point was takeing into account 3rd parties factory oc and coolers with refrence being 200 and 8gb version being 230-250

Right, for pricing questions, it is exactly what this guys said. The 8 GB version will be a little higher, and then of course there will be some special OEM versions that will likely pass over $200. We can't rule out the possibility that they will make a surprise GPU that sits at $300 either. AMD said it will be just these three cards, but how many times has AMD or Nvidia said something like that and churned out a new GPU a little later.

 

[Memhorder]

The lower end Pascal hasn't launched yet so the 750 ti will be replaced very soon I'm sure.

 

[IInuyasha74]

Also, on the discussion about the possibility of an R9 490(x), I don't think it will have GDDR5X. Simply put, HBM is better, and if the R9 480 uses HBM, it wouldn't make any sense to produce a higher-end card with GDDR5X. If AMD decides to use GDDR5X on anything, it will likely not be until Vega, and even then only if GDDR5X is a viable solution for mid-range product offerings.

 

[f-14]

they even resurrected the old arse single slot coolers, notice the single crossfire finger on the high enboard and the complete lack of crossfire finger on the 460.

 

[falchard]

You don't really need the crossfire bridge if the card isn't capable of overloading the buffer.

 

[RedJaron]

Neither of the PCBs in these pictures has a CrossFireX connector. CFX has been bridge-less since Hawai'i and Tonga. Unless these things are Pitcairn and Tahiti riding once more, there shouldn't be any CFX connectors.

 

[IInuyasha74]

Neither of the PCBs in these pictures has a CrossFireX connector. CFX has been bridge-less since Hawai'i and Tonga. Unless these things are Pitcairn and Tahiti riding once more, there shouldn't be any CFX connectors.

Right. Pitcairn and Tahiti have been excellent GPU cores though. A key piece of AMD's lineup for how many years now? 4? Clearly well designed but it is time to stop pushing them. I'd say Bonaire or Pitcairn could hold a place in the low-cost GPU segment under $100, but the RX 400 series is probably going to be so inexpensive that there isn't any space at the bottom for either GPU.

 

[RedJaron]

Additionally, it almost never makes sense to SLI/CFX cards under the top two or three SKUs ( eg 980 Ti, 980, and 970, or 390X and 390 ). Cards under that level typically don't have the strength to make sense for the cost involved ( two 960s cost more and perform no better than a single 970 ).

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Does anybody expect there to be problems with obtaining the RX 460 and RX 470 initially like the GTX 1070 and 1080 have with high demand or low supply, or being low-end cards do you think they will be better off without these problems?

 

[Aspiring techie]

Does anybody expect there to be problems with obtaining the RX 460 and RX 470 initially like the GTX 1070 and 1080 have with high demand or low supply, or being low-end cards do you think they will be better off without these problems?

My guess is that they will be easier to find than the 1080 and 1070. The die sizes are smaller than nVidia's so there will be a higher yield per wafer.

 

[IInuyasha74]

Does anybody expect there to be problems with obtaining the RX 460 and RX 470 initially like the GTX 1070 and 1080 have with high demand or low supply, or being low-end cards do you think they will be better off without these problems?

It is impossible to say right now. To know we would have to take into how much demand there is, and figure out how yields of Gloflo's 14 nm FinFET fabs will be. Things could go smoothly with the 14 nm yield, or it could have series issues and result in a low number of usable chips per platter. Typically smaller transistors are harder to produce, so GloFlo may have a harder time producing high yeilds. Long story short, too many variables to consider.

@Aspiring Techie: Good thinking, but we can't be sure 14 nm will help AMD have more chips available. We would have to know the die size to know that, and we simply don't yet. AMD's chips could be on a 14 nm process and still be larger than Nvidia's. AMD will only produce more chips than Nvidia per platter if the die size of the individual chips is smaller, and if the platter size is the same. That doesn't tell us how the yields will be either, though, because if 20% of the platter is low quality then it doesn't matter size die you cut into it 20% will still be bad.

 

[ern88]

Well, been reading that the RX 480 will OC 1.6 ghz http://wccftech.com/amd-rx-480-overclocked-1600mhz-cooler-detailed/

 

[alidan]

Well, been reading that the RX 480 will OC 1.6 ghz http://wccftech.com/amd-rx-480-overclocked-1600mhz-cooler-detailed/

a bit from a while ago, its possible we will se a 1600 clock.
stock has a crap cooler and poor power restrictions.

if i remember right sapphire has said the silicon lottery with these cards is real. some clock like crap over stock some hit that 1600+ range.

power delivery is obviously going to be 6+8 at least on these, but yea.

also, on a nicer note, some rough math from a europe leak puts the nitro around 260$

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Well, been reading that the RX 480 will OC 1.6 ghz http://wccftech.com/amd-rx-480-overclocked-1600mhz-cooler-detailed/

a bit from a while ago, its possible we will se a 1600 clock.
stock has a crap cooler and poor power restrictions.

if i remember right sapphire has said the silicon lottery with these cards is real. some clock like crap over stock some hit that 1600+ range.

power delivery is obviously going to be 6+8 at least on these, but yea.

also, on a nicer note, some rough math from a europe leak puts the nitro around 260$

8 phases for the VRAM??