MSI Quietly Releases Overclocked RX 460 With Single Fan

[kcarbotte]

AMD’s RX 460 landed today, and there have been announcements from a number of partner companies, including Gigabyte, Sapphire, PowerColor and XFX. Curiously, MSI doesn’t seem interested in telling the world that it released one, too.

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[uglyduckling81]

10Mhz increase gets the Overclock badge. Hmm, that's pretty lame.
Or is it's base clock 1210Mhz and it's boost clock higher again?

 

[adgjlsfhk]

460, not 480 (unfortunately)

 

[hannibal]

Is this version without the 6pin power Connector, or do we need look out for another card for that.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

The XFX has a single fan, too; MSI is not the first. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150780

 

[nitrium]

These look ideal for a MCPC that gets occasional gaming use. MadVR will love this board.

 

[kcarbotte]

10Mhz increase gets the Overclock badge. Hmm, that's pretty lame.
Or is it's base clock 1210Mhz and it's boost clock higher again?

GCN architecture is not know for stellar overclocking prowess, and at this tier, you shouldn't expect much anyway.

 

[DSpider]

GCN architecture is not know for stellar overclocking prowess, and at this tier, you shouldn't expect much anyway.

You don't overclock an architecture... you overclock a chip. The chips that AMD makes (through GlobalFoundries) don't overclock well because they're already running at close to their maximum potential. Any further would result in significant increases in temperature and power draw.

 

[dotaloc]

Is this version without the 6pin power Connector, or do we need look out for another card for that.

rated at 84W on msi page, so I'm thinking 6-pin even though the pictures don't show it and it isn't stated explicitly.

 

[rwinches]

Lazy Lazy Lazy commenters
Here are the 480s
https://www.msi.com/Graphics-cards/#?category=AMD-Radeon%26trade%3B-RX-480

Here for RX line 460 470 480

https://www.msi.com/Graphics-cards/#?category=AMD-Radeon%26trade%3B-RX-Series