When you realize that you can get an RX 460 that's just as good as a 480 for half the price...

[KittyFish62]

I can't believe gpus can actually be this cheap...

http://www.microcenter.com/product/467775/Radeon_NITRO_RX_460_Overclocked_4GB_GDDR5_Video_Card

 

[koreanoverlord]

A 480 is a huge jump over a 460. Just because they use the same cooler, it doesn't mean the GPU inside of it is as powerful.

 

[jaslion]

I can't believe gpus can actually be this cheap...

http://www.microcenter.com/product/467775/Radeon_NITRO_RX_460_Overclocked_4GB_GDDR5_Video_Card

You do realize that the 460 is half as powerfull as a 480 right?

 

[USAFRet]

Facepalm might be for you, KittyFish.

 

[KittyFish62]

The rx 460 I linked to was overclocked to the same as a rx 480, and it had 4gb of ram. Facepalm to you

 

[jaslion]

The rx 460 I linked to was overclocked to the same as a rx 480, and it had 4gb of ram. Facepalm to you

Thats not how it works at all.

Even tho this only works for the rx 400 series here I go.

The rx 460 has 896 stream processors whilst the rx 480 has 2304. So it already has over twice the processors running at the same or higher frequency making it the better card.

And some graphs to back it up
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/asus_radeon_rx_460_strix_gaming_4gb_review,10.html

 

[USAFRet]

Overclocking a 460 does not automagically make it as good as a 480.

 

[KittyFish62]

Oh yeah... I forgot about that...

Eh whatever good enough for me

What's the advantage of having more cores in a gpu?

 

[dontlistentome]

Hey we were all new to this st one time or another.

Kittyfish62, videocards are sold at different price points for a reason. Someone who has $100 to spend might want a card, someone else might have $200 to spend and want a better card. That's why the cards also have different model numbers, it's all a way of signifying which card is meant for which price point. AMD has stream processors which do the work, more processors=does more work. More processors are part of what you're paying for when you buy a better card.

 

[KittyFish62]

Yeah, I realize that, I was just surprised to find a 460 w/ 4gb ram and 1.1 clock speed

 

[dontlistentome]

There have been two versions of the 460 from the start, the 2gb and 4gb. It's interesting because both cards are the same except for the amount of memory. Nvidia went in a different direction, the 1050 has 2gb and the 1050 Ti has 4gb but the 1050 Ti is also faster. That's why I don't recommend spending extra on the 4gb 460. Sure you're getting extra ram but you're not getting the extra performance that you'd need to take advantage of it.

 

[DSzymborski]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SOCKET-478-P4-3-0GHz-512K-CACHE-CPU-Hyper-Threading-PENTIUM-4-478-Pin-NOTHWOOD/322469384439

Pentium 4 3.0 GHz, $9.49

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117731

Intel I5-7400 3.0 GHz, $189.99

Deal of the century!

More seriously, a GPU (or a CPU) is far more than the clock rate. An RX 480 is *far* more powerful than an RX 460. Clock rate is only that interesting in parts that are similar in design. The 480 has far more texture mapping units and the like than the 460 and will absolutely crush it an identical clock rate.

 

[KittyFish62]

What difference in fps would a 480 4gb have over an overclocked 460 4gb, in lets say, ashes of the singularity?

 

[DSzymborski]

What difference in fps would a 480 4gb have over an overclocked 460 4gb, in lets say, ashes of the singularity?

20-30, or double.