AMD Announces RX 470 and RX 460 cards

[FoxEye]

Couple of sites (like ExtremeTech) are saying the RX 470 performs about the same as a 380X. The price will be £170+. It is being sold as the upgrade (successor card) for 270X (7870) users.

Right now on OcUK, a 380X can be found for <£150.

If this rumour is correct, and the 470 performs like a 380X/7970 for £170, then AMD seriously need to put down the crack pipe.

They will only be able to sell the 470 as a "low power 7970". I'm not sure how much of this "upgrade for lower power consumption and nothing else" I can take.

 

[AllBodies]

Couple of sites (like ExtremeTech) are saying the RX 470 performs about the same as a 380X. The price will be £170+. It is being sold as the upgrade (successor card) for 270X (7870) users.

Right now on OcUK, a 380X can be found for <£150.

If this rumour is correct, and the 470 performs like a 380X/7970 for £170, then AMD seriously need to put down the crack pipe.

They will only be able to sell the 470 as a "low power 7970". I'm not sure how much of this "upgrade for lower power consumption and nothing else" I can take.

Highly doubtful.

The RX480 is already 40%+ faster than the 380X. And the 470 is close to the 480 in specs, should be 15% slower at most.

 

[FoxEye]

Highly doubtful.

The RX480 is already 40%+ faster than the 380X. And the 470 is close to the 480 in specs, should be 15% slower at most.

So 20% faster than a 380X, for ~20% more money. *If* it's only 15% slower than a 480.

The MSI G1 Gaming custom 380X is £146.
1.4*0.85 = +20%
£146 *1.2 = £175
Expected 470 price is £170 for the 4GB, and that might be reference models!

In other words, nothing at all to get excited aboot.

 

[TheRealDeal]

So 20% faster than a 380X, for ~20% more money. *If* it's only 15% slower than a 480.

The MSI G1 Gaming custom 380X is £146.
1.4*0.85 = +20%
£146 *1.2 = £175
Expected 470 price is £170 for the 4GB, and that might be reference models!

In other words, nothing at all to get excited aboot.

There is no reference model according to this article but i don't know if this is correct or not.

Unlike the RX 480, neither the RX 470 or RX 460 will be available in a reference design, with partners like Asus and MSI instead releasing cards with their own cooling solutions.

 

[FoxEye]

There is no reference model according to this article but i don't know if this is correct or not.

Reference-style (blower model) RX 470s have been pictured. There will be ref cards. Sapphire has one at the very least.

Either way, what's important is that 470s will start from £170, give or take.

 

[TheRealDeal]

Reference-style (blower model) RX 470s have been pictured. There will be ref cards. Sapphire has one at the very least.

There was reference pictures of the 390x/390 but they never made it to shops. Will have to wait until release day to see if they appear or not.

The most important price for world sales is again the $ price. If that's good then these will sell really well just like the RX 480.

 

[KompuKare]

Couple of sites (like ExtremeTech) are saying the RX 470 performs about the same as a 380X. The price will be £170+. It is being sold as the upgrade (successor card) for 270X (7870) users.

Right now on OcUK, a 380X can be found for <£150.

Isn't that always they case when new cards are just around the corner: 380X was more like £180+ until very recently. Now that the RX470 is set to replace it, the price has gone down. But that firesale won't last long, so the correct comparison is the ~£180 price for the 380X and the RX470 will take that price point now.
The same thing mostly happens when any new card is introduced.
Of course, if the RX470 performs the same as the 380X it will indeed just be a matter of better perf/watt, but with the specs being so close to the RX480 I would expect to be a fair bit faster than the 380X.

 

[FoxEye]

380X was more like £180+ until very recently.

You sure about that? It was £180 on release. I doubt it's held it's release price until now.

e: Either way, for someone who has a 380/X, do you consider +20% perf for another £170 outlay good value for money?

I know it's alledgedly the replacement for the 270X... but it's a lot more expensive (again).

 

[FoxEye]

Sapphire 470 and 460 pricing leaked:

460 2GB: £105
460 4GB: £130
470 4GB: £190
470 8GB: £220

Game over, man. Game over.

The 470 would have been expensive at £170... I never dreamt it would be only £10 cheaper than the 480.

Bonkers.

 

[karik666]

Sapphire 470 and 460 pricing leaked:

460 2GB: £105
460 4GB: £130
470 4GB: £190
470 8GB: £220

Game over, man. Game over.

The 470 would have been expensive at £170... I never dreamt it would be only £10 cheaper than the 480.

Bonkers.

Insane pricing if true.

 

[DPB]

Absolute madness. I mean, unless by some miracle the 256 fewer shaders, lower clocks and slower memory translate into a minimal impact on performance, who in their right mind would pay those prices for a 470? You can buy an 8GB 480 or 1060 for £10 more than that 8GB 470. How much is a 470 Asus Strix going to cost, £250!?

I can only think that those prices must be temporary placeholders, AMD and Sapphire can't be that stupid.

 

[TheRealDeal]

Sapphire 470 and 460 pricing leaked:

460 2GB: £105
460 4GB: £130
470 4GB: £190
470 8GB: £220

Game over, man. Game over.

The 470 would have been expensive at £170... I never dreamt it would be only £10 cheaper than the 480.

Bonkers.

Link please. Usually a price leak would be in US $.

 

[Hotwired]

Sounds atrocious compared to launch price of the 480 but then the UK hadn't caused massive uncertainty in the markets and put up the price of everything by dropping the value of the pound back then.

Need to compare prices to whatever else is available at the same time.

 

[Scougar]

If those prices are genuine.. LMAO.

 

[Hotwired]

This is probably where the vague prices are from: http://www.expreview.com/48548.html

 

[Blackjack Davy]

Link please. Usually a price leak would be in US $.

Here you go.

"Radeon RX 460 2GB for $99 and 4GB for $119"

Usually, cards in this market segments were little more than glorified integrated GPUs, with very low graphics horsepower and unnecessary gimmicks like huge memory. The RX 460 however, does not fall into this category. The card will offer a 70% performance upgrade over the R7 260X in both League of Legends and Dota 2 and a full 100% upgrade in Overwatch.

"Radeon RX 470 4GB for $149 and Radeon RX 470 8GB for $179"

According to leaked benchmarks, the RX 470 is on average 4000-5000 points behind the RX 480 which averages a graphics score of around 18000 (with P-Scores ranging around 14500 points).

http://wccftech.com/radeon-rx-460-28-july-radeon-rx-470-4-august-double-performance/

 

[FoxEye]

The $149/$179 is not official pricing, which has (still) not yet been released (good job, AMD).

Gibbo has already told us that the RX 470 will be "much more" than £150. He also said that selling the 470 at £150 would be selling it "below cost".

This means realistically the *least* it could be is £170, otherwise the profit margin is non-existent.

 

[humax]

Are they here yet

 

[Scougar]

If the 470 only performs at the 380x level, then it will be a pointless purchase, and frankly a rip off.

 

[Griffildur]

The $149/$179 is not official pricing, which has (still) not yet been released (good job, AMD).

Gibbo has already told us that the RX 470 will be "much more" than £150. He also said that selling the 470 at £150 would be selling it "below cost".

This means realistically the *least* it could be is £170, otherwise the profit margin is non-existent.

hmm, if they come in at £170 then you will get AIB versions going all the way up to £250. Doesn't feel like great value when you can get a 480 for just a little bit more. Unless of course £20 or £30 are a deal breaker which doesn't feel quite right though.