AMD RADEON RX 460 NOW IN STOCK FROM £99.95 & OcUK VIDEO REVIEW !!

humax · 8 Aug 2016 at 15:13

How come some of them need a 6-pin and some don't ?

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Aretak · 8 Aug 2016 at 15:17

humax said:
How come some of them need a 6-pin and some don't ?

Improved overclocking in theory. Plus the fancier models shipping at higher frequencies and with dual fan coolers are going to consume a few more watts, which is an issue when margins are so tight. There were some 750 Tis with a 6-pin as well, despite most being slot-powered.

Armageus · 8 Aug 2016 at 15:18

humax said:
How come some of them need a 6-pin and some don't ?

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The 4GB + Higher overclocked versions need slightly more power (or give you slightly more headroom to overclock further)

RavenXXX2 · 8 Aug 2016 at 15:20

Gibbo said:
So with DX12 and Vulkan being adopted more 4GB is actually a benefit on the RX 460 and I'd say 55fps is perfectly playable.

470 up to 100% faster at £30 extra cost, who is buying a 4gb 460?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapp...s-graphics-card-with-backplate-gx-37g-sp.html

humax · 8 Aug 2016 at 15:21

So for a £100 do you guys think this would be a good Video Editing card only ?

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Armageus · 8 Aug 2016 at 15:24

RavenXXX2 said:
470 up to 100% faster at £30 extra cost, who is buying a 4gb 460?

People with £135 to spend rather than £165

I imagine it will actually sell in decent volume to OEM's and system builders.

Gibbo · 8 Aug 2016 at 15:31

RavenXXX2 said:
470 up to 100% faster at £30 extra cost, who is buying a 4gb 460?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapp...s-graphics-card-with-backplate-gx-37g-sp.html

Pointless and stupid argument!

Where does it stop? £30 more and you can buy a 4G RX 480, a further £30 more and you can buy a 6G 1060. At what point does more stop, a budget is a budget and for some people an extra £30 is not always so easily possible and many of our customers just want the best they can get for a fixed price point.

RavenXXX2 · 8 Aug 2016 at 15:32

It's £30 for double the performance, hardly pointless is it.

FoxEye · 8 Aug 2016 at 15:33

Up to £135 for 7850 performance?

I'll take two

karik666 · 8 Aug 2016 at 15:37

I would imagine some people might still be on monitors at resolutions lower than 1080p,which would mean the 460 would be a good card for them.

I had my philips 1650 by 1050 monitor for about 8 years,only upgraded to 1080p in 2013.

Aretak · 8 Aug 2016 at 16:01

karik666 said:
I would imagine some people might still be on monitors at resolutions lower than 1080p,which would mean the 460 would be a good card for them.

I had my philips 1650 by 1050 monitor for about 8 years,only upgraded to 1080p in 2013.

I was in a similar situation, using an old 1440x900 monitor until 2014 when I got back into PC gaming and built my first system since 2009. A "mere" 1080p/60fps might seem quaint to a lot of people here these days, but moving from a ratty 19" 900p TN screen to a 24" 1080p IPS one was amazing at the time.

Just waiting for graphics cards to catch up now before moving to 4K. Probably be a couple of years before Titan XP+ performance is available at a reasonable price point.

FoxEye · 8 Aug 2016 at 16:24

Aretak said:
I was in a similar situation, using an old 1440x900 monitor until 2014 when I got back into PC gaming and built my first system since 2009. A "mere" 1080p/60fps might seem quaint to a lot of people here these days, but moving from a ratty 19" 900p TN screen to a 24" 1080p IPS one was amazing at the time.

Just waiting for graphics cards to catch up now before moving to 4K. Probably be a couple of years before Titan XP+ performance is available at a reasonable price point.

You won't get 1080p/60FPS from a 7850/ RX 460. Believe me, I had a 7850 until last year or so.

You might get 40 FPS on the absolute lowest settings. And that's your lot.

Honestly, I would not buy the 460 if you're looking to game at 1080p. It seems to be a card for streaming Minecraft, for HTPC, etc.

That said, the 7850 did well in older games like Skyrim. It managed to look pretty and played at decent FPS. But Skyrim is like a 2011 game (wow, time flies!).

A 460 to play modern games at 1080p will be a waste of money.

Tommy_Here · 8 Aug 2016 at 16:39

Gibbo said:
Pointless and stupid argument!

Where does it stop? £30 more and you can buy a 4G RX 480, a further £30 more and you can buy a 6G 1060. At what point does more stop, a budget is a budget and for some people an extra £30 is not always so easily possible and many of our customers just want the best they can get for a fixed price point.

you stop when eventually you get considerably less increase in performance for that extra £30-£40 but for an extra £50 ish for a good 460 to a good 470 you're getting around double the performance give or take. the 460 isn't really great bang for buck.

eddyr · 8 Aug 2016 at 16:51

Tommy_Here said:
you stop when eventually you get considerably less increase in performance for that extra £30-£40 but for an extra £50 ish for a good 460 to a good 470 you're getting around double the performance give or take. the 460 isn't really great bang for buck.

That is not how budgets work. That is the budget being torn up, thrown away and a bigger budget being set.

tommybhoy · 8 Aug 2016 at 16:56

^ this.

Fingers in ears time, a budget is exactly that, if you worked in retail you'd realise ~95% of the time they won't go over budget because they can't afford to.

Blackjack Davy · 8 Aug 2016 at 17:08

wellibob said:
Comparison against a apu. Might aswell compare it against a marmite sandwich in a gaming senerio to show its better !

Because thats the market they're aimed at? Plenty of low cost OEM's that are shipped with APU only and don't have the PSU to cope with much more. Not to mention Esports and MOBA.

loftie said:
Bit-techs review showed it as slower than a 950.

Edit: Though there card has no power connector, and looks to be power limited.

Gamers Nexus review 950 was a Strix OC @ 1355 MHz with a price to match.

FoxEye · 8 Aug 2016 at 17:16

tommybhoy said:
^ this.

Fingers in ears time, a budget is exactly that, if you worked in retail you'd realise ~95% of the time they won't go over budget because they can't afford to.

Budgets aren't always set in stone tho.

If you could have a car with no brakes for £500, or a car with working brakes for £750, but you only - at this time - had £500, what you going to do?

The correct answer is not to buy the car with no brakes for £500

As analogies go it's not perfect, but you get the idea. The 460 isn't a great card for £100-£130. It's pretty much going to disappoint anyone who buys it for 1080p gaming.

David Bisset · 8 Aug 2016 at 17:35

FoxEye said:
You won't get 1080p/60FPS from a 7850/ RX 460. Believe me, I had a 7850 until last year or so.

You might get 40 FPS on the absolute lowest settings. And that's your lot.

Honestly, I would not buy the 460 if you're looking to game at 1080p. It seems to be a card for streaming Minecraft, for HTPC, etc.

That said, the 7850 did well in older games like Skyrim. It managed to look pretty and played at decent FPS. But Skyrim is like a 2011 game (wow, time flies!).

A 460 to play modern games at 1080p will be a waste of money.

Something was wrong with your 7850 then mate, can get 60fps @ 1080p in many games on medium, some games on high.

Telecaster · 8 Aug 2016 at 17:37

FoxEye said:
Budgets aren't always set in stone tho.

If you could have a car with no brakes for £500, or a car with working brakes for £750, but you only - at this time - had £500, what you going to do?

Knock him down to £350 and fix the brakes myself

RavenXXX2 · 8 Aug 2016 at 17:41

tommybhoy said:
^ this.

Fingers in ears time, a budget is exactly that, if you worked in retail you'd realise ~95% of the time they won't go over budget because they can't afford to.

We are talking £30 more for double the performance, this aint the weekly shopping, it's the difference between console performance or PC master race performance at 1080p.