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Has anyone got or is going to buy an RX460 or RX470 ?
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*cough* I have a few *cough*
I love how you have so many cards you gave up on a PC case and just went with a shelf
It's a massive gamble tho with the current gen. With the pound:dollar rate falling slowly but steadily, I wouldn't bet on prices going down.
Plus the latest surge in mining (Ethereum) has come at the worst possible time.
It's a perfect storm to keep prices high.
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I have to laugh at the price of the 8gb msi 470 £220? that's a ******* joke, I'd rather get a 1060 than that card and anybody who says otherwise is just out of their mind
Whilst I agree that the 8gb 470 is a silly card, the £230 1060s are single-fan mini cards. Considered them before buying the 480 4gb, but ruled them out due to (potential) noise issues.
The "normal" 1060s are £260, which is a different proposition.
The "normal" 1060s are £260, which is a different proposition.
Yeah, I expect the current range to stay just as expensive if not more so, but there should be more cards released to fill the gaps. Powercolor has another card coming with a tiny 4 Mhz overclock, and that £180 HIS X2 OC isn't too terribly priced. That's about my limit for a 470, any more and I should be considering other cards instead.
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or you can get this https://www.overclockers.co.uk/kfa2...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-095-kf.html
for an extra tenner you're getting a more efficient and faster card, what's the difference between 6gb and 8gb when you're comparing cards of this caliper?
for an extra tenner you're getting a more efficient and faster card, what's the difference between 6gb and 8gb when you're comparing cards of this caliper?
Yeah but that's now £20 more than the 470 8gb, and £40 more than the 480 4gb.
Like I said, I agree that the 8gb 470 is a silly card
It's a slightly more difficult upsell to the 1060 at £240 from the £200 4gb 480, at 1008p at least.
Tbh, if the 1060 was £200 I'd have probably bought that (extra 2gb vram, cooler).
But the GP106 at £260-£300 really cheeses me off. Esp after the 1070 and 1080 pricing - which was pre-Brexit!!! nVidia must be absolutely laughing all the way to the bank, at our expense.
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Yeah but that's now £20 more than the 470 8gb, and £40 more than the 480 4gb.
Like I said, I agree that the 8gb 470 is a silly card
It's a slightly more difficult upsell to the 1060 at £240 from the £200 4gb 480, at 1008p at least.
Tbh, if the 1060 was £200 I'd have probably bought that (extra 2gb vram, cooler).
But the GP106 at £260-£300 really cheeses me off. Esp after the 1070 and 1080 pricing - which was pre-Brexit!!! nVidia must be absolutely laughing all the way to the bank, at our expense.
I totally agree with you, it's only when you realise you can get a 480 for cheaper then that's when it's even more of a silly price
and like you said though I do like the 1060 and it performs well yes, it's a bitter pill to swallow a x60 non Ti card at around £250 as far as I remember no X60 card has been this price apart from x60 Ti and the 760 coming in around the £200 mark