AMD Officially Cuts Radeon RX 470 and Radeon RX 460 Prices

AMD has officially confirmed the price cuts of their latest Radeon RX series graphics cards. The cost cuts have been appear a few days after the introduction of new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 series cards that aim the sub-$150 marketplace.

AMD Officially Drops Radeon RX 470 and RX 460 Prices Following GTX 1050 Series Proclamation

The price cuts are aimed at two graphics cards, the Radeon RX 470 and the Radeon RX 460. We previously reported that AMD was planning a cost cutting for these cards. AMD waited for NVIDIA to announce their latest cards before they could drib the prices. The GTX 1050 series launches today but you can already purchase the GCN cards at discounted prices.

The Radeon RX 470 is dropping from $179 US to $169 US. This carte du jour or its cutting-down brother, the RX 470D are perfectly placed against the GTX 1050 Ti. The GTX 1050 Ti costs $139 US while the 2 Radeon cards price $159 and $169 US respectively. Information technology'southward obvious that the Radeon cards would offering better performance based on their $xxx college toll and the fact that they stone meliorate specifications. The RX 470 has 2048 stream processors and a 4 GB (256-flake) memory compared to just 768 CUDA cores and 4 GB (128-fleck retentivity) on the NVIDIA office.

The Radeon bill of fare also rocks a 120W TDP while the GeForce part comes with a 75W TDP. Then there are some advantages that come up with both Radeon and GeForce parts. AMD's own official PR statement has the following to say:

AMD Radeon RX 470 and RX 460 PR Statements:

Radeon RX 470: Astounding 1080p gaming performance every bit low as $169 SEP as of 10/23 with new holiday programs

Delivers up to ~thirty% better performance than competitively positioned cards
Offers enthusiast-class features at an mainstream price such as acoustic command, a 256-fleck coach and up to 8GB of memory

Next up is the Radeon RX 460. This card was priced at $119 US at launch which seemed quite high for a carte du jour of its caliber. After the announcement of the GTX 1050 at $109 US, AMD had to practise some adjustments. They take since dropped the price of the carte down to $99 United states of america for the 4 GB variant. The card also comes in 75W TDP, same as the GP107 based GTX 1050 but functioning wise, the Pascal variant has an border which volition be seen conspicuously in reviews that go live today. AMD's PR argument is listed below:

Radeon RX 460: The most affordable entry-level card for PC gaming starting at $99 SEP as of x/23 with new holiday programs

Optimized for eSports titles and great 1080p gaming and time to come-proof with a 4GB option, the RX 460 provides up to xxx% amend operation than competitively positioned cards
With an ultra-quiet and sub-75W power footprint, the Radeon RX 460 offers leading performance/watt in its class

AMD Marketing Cloth Compares GTX 1050 Ti To Radeon RX 470 - Calls GCN iv.0 A Better Architecture

AMD has also released some heavy marketing textile to annunciate their Radeon RX 470 and RX 460 cards. The cards have been compared against the GTX 1050 TI and GTX 1050. The first slides compared the GPU operation of both cards where RX 470 is shown leading the performance charts. AMD positions the RX 470 at the aforementioned level every bit the GTX 1050 Ti but the menu is about $30 more expensive. (Image Credits: Techpowerup)

AMD also makes a hit at Pascal architecture for not supporting Async technology. This technology has immune AMD to leverage functioning of their cards in several DirectX 12 titles. The only card that has been ideally compared is the RX 460 against the GTX 1050. The RX 460 comes with four GB of memory on the $99 variant while the GTX 1050 offers only 2 GB memory while being $ten more than expensive. The RX 460 also supports Crossfire technology, something that has been missing on cards below the GTX 1070. (Image Credits: Techpowerup)

The Radeon engineering advantage

All Radeon RX graphics cards are optimized for the next generation of PC gaming with support for advanced features in DX12 and Vulkan
Asynchronous Compute, exclusively supported by the GCN or Polaris architectures, breaks up complex game workloads into smaller tasks that can run more quickly in parallel, extracting "free" performance from the GPU
AMD'southward open source FreeSync technology is the industry'south number one choice for Adaptive Frame Synchronization, offering smooth, affordable gaming with support for HDMI and DisplayPort engineering science.
FreeSync monitors are significantly more accessible – starting at $129 compared with $379 for Grand-Sync – and with 126 FreeSync monitors available compared with only 86 G-Sync monitors, Radeon users accept more option

Overall, we oasis't really seen such an ambitious stance by AMD confronting their competitors in a while. Both toll cuts and marketing material showcase how much the entry level market matters to both competitors who are trying to push button their own products in this segment. For those waiting for GTX 1050 Ti and GTX 1050 serial reviews, tune in effectually 3 hours from now.

AMD Polaris GCN 4.0 GPU Lineup:

Graphics Card Name	AMD Radeon RX 480	AMD Radeon RX 470	AMD Radeon RX 470D	AMD Radeon RX 460 1024 SPs	AMD Radeon RX 460
Graphics Core	Polaris 10	Polaris ten	Polaris 10	Polaris xi	Polaris eleven
Process Node	14nm FinFET	14nm FinFET	14nm FinFET	14nm FinFET	14nm FinFET
Die Size	232mm2	232mm2	232mm2	123mm2	123mm2
Transistors	v.seven Billion	five.7 Billion	v.7 Billion	3.0 Billion	three.0 Billion
Stream Processors	2304 SPs	2048 SPs	1792 SPs	1024 SPs	896 SPs
Clock Frequency	1266 MHz	1206 MHz	1206 MHz	1200 MHz	1200 MHz
Compute Functioning	5.viii TFLOPs	4.9 TFLOPs	4.3 TFLOPs	two.56 TFLOPs	2.ii TFLOPs
VRAM	4/8 GB GDDR5	4 GB GDDR5	4 GB GDDR5	four GB GDDR5	2/iv GB GDDR5
Jitney Interface	256-bit	256-bit	256-bit	128-bit	128-chip
Memory Speed	viii GHz	6.half-dozen GHz	6.six GHz	7 GHz	7 GHz
Retentivity Bandwidth	256 GB/s	211 GB/south	211 GB/s	112 GB/s	112 GB/southward
TDP	150W	120W	110W	75W	75W
Launch Date	29th June	quaternary August	20th October	TBD	8th August
Launch Price	$199 Usa (iv GB) $239 The states (8 GB)	$179 The states (4 GB)	$149 US (iv GB)	TBD	$99 U.s. (two GB) $119 U.s.a. (4 GB)
New Price	$199 US (4 GB) $239 US (8 GB)	$169 United states (4 GB)	$149 The states (iv GB)	TBD	$99 Usa (4 GB) $89 US (two GB)