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[TH] AMD Radeon RX 470 4GB Review

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Ok, so the Titan X may be the lust item of my dreams, but there is no way i can afford it. Looks like the RX470 might be a bit more in my budget lol
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We love to lust after the latest high-end hardware. It's in our DNA. But just as most coffee enthusiasts can only dream of owning a $7000 La Marzocco, Titan X cards are simply beyond most gamers' budgets. Architecturally, there's nothing new to say about the "Ellesmere" GPU-it's the same 5.7 billion transistor processor we introduced in our AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB Review, manufactured on GlobalFoundries' 14nm FinFET process and occupying 232 square millimeters of die space.
On the topic of dollars, we've never seen AMD so reluctant to discuss pricing. Hours before the RX 470's introduction, we were handed a suggested $179 figure. However, there is no "reference" design, so it's unclear what you'll find at that price. Asus passed along that the Strix RX 470 OC Edition we tested would sell for $200, with the non-overclocked model offered at $195.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Radeon-RX-470-4GB-Review,4703.html

 
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Originally Posted by Computurd View Post

Looks like the RX470 might be a bit more in my budget lol
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Did you even read the review?
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This puts "premium" Radeon RX 470 cards at the same level as reference-class 4GB RX 480s, which doesn't make sense. Small performance delta aside, at $200, a Radeon RX 480 is the better buy.
 
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TPU: https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/RX_470_STRIX_OC/

May as well make this the reviews thread @Computurd, no point in having more than one.

Someone beat ya to it:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1607790/various-rx-470-reviews#post_25408214
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Don't get me wrong, Radeon RX 470 is a great value proposition that sits right at the top of our Performance per Dollar charts, but there is also a lot of competition in this segment. The ASUS RX 470 is slightly too expensive in my opinion though at $209, a better price would be $199 or $189 - if they fix that noisy cooler with a BIOS update. When I asked our head of news "What would you buy if you had $210?" he responded "I'd beg on the streets for $40 more if I have to and buy 1060."
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But yes sadly this is a pretty accurate reflection of the reality these days.
 
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You could nearly buy 7 of them for the same price..

Ridiculous comparison to make in any case.
Septuple CrossFire, let's make it happen.
 
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Septuple CrossFire, let's make it happen.
It's literally better than sextuple.
 
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It's literally better than sextuple.
That was good but I've given you too much rep already.
 
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Fire back my ass. 4GB 470 cost 20 CAD more than a 4GB 480.

Also zero polaris cards in stock.

AMD go kill yourself.
Yeah because the massive demand for Polaris is AMD's fault... Wait, I guess it is. Except, they go in and out of stock every day. I have 4 480s and it wasn't hard.

As far as 470 pricing... Well, they are all custom and AIB's aren't dumb. They know the demand and know a lot of people will settle for the 470.
 
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because of the price. MSI will price it higher then PowerColor.
where do you even see them in PL ? I can't find a single one.

TBH I'm surprised seeing comments so far, I thought RX470 at $50 less than RX480 with 2048 cores and same 256-bit bus is gonna be the underdog and get more praise than rx480, especially considering it's clocked lower out of the box but reaches the same core speed as rx480 after oc so the only difference would be 250 sp units.
 
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My reaction to AMD's strategy:

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Why AMD, why? At $159.99 reference, with a max of $179.99 for AIB models this thing would reclaim a vast amount of marketshare from the GTX 1060 and put you on the map. Now with a reference price of $179.99 and AIB models coming in at a ridiculous $209 and $220, this is more like the real RX 480 and the RX 480 should be called the RX 480X.

This was supposed to be named and priced one tier below but be exceptional value for money because it would perform very, very well. With this price they just show that they don't know how to position themselves to storm the market. They aren't competing normally with Nvidia, they have to reconquer marketshare. How on earth do they think they are going to do it with this pricing strategy?

It's a "meh" card because of its price.

I don't understand. I really don't.
 
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where do you even see them in PL ? I can't find a single one.

TBH I'm surprised seeing comments so far, I thought RX470 at $50 less than RX480 with 2048 cores and same 256-bit bus is gonna be the underdog and get more praise than rx480, especially considering it's clocked lower out of the box but reaches the same core speed as rx480 after oc so the only difference would be 250 sp units.
I am not going to buy them in Poland. It is cheaper to get them from Germany.
 
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