By Steve Burke Published October 21, 2016 at 5:22 pm:
AMD sent us an email today that indicated a price reduction for the new-ish RX 460 2GB card and RX 470 4GB card, which we've reviewed here (RX 460) and here (RX 470). The company's price reduction comes in the face of the GTX 1050 and GTX 1050 Ti release, scheduled for October 25 for the 1050 Ti, and 2-3 weeks later for the GTX 1050. Our reviews will be live next week.
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The good news is that the market is responding as it should: AMD is adjusting its prices to compete with nVidia's new products, and that's a good thing for consumers. Let's just hope those prices stick. The new prices are expected to be in effect on 10/23.
[Newegg] 8GB SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 480 1306MHz - $215 after mastercard promo
I would suggest using the deal posted above or one of these:
Same here pretty much
ftfyOriginally Posted by Clocknut
In my place
4GB RX470 = 3GB 1060 price (1060 is faster + less power + less vram that is shown to cause problems + less DX11 API issue)
8GB RX470 = 6GB 1060 price (same problem)
8gb RX480 is usually more expensive than 1060 6GB by $50.
I feel that the price cut wouldnt do any AMD good.
This probably means we are going to see a lot of rebates.
Strange, didn't know you could buy their latest models from Nvidia's Storefront
DOnt get Crossfire on GCN1.(unless you play with a R9 290X/R9 390/X or RX 480/470) better wait for Vega or get a deal on a 1070
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As far as I can tell, he's trying to say that it is a shame you can't get the RX___ lineup at the prices they were announced by AMD. All the real-world prices are significantly higher than the suggested MSRP and sour what was supposed to be a pretty great deal.
Oh right well you could when they first launched or preordered after the 1st waveOriginally Posted by Zero4549
As far as I can tell, he's trying to say that it is a shame you can't get the RX___ lineup at the prices they were announced by AMD. All the real-world prices are significantly higher than the suggested MSRP and sour what was supposed to be a pretty great deal.
I personally was going to grab a 480, but by the time models with DVI ports started actually having stock anywhere for less than the cost of a 1070, it was already late enough that I decided to wait until Vega (or maybe a Black Friday deal, if they can really offer something exciting).
Unfortunatly none of that first batch supported DVI. Sure, I could also buy a new monitor, but for the price of a 480 + an equal or better monitor, I could have gotten a Titan... And if I had that kind of GPU budget this year the 480 never would have been my choice to begin with.
It doesn't "drop", it just does not increase. AMD GPU's tend to see gradual performance increase over time where nVidia's GPU's do not.Originally Posted by huzzug
I think the general consensus is correct about Nvidia cards dropping performance after a year due to lack of optimizations on newer titles. The case of 780/ti vs the 290/x is quite clear as is the GTX 770/680 vs the 280x/7970. A short trip to google for reviews of some of the games released last year as well as this year has the 780ti performing close to a 380x or in worst cases a Cape Verde.
Yea, I guess we're arguing semantics, but the point was that going with AMD card in long or short run is far better than going with an Nvidia card in short run.Originally Posted by KarathKasun
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It doesn't "drop", it just does not increase. AMD GPU's tend to see gradual performance increase over time where nVidia's GPU's do not.Originally Posted by huzzug
I think the general consensus is correct about Nvidia cards dropping performance after a year due to lack of optimizations on newer titles. The case of 780/ti vs the 290/x is quite clear as is the GTX 770/680 vs the 280x/7970. A short trip to google for reviews of some of the games released last year as well as this year has the 780ti performing close to a 380x or in worst cases a Cape Verde.
Quote:Originally Posted by huzzug
I think the general consensus is correct about Nvidia cards dropping performance after a year due to lack of optimizations on newer titles. The case of 780/ti vs the 290/x is quite clear as is the GTX 770/680 vs the 280x/7970. A short trip to google for reviews of some of the games released last year as well as this year has the 780ti performing close to a 380x or in worst cases a Cape Verde.
There is a reason for this I believe explained by some one that works or used to work for Intel in this forum.
So essentially nullifying the efficiency advantage by providing a card that provides the same performance as the one it replaces but still consumes precious resources to come into being.Originally Posted by speedyeggtart
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Quote:Originally Posted by huzzug
I think the general consensus is correct about Nvidia cards dropping performance after a year due to lack of optimizations on newer titles. The case of 780/ti vs the 290/x is quite clear as is the GTX 770/680 vs the 280x/7970. A short trip to google for reviews of some of the games released last year as well as this year has the 780ti performing close to a 380x or in worst cases a Cape Verde.
There is a reason for this I believe explained by some one that works or used to work for Intel in this forum.
The biggest competitor is their own install base (current end users of their products) - since Intel and Nvidia owns the majority of the market in their respective industries. They must show enough improvement or performance increase to make their current install base to buy new parts to upgrade. Which is why Nvidia always show their new cards performance vs previous to two generations old.