Manufacturers Release Radeon RX 470 Video Cards
The AMD Radeon RX 470 was released on Thursday and, according to tradition, the various partners of AMD subsequently announce their versions of the video card. MSI, Gigabyte, Asus, XFX and Sapphire, among others, release models.
The AMD Radeon RX 470 is the smaller brother of the RX 480 and is intended for gaming at a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels. The review shows that the reference speed card performs 11 percent less than the RX 480, and has a suggested retail price of $20 less. The performance of the overclocked cards with custom coolers will be even closer to that of the RX 480, but the prices might be too.
Several manufacturers are releasing 4GB and 8GB versions. MSI is even introducing two 4GB and two 8GB versions, all of which feature the company’s Twin Frozr VI cooler. The difference between the Gaming and Gaming X models is the clock speed: higher with the Gaming X versions. The Gaming X cards will arrive at the end of this month, and MSI will also release RX 470 cards in the Armor series early next month.
| 1242MHz/ 1254MHz(OC) |
1218MHz/ 1230MHz(OC) |
1242MHz/ 1254MHz(OC) |
1218MHz/ 1230MHz(OC) |
| 8GB gddr5, 6600MHz | 8GB gddr5, 6600MHz | 4GB gddr5, 6600MHz | 4GB gddr5, 6600MHz |
| 2x display port, 2x hdmi, dl-dvi-d | 2x display port, 2x hdmi, dl-dvi-d | 2x display port, 2x hdmi, dl-dvi-d | 2x display port, 2x hdmi, dl-dvi-d |
Gigabyte sticks to a single G1 Gaming 4G card: in full the GV-RX470G1 GAMING-4GD. It has a WindForce 2x cooler and three copper heat pipes. There is also RGB LED lighting and a metal backplate.
| 1230MHz |
| 4GB gddr5, 6600MHz |
| 3x display port, 1x hdmi, 1x dl-dvi-d |
Asus is also releasing a single RX 470 card: the Strix 4GB with DirectCU cooler with two fans. The manufacturer defaults to the clock speed at 1270MHz in OC mode, but keeps the gddr5 clock speed at 6600MHz and, surprisingly, there are two DVI ports, where the RX 480 Strix has twice HDMI.
| 1250MHz/1270MHz(OC) |
| 4GB gddr5, 6600MHz |
| 1x display port, 1x hdmi, 2x dl-dvi-d |
Powercolor announces the Red Devil, but also comes with the Red Dragon. The Red Devil features the Double Blade III cooling with two 80mm fans with more fan blades than usual. The cooling has two 8mm and two 6mm heatpipes.
| 1270MHz | 1210MHz |
| 4GB gddr5, 7000MHz | 4GB gddr5, 7000MHz |
| 3x display port, 1x hdmi, 1x dvi-d | 3x display port, 1x hdmi, 1x dvi-d |
Sapphire is releasing a 4GB and 8GB model in the Nitro+ series with two fans. In addition, the company will release a lower clocked version that will feature a cooler similar to the reference card.
| 1260MHz | 1260MHz | 1216MHz |
| 8GB gddr5, 8000MHz | 4GB gddr5, 7000MHz | 4GB gddr5, 7000MHz |
| 2x display port, 2x hdmi, 1 dvi-d | 2x display port, 2x hdmi, 1 dvi-d | 3x display port, 1x hdmi |
XFX offers three models of which the Black Edition Limited Edition with an OC speed of 1280MHz is the fastest. The three cards have 4GB gddr5 and XFX has them with a cooling whose fans are easily exchangeable, in addition to a ‘Unibody VRM Heatsink’ and aluminum backplate.
| 1280MHz | 1256MHz | 1226MHz |
| 4GB gddr5, 7000MHz | 4GB gddr5, 7000MHz | 4GB gddr5, 7000MHz |
| 3x display port, 1x hdmi, 1x dvi-d | 3x display port, 1x hdmi, 1x dvi-d | 3x display port, 1x hdmi, 1x dvi-d |