The naked board of the AMD Radeon HD 6870, not the Radeon RX 470 Polaris 11, is shown (Photo : YouTube / LinusTechTips)
AMD's Radeon RX 470 and RX 460 card specs have been officially revealed in a recent press event held by the company and they have also teased the highly anticipated Vega GPU for 2017.
There is no doubt that the Radeon RX 480 is doing well despite the power draw problems it has and the huge threat of the upcoming GTX 1060. However, AMD could still get the low-end market with their new Radeon RX 470 built for "Brilliant HD Gaming" and the Radeon RX 460 which is claimed to be a "Cool and Efficient Solution for eSports Gaming."
Both cards have been teased in the past but the official specs were not revealed until now. The Radeon RX 470 will have 32 CUs and 2048 Stream Processors with 4GB GDDR5 VRAM clocked at 7GHz, Digital Trends has learned.
AMD has been marketing the RX 470 for HD gaming which means that it could probably play 1080p games at max settings without breaking the bank. It uses 256-bit memory and only one six-pin power connector plus 5.0 TFLOPs of compute performance.
Meanwhile, the AMD RX 460 is geared towards playing popular eSports titles that do not require heavy graphics computing such as League of Legends, DOTA 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter Strike: Global Offensive and more. The AMD RX 460 only has 14 CUs and 2GB GDDR5 memory but it does not require an external power connector due to its TDP being less than 75W, TechFrag reported.
Users of the RX 460 card will only need to plug it in the PCIE port of their motherboards to power it. It would be the cheapest solution for eSports gamers as it only costs $99.
The AMD RX 470 is more budget-oriented as it is cheap at $150 but it can still provide a good graphics boost for most games today. It is a good choice for those who have monitors with resolutions of 1080p or less.
With the GTX 1060 releasing on July 13, AMD could position the Radeon RX 470 and the Radeon RX 460 closer to an August release date. Partner cards for the two Polaris GPUs have not yet surfaced but they are expected to be more expensive than AMD's reference design.
