Almost an RX 480 and That'southward a Good Matter

So you've seen how the Radeon RX 470 performs in 10 of today'due south pinnacle PC games, just how does information technology stack up to the contest overall?

Compared to the Radeon RX 480, the RX 470 was just 10% slower at 1080p and 13% slower at 1440p. Keep in mind nosotros are using the $240 8GB RX 480 which costs 33% more. For a 10-13% reduction in performance you lot save 25% off the cost. That figure is reduced to 10% when compared to the 4GB RX 480.

The RX 470 was 30% faster than the R9 380 at 1080p and 46% faster than the GTX 960. Impressively, information technology was merely seven% slower than the GTX 970 and 18% slower than the GTX 1060.

Near notable, at 1080p the RX 470 averaged 70fps and 48fps at 1440p -- a cracking 1080p gaming solution, just as AMD suggested. Realistically, budget-conscious shoppers are best off purchasing the RX 470 versus the immediate alternatives. Though you might only salvage $20 over the RX 480 4GB, the actress functioning won't exist noticed at 1080p for those targeting 60fps.

* Delight annotation that for practical reasons the functioning figures higher up ignore OpenGL in Doom every bit well every bit the DX11 results for Full War: Warhammer and Ashes of the Singularity.

Although we'd usually wait mainstream Radeons to start at effectually $150, it appears we'll have to look for the more affordable RX 460 to fill this slot.

Having that said, if you want to spend the least amount possible on a capable gaming graphics bill of fare, for at present the RX 470 has no real competition. We'll have to wait for Nvidia'due south response before witnessing a real battle, in the meantime AMD should exist able to relish the benefits of running unopposed in the sub-$200 GPU market.

The RX 470's release looks promising on the availability side. We are already testing with lath partner cards which is an excellent sign. I have Asus and MSI RX 470 models on mitt and I know there are too versions from Sapphire, XFX, PowerColor and Gigabyte available at this time.

Unfortunately, I didn't have time to fully test the factory overclock on the Asus RX 470 Strix, only from what I did see, operation out of the box looked similar to the AMD RX 480 reference carte.

For at present, the RX 470 stands as the cost per frame rex and the best sub-$200 graphics carte, assuming information technology really hits shelves in volume at $180.

Pros: Cost per frame king as long equally suggested pricing and availability is met. Asus Strix model runs very absurd. Impressive 1080p operation -- non much slower than the RX 480.

Cons: Boilerplate efficiency next to Nvidia'south Maxwell and Pascal. Overclocking headroom isn't huge.