AMD drops pricing of Radeon RX 460 and RX 470 by US$10

[HEXUS]

A pre-emptive move as Nvidia partners prepare GeForce GTX 1050 and 1050Ti cards for retail.

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[anselhelm]

Whilst I appreciate that AMD needs to make profit where and when it can, I very much feel that the RX products are still slightly over-priced for what they deliver.

Don't get me wrong: I'm not biased against AMD at all. In fact, if I were able to get a new card right now, I'd go for an AMD RX 480 4GiB over an Nvidia 1060 3GiB.

All that aside, the RX 460 is just about the right price, but could do with being £99.99 or under, as it then delivers great bang for your buck if you're gaming at resolutions lower than 1080/1200P.

For the RX 470, it's priced just too closely to the RX 480. Based on how consumers see things, prices brackets need to be clearer. The RX 470 should be closer to around £149.99 if the RX 480 4GiB is going to remain close to £199.99. If possible, I think that the 8GiB version should be closer to this price, but in light of recent downward pressues on sterling, that is unlikely to be feasible for some time.

Definitely hoping for continued competition here to keep prices fair. Just a shame that we're waiting until at last Q1 for AMD "Vega" (if we're lucky) to provide any competition to Nvidia at the high-level (1070 / 1080).

[DanceswithUnix]

All that aside, the RX 460 is just about the right price, but could do with being £99.99 or under, as it then delivers great bang for your buck if you're gaming at resolutions lower than 1080/1200P.

You can generally find an RX460 for a penny under £100. Only bothering to look on ebuyer they have one for a penny under £99.
http://www.ebuyer.com/754200-powerco...60-2gbd5-dh-oc

Much like the 1050 doesn't sound much better than the 950 it replaces, the 460 isn't that much faster than the 260X. Also annoying that there aren't low profile and/or single slot versions for smaller machines which would make the lack of progress in performance more acceptable.

All a bit disappointing really.

[Valantar]

Much like the 1050 doesn't sound much better than the 950 it replaces, the 460 isn't that much faster than the 260X. Also annoying that there aren't low profile and/or single slot versions for smaller machines which would make the lack of progress in performance more acceptable.

All a bit disappointing really.

The 460 outperforms the 260x, but you're right in that it's not by a huge margin. On the other hand, its power consumption is nearly halved, and it brings with it a hugely updated feature set.

The 1050 seems a bit odd - Nvidia is touting performance gains of ~50% over the 750ti, which translates to barely more than the 950. Again, power consumption is (presumably) lower, and some features are added or updated, but the upgrade is significantly smaller than AMD's equivalent. This seems like an economic play by Nvidia - smaller dies are cheaper to manufacture (even on more expensive process nodes), so it makes more sense to make this than rebadge/slightly update the 950.

I agree that the lack of single slot/LP cards is a bummer, but cooling a 75W card in those form factors without excessive noise is a challenge, especially when you have little leeway in terms of budget. Generally, those form factors are reserved for the ~40W cards around the x40 series from both AMD and Nvidia - the cards that can be cooled passively if needed.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

OcUK has a few RX460 models for around £100 too.

They also have the Powercolor Devil RX470 for £165 delivered!!

[Xlucine]

I agree that the lack of single slot/LP cards is a bummer, but cooling a 75W card in those form factors without excessive noise is a challenge, especially when you have little leeway in terms of budget. Generally, those form factors are reserved for the ~40W cards around the x40 series from both AMD and Nvidia - the cards that can be cooled passively if needed.

Shame that niche has been killed by IGP's - bristol ridge on a small motherboard is going to be the closest you can get

[DaMoot]

Isn't it amusing that they pitted their new "top of the line" 470 and 480 offerings against nVidia's new budget offering and think it's impressive that the budget card got beat out. It's like, well, duh. Keep trying AMD, keep trying. Maybe you guys will find your mojo again some day.

[DanceswithUnix]

Isn't it amusing that they pitted their new "top of the line" 470 and 480 offerings against nVidia's new budget offering and think it's impressive that the budget card got beat out.

The 460 is cheaper than a 750ti, Nvidia don't really have a budget card.

[EN1R0PY]

Isn't it amusing that they pitted their new "top of the line" 470 and 480 offerings against nVidia's new budget offering and think it's impressive that the budget card got beat out. It's like, well, duh. Keep trying AMD, keep trying. Maybe you guys will find your mojo again some day.

They are comparing similarly priced products that happen to be in different places in their own range, would you prefer they compare the new titan to the 480? Would that help you with your next card purchase? That's the same as people saying AMDs top cpu (~200) is no good compared to intels top one (~1500), it's apples and asteroids... not the same thing. Stating that having compelling products in a given price range is lacking mojo makes me think that you buy hardware based on the picture on the box, no offence. I'm wouldn't say I'm a massive amd fanboy but most of my hardware is amd currently because at the time I happened to buy, for the budget I set, I got the best bang for buck with amd (yeah I am due for an upgrade right now, last thing I bought was a 380 last xmas, 970 was a jump up in price and have ram issues). It doesn't mean that it's always like that, when you buy you want the best you CAN afford, not one from the brand who does the best you CAN'T afford. Case in point I wouldn't advise anyone with the £200 budget to buy the one from the brand who had a £2000 beast that has nothing to do with the £200 price range your in. It's this intel/NVidia is ALWAYS best attitude that has obliterated amds sale and thus their r&d budget creating a self fulfilling prophecy as they can't keep up.

[VijaySathyan]

At the end of the day its us (the customers) who will benefit from this.

[Xlucine]

The 460 is cheaper than a 750ti, Nvidia don't really have a budget card.

I really hope the people paying ~£120 for a 750ti this far into its life aren't allowed to vote, that was iffy value back when it was new!