Saturday, October 22nd 2016
AMD Cuts Prices of the Radeon RX 470 and RX 460
AMD's domination in the sub-$200 market is rattled with NVIDIA's introduction of the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, and the GTX 1050. In addition to sending out media flyers pointing out what makes its GPUs better consumer choices than NVIDIA's, the company cut prices of two key SKUs - Radeon RX 470 4GB, and Radeon RX 460.
Pricing of the Radeon RX 470 4 GB is cut down to $159.99, from its $169.99 launch price. This puts the SKU just $20 above the GTX 1050 Ti. For $20 more you get double the memory bandwidth and higher performance, says AMD. Price of the Radeon RX 460 2 GB is cut down to $99.99, from $109.99, making it $10 cheaper than the GTX 1050 (non-Ti). The GeForce GTX 1050 series goes on sale from the 25th October, 2016.
Source:
GamersNexus
Pricing of the Radeon RX 470 4 GB is cut down to $159.99, from its $169.99 launch price. This puts the SKU just $20 above the GTX 1050 Ti. For $20 more you get double the memory bandwidth and higher performance, says AMD. Price of the Radeon RX 460 2 GB is cut down to $99.99, from $109.99, making it $10 cheaper than the GTX 1050 (non-Ti). The GeForce GTX 1050 series goes on sale from the 25th October, 2016.
48 Comments on AMD Cuts Prices of the Radeon RX 470 and RX 460
But still the RX470 is a better performing card and mGPU works (It does according to Kyle@HOCP).
I don't understand people who say "But uh oh it's 20€ more!". And then they blow 40+ € in a single weekend drinking with buddies. Like wtf dude...
If difference is 100€, fair enough, that's a big jump. But 20€? Really? That's why I don't understand crumbling of the segment of graphic cards down to 35 models for every 5€ difference. Just shell out those extra few € and buy a better model, damn. People who buy such cards will have them for 5 years anyway, what is extra 20€ if the card will last you a year or even more longer?
This is happening everywhere and we see it in countless cases in PCs, where people go out buy the best system, but one part of it, usually the motherboard or the PSU. I have seen a video a few days back where someone was showing a new gaming PC with top hardware, including a i7 5820K and a GTX 1060 with.... 3GB of RAM.
ps. what are some people bitching about?! because AMD is lowering their prices? wtf is your problem? would you like for them to raise the prices?
Launch prices for the 470/480s have been a load of crap from the beginning. The 470 starts at $200 at newegg unless u settle for a cut down single fan hsf. Until just this week, the 480 was even worse...but now the egg has an ASUS 480 at $200...or even better the MSI Gaming X for $209 +$20 MIR.
Needless to say, etailers took major advantage of the poor availability at launch (more so than is to be expected) and really put the screws to anyone wanting the "VR Ready! RX480 for only $199!"
I tried to wait it out but my old 7950 gave up the ghost on me...went with a Sapphire 480 Nitro for $240 and hit the $25 off $200 PayPal/Newegg promo...that took some of the sting (and resentment) out of it...lol
As for the Nitro...great little card and I actually like the less 'in-your-face, look at me' stealthy design. It's a lil loud when it spins up all the way but it very rarely works that hard. As with all cards I get, I got rid of the factory thermal paste and applied the good stuff...always good for a few degrees, sometimes several. Next up will be an 'open' bios and a bit of clocking...hoping I hit the silicon lottery.