Wednesday, January 18th 2017
Sapphire Launches 1024 SP Version of RX 460 - Full Polaris 11 at 1250 MHz
As TPU has reported before, some versions of AMD's RX 460 graphics cards were able to be unlocked to their full configuration with a simple BIOS update. This raised some questions as to why AMD didn't initially launch the RX 460 as such, increasing their competitiveness against rival NVIDIA's offerings, but now, it seems at least one of AMD's AIB partners has decided to take action in releasing a fully unlocked Polaris 11 GPU.
Marketed as the Sapphire Radeon RX 460 Nitro OC, this is the first officially launched retail version of the full, unlocked Polaris 11 chip, with all of its stream processors unlocked, for a grand total of 1024 SPs against the usual, and much more meager, 896. This brings the card's peak theoretical throughput at 2.56 TFLOPs (versus the base 2.2 TFLOPs on the 896 SP version), while keeping the card's 75 W TDP.
Expect this unlocked version of the RX 460 to deliver on average 7% greater performance than its original, 896 SP enabled part, with a pretty negligible increase in power consumption, as our testing shows.
There's no word on pricing or availability yet, but these are expected to hit the market around $119 US. Whether or not this one counts as a region-specific launch (much like the Radeon RX 470D which is only available in the APAC [Asia Pacific] region) is yet to be seen.
Source:
WCCFTech
Marketed as the Sapphire Radeon RX 460 Nitro OC, this is the first officially launched retail version of the full, unlocked Polaris 11 chip, with all of its stream processors unlocked, for a grand total of 1024 SPs against the usual, and much more meager, 896. This brings the card's peak theoretical throughput at 2.56 TFLOPs (versus the base 2.2 TFLOPs on the 896 SP version), while keeping the card's 75 W TDP.
33 Comments on Sapphire Launches 1024 SP Version of RX 460 - Full Polaris 11 at 1250 MHz
and decided to repackaged as RX 460, once defective chips start to running out
another way to keep steady supply chips configured for RX 460
for sake of 'uniformity' is disable some cores to bring performance same
and once Apple demand has been fulfilled AMD start marketing 1024 cores version,
although I prefer they branded as RX 460 XT or something like that
It is a different shader count, so yeah, the 465 would have been better, especially if they put on a better cooler and a bit more voltage control for a higher overclock at a low price point.
RX: >1.5TFlops fp32+100GB/sec memory bandwidth, G:Generation, T:Tier and R:revision
So RX 465 would match quite good being same generation polaris 11 but a new revision, with new core config.
125$ for a Gigabyte 1050 Ti on newegg.
Put that against a Sapphire Nitro RX460 4Gb (1250Mhz Boost) for $110 -AR$10.
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202227
When the TPU Data base is showing a 1050Ti at 6% higher than a RX460 (stock to stock probably) and perhaps that was before Relive Drivers. I'd love to see that match-up on a budget i3/8350 box and with settings that have the 1050Ti hitting 50-60 Fps, and then the RX460 running the same with the likes of say 15+ titles.
www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_1050_Ti_Strix_OC/29.html
As for the new 460, I guess changing up number of shaders with the same product name is in vogue. This is similar to the 1060 3GB/6GB split that Nvidia was pushing, but until other manufacturers follow it's a much smaller problem. I wonder why Nvidia and AMD are so scared of differentiating their products intelligently. 460X or 465 would have made much more sense than some obscure OC version that you'd have to do a lot of research to know to buy over the other 460's.
www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2885/geforce-gtx-1050-ti
While that 1050Ti Strix was was before Relive, and while yea that only bumps it like 2.5% across W1zzard title list, I'd still would like to see the actual match-up I laid out on a more budget friendly set-up with realistic settings.
I mean sure there must be a good reason for needing to pay $157 (after a $20 rebate) for the Asus 1050Ti Strix (price at Egg today), which is 43% more than the Nitro above.
Though you're correct if your willing to drop that amount of cash, then this will save $15 and another $5 shipping, all while seeing a 25% improvement.
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01JNTXM2Q
I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve by pretending the 460 is a good card. It's clear in the recent reviews that the 1050 ti beats it by 10+ fps in newer games. Also, the ReLive review here mentioned that the performance boost was between 0-3% for AMD cards, that's not going to make any appreciable difference when the 1050 ti is 30% faster. Even AMD positions this card as nothing more than MOBA and CS:GO worthy.
Even DOOM is 20% faster on the 1050 ti, and that is the absolute best case scenario for Polaris cards. Case closed.
True cinematic experience. And you can get a RX 460 for $89.99 on Newegg. Suddenly you are not spending 10$ more, but 35$ more. Still a no-brainer? :)