In a bid to better make use of what could be a respectable stock of RX 460 graphics cards, AMD is reportedly rebranding these to the RX 500 series under the RX 560D name. Apparently, this is a straight rebrand, with no increased clocks or other revisions to the GPU die whatsoever. As such, this RX 560D would bring a lesser performance level than the current RX 560 already offers. Remember that the RX 560 is currently a rebrand of the RX 460 already, only with that card's full stream processor count (
1,024) unlocked, whereas the
original RX 460 only enabled 896 of the total 1,024 stream processors available on-die.
AMD already toyed with this additional "D" in the nomenclature in the past, with its RX 470 / RX 470D graphics cards, of which we've heard some
rumblings lately. Considering that the RX 470D was a relatively limited release, only really being seen in the wild towards the
Asian market, it is likely a safe bet that this RX 560D will follow the same path. Another option for the unwary miners to pick up?