Radeon RX 480 'Polaris 10' Graphics Card To Reportedly Retail For $199

Something pretty astonishing just came our way. According to a report past Wall Street Journal (via VideocardZ) AMD's upcoming Radeon RX 480 graphics card volition toll a mere $199. If the written report is true, then you lot are looking at an absolutely insane value proposition from AMD that could very well under-cutting the performance advantage that the Nvidia'due south GTX grand series enjoys. This would as well fit in well with the VR strategy AMD has been post-obit since the reveal of its Polaris architecture.

Radeon RX 480 to reportedly toll $199 - Features full VR certification and DX12 Async goodness

VR is arguably the side by side big thing in tech and all eyes are turned towards the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive. However, both headsets are only as good as the underlying GPU horsepower provided to them - and this is where Nvidia and AMD come in. The unanimously agreed upon spec for "minimum VR spec" is in the ballpark of iii.5 TFLOPs. All Nvidia Geforce and AMD Radeon cards starting from the GTX 970/R9 290 (and above) arrange to this spec. Considering the fact that at the time the MSRP of the GTX 970 is $349, it consequently meant that the Total Available Market for VR (or the number of PCs that could run either VR headsets) was limited to graphics cards in a higher place this mark. AMD sought out to change all this.

Now I would similar to address a different claiming for u.s.a. – and that is what is called a Full Available Market place. One of the issues we have is the minimum spec for the PCs which volition run the Occulus and the HTC headset ant 90 fps and 2k resolution. At present to do that you lot demand either a Radeon 290x or the GTX 970 both of which retail for $349. The challenge that we have is if you look at the total numbers of these GPUs that accept been sold, co-ordinate to JPR, that'southward an install base of just seven.5 Million units. Now that'southward an issue considering it means you can only sell 7.5 One thousand thousand of annihilation – because that'due south the number that can run those headsets. I am very pleased to tell you that nosotros take invented something called Polaris which we recall will address this problem. – AMD'due south Roy Taylor

I reported on the strategy shift around iv months back, and we were expecting the RX 480 to cost somewhere between $249 to $310. An MSRP of $199 therefore, comes as a very very pleasant surprise. It would allow AMD to non simply under-cut superior functioning claims of the GTX 1070 and GTX 1080 in terms of sheer value proposition, but would likewise likely increment AMD'south market place share - reaching a segment of the market place that Nvidia did not attain out to. These are the gamers and professionals which desire in on the VR experience and with headsets like the Rift and Vive already breaking the bank, will non desire a very expensive GPU on pinnacle of that. The following quote is taken from the WSJ:

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is angling to lower the cost of virtual reality, targeting the field with a new line of graphics hardware priced at $199—one-half or less the price of comparable products.

AMD said the commencement fries based on its new Polaris blueprint are expected to get in in graphics cards for personal computers at the end of June. The company aims to help push button the starting price of PCs that tin evangelize VR experiences every bit low every bit $799 from above $ane,000. Source: WSJ (Via Videocardz.com)

AMD's strategy could testify to be effective in a state of affairs where the user is already spending $599 to $799 (and even in a higher place) and wants to limit the total expense of shifting to VR. The GTX 970 can (at the time of writing) be institute on Amazon for $309. A $199 priced RX 480 would be $100 cheaper and significantly faster. The new graphics menu volition have VR certifications from both HTC Vive and Oculus Rift - not to mention the added bonus of DX12 Asynchronous Compute support. The cards will be landing by late June (the NDA lifts on the 29th to be exact). The AMD Computex 2022 alive stream from Taipei will be starting presently and hopefully the company will driblet some hints on their upcoming GPU lineup.
Radeon RX 480 MSRP $199

A recent leak has as well revealed some what appears to exist the consummate details of the upcoming Radeon RX 480 graphics bill of fare. According to the document the GPU will have 5.5 TFLOPs of compute and 8GB of GDDR5 retentivity. All this will exist coupled with a 256-chip bus width and a single 6 pivot connector. The menu has officially been given a designation of "Across HD" and is reportedly being positioned against the GTX 980 and GTX 970 from Nvidia. The preliminary (unofficial) specifications of the RX 480 are given below:

WCCF	AMD Radeon RX 480	AMD Radeon R9 380X	AMD Radeon RX 470	AMD Radeon RX 460
GPU	Polaris x XT	Tonga XT	Polaris 10 Pro	Polaris xi
Process Node	14nm FinFET	28nm	14nm FinFET	14nm FinFET
Compute Units	36	32	TBA	TBA
GCN Generation	GCN iv.0	GCN three.0	GCN 4.0	GCN 4.0
Stream Processors	TBA	2048	TBA	TBA
Clock Speed	TBA	970Mhz	TBA	TBA
Operation	> 5 TFLOPS	4.0 TFLOPS	TBA	TBA
Retentiveness Bus	256-bit	256-bit	TBA	TBA
Memory	4/8GB GDDR5	4GB GDDR5	TBA	TBA
TDP	150W	190W	TBA
Price	$199	$229	TBA	TBA