As an avid video card collecting enthusiast (and AFan), is there anything more exciting than starting a brand new Leica? No! No! No! Three important things to say!
Regarding AMD's new card, the RX470, I don't need to explain it more than a thousand words: The landlord picked a 470 with the highest face value! Go directly to the out of the box (zhuangbi) process.
One of the Unpacking Boxes: Small and Lovely BoxesThe landlord only seems to be the overseas edition. The packing box is so small that when I received the parcel, I even thought that the other party was directly sent to me by a bare card.
On the back, there is a bunch of E texts introducing the brand new features of the card.
Close-up of the seal: Unfortunately, the landlord had already had an impatient demolition once he got it, and then sealed it and sealed it again, pretending not to demolish it.
RADEON RX470 !
Come! Come out! Sapphire is very close to the shell with a thick layer of protective film, even the fans are equipped with a protective cover, 32 like!
True · Ontology: Are I handsome?
Of course handsome!
More than a few angles:
Back to a few!
One of the details of the close-up: the low-key luxury has the meaning of SAPPHIRE logo, replacing the original public version of the red RADEON standard, as to which one is better looking, it is a matter of opinion.
Close-up of the details of the second: a single 6Pin power supply interface, rated power supply limit of 75W, plus a total of 150W PCI-E specifications. The RX470 TBP is 120W. Although the single 6Pin is slightly thin, it still reserves 30W of power for overclocking. (A rare power-saving A card!
The details of the close-up of the third: the same as the original public version of the aggressive output interface configuration, 3 DP 1.3 + 1 HDMI 2.0b output.
Close-up of the details of the four: Sapphire short back, color modeling is still beautiful!
Close-up of the details of the five: core chrysanthemum close-up, of course, the new card is not yellow.
Close-up details of the six: public version of the wonderful fan, back into the wind you have seen it? ----In fact, NVIDIA's GTX480 is also the case, never seen a friend please ferry their own ancient dog ~
Nani? Who is the black man behind you? ---pattern! As an avid graphics card collector + AFan, how could there be no RX480!
Why is it so dark?
So the question is back. Is sapphire looking good? Still Radeon look good? The correct answer is of course all good-looking!
Do you think AFan will only have two A cards? NAIVE! Crazy SHOW card (zhuangbi) form start!
Surrounded by several big brothers, is there a feeling that all stars are holding the moon?
So, do you think a video card collector and AFan has only 5 A cards? Then you again NAIVE. This is my complete GCN collection, attention is only GCN Oh ~ (Landlord to SHOW card (zhuangbi) is also fight.
So, AFan will buy N card? Of course not, but the video card collector will be!
Big brother, I'm just a kid...
In order to facilitate the SHOW card (zhuangbi), the landlord recently launched an open platform (FX8300 + ASUS 970 Pro Gaming AURA) ~ red and green color for the public version of the A card, but it seems that the silver 470 plug is also no violation And feeling ~
Change the angle ~
What are the advantages of this platform? There are lights! Will change color!
There is also a light on this side!
Keke, the front seems to be running sideways, almost forgot the protagonist of this assessment, Well, gossip, dry goods time!
test environment
Forgive me for switching to the main machine. The test is serious. After all, the lighter is low and fears how much it will affect the points.
Contestants
RX470, RX480 two brothers, and opponents of the ancient flagship of the old Titan and Maxwell star GTX980. what? Why not 1080 and TitanX? Big Brother, 470 It's still just a kid! Do you want to be so cruel...
One of the test items: Run time
Liked to see 3DMark FireStrike Extreme (DirectX11) + Time Spy (DirectX12) running points, not much to say, directly on the bar chart:
Limited by the conservative power consumption limit set by A.com, the RX 470 is not ideal for the FSE graphics, but it is also close enough to the GTX Titan, an ultra-flagship card with 8,000 bucks three years ago. The DX12 Time Spy will be old. Titan easily limped under the horse and had to say that Kepler was really old. After the power consumption limit is pulled high, the operating frequency of this RX 470 will be stable at 1216MHZ. At this time, the performance will increase by a certain extent, reaching the level of RX480 92-94%. It can be said that both are in the same grade. However, in the DirectX11-based FSE test with the opponent's GTX980 there is still a small gap. But anyway, after all, it was not something of a grade.
The second test project: RX 470 vs RX480, core frequency test
The landlord fixed the RX480 core frequency to 1216MHZ, and full power to prevent down-clocking, compared with the 1216MHZ fixed-state RX470 performance. Note that both memory frequencies are kept at the default value (480 memory cannot be down-converted, while 470 memory is difficult to exceed 480), so the memory bandwidth of 480 will be about 14% higher than 470, which may have a slight impact on the test results.
From the results can be seen, the performance gap between the 470 and 480 core frequency is not really the case, the 470 core cut 256 sp, memory bandwidth is also a disadvantage, but still can reach 480 93% performance. It can only be said that the knife cut by the A club is not enough. The knife is still exquisite.
Test Item 3: Power & Energy Ratio Test - FireStrike Extreme (DirectX11)
The landlord uses the built-in sensor of the AX1500i power supply to directly measure the system output power consumption, and records the average power consumption of the system FSE graphics test. The following chart is made. The first is the average power consumption of the system when running the FSE, and the new technology bounces the RX470/RX480 platform naturally. Don't let it.
Before the landlord measured the other components of the system when running FSE power consumption is about 85W, so a simple subtraction, you can get the approximate average power consumption of graphics components: RX470 average power consumption of 118W, in line with the official TBP 120W claimed value. The opponent's 28nm platform naturally consumes slightly more power.
The approximate energy consumption ratio divided by running scores: here I must praise Maxwell architecture GTX980, 28nm is so easy to do! The RX470/480 is quite satisfactory, and it is inevitable to beat Kepler. It can only be described as a small victory over Maxwell.
Test Item #4: Power & Energy Ratio Test - Time Spy (DirectX 12)
So what about the Time Spy based on DirectX12? Continue to dry goods~
The average power consumption of the Time Spy graphics test has no significant change in value (PS. We still ignore the old Titan. I can't bear it)
Approximate average video card power consumption:
Energy consumption than time: "Future-oriented" A card GCN architecture in the DirectX12 environment is indeed a bit more fierce, RX470 energy consumption than the opponent's GTX980 20% higher than Kepler 120%. (A community must be thinking, if there is no Maxwell, then the world should be more beautiful, after all, is 14nm hit 28nm, only more than 20% of the energy consumption ratio is still not good enough to see ah ...)
Test appendix: screenshot of RX470 running 3DMark FSE/TS:
Full default state FSE:
Fixed frequency 1216MHZ FSE:
The full default state Time Spy:
Fixed Frequency 1216MHZ Time Spy:
The landlord is a person who is afraid of writing a summary, but it is not good for an article not to be summed up, so it can only be taken care of.
In all fairness, both from the graphics card collectors and from the AFan point of view, I hope the A card can give some strength. However, this year's A club seems to be underperforming. The new generation of Polaris architecture RX480 is released, but its performance and power consumption are difficult to call the highest-end Pascal. The original hand of 199 knives / 239 knives cost-effective brand, to China and play here again, 1999RMB public version, 2299RMB non-public, almost no advantage in front of opponents to speak of ... Face this situation, My expression can only be.
However, fortunately, the A community still has this name RX470 cost-effective ace. 470 was just born, A community must be to force!