AMD Teases Future Radeon RX 470 & Radeon RX 460 Cards
by Ryan Smith on June 13, 2016 3:30 PM ESTAMD Provides Sneak Peek of Full Line of Radeon RX Series Graphics Processors at E3
— Polaris architecture-based graphics cards to deliver premium engineering for unprecedented performance, extraordinary VR experiences and future-proof technologies1 —
E3 2016, LOS ANGELES, Calif. — June 13, 2016 — Today at Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) CEO Lisa Su delivered a pre-launch showcase of the full line of forthcoming RadeonTM RX Series graphics cards set to transform PC gaming this summer by delivering enthusiast class performance and features for gamers at mainstream price points. AMD previously showcased the RadeonTM RX 480 graphics card, designed for incredibly smooth AAA gaming at 1440p resolution and set to be the most affordable solution for premium VR experiences starting at just $199 SEP for the 4GB version. Joining the Radeon RX family are the newly announced RadeonTM RX 470 graphics card delivering refined, power-efficient HD gaming, and the RadeonTM RX 460, a cool and efficient solution for the ultimate e-sports gaming experience.
The RadeonTM RX Series of graphics processors are designed to transform the PC gaming industry across a variety of form factors, delivering on three fundamental “entitlements” for gamers and game developers:
- Extraordinary VR experiences at price points never offered before – Previewed at Computex, the RadeonTM RX Series will expand the VR ecosystem by democratizing exceptional VR experiences, making them available to many form factors and millions of consumers by lowering the cost barriers to entry.
- Great game content delivered to PC Gamers in real time – Through a combination of RadeonTM RX Series performance profiles and close-to-the-metal APIs that closely mirror console APIs, AMD believes that developers will be further empowered to co-develop high quality, high performing game content for both consoles and PCs, enhancing the PC gaming ecosystem.
- Console-class GPU performance for thin and light notebooks – Gaming notebooks have traditionally been large and cumbersome or under-powered for today’s gaming needs. The RadeonTM RX Series addresses this with flagship technology that effectively gives mobile users GPU performance that rivals that of consoles with exceptionally low power and low-z height to drive thin, light and high- performance gaming notebooks, and 1080p 60Hz gaming experiences for both eSports and AAA titles.
“Gamers and consumers today are being left behind,” said Raja Koduri, senior vice president and chief architect, Radeon Technologies Group, AMD. “Today only the top 16 percent of PC gamers are purchasing GPUs that deliver premium VR and Gaming experiences.2 Hundreds of millions of gamers have been relegated to using outdated technology. Notebook gamers are often forced to compromise. And tens of millions more can only read about incredible PC VR experiences that they can’t enjoy for themselves. That all changes with the RadeonTM RX Series, placing compelling and advanced high-end gaming and VR technologies within reach of everyone.”
Gamers in the market for a new graphics card need look no further than the forthcoming RadeonTM RX Series, consisting of:
- Superior technology engineered for unprecedented performance– The RadeonTM RX Series features the most advanced graphics and gaming technologies ever seen in a GPU priced under $300 SEP, delivering cutting-edge engineering to everyday PC gamers and VR consumers. The RadeonTM RX Series harnesses the revolutionary Polaris architecture optimized for the 14nm FinFET process, the most cutting-edge process technology in the world featuring the smallest transistors ever used in a GPU, engineered to deliver unprecedented performance and power efficiency from incredibly small and thin chips.
- Extraordinary VR experiences never widely affordable before – With models starting at $199 SEP, the RadeonTM RX 480 is the most affordable solution for a premium VR experience, supplying the graphics capability necessary to bring high- quality PC VR experiences from Oculus and HTC3 to anyone who wants it.
- Future-proof technologies1 – The RadeonTM RX Series continues the RadeonTM tradition of innovation, like being first to 14nm FinFET process technology, first in memory types and bandwidth like HBM, and first to support low overhead gaming
APIs. Gamers will enjoy these products for a long time to come with a range of “future-proof” benefits including:
- Leading DirectX® 12 and VulkanTM gaming – The Polaris architecture-fueled RadeonTM RX Series is built to deliver phenomenal DirectX® 9, DirectX® 10, and DirectX® 11 gaming performance, and designed to absolutely scream in DirectX® 12 and VulkanTM, the future of gaming. Polaris architecture uniquely supports asynchronous compute for superior experiences in games and VR applications using DirectX® 12 and VulkanTM. AMD brings gamers incredible DirectX® 12 and VulkanTM game experiences including phenomenal VR content, by collaborating with the top DirectX® 12 and VulkanTM developers in the world who want to develop on RadeonTM to bring the best games to market.
- Next-generation display technologies – RadeonTM RX Series includes support for next-generation HDR gaming and video on new HDR monitors and TVs. The RadeonTM RX Series also supports HDMITM 2.0b and DisplayPort 1.3/1.4 supporting the new generation of high-resolution HDR and high-refresh displays. The RadeonTM RX Series features exceptional accelerated H.265 encoding and decoding, enabling effortless streaming or recording of 10-bit 4K video at 60 FPS4.
- Radeon Software designed to provide the best performance, features, stability and control – Equally as sophisticated as the RadeonTM RX Series graphics cards is the software that powers them. Radeon Software enables the ultimate in performance, features and stability to ensure an exceptionally smooth and fast out-of-box experience, and one that gets better with age as updates roll out.
For more information on Polaris architecture-based RadeonTM RX Series graphics cards, stay tuned to the AMD newsroom and associated social media channels.
Supporting Resources
- Read more about the Polaris architecture found in the upcoming RadeonTM RX Series of graphics cards on AMD.com
- Learn more about RadeonTM graphics
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About AMD
For more than 45 years AMD has driven innovation in high-performance computing, graphics, and visualization technologies ― the building blocks for gaming, immersive platforms, and the datacenter. Hundreds of millions of consumers, leading Fortune 500 businesses, and cutting-edge scientific research facilities around the world rely on AMD technology daily to improve how they live, work, and play. AMD employees around the world are focused on building great products that push the boundaries of what is possible. For more information about how AMD is enabling today and inspiring tomorrow, visit the AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) website, blog, Facebook and Twitter pages.
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Cautionary Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (“AMD”) including, among other things, the features, functionality, benefits, pricing, timing, expectations and availability of AMD RadeonTM RX series graphic cards, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are commonly identified by words such as "would," "may," "expects," "believes," "plans," "intends," "projects" and other terms with similar meaning. Investors are cautioned that the forward-looking statements in this document are based on current beliefs, assumptions and expectations, speak only as of the date of this document and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. Material factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, without limitation, the following: the possibility that Intel Corporation’s dominance of the microprocessor market and its aggressive business practices may limit AMD’s ability to compete effectively; AMD relies on GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. (GF) to manufacture all of its microprocessor and APU products and a certain portion of its GPU products, with limited exceptions. If GF is not able to satisfy AMD’s manufacturing requirements, its business could be adversely impacted; AMD relies on third parties to manufacture its products, and if they are unable to do so on a timely basis in sufficient quantities and using competitive technologies, AMD’s business could be materially adversely affected; failure to achieve expected manufacturing yields for AMD’s products could negatively impact its financial results; the success of AMD’s business is dependent upon its ability to introduce products on a timely basis with features and performance levels that provide value to its customers while supporting and coinciding with significant industry transitions; if AMD cannot generate sufficient revenue and operating cash flow or obtain external financing, it may face a cash shortfall and be unable to make all of its planned investments in research and development or other strategic investments; the loss of a significant customer may have a material adverse effect on AMD; global economic uncertainty may adversely impact AMD’s business and operating results; and the markets in which AMD’s products are sold are highly
competitive; and uncertainties involving the ordering and shipment of AMD’s products could materially adversely affect it. Investors are urged to review in detail the risks and uncertainties in AMD’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to AMD’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 26, 2016.
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Statement of “future-proof” refers to support of current and upcoming technology standards including 14nm FinFET process technology, DirectX 12 and Vulkan API support, new display technology, and experiences such as VR. “Future-proof” statement is not meant to serve as a warranty or indicate that users will never have to upgrade their graphics technology again. Support of current and upcoming technology standards described above has the potential to reduce frequency of graphics upgrades for some users.
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Based on AMD internal data and analysis only, as of May 2016.
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See http://www.htcvive.com/ca/product-optimized/ and https://www.oculus.com/en-us/rift/ for required minimum system specifications for different VR headsets.
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HEVC acceleration is subject to inclusion/installation of compatible HEVC players
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Yojimbo - Monday, June 13, 2016 - link
What will be AMD's highest performing single GPU card? How will it perform compared to the 1060? What's NVIDIA's cheapest card?descendency - Monday, June 13, 2016 - link
There will be an RX 490? or something like Fury X II. The card released earlier (RX 480) is equivalent to a GTX 460. These are like GTX 450... and GTS cards.Rampart19 - Monday, June 13, 2016 - link
FYI the RX 480 is faster than a GTX 970, for cheaper. AMD isn't going to try to compete with Nvidia on the high-end at first because the quantity of of $300+ GPUs sold is not nearly as large as the $100-$200 range. AMD needs to regain some consumer trust and show that they have the ability to produce capable cards. So they have to go for where the most quantity is: the mainstream and budget segments.Meteor2 - Monday, June 13, 2016 - link
Obviously both companies are taking different approaches to introducing FinFET cards, which is great for them and us. AMD's approach is where the volume is and I suspect will be the most profitable path.bill.rookard - Monday, June 13, 2016 - link
They don't have the hardware out yet, but it's going to be Vega. They have the Polaris 10 and Polaris 11. Polaris 10 is 'big' Polaris, 11 is 'small' Polaris, and they range from about 1024 SPs on the smaller P11s, to 2560 SPs on the P10s. Vega 10 is going to allegedly be (yikes) 4096 SPs.Absolutely huge.
And it will feature HBM2. Personally I'd like to see a full-fat Vega 10 GPU paired with 8GB-16GB of GDDR5x memory. That would be siiiiiccckk.
wiak - Monday, June 13, 2016 - link
hmm pretty sure the 1060 and RX 480 (possibly 480X) will be close, btw you have to remember nvidia will lose more making a 1060 out of pascal chips than amd out of polaris 10 chipsso if nvidia has good yield on pascal chips they might need to sacrifice those chips for 1060
most people buy >$300 cards
am pretty sure the cards less than $300 will be around 80% of the market.. most laptop chips are based on those cheaper and smaller chips due to power usage/temperature
anyway just my taughts
Macpoedel - Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - link
I doubt Nvidia will use GP104 to make the GTX 1060. It'll probably be a GP106 and historically those have been 1/2 of a GP104. Can't see why Nvidia would only use that part for GTX1050 this time around. If there would be a more cut-back version of GP104, it would probably be used in a GTX1060 Ti and cost around $250.Drumsticks - Monday, June 13, 2016 - link
The way I see it, AMD had two choices: compete in $200-300, where Nvidia could drop the 1070 to like $349, or completely own the $100-250 market. Nvidia is selling a 750 Ti at $100 I think. The 460 and 470 will destroy everything south of $200.The 1060 will compete with the 480, but I don't see it competing very well in anything DX12.
Shahnewaz - Monday, June 13, 2016 - link
- Says AMD's flagship are mid-range- Says he can't wait for the GTX 1060
Makes perfect sense. -_-
Wreckage - Monday, June 13, 2016 - link
AMD's flagship is mid-range the 1060 will prove that. Currently NVIDIA has the 3 top chips on the market. Anyone who thinks AMD will gain any significant marketsharet is new to this game. The 1060 will probably outsell the 480 3 to 1.