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AMD Radeon RX 470 custom card options round-up!

By Koh Wanzi - on 15 Aug 2016, 6:19pm

Gigabyte, MSI

Gigabyte

Gigabyte Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming. (Image Source: Gigabyte)

The Gigabyte Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming features a dual-fan WindForce cooling solution and all the usual accoutrements. The WindForce 2X cooling solution boasts two 90mm fans and three pure copper composite heatpipes to help channel heat away from the GPU, while a “fan stop” LED indicator on the side will light up when the fans power down under low loads.

The onboard RGB LEDs can be customized from up to 16.8 million colors and a range of lighting effects, so there’s plenty of options when it comes to setting up a color-themed build.

Finally, Gigabyte has bumped up the clock speeds from the reference design as well, with a boost clock of 1,230MHz. Like the ASUS card, it comes with 4GB of video memory.

 

MSI

MSI Radeon RX 470 Gaming X 8G. (Image Source: MSI)

On MSI’s end, the custom Radeon RX 470s it is offering make for a familiar sight. It has announced the card in five different variants as follow:

  • MSI Radeon RX 470 Gaming X 8G
  • MSI Radeon RX 470 Gaming 8G
  • MSI Radeon RX 470 Gaming X 4G
  • MSI Radeon RX 470 Gaming 4G
  • MSI Radeon RX 470 Armor

However, we only have details on the Radeon RX 480 Gaming cards for now, and MSI says that the Armor card will hit stores only in September.

For starters, the cards with the Gaming X designation are the higher clocked models, and the Gaming X 8G is clocked at 1,254MHz in OC mode, compared to 1,230MHz for the Gaming 8G card. The 4GB cards share the same clock speeds as their 8GB counterparts, and the only difference appears to be the amount of VRAM available.

Other than differences in clock speeds and VRAM, the cards share the same Twin Frozr VI cooling solution, which includes 8mm thick copper heatpipes and the new Torx 2.0 fans that boast improved static pressure over the previous iteration. All the Gaming cards also feature an 8-pin power connector – instead of the original 6-pin one – for greater overclocking headroom.

They also include an additional HDMI connector on the rear, so you’ll be able to connect a VR headset and monitor over HDMI at the same time. Still, it’s doubtful that you’ll want to run VR games on a budget-oriented card like this one.

The black-and-white Armor cards, when they are released, will use the older Twin Frozr V cooler instead.

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