Thursday, August 4th 2016

Sapphire Announces the Radeon RX 470 Platinum Edition

Sapphire announced the Radeon RX 470 Platinum Edition OC graphics card. This card is the closest it gets to a market-available reference design AMD board for the RX 470. It sticks to the AMD reference design PCB, with a negligibly higher 1216 MHz engine boost clock (vs. 1206 MHz reference); but a significant 7.00 GHz (GDDR5-effective) memory clock (vs. 6.60 GHz reference). Sapphire customized the cooler design to feature a silvery finish on the cooler shroud, and a matching silver+black backplate covering the length of the PCB. This card could be priced close to the $179 MSRP set for the RX 470.
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34 Comments on Sapphire Announces the Radeon RX 470 Platinum Edition

#26
Captain_Tom
fullinfusionDam nice looking card...
Too bad it's $20 more than it should be.
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#27
RejZoR
Card looks nice, but why no one does this reference exhaust blower, but with beefed up internals? HIS's IceQ had such design, blower cooler, but stacked with larger fins and added heatpipes.
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#28
Thimblewad
I think he's got a point. I like the card.

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#29
WernerHerzog
Can I risk to put one of these into a very cramped HTPC case? Currently using a 750ti and when gaming it gets up to 80C. Would like to update but I fear the RX460 seems not a worthy upgrade. (I know I will wait for benchmarks) :)
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#30
Captain_Tom
WernerHerzogCan I risk to put one of these into a very cramped HTPC case? Currently using a 750ti and when gaming it gets up to 80C. Would like to update but I fear the RX460 seems not a worthy upgrade. (I know I will wait for benchmarks) :)
Yeah the 470 with the blower cooler will absolutely be fine. Don't compare temps between cards considering they are all using different coolers.
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#31
InfiDiamond
Apparently I have a RX 470D Platinum OC, but later I found it to be a RX580 in disguise
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#33
medi01
Funny how it still beats 1650.
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#34
Unregistered
Rofl... this thread was necro'd, but still as applicable as it was almost 3 years ago.

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