ASUS Radeon RX 470 STRIX OC 4 GB

[xorbe]

Obviously power bills don't worry you.

BATTLESTATIONS!!!

 

[GoldenX]

They are using single slot cooler for the professional version of those card, but the workload isn't the same, and the clock are lower. According to pro gpu owner when then try to game the gpu reach 90°c quite fast and the fan get very noisy. If even a dual slot blower cooler get noisy and fail to keep the boost clock, while gaming, a single slot blower cooler won't be really better.

I think that the radeon HD 4850 was the last middle range gaming gpu with a single slot cooler. However the temp were 60°c idle and 88-90°c at load. The noise was okay, but nowhere near silent.

Now I have the idea of a single slot water cooling system, pump and ventilation included, with no pipes. If you put the radiator and ventilation in a place like that "tail" of the 1060, it could work.

 

[Slomo4shO]

I'd kill you and take your money if I had to, for the green card.

I suppose people have done worst for a permanent residence card

 

[gasolina]

the gap between 470 480 8gb is 30% and 4gb 25% pricing only 20$ different....

 

[jabbadap]

Hmh is there anywhere clock to clock comparing with r9-380X?

Question, can a 120w card be cooled with a single slot system? I don't understand why all cards have to be so flashy with 2 or 3 enormous fans, in a sub U$S200 price range.

Sure it can, Radeon pro WX7100 is full polaris 10, tbp 150W and single slot.

Spoiler: RadeonPro WX7100

Workstation form factors requires single slot cards, but consumer space demands are different(low noise but no/little throttling, cases usually fits dual slot cards etc.).

 

[MarkC]

This review and some others recently have increased the GTX970 idle power consumption from the figure in the reviews of those cards. Has later testing shown an increase in idle power consumption?

 

[Air]

It's not the cooler, it's the low heat output. The GTX 1060 FE cooler runs lower temps, that's why it's more noisy.

True, I forgot that the FE doesn't hit 80 ºC, Its 3 ºC lower. But its still impressive for AMD to have such a good design, considering the company recent history with reference coolers.

 

[N3M3515]

Obviously power bills don't worry you.

Would you be so kind a explain by how much per year does the power bill increase? (in your country)
People here seem to be overly fixated with power, what? 30w more?

 

[Nabarun]

I was really hoping this card would be actually economical. Any news on the 1050 ?

I suppose people have done worst for a permanent residence card

Yeah, that too Things are way costlier over here

 

[Caring1]

Would you be so kind a explain by how much per year does the power bill increase? (in your country)
People here seem to be overly fixated with power, what? 30w more?

I don't care to find out, my bills are high enough, just over $300 per month.
I do what I can to keep consumption down.

 

[N3M3515]

Would you be so kind a explain by how much per year does the power bill increase? (in your country)

I don't care to find out, my bills are high enough, just over $300 per month.
I do what I can to keep consumption down.

Then you're just talking for sport...

 

[ShurikN]

Obviously power bills don't worry you.

Yeah those $2 per year are def going to destroy him financially

 

[Tatty_Two]

Then you're just talking for sport...

No actually he is saying power consumption does factor in his decision.

Yeah those $2 per year are def going to destroy him financially

Yeah but Caring's $302 bill each month might if whatever your paying today is stretching your finances to the limit, you would try to do what you could to make savings.

 

[efikkan]

If it drops to $150

It would be a hell of a deal for 2x in Crossfire OC'd

Actually not, for the price of two RX 470 you can buy a single GTX 1070, which will perform better, be cooler and better in every single way. Multi-GPU on low-end GPUs is a complete waste.

 

[Durvelle27]

Actually not, for the price of two RX 470 you can buy a single GTX 1070, which will perform better, be cooler and better in every single way. Multi-GPU on low-end GPUs is a complete waste.

Find me a GTX 1070 for $300 and i'll retract my comment

 

[Nabarun]

These guys saying there is like 2$ increase in yearly electricity bills apparently never paid any bills or just don't give a damn. Over here the bills increase exponentially with the increase in consumption. So a 30% increase in units may lead to 300% more bills here. That's more than most people's monthly salary here. Not cheap at all. Keep in mind that we are talking about the entire damn planet, not just your hometown where you may get away with free electricity even. IMHO majority of the users here wouldn't mind saving up on the bills, unless your dad provides you with a 5-figure pocket money.

 

[ShurikN]

These guys saying there is like 2$ increase in yearly electricity bills apparently never paid any bills or just don't give a damn.

I just dont give a damn. Electricity in Serbia is dirt cheap so I couldnt care less.

 

[N3M3515]

No actually he is saying power consumption does factor in his decision.

Yeah but Caring's $302 bill each month might if whatever your paying today is stretching your finances to the limit, you would try to do what you could to make savings.

Yes, obviously it does factor BUT that depends on how much it is.
In any case, when you provide an arguement, you need the data to back up your claim.

I'm guessing the vast majority of users here that complain aobut power consumption of a $170 graphic card don't even know how much the supposed power bill increases by X amount of watts from the card.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Yes, obviously it does factor BUT that depends on how much it is.
In any case, when you provide an arguement, you need the data to back up your claim.

I'm guessing the vast majority of users here that complain aobut power consumption of a $170 graphic card don't even know how much the supposed power bill increases by X amount of watts from the card.

That's just the point, he is not making a claim, he is stating that power consumption matters to him and possibly some others, that does not require evidence, it's his choice. Personally, living in a country that has very high energy bills I still don't care about a few $ possibly but I am not everyone.

 

[Braustard]

Obviously power bills don't worry you.

I live in Mexico, my last card was a GTX 570 and I regularly payed 2.5 dollars a month for the electricity bill (that is right 2.5), you tell me if you would ;-)

 

[efikkan]

Find me a GTX 1070 for $300 and i'll retract my comment

RX 470 costs $180, making two of them very close to a single GTX 1070. Even if RX 470 costed $150 GTX 1070 will still be a better choice.
Regardless, no well-informed person would prefer dual RX 470 over a single GTX 1070.

 

[rruff]

I just dont give a damn. Electricity in Serbia is dirt cheap so I couldnt care less.

Yes, but that isn't the norm.

11.4 US cents/KW-hr equates to 1$/W/yr 24-7 use. So use that to make an educated guess on your cost.

One thing that hurts AMD is high idle, video, and multi-monitor. I use these a lot more than I game. My home computer is my work and entertainment computer. It works out to ~$15/yr, 1060 vs 480. That's significant in this price range. It's enough to sway my choice in Nvidia's direction. I never paid much attention to this stuff until I did some overdue upgrades a couple years ago. Found out my old POS video card was idling at ~30W!

 

[xorbe]

All electrical cost posts should be moved to some thread dedicated to the topic ... derailment every time. Trolls always quote 24/7 gaming usage.

 

[jabbadap]

All electrical cost posts should be moved to some thread dedicated to the topic ... derailment every time. Trolls always quote 24/7 gaming usage.

+1 just agree that energy consumption might matter to someone and get over it.

Spoiler: Off topic

While chatting offtopic, damn that energy is cheap on Serbia . Not that bad here in Finland either, but straight electric heating rises my month fee near 300€ in winter. In that some little few watts from gpu does not matter at all when heating takes some 15kW, heck my sauna has 6kW electric stove.(Heh those idiotic windmill lands are with highest kWh fees, thank god we have nuclear power plants and water dams.)

 

[Nabarun]

Trolls, huh? Paying the bills take away all the fun from the gaming, dude. Just because it doesn't matte to you doesn't mean it is not an important aspect for many to consider while making a purchase decision. A few watts here and there can pile up to quite a bit at the end of the month, and like I said before, the bills aren't same for everybody. In my locality it can vary from 2 USD a month to 60 USD and more. To us that is a significant amount to consider. If you want hard data with numbers, here's a page for you Einsteins to do some calculation before making "oh it's a trivial matter , why bother mentioning" remarks.