MSI Radeon RX 480 GAMING X Gets Pictured With A Custom Board That’s Made For Slightly Higher Overclocking Results

Despite the fact that MSI has not revealed any details on its RX 480 GAMING Z (if existed, such a variant would sport a higher GPU and boost clock over the GAMING X models), we are glad to see that the RX 480 GAMING Ten version has been detailed, and is expected to come up with several perks that the non-reference model volition be unable to provide to gamers.

MSI Radeon RX 480 GAMING X Comes With An Boosted DVI Connector And eight-Pivot Power Connector – Higher Overclocking Potential Is Expected From The GPU Thanks To A Meliorate Stage VRM Pattern

Co-ordinate to the details stated by VideoCardz, the MSI Radeon RX 480 GAMING X version comes with custom board, meaning that the graphics card comes with an 8-pin ability connector. If yous take a await at the image carefully, you can see that the PCIe ability connector has iv metallic connectors going in, suggesting that instead of the vi-pin power connector that is found on the reference model of RX 480, MSI decided to cater to the requirements of gamers with an 8-pivot connector. According to our previous findings, the reference RX 480 features a vi+1 phase VRM design, but this i features a 4+2 VRM design, which is quite odd, since a non-reference GPU would always feature more than VRMs (at least those defended for the GPU) for a college overclocking result.

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Regardless, we will be taking this info with a grain of salt and look for further confirmation. According to the source, the MSI Radeon RX 480 GAMING X version is expected to be released during the finish of July, then we'll keep yous posted accordingly. AMD Radeon RX 480 is based on the latest GCN 4.0 architecture which makes utilize of the FinFET architecture to evangelize low ability consumption, bottom voltage leak and better performance. AMD deploys a completely new compages for Polaris chips with enhanced features listed beneath:

Primitive Discard Accelerator
Hardware Scheduler
Instruction Pre-Fetch
Improved Shader Efficiency
Memory Compression

As a result, these GPUs can deliver upwardly to i.7 times the operation per watt increase thanks to the FinFET architecture while AMD exclusive technologies volition help bulldoze this efficiency up to 2.8 times which is thoroughly impressive. In addition to the foundation of AMD'due south current generation GCN compages, 4th generation GCN introduces new features. And one of them is primitive discard acceleration, which in no certain terms is AMD's way of revealing that its upcoming GPUs will add back up for additional primal DirectX12 features such as Bourgeois Rasterization.

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Additionally, AMD Radeon RX 480 is also capable of delivering up to 5.v TFLOPs of compute performance which is extremely impressive considering the Radeon R9 390X delivers 400 GFLOPs more than while consuming much more power (275W for the R9 390X vs 150W for the RX 480). While the graphics is available in the 8GB GDDR5 variant, it is also available in the 4GB GDDR5 model.

The 8GB frame buffer will allow peachy gaming feel on the 1440p resolution, and the memory clock of the GPU is running at 8GHz, which brings u.s.a. to a one thousand full of 256 GB/s retentivity bandwidth.

AMD Polaris GCN 4.0 GPU Lineup:

Graphics Card Proper name	AMD Radeon RX 480	AMD Radeon RX 470	AMD Radeon RX 470D	AMD Radeon RX 460 1024 SPs	AMD Radeon RX 460
Graphics Core	Polaris 10	Polaris 10	Polaris 10	Polaris xi	Polaris eleven
Process Node	14nm FinFET	14nm FinFET	14nm FinFET	14nm FinFET	14nm FinFET
Die Size	232mm2	232mm2	232mm2	123mm2	123mm2
Transistors	5.7 Billion	5.7 Billion	five.seven Billion	3.0 Billion	three.0 Billion
Stream Processors	2304 SPs	2048 SPs	1792 SPs	1024 SPs	896 SPs
Clock Frequency	1266 MHz	1206 MHz	1206 MHz	1200 MHz	1200 MHz
Compute Performance	5.8 TFLOPs	iv.9 TFLOPs	4.iii TFLOPs	2.56 TFLOPs	2.2 TFLOPs
VRAM	4/8 GB GDDR5	4 GB GDDR5	4 GB GDDR5	iv GB GDDR5	2/4 GB GDDR5
Autobus Interface	256-bit	256-flake	256-bit	128-chip	128-chip
Retention Speed	8 GHz	6.6 GHz	half-dozen.6 GHz	7 GHz	7 GHz
Retentiveness Bandwidth	256 GB/s	211 GB/s	211 GB/s	112 GB/s	112 GB/due south
TDP	150W	120W	110W	75W	75W
Launch Appointment	29th June	quaternary August	20th October	TBD	eighth Baronial
Launch Price	$199 US (four GB) $239 US (viii GB)	$179 United states (4 GB)	$149 U.s.a. (4 GB)	TBD	$99 United states of america (ii GB) $119 United states of america (4 GB)
New Price	$199 The states (4 GB) $239 US (8 GB)	$169 United states (4 GB)	$149 The states (4 GB)	TBD	$99 The states (4 GB) $89 US (2 GB)