Affordable price of $179, based on Polaris architecture

AMD has announced the official launch of its new graphics card based on the Polaris architecture, the Radeon RX 470. The product is designed to target a broad range of mainstream users, and the recommended retail price is set at $179.

The Radeon RX 470 is equipped with a variety of new technologies that were not seen in existing mainstream products, such as asynchronous compute, a next-generation graphics processing technology, HDR monitors, and next-generation API support. This provides excellent HD-level gaming performance with low power consumption.

“The new Radeon RX 470 is an excellent card that delivers a host of next-generation technologies, exceptional HD gaming performance, and a competitive price,” said Raja Koduri, vice president and chief architect, Radeon Technologies Group, AMD. “The Radeon RX series was developed with input from a wide range of gamers around the world. In particular, the RX 470, a mainstream graphics card with premium product performance, will provide high satisfaction to gaming enthusiasts around the world,” he added.

The Radeon RX 470 is equipped with 32 compute units and 2048 stream processors, and has a computing power of up to 4.9TFLOPS, providing powerful performance compared to the previous generation. In particular, despite its powerful performance, the typical power consumption is only 120 watts, which has significantly improved the power-to-performance ratio. Based on this excellent graphics performance, the Radeon RX 470 provides a smooth gaming environment of over 60 frames at the highest graphics settings in various latest game titles.

Meanwhile, the newly released Radeon RX 470 is equipped with the following new features and technologies: