Asus Radeon RX 470 ROG-STRIX-RX470-O4G-GAMING

No overpayment

Initially, AMD planned to equip the Radeon RX 470 with strictly 4 GB of memory, but graphics card manufacturers decided to release a version with double the amount of memory. However as practice has shown, the 8 GB version of the RX 470 is not worth the money. For a graphics processor of this power, 4 GB of memory is plenty (for FullHD resolution and at least high graphics settings), so we recommend buying the younger, cheaper version of the RX 470.

Out of competition

The performance of the RX 470 is comparable to the Radeon R9 380X, but at the same time, power consumption and, accordingly, heating are one and a half times lower (120 vs. 190 W). But the RX 470 has no analogues among NVIDIA video cards at a price of $280: the GeForce GTX 960 is weaker, while the GTX 970 and, moreover, the GTX 1060 are more powerful and more expensive. The direct competitor of the RX 470 should be the upcoming GTX 1050.

Quieter than water

Theoretically, the low heat dissipation of the RX 470 allows it to be satisfied with even the simplest cooler. But in fact, when the temperature limit is reached, the graphics card can reduce its frequency by as much as 200 MHz. To prevent this from happening, ASUS decided to equip the ROG Strix RX 470 with an improved Cooling system: two large 10 cm fans and a heatsink consisting of numerous aluminium plates and a pair of copper heat pipes. When the graphics card is idle, the fans turn off completely, and under load they rotate at a low speed.