By Kevin Lee
AMD has announced a new lineup of graphics cards and, before you start shouting “Vega is finally here,” you should know it’s a new set of Polaris GPUs.
At the top of the new Polaris 500 family is the AMD Radeon RX 580, featuring 32 compute units and and 8GB of GDDR5 video memory. Speed-wise, the RX 580 hits a 1,257MHz base clock speed accelerating to a 1,340MHz boost.
Engineered as a direct Nvidia GTX 1060 competitor, this new flagship GPU promises deliver well above 60 frames per second (fps) gaming on 1,440p and Ultra settings – as well as seamless virtual reality experiences.
Priced at $229 (about £180, AU$300) for the 8GB version and $199 (about £160, AU$260) for 4GB, AMD is making a sweeping claim that it will 12% faster than any older $200-$300 GPU when it releases on April 18th.
Affordable options
Just a step under is the Radeon RX 570, which AMD claims will deliver maximum Full HD gaming. It comes with four fewer compute units than the RX 580 and 4GB of GDDR5 VRAM, but you’ll be able to hit 1,168MHz and 1,244MHz base and boost clock speeds, respectively.
Down another peg, the AMD Radeon 560 aims itself at …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components
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