Heads up if buying AMD RX 560, make sure you get the right one.

[William Payne]

Seems there are two versions now out there under the same name.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-rx-560-specification-change,36049.html

 

[William_si]

>This in itself is not uncommon for AMD (it rebranded its GPU lineup to RX a few years back, without changing the hardware), but the company’s failure to openly disclose the change (and the fact there is no differentiating factor to determine which models are which) may not sit well with some long-time AMD customers looking to buy into the company’s “latest and greatest” tech.

TH Barely correct as always. The 79xx cards were rebranded as R9 2xx and again rebranded as R9 3xx, RX was new.

What AMD publishes on their website, concerning the chip itself, also has zero, absolutely zero, customer meaning - what the *manufacturer* publishes on the box and the specs is the legal binding point.

Not nice, neither is the constant rebranding and die-shrinks tho everyone does that, but all this means is that binned down RX 560s (thus "original" 460s + CF functionality) are now available as well from their FAB, not that *all* are now this spec.

 

[h9826790]

>This in itself is not uncommon for AMD (it rebranded its GPU lineup to RX a few years back, without changing the hardware), but the company’s failure to openly disclose the change (and the fact there is no differentiating factor to determine which models are which) may not sit well with some long-time AMD customers looking to buy into the company’s “latest and greatest” tech.

TH Barely correct as always. The 79xx cards were rebranded as R9 2xx and again rebranded as R9 3xx, RX was new.

What AMD publishes on their website, concerning the chip itself, also has zero, absolutely zero, customer meaning - what the *manufacturer* publishes on the box and the specs is the legal binding point.

Not nice, neither is the constant rebranding and die-shrinks tho everyone does that, but all this means is that binned down RX 560s (thus "original" 460s + CF functionality) are now available as well from their FAB, not that *all* are now this spec.

What you talked about is the same GPU with different model name.

This time is a bit different. It’s the same model identifier but 2 different GPU inside.

 

[William_si]

The statement from TH about the RX is just plainly wrong, no matter how you read it. Polaris was new and RX is no rebrand of R9.

This is *not* the same SKU; the DIE with less shaders does *not have the same SKU from AMD* - your vendor *knows* what he gets and adds to the PCB. It has the same name, that's about it. AMD updated a website, you still need to check what you get in store on the box as one always should.

Not ideal solved, see D suffixed cards in China that do it better, but nothing tragic.