Basically none of the RX470/RX480 combos are perfectly ideal.
REF RX480 4GB - Cheapest, fastest speed (25MH/s) memory is actually 8GB but ABSOLUTELY NO STOCK.
REF RX480 8GB - Fastest Speed (25MH/s) but only 6 pin and might melt PCIe slot and annoying loud.
Aftermarket Rx480 8GB - Fast speed (25MH/s), 8 pin, quiet but CRAZY EXPENSIVE
Aftermarket Rx470 4GB - Slow speed (21MH/s) and expensive but quiet
Aftermarket RX470 8GB - Fast Speed (25MH/s) but crazy expensive but quiet
Might as well keep my Tahiti's card and just dual mine for a while rather than upgrade. Dual mining is free, no need to buy anything and in the end its efficiency is about 7W/MHS (after SIA is converted back to ETH) rather than going thru all this trouble to get 5W/MHS.
Topic: RX 470 AVAILABLE STARTING AT $179!!! (Read 1503 times)
If you just want to mine the Ethereum, 470 could be a good choice as it has simlar memory bandwidth to the 480.
I read somewhere that it basically performs the same as the 480, assuming you get the 8GB, where the memory is clocked higher than the 4GB. I figured I would buy one of each so I could see if that was the case or not...
If you just want to mine the Ethereum, 470 could be a good choice as it has simlar memory bandwidth to the 480.
Unfortunately it's already out of stock. What is that amateurism ? They had a lot of time to prepare stocks 
! Anyway, I said that I'll get an NVidia card for my next setup so I'll stick to this plan.
! Anyway, I said that I'll get an NVidia card for my next setup so I'll stick to this plan.I picked up one of these also to check out, and it's still in stock:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150777
Unfortunately NewEgg only allows one per customer.
Unfortunately it's already out of stock. What is that amateurism ? They had a lot of time to prepare stocks ! Anyway, I said that I'll get an NVidia card for my next setup so I'll stick to this plan.
! Anyway, I said that I'll get an NVidia card for my next setup so I'll stick to this plan. 
Still avail for 199:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202230
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202230
and out of stock... 
Thanks for the heads up - because of your post I was able to grab one of the 8GB models, although the others were all sold out.
RX 470 RELEASED ON NEWEGG FOR $179!!!
Grab one before it's gone:
Powercolor 4GB $179 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131696&ignorebbr=1
Sapphire 4GB for $209: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202229&ignorebbr=1
Sapphire 8GB for $239: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202226&ignorebbr=1
Grab one before it's gone:
Powercolor 4GB $179 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131696&ignorebbr=1
Sapphire 4GB for $209: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202229&ignorebbr=1
Sapphire 8GB for $239: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202226&ignorebbr=1
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