Biostar introduces their mining GPU: RX 470D

[rouvio]

Heya,

I was browsing Tech powerup and noticed they published a very short, initial info/article about Biostar's version of a mining GPU.
I apologize if this news was already published here - I couldn't find any mention of it.

Copy & paste:

BIOSTAR posted technical specifications of its first graphics card designed for crypto-currency mining, bearing the model number "VA47D5RV42." This card, which is based on the design of its RX 470/480 graphics cards; is built around the Radeon RX 470D chip, and endowed with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory. The RX 470D is a "lite edition" or LE variant of the Polaris 10 silicon, which never made it to the DIY channel market, but occasionally reared its head in the pre-built OEM market. It features fewer stream processors than the RX 470, at 1,792 vs. 2,048. The chip is clocked at 1200 MHz (boost), with 7.00 GHz (GDDR5-effective) memory. Interestingly, unlike most "mining" graphics cards we've seen so far, this card appears to feature a full complement of display outputs, which includes three DisplayPorts and one each of HDMI and DVI. The company didn't reveal pricing.

https://i.imgur.com/yxXGhO6.jpg

Link to the article: here.

What do you think about it?
Is it actually going to be worth getting?

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[QuintLeo]

As I recall, the 470 "D" series was a China-sales-only thing.

 Card should do OK on ETH, though probably a hair under a "normal" RX 470.

 Card might be a bit iffy on other coins, due to the lower shader count - depends on what price they bring it to market if it will be worth looking at.

 I don't see a point to them leaving all the video connectors on the card for a "mining" card though - have to wonder about that part.

[Emoclaw]

As I recall, the 470 "D" series was a China-sales-only thing.

 Card should do OK on ETH, though probably a hair under a "normal" RX 470.

 Card might be a bit iffy on other coins, due to the lower shader count - depends on what price they bring it to market if it will be worth looking at.

 I don't see a point to them leaving all the video connectors on the card for a "mining" card though - have to wonder about that part.

Card will also be unavailable everywhere because it will go out of stock almost immediately like all AMD cards.
There's also a sapphire version of this particular card.

Honestly I wish there was more supply of these cards so that consumers could buy the normal ones.

[QuintLeo]

I have not seen any information anywhere on a Sapphire 470D based mining card.
They DO have at least 4 cards listed on their website (and a couple of them have shown up on Newegg) for 470 NOT D based cards.