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AMD Radeon RX 490 Release Date, News & Update: Polaris 10 GPU? To Come In December? Way Better Than NVIDIA's Latest?

AMD Radeon RX 490 Release Date, News & Update: Polaris 10 GPU? To Come In December? Way Better Than NVIDIA's Latest?

AMD Radeon RX 490 is rumored to actually come as a dual chip GPU. While AMD remains silent about other details, the latest reports claim that video card will be released before the year ends.

The AMD Radeon RX 490 is expected to be more affordable and perform better than NVIDIA's current cards today. There are also speculations that the RX 490 is likely launching in December, whether it is powered by Vega or the Polaris 10 GPU.

Although AMD has not given any confirmation yet, their official website reportedly revealed unintentionally the listing which indicates that AMD Radeon RX 490 will be among the company's products in July 2017. While the said listing has already been removed, the slip-up from AMD seems to confirm that the AMD Radeon RX 490 exists.

AMD Radeon RX 490 is likely to be launched and released on the same day in December, based on reports. Although the details regarding the video card's specs are not clear yet, others believe that AMD Radeon RX 490 will keep up with the GTX 1080 in terms of the capability to run games at 4K.

Moreover, reports also suggest that it would also come as another VR-ready card from AMD. A number of fans believe that the AMD Radeon RX 490 will likely use a Polaris chip, given that the Vega GPU is set to be launched in 2017 instead, according to report.

The next-gen graphic card AMD Radeon RX 490 is believed to be offered at a lower market price compared to its other rivals, yet with a similar performance or even beat the current GPUs of other giant manufacturers. Furthermore, AMD Radeon RX 490 is reported to come with a bus width that is higher compared to the current 256bit.

AMD Radeon RX 490 reports also suggest that a higher bus width would also require a higher power consumption, WCCF Tech reported. Watch AMD Radeon RX 490 Release Date, Specs, Latest News

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