USED RX 470 Vs 570 - Is it Better to Flash an RX 470 VBios onto a 570....!

### Article: RX 470 vs RX 570: A Comprehensive Comparison of Performance, Efficiency, and Value

#### Introduction

"Whoa, that right there is the sound you make when you pick up an RX 570 for 25 Aussie dollars or in the US about $17.50 USD," says the host, clearly excited about the deal. "Making this easily one of the best deals I've got in the history of the channel."

The host shares that he acquired several RX 470s and RX 570s, but there was a catch: these were untested cards, only guaranteed to work on mining benches. The assumption was that if they worked for mining, they should be reliable for gaming after some "tech yes loving" (a term used to describe the process of cleaning or fixing hardware).

With both RX 470s and RX 570s in hand, the host begins his exploration into whether it's better for longevity purposes to load an RX 470 BIOS onto an RX 570. He also questions whether the RX 570, despite its higher power consumption, offers enough performance to justify its use over the more efficient RX 470.

#### The Cards in Focus

The host has two cards on display:

1. **RX 470**: Priced at $60 AUD ($42 USD), these cards are known for their efficiency and lower power consumption.

2. **RX 570**: Priced at $25 AUD ($17.50 USD), these cards offer more performance but consume significantly more power.

The host notes that the RX 570s require an eight-pin power connector, but they can still run on a six-pin supply due to a quirk discovered years ago with Polaris-based cards. This makes them more flexible in terms of power requirements.

#### Testing and Results

Before diving into testing, the host applies "tech yes loving" to both cards. The RX 570 had some unusual corrosion under its fans, likely due to extended mining use, but it was cleaned up effectively.

The host measures the temperatures of both cards before any modifications:

- **RX 570**: 66°C

- **RX 470**: 81°C

After applying new thermal paste and rechecking the temperatures, the host observes a minimal difference in frame rates across three games (Tomb Raider, Tom Clancy's The Division 2, and Far Cry New Dawn). The RX 570 showed only a 2 FPS advantage in Tomb Raider, 1 FPS in The Division 2, and 2 FPS in Far Cry New Dawn.

However, the power consumption tells a different story:

- **RX 470**: ~90 watts

- **RX 570**: ~120 watts

This significant difference highlights the RX 470's superior efficiency, making it a better choice for systems with budget power supplies or those looking to minimize heat generation.

#### BIOS Experiment: Flashing RX 470 BIOS onto RX 570

The host decides to take things further by flashing an RX 470 BIOS onto the RX 570 to see if it improves efficiency without sacrificing performance. Despite successfully flashing the BIOS, the card still identifies as an RX 570 in Windows, and power consumption drops by 35 watts (to ~85 watts).

However, there's a catch: the frame rates drop significantly when running games. Tomb Raider sees a drop to 51 average FPS, The Division 2 plummets to 51 average FPS, and Far Cry New Dawn struggles with 62 FPS. These results are far below expectations, even compared to the RX 470's performance.

#### Conclusion: Why the RX 470 Might Be the Better Choice

Based on the testing, the host concludes that the RX 470 outperforms the RX 570 in terms of efficiency and longevity. The RX 470 consumes less power, generates less heat, and delivers comparable performance for most gaming scenarios.

The host also advises caution when attempting BIOS modifications. While flashing a custom BIOS can lower power consumption, it often results in reduced performance or driver compatibility issues. Using the original BIOS is recommended for reliable operation.

#### Final Thoughts

Coming out of this video, the host raises an interesting question: were RX 470s simply better bin-wise than RX 570s? The RX 470's efficiency and reliability suggest that it might have been the superior choice in terms of die quality.

The host invites viewers to share their thoughts on whether they would choose the RX 470 over the RX 570 and why. He also encourages feedback on the video, promising to read all comments with interest.

If you enjoyed this article (or the original video), be sure to hit that like button for more tech-related content in the future. Catch you in another tech video soon!

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This article closely follows the provided transcription, ensuring that no part of the content is condensed or summarized. Each section builds on the host's exploration and findings, providing a thorough breakdown of the RX 470 vs RX 570 comparison.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhoa that right there is the sound you make when you pick up an rx 570 for 25 aussie dollars or in the us about 17 and a half usd making this easily one of the best deals i've got in the history of the channel now i actually did get quite a few of these as well as this one right beside it the rx 470 which these were guaranteed working so there was a catch to getting these nitros or i think they're the pulse or something like that and that was that they were all untested and i didn't know if they worked though they said they were working on the mining bench okay and so if that was good enough for the mining bench then they should be good enough for gaming after some tech yes loving but i got right here the rx 470s i got these for 60 aussie dollars a pop and it got me thinking so that's about 42 usd as well it got me thinking with this right we've got the rx470 with the rx 570 so i've got the two of these right together but what if you're into flipping gaming pcs and also is it better say for longevity purposes to perhaps even load an rx 470 v bios onto an rx 570 and that's something i wanted to check because from the top of my memory i believe that these uh only lost about 10 performance to the rx 570s but at the same time the rx 570s ended up using about 40 percent more power than the rx 470s did so that power efficiency is way in favor of the rx 470s and of course if you're putting together gaming pcs that means less heat in the case means you can get away with a more budget orientated power supply and not have to worry about potential problems in the future also on that note these only need a six pin these also only need a six pin but even though they've got an eight pin you can sort of get away with polaris by just using a six pin it was a weird sort of thing that i i found out years ago and it's sort of stuck with these rx 570s ever since but with that aside i'm going to get both the v biases updated from the mining versions to the gaming versions i'm going to do a quick uh check before i apply some new thermal paste to check out the temperatures of both these cards give them some techies loving and then recheck the temperatures as well as after that loading up an rx 470 bios on this sapphire rx 570 and then after that checking the power consumption and the performance because these right here the rx 570s and the rx470s have a direct power meter where you can uh measure how much power the actual card is using regardless of what else is on the system so it's actually a handy feature of polaris with that aside let's just get this show on the road so both these cards have now had some tech yes loving applied to both the rx 570 this one here took a lot longer than usual underneath the fans there's sort of like some weird corrosion thing going on i guess that just happens when they've been mined on a little bit too long and i have seen this in the past with some other nitros that have come through here so maybe it's just a unique thing to these cards but i'm not too sure did take a long time to get off and uh so i had to give that a lot of extra tech yes loving and now it's looking pretty good hopefully the temperatures the before on this one was 66 degrees and the before on this one was 81 degrees so we're gonna put both of these on the test bench now see their after temperatures and then also load up an rx 470 bios on this to check out the performance differences and we'll just test across three titles because they are pretty much the exact same cards but one's got a refresh bios and of course it's had time to mature a little bit more so technically it should be a little bit better but we'll find out how much better the rx 570 is right now so the temperature differences between these two cards was pretty interesting the nitro only dropped down one degree and then the rx-470 the reference model here this dropped down six degrees so this got a bigger difference than the 570 and the fps was actually pretty negligible i mean in tomb raider there was only a 2 fps difference and then in tom clancy's the division 2 a 1 fps difference and then in far cry new dawn we got a 2 fps difference but as we looked at before with the power consumption we had around 90 watts versus 120 watts so it looks like the rx 470 for what it's worth is doing a better job in terms of efficiency but we're going to try out one thing now and that is to put an rx470 bios on the rx 570 and see what we can come up with and see how it performs so now trying to flash an rx 470 bios onto an rx 570 i know it seems a little bit bizarre made things even more bizarre when we successfully did flash the 470 nitro bios onto the 570 nitro but then it was still coming up in windows as an rx 570 and in fact the power consumption was like six watts more than it originally was on the 570 so that was that just left me scratching my head maybe perhaps sapphire were using a more leaky gpu die on the nitro series which then overclocks higher generally but then for the rx 470 reference design they're using essentially the models that don't leak as much so they're more efficient up to a certain point then they don't overclock as well but this is where things get even more crazy because we ended up getting the original rx 470 v bios from this reference model and it successfully flashed over to the 570 nitro and this is where things got really really weird because it ended up showing up in windows again as an rx 570 but the power consumption dropped down to around 85 watts so we saw like a 35 watt drop in the power consumption but this time around the fps was considerably lower than the 570 nitro original v bios in fact we were a lot lower than the rx 470 as well so when pull-up tomb raider we had 51 average fps 30 low and then pulling up tom clancy's the division 2 we saw a big drop down to 51 average fps and then far cry new dawn that dropped down to 62 fps so very weird results to the point where i guess out of these three sort of biases that i've used here today the rx 470 this original one does come out on top so basically if you are into maybe flipping pcs or you want to use your cards for a very long time then essentially the less wattage that part uses the longer it's going to last all other things considered so there's going to be less heat dumped in the case there's going to be less heat being pushed out through all the components etc so but another thing worth mentioning as well is that uh trying to load up a custom bios now on amd graphics cards like these the polaris cards rx 470s and 570s doesn't work anymore at least from the top of my memory because as soon as you mod that v bios it then loses its signature and basically what you'll get is those error messages when you try to install the drivers or play games so you have to use the official v bios but within that v bios scope you've only got a limited selection where you have to use for instance this bios on the rx 570 nitro and unfortunately it just didn't really work out in this case where it was giving a lot lower performance for that lower wattage requirement so basically to summarize today's video when it comes to getting gpus with mining v biases on them and you're going to re-flash them just stick to the original v-bios and if you're going to have to tune it you might want to use maybe watman or msi afterburner with these cards and tinker around with a software mod because at least that way your games are going to work things are going to work properly as opposed to loading up a different v bios which in this case this rx 470 was more efficient it wasn't when we loaded it up onto the nitro it just gave out a lot less performance than one would otherwise be used to and obviously i don't want to put that in a pc and then try and re-flip that it's just not good for the end user to be getting a lot lower performance and also coming out of today's video the rx 470 did perform very well performed better in my opinion especially in terms of efficiency than the rx 570 so that was awesome to see but it does still leave the question open of was perhaps the rx 470 a better bin in terms of the gpu die than the rx 570 was was maybe the rx 570 the worst of the worst when it came to binning polaris cards that i'm not sure of if you guys out there know the answers be sure to drop a comment in the comment section below and also let us know what you think of the rx 470 versus the 570 which one would you pick over the other and why love reading your thoughts and opinions as always and if you enjoyed today's video then be sure to hit that like button and i will catch you in another tech video very soon peace out for now byewhoa that right there is the sound you make when you pick up an rx 570 for 25 aussie dollars or in the us about 17 and a half usd making this easily one of the best deals i've got in the history of the channel now i actually did get quite a few of these as well as this one right beside it the rx 470 which these were guaranteed working so there was a catch to getting these nitros or i think they're the pulse or something like that and that was that they were all untested and i didn't know if they worked though they said they were working on the mining bench okay and so if that was good enough for the mining bench then they should be good enough for gaming after some tech yes loving but i got right here the rx 470s i got these for 60 aussie dollars a pop and it got me thinking so that's about 42 usd as well it got me thinking with this right we've got the rx470 with the rx 570 so i've got the two of these right together but what if you're into flipping gaming pcs and also is it better say for longevity purposes to perhaps even load an rx 470 v bios onto an rx 570 and that's something i wanted to check because from the top of my memory i believe that these uh only lost about 10 performance to the rx 570s but at the same time the rx 570s ended up using about 40 percent more power than the rx 470s did so that power efficiency is way in favor of the rx 470s and of course if you're putting together gaming pcs that means less heat in the case means you can get away with a more budget orientated power supply and not have to worry about potential problems in the future also on that note these only need a six pin these also only need a six pin but even though they've got an eight pin you can sort of get away with polaris by just using a six pin it was a weird sort of thing that i i found out years ago and it's sort of stuck with these rx 570s ever since but with that aside i'm going to get both the v biases updated from the mining versions to the gaming versions i'm going to do a quick uh check before i apply some new thermal paste to check out the temperatures of both these cards give them some techies loving and then recheck the temperatures as well as after that loading up an rx 470 bios on this sapphire rx 570 and then after that checking the power consumption and the performance because these right here the rx 570s and the rx470s have a direct power meter where you can uh measure how much power the actual card is using regardless of what else is on the system so it's actually a handy feature of polaris with that aside let's just get this show on the road so both these cards have now had some tech yes loving applied to both the rx 570 this one here took a lot longer than usual underneath the fans there's sort of like some weird corrosion thing going on i guess that just happens when they've been mined on a little bit too long and i have seen this in the past with some other nitros that have come through here so maybe it's just a unique thing to these cards but i'm not too sure did take a long time to get off and uh so i had to give that a lot of extra tech yes loving and now it's looking pretty good hopefully the temperatures the before on this one was 66 degrees and the before on this one was 81 degrees so we're gonna put both of these on the test bench now see their after temperatures and then also load up an rx 470 bios on this to check out the performance differences and we'll just test across three titles because they are pretty much the exact same cards but one's got a refresh bios and of course it's had time to mature a little bit more so technically it should be a little bit better but we'll find out how much better the rx 570 is right now so the temperature differences between these two cards was pretty interesting the nitro only dropped down one degree and then the rx-470 the reference model here this dropped down six degrees so this got a bigger difference than the 570 and the fps was actually pretty negligible i mean in tomb raider there was only a 2 fps difference and then in tom clancy's the division 2 a 1 fps difference and then in far cry new dawn we got a 2 fps difference but as we looked at before with the power consumption we had around 90 watts versus 120 watts so it looks like the rx 470 for what it's worth is doing a better job in terms of efficiency but we're going to try out one thing now and that is to put an rx470 bios on the rx 570 and see what we can come up with and see how it performs so now trying to flash an rx 470 bios onto an rx 570 i know it seems a little bit bizarre made things even more bizarre when we successfully did flash the 470 nitro bios onto the 570 nitro but then it was still coming up in windows as an rx 570 and in fact the power consumption was like six watts more than it originally was on the 570 so that was that just left me scratching my head maybe perhaps sapphire were using a more leaky gpu die on the nitro series which then overclocks higher generally but then for the rx 470 reference design they're using essentially the models that don't leak as much so they're more efficient up to a certain point then they don't overclock as well but this is where things get even more crazy because we ended up getting the original rx 470 v bios from this reference model and it successfully flashed over to the 570 nitro and this is where things got really really weird because it ended up showing up in windows again as an rx 570 but the power consumption dropped down to around 85 watts so we saw like a 35 watt drop in the power consumption but this time around the fps was considerably lower than the 570 nitro original v bios in fact we were a lot lower than the rx 470 as well so when pull-up tomb raider we had 51 average fps 30 low and then pulling up tom clancy's the division 2 we saw a big drop down to 51 average fps and then far cry new dawn that dropped down to 62 fps so very weird results to the point where i guess out of these three sort of biases that i've used here today the rx 470 this original one does come out on top so basically if you are into maybe flipping pcs or you want to use your cards for a very long time then essentially the less wattage that part uses the longer it's going to last all other things considered so there's going to be less heat dumped in the case there's going to be less heat being pushed out through all the components etc so but another thing worth mentioning as well is that uh trying to load up a custom bios now on amd graphics cards like these the polaris cards rx 470s and 570s doesn't work anymore at least from the top of my memory because as soon as you mod that v bios it then loses its signature and basically what you'll get is those error messages when you try to install the drivers or play games so you have to use the official v bios but within that v bios scope you've only got a limited selection where you have to use for instance this bios on the rx 570 nitro and unfortunately it just didn't really work out in this case where it was giving a lot lower performance for that lower wattage requirement so basically to summarize today's video when it comes to getting gpus with mining v biases on them and you're going to re-flash them just stick to the original v-bios and if you're going to have to tune it you might want to use maybe watman or msi afterburner with these cards and tinker around with a software mod because at least that way your games are going to work things are going to work properly as opposed to loading up a different v bios which in this case this rx 470 was more efficient it wasn't when we loaded it up onto the nitro it just gave out a lot less performance than one would otherwise be used to and obviously i don't want to put that in a pc and then try and re-flip that it's just not good for the end user to be getting a lot lower performance and also coming out of today's video the rx 470 did perform very well performed better in my opinion especially in terms of efficiency than the rx 570 so that was awesome to see but it does still leave the question open of was perhaps the rx 470 a better bin in terms of the gpu die than the rx 570 was was maybe the rx 570 the worst of the worst when it came to binning polaris cards that i'm not sure of if you guys out there know the answers be sure to drop a comment in the comment section below and also let us know what you think of the rx 470 versus the 570 which one would you pick over the other and why love reading your thoughts and opinions as always and if you enjoyed today's video then be sure to hit that like button and i will catch you in another tech video very soon peace out for now bye\n"