{"id":81718,"date":"2015-09-28T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T09:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=81718"},"modified":"2015-09-28T11:06:21","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T09:06:21","slug":"a-hefty-price-tag-amds-r9-nano-is-priced-locally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/81718-a-hefty-price-tag-amds-r9-nano-is-priced-locally","title":{"rendered":"A hefty price tag: AMD&#8217;s R9 Nano is priced locally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AMD launched\u00a0its gaming-focused Radeon R9 Nano in August, promising the\u00a0fastest Mini ITX graphics card ever made.<\/p>\n<p>The R9 Nano allows\u00a0ultra-compact PCs to handle 4K gaming, and features AMD\u2019s Fiji\u00a0graphics chip.<\/p>\n<p>Local retailers have now listed pricing for the GPU, which is as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rebel Tech<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeltech.co.za\/r9-series\/10769-asus-radeon-r9-nano-4gb-hbm-pci-express-30-asus-radeon-r9-nano-r9nano-4g-4gb-hbm-4096bit-core-memory-1000-500mhz-core-boost-1050.html\" target=\"_blank\">Asus R9 Nano<\/a> \u2013\u00a0<strong>R11,999<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeltech.co.za\/r9-series\/10770-sapphire-radeon-r9-nano-4gb-hbm-pci-express-30-sapphire-radeon-r9-nano-21249-00-40g-4gb-hbm-4096bit-core-memory-1000-500mhz-core.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sapphire R9 Nano<\/a> \u2013\u00a0<strong>R11,199<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Evetech<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evetech.co.za\/PC-Hardware\/msi-radeon-r9-nano-1360.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">MSI R9 Nano<\/a> \u2013\u00a0<strong>R12,999<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wootware<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wootware.co.za\/powercolor-axr9-nano-4gbhbm-dh-radeon-r9-nano-4gb-hbm-4096-bit-pci-express-3-0-desktop-graphics-card.html\" target=\"_blank\">PowerColour R9 Nano<\/a> \u2013\u00a0<strong>R10,999<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The R9 Nano\u2019s specifications are detailed below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" style=\"font-size: 8pt;\" border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #0099ff; font-weight: bold; color: #fff;\">\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\" colspan=\"2\">\n<div align=\"center\">AMD Radeon R9 Nano<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"26%\"><strong>Process<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">28nm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Stream Processors<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>4,096<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Engine Clock<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Up to 1,000MHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Compute Performance<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>8.19 TFLOPS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Texture Units<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>256<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Memory<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>4GB HBM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Memory Bandwidth<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>512GB\/s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Board Power<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>175W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Standard<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>PCI-E 3.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>API Support<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>DirectX 12, Vulkan, OpenGL 4,5, Mantle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>The R9 Nano launch video is embedded below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4-c6VAQ-zdw\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Impressive as the R9 Nano most certainly is, <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/80601-amds-radeon-r9-nano-half-the-size-of-the-gtx-980-just-as-fast.html\" target=\"_blank\">offering performance equivalent to NVIDIA\u2019s GeForce GTX 980 at only half its size<\/a>, we still believe it\u2019s too expensive for what it is.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve said it before and we\u2019ll say it again: the mini-ITX target market is unlikely to require a card with the grunt of the R9 Nano.<\/p>\n<p>Media PCs won\u2019t require anything like an R9 Nano, and gamers are unlikely to purchase a mini-ITX card for a primary gaming rig.<\/p>\n<p>Granted, some gamers may want a diminutive gaming rig, for the sake of portability or limited space, but the GTX 980 will still fit in most mini-ITX environments and costs as much <strong>R3, 100<\/strong> less if you purchase Galax\u2019s GTX 980 from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wootware.co.za\/galax-98nqh6dnc7vz-geforce-gtx-980-soc-4096mb-gddr5-256-bit-pci-express-3-0-desktop-graphics-card.html\" target=\"_blank\">Wootware<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, for full or half tower setups, and for roughly the same price, you can purchase the faster R9 Fury or GTX 980 Ti.<\/p>\n<p>AMD has designed a great little card, one should allow for some fantastically powerful ultra-compact PCs, <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/81005-an-r9-nano-powers-this-nearly-r100-000-10-tflop-pc.html\" target=\"_blank\">like this one<\/a>, but it\u2019s more neat than it is feasible.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Written in collaboration with an article that originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gaming\/139938-amd-radeon-r9-nano-south-african-pricing.html\" target=\"_blank\">MyBroadband<\/a> and is republished with permission. Feature image sourced from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techarp.com\/showarticle.aspx?artno=892&amp;pgno=2\" target=\"_blank\">Tech ARP<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>In other news<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/81459-the-gtx-980-ti-sea-hawk-an-msi-and-corsair-collaboration.html\">The GTX 980 Ti Sea Hawk: an MSI and Corsair collaboration<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/81443-intel-to-launch-the-rest-of-skylake-range-in-two-weeks-local-pricing-confirmed.html\">Intel to launch the rest of Skylake range in two weeks: local pricing confirmed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/81305-absurdly-powerful-gaming-laptops-we-desperately-want.html\">Absurdly powerful gaming laptops we desperately want<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s more neat than it is feasible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":81720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1051,14086,47,1771,1085,1756,1969,8679,15823,1486],"class_list":["post-81718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-amd","tag-fiji-xt","tag-gpu","tag-graphics-cards","tag-hardware-2","tag-mini-itx","tag-news-2","tag-pricing","tag-r9-nano","tag-radeon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}