OcUK RX5600XT review thread

[Ian Evey]

Few days ago Guru3d has the 5600XT Red Dragon review using latest drivers for all testes cards.

https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/powercolor_radeon_rx_5600_xt_red_dragon_review,1.html

Those with GTX1080 shouldn't watch the review

Neither should the vega 56 or 64 owners

 

[Panos]

Neither should the vega 56 or 64 owners

Well there is an excuse to them, given that the reference models were used
The Nitro/Red Devil are +20% faster out of the box. Something that cannot be said for the non reference GTX1080s, as all are withing 50mhz between each other.

FYI the Guru3d Vega 64 always underperformed other reference V64s also. By a good 10%.
Probably because is the one with the July BIOS and not release model with August-September bios.

 

[Disco_P]

Few days ago Guru3d has the 5600XT Red Dragon review using latest drivers for all testes cards.

https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/powercolor_radeon_rx_5600_xt_red_dragon_review,1.html

Those with GTX1080 shouldn't watch the review

I dunno, it's taken 3.5 years for the market to offer same performance for half the price. That's pretty slow imo and it's not like the 5600xt is miles ahead in terms of efficiency either. I am glad that this performance is finally available at <£300 though as it is a lot of grunt, games will look and run great for all 5600xt owners.

The big problem is that it's probably gonna be another 3.5 years to get double the 1080 performance for the same price. The flip side is that it means I have felt no pressure to upgrade yet.

 

[roadie]

I think the card needs to be <£230. However, I do understand the impact of the exchange rate.

 

[greatash]

Neither should the vega 56 or 64 owners

Still looks pretty meh to me - you could get a 56 a year or more ago for the same price which offers the same performance with more vram.

 

[Ian Evey]

Still looks pretty meh to me - you could get a 56 a year or more ago for the same price which offers the same performance with more vram.

Yeah, was more tongue in cheek as panos had a little dig at gtx 1080 owners.

Not sure why as most of the 1080 owners have had that performance for 3 years.

 

[Poneros]

Neither should the vega 56 or 64 owners

Meh. V64 (4K) still 20% faster at least & with fewer driver issues, plus depending on when you bought it it could've paid for itself

I fully expect 5500 & 5600 cards to see deeper price cuts later this year.

 

[hyperseven]

 

[Morfinel]

Meh. V64 (4K) still 20% faster at least & with fewer driver issues, plus depending on when you bought it it could've paid for itself

power consumption and noise of V64 on air is unbearable

 

[Poneros]

power consumption and noise of V64 on air is unbearable

Nah, just the blower version. My Nitro+ is whisper quiet even pushing it at 340w. Power consumption is big but not a huge difference, because there's a diminishing returns point soon after 220-240w. So the difference ends up being around 100w. Is that a big deal? For me it's a 'meh' issue.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

 

[Unbeliever]

Whats the verdict on these? A worthwhile upgrade from a rx 580 8gb for 1440p gaming?

 

[gpuerrilla]

Its a nice option, but depends what your coming from. A 580 - would be a step up but nothing to blow the mind. From anything weaker or older its a nice choice especially when they dry up on the polaris stock the prices should settle nicely to near £200.

 

[greatash]

Whats the verdict on these? A worthwhile upgrade from a rx 580 8gb for 1440p gaming?

6gb in 2020 at 1440p I wouldnt bother to be honest. People bashed the 2060 6g a year ago for the same thing.

It'll be worse with the PS5 upcoming.

 

[gpuerrilla]

For 1440p I guess the standard 5700 would be better as it has more RAM at similar price.

 

[Unbeliever]

Cheers folk. I'll look for a 5700 instead. Just seen the benchmarks and it piqued my interest. The 6gb ram does seem a bit backwards though.

 

[gpuerrilla]

It is odd as they throw out a 5500xt that comes with 8Gb.

 

[queamin]

It is odd as they throw out a 5500xt that comes with 8Gb.

It is but it is to separate the 5600xt from 5700 more by restricting the 5600xt to 6GB of ram or they would be closer specs wise than price wise.

 

[Ross Thomson]

The red devil 5600 XT uses the same PCB as the 5700 XT. I put my 5700 XT red devil cooler on the 5600XT. Waterblock will also fit then. Igors MPT won't give more than stock max OC settings.

 

[Scougar]

Still disappointing you can't get the best from the silicon. Only artificial limit.

Finally ready to buy a card. Waiting for a reasonable deal now.