AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT & Radeon RX 5500 7nm Navi 14 GPUs Unveiled

Gregster · 7 Oct 2019 at 12:28

AMD will be announcing their brand new mainstream Radeon RX 5500 series today which are based on the 7nm Navi GPU architecture and aim both desktop and mobility platforms. Their details have been covered by Videocardz which includes official specifications and performance metrics.

AMD Radeon RX 5500 Series Unveiled – 7nm Desktop and Mobility Navi 14 GPU Lineup For Mainstream Audiences
AMD is not launching a single graphics card based on the Navi 14 GPU but three different parts, the Radeon RX 5500 XT, the Radeon RX 5500 and the Radeon RX 5500M. You can tell from the name that the first two cards are aimed towards the desktop platforms while the last variant, the Radeon RX 5500M is aimed at mobile platforms. The graphics card will compete against NVIDIA’s existing and upcoming entry-level Turing based graphics cards that are expected to launch this month.

Good performance being touted, so hopefully a decent card for the wallets.

Chrisc · 7 Oct 2019 at 13:13

i heard around 20% over 580/590 performance? if so that'll be nice for decent 1080p gaming. Price dependent obviously. . .

Darujhistan · 7 Oct 2019 at 14:08

The 5500 XT looks promising for 1080p'ers, the non XT is a non-starter with 4GB of VRAM, whatever the saving will be, it will be a false economy.

Martini1991 · 7 Oct 2019 at 14:10

Darujhistan said:
The 5500 XT looks promising for 1080p'ers, the non XT is a non-starter with 4GB of VRAM, whatever the saving will be, it will be a false economy.

This isn't really true.
People will game just fine at 4GB VRAM at 1080P.

My girlfriend was using a bloody 750Ti 1GB on a 4K screen and was happy enough. Obviously I wasn't happy and that's why she's running a 1070 8GB now

Darujhistan · 7 Oct 2019 at 14:15

Martini1991 said:
This isn't really true.
People will game just fine at 4GB VRAM at 1080P.

My girlfriend was using a bloody 750Ti 1GB on a 4K screen and was happy enough. Obviously I wasn't happy and that's why she's running a 1070 8GB now

Well yes, if you have very low expectations anything will do.

4K8KW10 · 7 Oct 2019 at 14:40

Martini1991 said:
My girlfriend was using a bloody 750Ti 1GB on a 4K screen and was happy enough.

What applications was she running, if I may ask?

Martini1991 · 7 Oct 2019 at 14:46

Darujhistan said:
Well yes, if you have very low expectations anything will do.

Again, not true.
People don't all game on bloody 5700XT's and better.

Martini1991 · 7 Oct 2019 at 14:47

4K8KW10 said:
What applications was she running, if I may ask?

Apex Legends most recently.

4K8KW10 · 7 Oct 2019 at 14:50

Martini1991 said:
Apex Legends most recently.

Nice! Well, I thought this card didn't support 3840x2160 but it actually does - and the game states GeForce GT 640 as minimum system requirement https://www.pcgamebenchmark.com/apex-legends-system-requirements

subbytna · 7 Oct 2019 at 16:35

Chrisc said:
i heard around 20% over 580/590 performance? if so that'll be nice for decent 1080p gaming. Price dependent obviously. . .

Guru3d.com are saying it's on a par with the 570/580 or a bit better than the 1650
https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/a...-5500-series-navi14-available-next-month.html

Panos · 7 Oct 2019 at 16:37

Darujhistan said:
The 5500 XT looks promising for 1080p'ers, the non XT is a non-starter with 4GB of VRAM, whatever the saving will be, it will be a false economy.

On the other discussions some promoting GTX1060 3gb in here the last two days. Good luck explain that to them

4K8KW10 · 7 Oct 2019 at 17:03

Panos said:
On the other discussions some promoting GTX1060 3gb in here the last two days. Good luck explain that to them

The 3GB on the GTX 1060 make the card DOA right now. Unless one wants to play 10-year-old games at 1920x1080.

Chrisc · 7 Oct 2019 at 17:04

subbytna said:
Guru3d.com are saying it's on a par with the 570/580 or a bit better than the 1650
https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/a...-5500-series-navi14-available-next-month.html

eugh that low? if that is the case, can we assume there will be a 5600 which may hold the clear advantage over the 580/590?

Panos · 7 Oct 2019 at 17:17

Chrisc said:
eugh that low? if that is the case, can we assume there will be a 5600 which may hold the clear advantage over the 580/590?

Guru3d refers to 5500 non-XT 4GB one and base on the benchmarks below. It doesn't refer to the 5500XT with the 8GB ram and performance between 590 and 5700 non-XT

https://videocardz.com/82162/amd-announces-radeon-rx-5500-series-with-gddr6-memory

That card (5500 non XT) is replacement for 570/580. The 5500XT looks like replacement for 590/V56

Ian Evey · 7 Oct 2019 at 17:19

4K8KW10 said:
The 3GB on the GTX 1060 make the card DOA right now. Unless one wants to play 10-year-old games at 1920x1080.

Funny that you know absolutely nothing about anything pc related but find the need to post “things”

4K8KW10 · 7 Oct 2019 at 17:43

Panos said:
Guru3d refers to 5500 non-XT 4GB one and base on the benchmarks below. It doesn't refer to the 5500XT with the 8GB ram and performance between 590 and 5700 non-XT

https://videocardz.com/82162/amd-announces-radeon-rx-5500-series-with-gddr6-memory

That card (5500 non XT) is replacement for 570/580. The 5500XT looks like replacement for 590/V56

Nah. RX 5500 / XT can only replace RX 560.
RX 5700 replaces RX 580/RX 590.

R3X · 7 Oct 2019 at 17:59

What happen to the 5300 and 5300XT or the one without the power adaptor !

Need an up to date budget non gaming card for 4K playback and surfing that is eco friendly.

Darujhistan · 7 Oct 2019 at 18:03

Martini1991 said:
Again, not true.
People don't all game on bloody 5700XT's and better.

It is, if you're happy with low settings etc then you can happily game on anything, that's patently TRUE, as many people do so. Your gf was happy with a 1GB card on a 4K screen. So you've even quoted an example yourself!

There's nothing wrong with have low expectations and being happy with that either.

I don't game with 5700XT or better either...

Is a new 4GB card really a great idea in 2019? Nope, the 8GB will be a far better option even for a few quid more. There's no excuses for selling 3/4GB gaming GPU's now. It is taking advantage of people who don't know any better.

4K8KW10 · 7 Oct 2019 at 18:07

R3X said:
What happen to the 5300 and 5300XT or the one with the power adaptor !

Need an up to date budget non gaming card for 4K playback and surfing that is eco friendly.

You mean the one that is expected without the power adaptor?
Well, last we saw some OEM builds with it, so who knows - maybe a further castrated low-end card.

Darujhistan said:
Is a new 4GB card really a great idea in 2019? Nope, the 8GB will be a far better option even for a few quid more. There's no excuses for selling 3/4GB gaming GPU's now. It is taking advantage of people who don't know any better.

As always, there are performance tiers - top tier - Radeon VII with 16 GB, then lower tier RX 5700 XT with 8 GB, then even lower RX 5500 XT with 4 GB.... and the older generation cards that are still being sold.

R3X · 7 Oct 2019 at 18:14

4K8KW10 said:
You mean the one that is expected without the power adaptor?
Well, last we saw some OEM builds with it, so who knows - maybe a further castrated low-end card.

Yeah the 75watt non power adaptor ones would be great, am all for castration as long as its the gpu