The difference in gain is not 13%. dB are not linear but logarithmic. Each 3 dB means that the noise doubles, so 61.9 - 54.5 is a difference of 7.5db, meaning that the loudest measure is about 6 times more loud that the quieter one. I don't know about the discrepancy in the measurements, but it is quite big to not need a deeper look by the reviewer reporting those numbers.
I'll probably wait for the water cooled version since this card is too hot and a fan will just make my room 80 degrees fahrenheit within 30 minutes. Sick of all the price gouging from Nvidia and the fact that they release a super before AMD's launch proves it. Despicable company.
The cards were tested on an Intel CPU platform and i understand why. But, I was just wondering if the PCIe 4 switch brought any benefit at all to the cards? Any specific workload/benchmark that can benefit from the increased bandwidth? What are your thoughts on it @Ryan ?
The 5700s losing in all the Vulkan benchmarks is making me consider hitting that "cancel order" button and go with a 2060/70 Super. AMD should never perform worse in Vulkan against supposedly equally powered competition.
I ahve the XFX 5700 non XT model. Refence cooler. It was less so noise that was the issue but more the revving of the fan. It was never sure on a speed to settle at. So I went into Wattman and locked the fanspeed to 30% (~1700 RPM) for anything above 50C across the board. Clocks hover between 1650 - 1700 MHz during long gaming sessions. Temp wise it settles in at about 85C and is a bit quieter than my old RX580 ASUS Rog Strix OC model. I wish they just shipped it like than rather than leave me to tweak it myself.
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CiccioB - Wednesday, July 10, 2019 - link
The difference in gain is not 13%. dB are not linear but logarithmic.Each 3 dB means that the noise doubles, so 61.9 - 54.5 is a difference of 7.5db, meaning that the loudest measure is about 6 times more loud that the quieter one.
I don't know about the discrepancy in the measurements, but it is quite big to not need a deeper look by the reviewer reporting those numbers.
Silma - Thursday, July 11, 2019 - link
Too bad, I would have been interested in the RX 5700 XT but it's way too noisy.CiccioB - Friday, July 12, 2019 - link
Wait for the custom version. In a couple of months. Probably.tomc100 - Friday, July 12, 2019 - link
I'll probably wait for the water cooled version since this card is too hot and a fan will just make my room 80 degrees fahrenheit within 30 minutes. Sick of all the price gouging from Nvidia and the fact that they release a super before AMD's launch proves it. Despicable company.MDD1963 - Saturday, July 13, 2019 - link
Nice review; I think the 5700Xt stacks up against the 2060 Super and 2070 Super quite nicely.....; Hell, I'd hit it if I could! :)coolrock2008 - Saturday, July 13, 2019 - link
The cards were tested on an Intel CPU platform and i understand why. But, I was just wondering if the PCIe 4 switch brought any benefit at all to the cards? Any specific workload/benchmark that can benefit from the increased bandwidth? What are your thoughts on it @Ryan ?Mason1232 - Saturday, July 27, 2019 - link
Aimed at what these days is the midrange segment of the video card market, AMD is looking to carve out a new place for the companyballsystemlord - Saturday, July 27, 2019 - link
I love coffee, I love tea, I love Ryan's article on Navi! (Even though it's not finished yet...)viivo - Thursday, August 1, 2019 - link
The 5700s losing in all the Vulkan benchmarks is making me consider hitting that "cancel order" button and go with a 2060/70 Super. AMD should never perform worse in Vulkan against supposedly equally powered competition.cvearl - Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - link
I ahve the XFX 5700 non XT model. Refence cooler. It was less so noise that was the issue but more the revving of the fan. It was never sure on a speed to settle at. So I went into Wattman and locked the fanspeed to 30% (~1700 RPM) for anything above 50C across the board. Clocks hover between 1650 - 1700 MHz during long gaming sessions. Temp wise it settles in at about 85C and is a bit quieter than my old RX580 ASUS Rog Strix OC model. I wish they just shipped it like than rather than leave me to tweak it myself.