The AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT Review, Feat. Sapphire Pulse: A New Challenger For Mainstream Gaming
by Ryan Smith on January 21, 2020 9:01 AM ESTThe Test
As is usually the case for launches without reference hardware, we’ve had to dial down our Sapphire cards slightly to meet AMD’s reference specifications. In this case, Sapphire’s secondary (quiet) BIOS offers reference power and memory settings, so for our reference-spec testing, we’re using that BIOS, with the GPU underclocked by 85Mhz to meet AMD’s official specs.
Finally, as the RX 5600 series is focused on 1080p gaming, this is what our benchmark results will focus on. Though I have also tested the card at our 1440p settings to see just how well it might do as a 1440p card – the lack of VRAM admittedly not doing it any big favors there – and these are posted below our 1080p results.
Finally, we’re using the latest drivers from AMD and NVIDIA.
| CPU: | Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.0GHz |
| Motherboard: | ASRock Z390 Taichi |
| Power Supply: | Corsair AX1200i |
| Hard Disk: | Phison E12 PCIe NVMe SSD (960GB) |
| Memory: | G.Skill Trident Z RGB DDR4-3600 2 x 16GB (17-18-18-38) |
| Case: | NZXT Phantom 630 Windowed Edition |
| Monitor: | Asus PQ321 |
| Video Cards: | AMD Radeon RX 5700 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB AMD Radeon RX 590 AMD Radeon RX 580 AMD Radeon R9 390X NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB |
| Video Drivers: | NVIDIA Release 441.87 AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.1.1 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Pro (1903) |
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Spunjji - Thursday, January 23, 2020 - link
Did you read the review? This card uses less power than the 2060 to match its performance and runs significantly quieter. Drivers get updated monthly, with new features launched already this year. Their market share at its worst is 25%.If you're just going to come here to post counterfactual crap in the comments, kindly piss off.
cmdrmonkey - Thursday, January 23, 2020 - link
Their market share is 11.8% and continues to shrink. You would think with so many used mining cards being dumped on the used market for dirt cheap prices maybe it would go up. But people aren't buying the used AMD mining cards, they're buying used 1060s and 1070s. Even brokeasses buying used cards don't want AMD junk.Holliday75 - Thursday, January 23, 2020 - link
So shrinking from Q2 2019? Man I guess AMD lost 20% market share the second half of last year. Amazing."AMD saw its share of the graphics market surge in Q2 2019, with total shipments larger than Nvidia for the first time in five years. At the same time, Nvidia retains a hard lock on the add-in board market for desktops, with approximately two-thirds of total market share."
Korguz - Thursday, January 23, 2020 - link
cmdrmonkeyeither post links to your BS " facts " like market share... or shut up and admit you hate amd, are bias to nvidia, and you love paying nvidias high prices..
cmdrmonkey - Thursday, January 23, 2020 - link
I don't hate AMD. I want AMD to stop making junk and start really competing again.Korguz - Thursday, January 23, 2020 - link
yes you do.. it can be seen in most of your posts.. and you didnt post links to where you get your bs claims about amds vid card market share... so.. its your own personal bias. and bs...cmdrmonkey - Thursday, January 23, 2020 - link
shipped =/= sold. And just look at the Steam hardware survey if you want to see the actual market share.Korguz - Thursday, January 23, 2020 - link
steam hardware survey.. should be taken with salt.. its not a 100% reliable metric... not every one has steam..sarafino - Friday, January 24, 2020 - link
Steam's hardware survey is fatally flawed, as it surveys internet cafes in China. The numbers are totally skewed and useless.sarafino - Friday, January 24, 2020 - link
Reddit: r/Amd/comments/ej6c6i/looks_like_steam_hardware_survey_is_broken_again/