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 ESTGrand Theft Auto V
Now a truly venerable title, GTA V is a veteran of past game suites that is still graphically demanding as they come. As an older DX11 title, it provides a glimpse into the graphically intensive games of yesteryear that don't incorporate the latest features. Originally released for consoles in 2013, the PC port came with a slew of graphical enhancements and options. Just as importantly, GTA V includes a rather intensive and informative built-in benchmark, somewhat uncommon in open-world games.
The settings are identical to its previous appearances, which are custom as GTA V does not have presets. To recap, a "Very High" quality is used, where all primary graphics settings turned up to their highest setting, except grass, which is at its own very high setting. Meanwhile 4x MSAA is enabled for direct views and reflections. This setting also involves turning on some of the advanced rendering features - the game's long shadows, high resolution shadows, and high definition flight streaming - but not increasing the view distance any further.
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Korguz - Thursday, January 23, 2020 - link
in the US.. its $20.. but else where.. its more then that...larger and more reliable ?? barely...
Spunjji - Thursday, January 23, 2020 - link
The 5600XT price/performance ratio was so competitive that Nvidia had to lower their own prices to counter, which AMD countered with more performance. It literally redefined its price bracket.Funny how you're phrasing that as a failing of AMD.
335 GT - Friday, January 24, 2020 - link
That really broken 2080 die you mean? That die that cant be binned down to a 2070. Lol.headloser - Thursday, January 23, 2020 - link
You must lived in USA. In Canada, it cost around $400 dollars before tax. And it doesn't even come with free games. No deal sorry.SilthDraeth - Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - link
Three weeks into 2019 eh? First sentence.Ryan Smith - Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - link
Some of us are still stuck in the last decade, apparently! (or we're just really tired)Lord of the Bored - Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - link
I hear ya. Some didn't even make it that far. Every day I wake up and ask "is it 1989?"boozed - Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - link
Hi! I'm a pedant from the internet...WaltC - Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - link
Very good review--to the point, Ryan! Thanks so much for limiting the cards compared to the same basic economic cost strata! That's rare these days. So many think that throwing in $1400 GPUs with sub-$300 GPUs is the thing to do. Ugh. (Last para, "quitter" should be "quieter")eek2121 - Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - link
It is always worth seeing where a card performs in the stack. If I am shopping for a GPU, I typically go for performance per dollar vs. A fixed budget (except in my last build where I said screw I went ham.)Of course, performance per dollar can also be deceptive, since time is also a factor.