Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT GAMING OC Review: RGB Custom Navi Power

Name: Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT OC
Brand: Gigabyte

by Marco Chiappetta — Friday, September 13, 2019, 11:45 AM EDT

Performance Summary: Strictly looking at performance alone, the Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC isn’t a massive departure from AMD’s own reference design. The Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC’s higher base and boost clocks do give it a small performance advantage over AMD’s design overall, and allow it to compete favorably with NVIDIA’s recently released RTX Supers, but it’s the Gigabyte card’s additional features and more capable cooler that set it apart. Although the performance deltas separating the Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC from AMD’s card are relatively small in most games, the Gigabyte card’s acoustic and thermal characteristics are much more attractive.

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The Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8G is faster, quieter and has more features than AMD’s reference Radeon RX 5700 XT. As such, the Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC commands a slight premium. Whereas AMD is asking $399 for its standard card (the limited Anniversary Edition costs more), the Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC is available for $419. For reference the PowerColor Red Devil is about $440 at the moment. That additional $19 is easily justifiable in our opinion. If you don’t mind the additional width of the Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC, its superior cooling solution and the integration of customizable lighting are worth the few extra bucks. If you’re considering a Radeon RX 5700 XT, we definitely recommend looking into Gigabyte’s offering. It offers some big advantages over the reference design, for a small additional investment.


Good Performance Excellent Cooler Quieter Than AMD's Design Good Overclocker	2.5 Slots Wide More Power Hungry Than AMD's Design Small Price Premium

Tags: AMD, Radeon, Gigabyte, GPU, (nyse:amd), navi, rx 5700 xt

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com