Items tagged with radeon rx 5700 xt
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Chris Goetting - Fri, Sep 25, 2020
Back at PAX East 2020 in March, we were captivated by the systems we saw at the EK booth that all featured an incredibly clean looking hard line liquid cooling setup. We were surprised to learn, however, that these were not custom builds on display to showcase EK’s renowned water...
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Ben Funk - Tue, Feb 25, 2020
It doesn't matter if you're playing Call of Duty, Counterstrike, Fortnite, or StarCraft, there's usually a benefit to having the highest frame rates possible when playing games competitively. That requires a couple of things, namely a very fast PC and a 120 - 144Hz or other high-refresh rate...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Jan 24, 2020
Corsair is adding to its Vengeance family of gaming PCs with the new Vengeance 6180 and Vengeance 6182. The machines are pretty well stacked with respect to performance thanks to their use of AMD hardware for both the processor and...
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Brandon Hill - Tue, Dec 31, 2019
AMD introduced its first Navi 10-based GPUs over the summer starting with the Radeon RX 5700 and Radeon RX 5700 XT. While these are excellent mainstream GPUs based on 7nm process tech, they by no means offer flagship-caliber...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Nov 01, 2019
XFX caught some heat (pun intended) when its Radeon RX 5700 XT THICC II first landed because it was reported to run hotter and louder than some of the other custom cooled models on the market. While we have not tested XFX's variants, the...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Oct 25, 2019
Just days after NVIDIA released its latest GeForce Game Ready driver for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, it's AMD's turn to flex its software muscle with the Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 19.10.2. For those that are hip to installing the...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Oct 08, 2019
It seems XFX is adding another "THICC" graphics card to its lineup. This latest entry, the Radeon RX 5700 XT THICC III Ultra, ups the ante with an even larger frame than the other THICC models, to make room for three cooling fans instead...
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Dave Altavilla, Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Aug 13, 2019
AMD's Ryzen 3000 series processors have made a positive impact on the PC enthusiast market, the likes of which we haven't seen in years. From a performance-per-dollar standpoint, AMD's disruptive Zen 2 architecture offers a strong value...
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Paul Lilly - Sun, Aug 11, 2019
Despite any rumors you may have read to the contrary, AMD is not discontinuing reference variants of its Radeon RX 5700 series graphics cards a mere month after introducing them to retail. In an effort to put the matter to rest, Scott...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Aug 09, 2019
One of the first preorders for a custom Radeon RX 5700 XT graphics card has materialized on Amazon. There is a new listing for Gigabyte's Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8G model, which sports three axial cooling fans instead of the...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Aug 07, 2019
One of the first retail listings for a custom Navi card has appeared, which also gives us a glimpse of Sapphire's first non-reference model among the Radeon RX 5700 series. The card in question is Sapphire's Radeon RX 5700 XT Pulse, and it...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Aug 05, 2019
If Paul Revere was still around and he was into PC gaming, he would be storming the streets yelling, "Custom Navi cards are coming!" We already know this, of course, because AMD has already indicated that its hardware partners will launch...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Aug 02, 2019
AMD’s first-party family of Radeon RX 5700 7nm Navi graphics cards first landed in early July, and shortly after that launch, the company confirmed that custom cards would be available from its board partners in August. Since that time...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jul 18, 2019
During the most recent episode of its Insider livestream, MSI shared some details about its upcoming Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 5700 graphics cards, including its custom models. One of those product families, the Mech Oc series, will...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Jul 16, 2019
It will be exciting to see what kind of custom designs and factory overclocks AMD's hardware partners come up with, as it pertains to Navi. Those will start trickling into retail around the middle of August. In the meantime, a video has...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Jul 12, 2019
Could it be the end of the line for AMD's Radeon VII flagship consumer graphics card? That might indeed be the case according to a new report making the rounds late this week.
According to the report, the Radeon VII has been has...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Jul 09, 2019
Following the retail launch of AMD's Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 5700 cards over the weekend, there are a spattering of models available to purchase, but none so far that use custom cooling designs. That is going to change. The...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jul 08, 2019
The initial flurry of Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 5700 graphics cards that are available at retail sites like Amazon and Newegg are all based on AMD's reference design, with the stock blower-style cooling shroud. Navi cards with custom...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Jul 03, 2019
In just a few more days, AMD and its OEM partners will begin selling new Radeon RX 5700 series graphics cards (Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 5700) based on the company's 7-nanometer Navi GPU architecture. As retail availability draws...
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Brandon Hill - Tue, Jun 18, 2019
Earlier this month, AMD announced the first consumer graphics cards based on its new 7nm Navi architecture. AMD has already stated that its first-party Radeon RX 5700 cards will begin shipping on July 7th, and they will be going to...
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Brandon Hill - Mon, Jun 10, 2019
AMD has a lot to prove with it next-generation Navi graphics architecture. While the company got its feet wet with a new 7nm process node with the Radeon VII, that was a refresh of its Vega architecture (Vega 20). Navi plots a new path...
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