PowerColor RX 5700 XT Red Devil Review vs. The Hype
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Date: 2020-05-06
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Brian
My OVERCLOCK settings for my Red Devil 5700xt using Wattman. GPU-2120mhz, Voltage-1180mv, Memory-920mhz, Power limit +50%. I set the fan curve to be more aggressive. First point marker from the right set to 75% speed 90c. Second point marker from the right set to 70% speed 75c. Third point marker from the right set to 30% speed 65c. The first 2 point markers from the left I kept at the factory levels. With these settings my Junction temperature doesn't go above 77c. The base temp stays at 59c. In games my clock will peek just under 2100mhz, but it runs regularly between 2015-2030mhz. Those frequencies can vary from game to game. Power consumption peeks at 226 watts. It took a while to dial in those settings to get it stable. I love this card. I sold my Radeon VII and could not be happier!
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My OVERCLOCK settings for my Red Devil 5700xt using Wattman. GPU-2120mhz, Voltage-1180mv, Memory-920mhz, Power limit +50%. I set the fan curve to be more aggressive. First point marker from the right set to 75% speed 90c. Second point marker from the right set to 70% speed 75c. Third point marker from the right set to 30% speed 65c. The first 2 point markers from the left I kept at the factory levels. With these settings my Junction temperature doesn't go above 77c. The base temp stays at 59c. In games my clock will peek just under 2100mhz, but it runs regularly between 2015-2030mhz. Those frequencies can vary from game to game. Power consumption peeks at 226 watts. It took a while to dial in those settings to get it stable. I love this card. I sold my Radeon VII and could not be happier!
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legarambor
yeah i don't want to make you feel bad, i watched every single 5700 XT video. But still took one you didn't review - XT 5700 TUF gaming x3 (asus) took it simply because it was the cheapest by far! (429 euro. Out of the box the fancurve is too aggresive and makes lots of noise, adjusted (with 50% max) it's fine and cooling wise it's not the best for sure (auto: 87 degrees junction 50 dB // Fancurve max 50% -> 95-100 degrees C 42 dB) so it's fine when adjusted. The GPU Clock out of the box is MUCH higher than said on any website, out of box it's 2069 Mhz, on dutch websites spec says 1950. with GPU Tweak 2 you can't go lower than 2019 MHz unfortunatly. I haven't tried to undervolt yet really as i crashed it once and then i figured not to do it anymore atm.
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yeah i don't want to make you feel bad, i watched every single 5700 XT video. But still took one you didn't review - XT 5700 TUF gaming x3 (asus) took it simply because it was the cheapest by far! (429 euro. Out of the box the fancurve is too aggresive and makes lots of noise, adjusted (with 50% max) it's fine and cooling wise it's not the best for sure (auto: 87 degrees junction 50 dB // Fancurve max 50% -> 95-100 degrees C 42 dB) so it's fine when adjusted. The GPU Clock out of the box is MUCH higher than said on any website, out of box it's 2069 Mhz, on dutch websites spec says 1950. with GPU Tweak 2 you can't go lower than 2019 MHz unfortunatly. I haven't tried to undervolt yet really as i crashed it once and then i figured not to do it anymore atm.
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pelahale
I bought 2 5700XT gpu cards (an XFX blower model, and a Powercolor 2-fan one) since this past summer and am really surprised and impressed at the performance on these. The supposedly flakey firmware and software on these by AMD have been incorrect. AMD has updated the firmware on both since I bought them and though I have had 2 BSOD events during heavy computing, both occurred early and none over the past 4 months. These cards run smooth, cool, solid and you can video edit, game without hiccups on them. At 400- 420, these are unbeatable on price/performance basis. I do own a 2080 and 2080ti and these are superior cards certainly, but I felt cheated price-wise, whereas with the 2 5700XT I've been extremely happy in every way.
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I bought 2 5700XT gpu cards (an XFX blower model, and a Powercolor 2-fan one) since this past summer and am really surprised and impressed at the performance on these. The supposedly flakey firmware and software on these by AMD have been incorrect. AMD has updated the firmware on both since I bought them and though I have had 2 BSOD events during heavy computing, both occurred early and none over the past 4 months. These cards run smooth, cool, solid and you can video edit, game without hiccups on them. At 400- 420, these are unbeatable on price/performance basis. I do own a 2080 and 2080ti and these are superior cards certainly, but I felt cheated price-wise, whereas with the 2 5700XT I've been extremely happy in every way.
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Necronic
As somebody who used to tune 2 stroke engines polishing ports for better gas flow got me wondering, do card makers ever consider how the airflow enters the fans, I see a lot of cards with flat edges everywhere and was thinking, if you have fronts fan blowing air onto a flat edge, Your going to get turbulent air(bit like blowing air against a wall) before the air has a chance to get to the fans, Would it not be better to have smoother curved edges that allows a smoother flow of air over and into the fan not just for flow, it should help reduce air noise also.
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As somebody who used to tune 2 stroke engines polishing ports for better gas flow got me wondering, do card makers ever consider how the airflow enters the fans, I see a lot of cards with flat edges everywhere and was thinking, if you have fronts fan blowing air onto a flat edge, Your going to get turbulent air(bit like blowing air against a wall) before the air has a chance to get to the fans, Would it not be better to have smoother curved edges that allows a smoother flow of air over and into the fan not just for flow, it should help reduce air noise also.
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Aquila
Nitro is the card I wanted, but I have supported Manchester United since 1979, i. e, the Red Devils. If the card was red with black and white trim I would be getting this one. Totally rational. I got held up getting a new GPU because I just had to replace my studio reference monitors. Even if you do not create music on a computer or play guitar etc, monitors are the way to go. Music and soundtracks sound so good thru reference monitors. Prices for 5700XT have not come down yet. I have a RX590, so might wait a bit.
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Nitro is the card I wanted, but I have supported Manchester United since 1979, i. e, the Red Devils. If the card was red with black and white trim I would be getting this one. Totally rational. I got held up getting a new GPU because I just had to replace my studio reference monitors. Even if you do not create music on a computer or play guitar etc, monitors are the way to go. Music and soundtracks sound so good thru reference monitors. Prices for 5700XT have not come down yet. I have a RX590, so might wait a bit.
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Scott
I used my red devil rx5700xt for a week before I removed the heatsink and repasted with kryonaut and adding thermal pads to the backplate. Fairly decent thermal improvement. At idle I got fed up with the amd 0 rpm fan speeds so I placed a 120mm fan under blowing up towards the card and it idles around 10C cooler just from air blowing past the still gpu fan blades into the heatsink and once it hits 50C under load the card does the rest of the work keeping it awesomely cool without sounding like a jet engine
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I used my red devil rx5700xt for a week before I removed the heatsink and repasted with kryonaut and adding thermal pads to the backplate. Fairly decent thermal improvement. At idle I got fed up with the amd 0 rpm fan speeds so I placed a 120mm fan under blowing up towards the card and it idles around 10C cooler just from air blowing past the still gpu fan blades into the heatsink and once it hits 50C under load the card does the rest of the work keeping it awesomely cool without sounding like a jet engine
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Neville
Are you sure that's an aluminium plate? The 7nm process has a heat density that's already too much. ish for the thermal conductivity of copper, so I would expect hotspots and junction temperature issues if it were aluminium. I think it's probably nickel plated copper? Either way, it could have a better finnish IMHO and is almost impossible to lap with those studs in the surface. If it is aluminium, a warning about using LM as a TIM replacement may have been a good idea!
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Are you sure that's an aluminium plate? The 7nm process has a heat density that's already too much. ish for the thermal conductivity of copper, so I would expect hotspots and junction temperature issues if it were aluminium. I think it's probably nickel plated copper? Either way, it could have a better finnish IMHO and is almost impossible to lap with those studs in the surface. If it is aluminium, a warning about using LM as a TIM replacement may have been a good idea!
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Drackar
Completely pointless comment as I doubt anyone's reading this, but this is currently punching 60 less than the nitro+ on black friday, about the price of the budget prices for other cards like the Pulse at the time of this recording. Came back to reference this video, as I was sorting through my options and I figured this video would have the data I needed. Ironically, the pulse is now the same price point as this card.
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Completely pointless comment as I doubt anyone's reading this, but this is currently punching 60 less than the nitro+ on black friday, about the price of the budget prices for other cards like the Pulse at the time of this recording. Came back to reference this video, as I was sorting through my options and I figured this video would have the data I needed. Ironically, the pulse is now the same price point as this card.
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John
I would really be curious how a reference card with an aftermarket cooler compares to the custom cards. I've seen videos showing how much one of the aftermarket coolers can improve the reference card. But there are never any custom cards for context. The reference card + cooler is cheaper than some of the custom cards, so it could be a nice way to get similar performance to the custom cards on a bit of a budget.
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I would really be curious how a reference card with an aftermarket cooler compares to the custom cards. I've seen videos showing how much one of the aftermarket coolers can improve the reference card. But there are never any custom cards for context. The reference card + cooler is cheaper than some of the custom cards, so it could be a nice way to get similar performance to the custom cards on a bit of a budget.
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Jeffrey
Hey Steve! I've now purchased both a Red Devil RX 5700 xt and a Nitro+. I returned the Red Devil because it had horrible coil whine, now that I recieved the Nitro+ it also has coil whine that's not as loud but pretty noticable while gaming. I could still RMA this card but I'm sick of waiting around, is there an acceptable level of coil whine we should deal with or do I have bad luck. Thanks for the videos
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Hey Steve! I've now purchased both a Red Devil RX 5700 xt and a Nitro+. I returned the Red Devil because it had horrible coil whine, now that I recieved the Nitro+ it also has coil whine that's not as loud but pretty noticable while gaming. I could still RMA this card but I'm sick of waiting around, is there an acceptable level of coil whine we should deal with or do I have bad luck. Thanks for the videos
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