I admit that I am a sucker for video card reviews and might be somewhat jealous from time to time, but I am not a high frame-rate snob and a budget gamer at that: so these seem to be a good match. I thought I’d go over the numbers from my personal gaming system with my RX 570. I guess we need to go over the specs:
- CPU: Ryzen 5 1600X (OC to 3.95GHz)
- Memory: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000MHz RAM
- Motherboard : MSi B450M Gaming Plus micro-ATX motherboard
- OS Storage: 256GB Muskin Helix NVMe SSD PCIe Gen 3
- Mass Storage: 1TB WD Blue HDD
- Graphics: Power Color Red Dragon RX 570 (OC using MSi Afterburner) [4GB Version]
- Base Clock OC from 1250MHz to 1400MHz
- Memory Clock OC from 1750MHz to 2000MHz
- PSU: Enermax Revolution Xt 650W PSU 80plus Gold Rated
- Case: Gamdias Talon M1 Case
- CPU cooling: MSi MAG CoolLiquid 240R AIO
- OS: Windows 10 Version 2004
- Monitor: MSi MAG241CP 24” 1080p 144Hz Monitor with AMD FreeSync.
So, that being said, this is not a powerhouse system, but a darn good one. I am going to demonstrate that in the numbers I have compiled for this blog post. At the end, I will share my thoughts regarding possible upgrades in the future. Since my card is overclocked (OC), I decided to compare the frame rates between OC and stock card as well.
Let’s start with Shadow of the Tomb Raider. This is a notoriously hard game to run. CPU and GPU pushing game. This is what I got.
For this title, there is 5% to 6% improvement in the overclocked numbers. Realistically, the best scenario to play this game is with the card overclocked on High preset settings. High on stock is right at that 60FPS line. Though, the margin is just 3FPS.
Next up, Forza Horizon 4. Racing titles tend to be easer to render than first or third person shooters, so the numbers here look really good.
Again, for this title, I only got a 3% improvement for my overclocked numbers. Just 2-3 FPS change. For this title, Ultra can be run either stock or OC for a good frame rate.
The third title here is F1 2019. Again, racing titles are easier on GPUs as demonstrated here,
For this title, I did get 5-6% higher FPS with overclocking, but for the most part it is not necessary. All numbers are well above 60FPS with stock and OC.
The last game title is Gears of War 5. Back to third person shooter titles.
For this title, I am getting 5-6% better frame rates where the only frame rates over 60 are High quality with the best being the OC frame rate.
Finally, only one stand-alone benchmark was used: Unigine Superposition.
For this title, the extreme preset gained a big 9% while high only gamed 6%. Numbers in high are about 2x the extreme numbers.
CONCLUSION
The RX 570 is still a very good card for the money. Most RX 570s can be had for $130 – $150 for the 4GB variants and $140 – $170 for the 8GB variants. Prices seemed to rise a bit in the March-April time period. I purchased my card last summer for $130 and it has turned out to be a great value. So, if you are on a budget, this is still a great card [for now].
FUTURE
I am actually hoping [I have no industry knowledge} that with the introduction of RDMA 2 based cards or so called “Big-NAVI” cards that the RX 500 series will be retired and the RX 5000 RDMA “Navi” cards will become the new low price (aka budget) cards. This would be amazing. The RX 5700 and 5700XT are great performers. The 5500XT is a solid card that could replace the RX 570. At that price, it would be a steal. IF AMD does what I suggest here, I would begin saving up for an RX 5700XT. I have done a bit of research on the 5500XT and again, I have done my research to find that it is only 5%-8% better than my RX570. If I am going to upgrade, the uptick had better be well over 10%. We shall see at the end of October.
I don’t know that AMD will do this, but it would be a WIN-WIN for us consumers and seems like a no-brainer. I have been proven wrong in scenarios like this multiple times. Let’s see if I am wrong again….
