AMD RX580 graphics card first test: this generation upgrade, are you satisfied?
According to PConline evaluation, it is nearly a year since the release of AMD RX480. As the initial product of AMD's Polaris architecture, the RX480 performs in a battle with GTX1060's 2000-yuan dessert card market. Today, its successor AMD RX580 quietly arrives, there are rumors that it is only a small-scale upgrade of the RX480, there are rumors that it uses a new core, the truth? Is it worth buying?
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Since it is the first test, there are several small secrets about RX580 that we must first let everyone know.First, it is still Polaris architecture, code-named POLARIS 20, using a more advanced third-generation FinFET 14nm process, improved packaging technology.
Second, thanks to the improvement of the process and the improvement of yield, the RX580 has a higher core frequency than the RX480. The former has a maximum public version of 1340MHz and the latter has a public version of a maximum of 1266MHz.
Third, AMD Radeon RX580 still has 4/8G memory capacity versions.
Fourth, enhance the graphics card work efficiency of multi-display usage scenarios (AMD official copy, it is not temporarily impossible).
The AMD Radeon RX500 series brought a total of "four new products", namely RX580, RX570, RX560, RX550, used to replace RX480/470/460 1024SP/460 and other products, performance for different audiences from high to low; The price range is 899-2299 yuan. The suggested retail price for the highest-end Radeon RX580 8G OC products is 2199-2299 yuan. We will use the Dylan DEVIL RX580 as an example to show you the Radeon RX580.
Looking at a replacement relationship table, you understand the correspondence between the RX500 and RX400 series!
Is there any change in the specification parameters compared to the RX480?Regarding the RX580, I think what we want to know is the specifications, so I will first give everyone a GPU-Z screenshot and compare it with the table.
Specifications: In fact, when I saw the specifications, I was a little disappointed; because I looked down from the table, the difference between the RX580 and the RX480 is that the core frequency is different. Take the Dylan DEVIL RX580 as an example. There are two In the mode, the machine frequency in the performance mode is 1439 MHz, which is actually a lot higher than the RX480 public version frequency (173 MHz); other stream processors, texture units, etc. all keep the same specifications as the RX480.
In terms of price, Rao is AMD's suggested retail price for Radeon RX580 8G OC products is 2199-2299 yuan, but Dylan still insists on DEVIL RX580 offer 1999 yuan, and the price of the RX480 listing (RX480 is now sold for 1799 yuan).
After reading the specifications look at the appearance of Dylan DEVIL RX580
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The classic Dylan DEVIL series of red and black color, but this time Dylan in the DEVIL RX580 staged a more fresh and exciting trip, red and black intertwined on the shroud, quite dazzling!
A huge five-pointed star sign is printed on the back panel, like a big magic array. Is this to summon Devil DEVIL? Laugh~
The entire card size is 240×130×55mm, which is a short but thick product. A lot of heat sink fins should be piled inside.
External power supply is 6+8Pin, boost high frequency!
The I/O is equipped with a DVI port, three DP ports, and an HDMI port to meet everyday needs.
Dylan DEVIL RX580 comes with a "DEVIL" RGB Logo light on the top, which can be turned on and off by the LED switch next to it. Then look at the dismantling section.
Additional tests:
In addition, we have added power consumption tests for several commonly-asked power consumption parts, including Sapphire RX580 8G D5 Platinum Limited Edition and XFX RX580 8G Crimson Edition. Interested readers can click here. Jump to the appropriate location.
The radiator is not difficult to remove, and it can be easily removed after removing the six spring screws.
A new generation of DEVIL heavy armor radiators is used, with 4*8mm+1*6mm size 5 heat pipe configurations and two 10cm large size double ball bearing fans.
The metal back plate printed with a pentagram mark adds a lot of heat-dissipating holes around the five-pointed star to ensure heat dissipation while also taking into consideration the beauty.
In terms of materials, Dylan DEVIL RX580 8G uses all-solid-state capacitors and 6+1+1 phase power supply, and adopts the MOS combination of the top two, digital power supply design to ensure the core and memory power.
Polaris 20 core with the third generation 14nm FinFET process technology, 8 Samsung GDDR5 memory chips with 1GB capacity, 8G memory capacity, 256Bit memory bandwidth and 256GB/s bandwidth!
Next, we will look at the performance tests that everyone is most concerned about!
3DMark Theory Test and Game Performance TestAMD RX480 8G
NVIDIA GTX 1070
NVIDIA GTX 1060 6G
AMD Crimson Edition 17.10.10
Test Platform Description: The test platform is AMD's latest cutting-edge consumer-grade platform, the X370+ AMD Ryzen 5 1600X. A total of four graphics cards have been selected for comparative testing. The drivers are the latest A/N. Graphics card driver.
3DMark theory testIn addition to the two FireStrike Ultra & Extreme tests that we commonly use, the 3DMark theory test section added 3DMark's latest DirectX 12 benchmark test for game PCs, aiming to bring you a more comprehensive reference.
Theoretical test summary: 3DMark theoretical performance testing RX580 can be said to be completely beyond the public version of the GTX1060 6G and RX480 8G, but there is a big gap compared to the GTX1070; preliminary, this product is still located in the GTX1060 6G Between the GTX1070 and the GTX1070, it only further expanded the advantage!
Game performance testThe future is undoubtedly the world of DX12. In this test, we selected six representative DX12 game masterpieces. Among them, there are many native killer 6s, Tomb Raider 10, and Singularity Ashes. Warhammer: Total War, Outbreak: Human Break, and the latest Ghost Action: Wilderness.
Test summary: The actual gaming experience is in line with the performance of 3DMark. In most of the participating games, the performance of the RX580 completely exceeds the public version of the RX480 and the GTX1060 6G, and some of the games increase significantly, such as warhammer, killer 6, and human division. . Beating GTX1070 is unexpected! Look at the power consumption again.
Platform power testIn order to get closer to the real-life scenarios of the players' daily applications and at the same time more fully understand the power consumption of Dylan DEVIL RX580 8G, we will use three application scenarios to measure the power consumption of the platform, namely the 3DMark stress tester and games. Copy machine and standby mode.
Power consumption test summary: Overall, the power consumption of the Dylan DEVIL RX580 8G is much higher than that of the RX480 and GTX1060 in the copy machine and game, that is to say, although the RX580 performance is up, but the power Consumption also followed a lot, this is equal to energy efficiency before it has not been much improved!
And according to Dylan, this is due to the fact that the first BIOS version of this product is not perfect, and it will be possible to get some improvements later by updating the BIOS power control. Other RX580 products such as Sapphire, XFX, etc. have not been tested and are said to be lower than this.
In order to relieve doubts of some users in terms of power consumption, we have added power consumption tests for the other two products, namely Sapphire RX580 8G D5 Platinum Limited Edition and XFX RX580 8G Crimson Edition.
As a result, we can see that the high power consumption is actually a common fault of all non-public RX580 products. Among them, the sapphire RX580 8G D5 ultra-platinum limited edition is well controlled. As for whether it can be improved later by updating the BIOS to the newer one. The consumption control will be improved. We will continue to follow up. There will be first-hand news that will be given back to you for the first time.
Video card temperature testTo test the temperature limit under the radiator, we used the 3DMark stress test to test.
Test summary: At room temperature 26°C, the highest temperature of the Dylan DEVIL RX580 8G is 70°C. Compared to the non-public RX480 we did before, the temperature of the tortoise machine is actually much better. It seems Dylan's heat sink. The program is awesome!
Card noise testHere we measure the fan noise when the noise test card runs 3DMark stress test at full load.
Test summary: The noise when copying only 55 decibels, close to the volume of ordinary indoor conversation, will be more quiet in the chassis, on the whole, the fan noise control is also good.
About noise:
0 - 20 db: very quiet, almost imperceptible; 20 -40 db: quiet, like whisper; 40 - 60 db: normal general indoor conversation; 60 - 70 db: noisy: denervated; 70 -90 db: Very noisy, nerve cells are damaged. 90 - 100 db: Intensified noise, impaired hearing; 100 - 120 db: Unbearable, one minute or temporary deafness. 120 decibels or more: Extremely paralysed or fully paralyzed; 300 decibels or more: People with a radius of 20 km cannot repair deafness.
After summarizing the scores of all the above items, the author has compiled a comprehensive performance percentage chart. We can intuitively understand that the RX580 has a 13% increase compared to the public version of the RX480, and is then 7 points stronger than the public version of the GTX1060 6G. If you replace the non-public GTX1060 6G, this gap should be smaller.
PConline graphics ladder diagram
The ladder diagram shows: In all the test results, we put the Dylan DEVIL RX580 8G on the public version of the GTX1060 6G and RX480 slightly higher position, slightly inferior to the R9 Nano.
PConline evaluation room summary
RX580 may be called RX485 more appropriate, lack of sincerity in performance:
As a new generation of graphics cards, AMD's "sincerity" in this release of the RX580 is obviously not sufficient, and its performance is 13% higher than that of the public version of the RX480. Compared with the non-public version of the RX480, it is estimated that it is less than 10%. The RX580 we tested is also very likely. It is one of the highest-frequency non-public version representatives. This range is simply not a replacement. It is said that further improvement after the process improvement is similar. As a simple upgrade version of RX480, I think it is more appropriate to call it RX485, because it is really sorry RX580 this title. I do not know whether the users agree?
So even so, why does AMD push a wave of Radeon RX500 products? The author believes that its intentions are more in terms of market strategies. In the current situation where R&D resources are scarce, the core frequency is greatly increased by improving the packaging process to further widen the gap between GTX1060 and 6G to better capture the 2,000 card market. In addition, it can also inject a wave of "new blood" into the market.
So a new generation of RX500 series worth buying?
Such as Dylan DEVIL RX580 8G such high-frequency products offer 1999 yuan, compared to the current RX480 non-public version of 1799 yuan, the price is considered reasonable, not cost-effective, each has its advantages and disadvantages. Comparing with the non-public version of the competitor GTX1060 6G, the RX580 has slightly better performance (it is expected that the DX12 has more obvious advantages), but its power consumption is very impressive. How to choose? See if you support Nvidia or AMD, it is said that A-card fights in the future.
Since then RX480/470 will gradually withdraw from the market, and follow-up such as RX560/550 will also replace the RX460 1024SP/460 and other products after the listing; the old product will be delisted promotion, after which the RX500 series is also expected to cut prices, so in any case, for the majority of consumption All of them are good, and we pay close attention to our follow-up product recommendations.
It stands to reason that the graphics card upgrade cycle is 3 years, we recommend that users of R9 285/280 level upgrade, look at the timing of special promotions.
What we are waiting for is a real replacement product - AMD RX VEGA
Today, AMD Radeon RX580 is already on the market, but it still can't change the status of AMD's poor performance in the high-end graphics card market. The only thing you can count on now is probably AMD RX VEGA, which may be released in June!
PS: Recently there was news that the NVIDIA GeForce 20 series, code-named Volta's new architecture products will be released in the third quarter of this year, it seems that AMD graphics cards will not be better than the first half of next year (2018) this year, Sigh... ..
1, the advantages are not obvious
1ã€Not much improvement, insufficient upgrade sincerity
2, high power consumption (I do not know whether the individual reasons, at least test cards so)
RX580 8G D5 Platinum Limited Edition from Sapphire.
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Fan with blue lights, there are wood feel like a flame lit on the gas stove? Laugh~
In addition, the starting sapphire RX580 8G D5 Platinum Limited Edition will be set to sell with the MSI B350 Tomahawk motherboard.
In addition, there is our XFX RX580 8G Crimson Edition.
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The overall design style is still the same as XFX RX480 8G Black Wolf Evolution, and the packaging is still so deep-fried, laugh ~
Finally, AMD said that it will start its Radeon 580 and 570 promotions in Jingdong at 21:00 tonight (April 18th). The detailed rules of the event are as follows. Friends who are interested in starting out will be able to poke in.
Attach a promotional topic link: https://sale.jd.com/act/YvWrVyOESg.html
AMD RX480 8G
NVIDIA GTX 1070
NVIDIA GTX 1060 6G
AMD Crimson Edition 17.10.10
1, the advantages are not obvious
1. Not much improvement, insufficient upgrade sincerity
2, high power consumption (I do not know whether the individual reasons, at least test cards so)
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