![]() ![]() The only other area where the newer Polaris products differentiate themselves from the outgoing cards is within their power consumption algorithms. This review will focus on the RX580 since my RX 570 sample arrived a bit late and with the Easter weekend upon me, there just wasn’t the time to properly execute. Since it is based off of the same yet slightly cut down version of the Polaris 10 core, the RX 470 will be making way for the new RX 570. The RX 580 isn’t the only GPU getting a brand new coat of paint either. Not only could this positively impact overall value but it could also help AIBs expand their selections of pre-overclocked Polaris-based products. There is supposedly also more overclocking headroom for their board partners and end users to tap into. To accomplish this AMD us utilizing the same Polaris 10 core we have all come to know and love but through the use of a more mature 14nm FinFET manufacturing process, they have been able to offer substantially increased core frequencies. What the RX580 strives to do is further capitalize upon the wave of positive press its now-discontinued sibling received by providing more performance per dollar. Things quickly turned around with multiple driver releases and just a few months ago we discovered the RX 480 had become the card to buy, often beating out the GTX 1060 in key gaming benchmarks. Unfortunately there were some speed bumps placed along the way since we soon found the reference versions drew excessive power from the PCI-E slot and at least initially, availability was sketchy at best. ![]() When it was launched, I praised it for focusing on value it was actually one of the first GPUs to cost less than $300 but provide excellent performance metrics in both 1080P and 1440P scenarios. In order to understand the RX 580’s path to inception you have to look back at the somewhat troubled but ultimately successful RX 480. Well today AMD is hoping to put that debate behind us with the RX 580, a spiritual encore presentation to one of their most popular and best-received GPUs of the last few years. However, much of the consternation and hand wringing has been due to that card’s positioning against NVIDIA’s slightly newer GTX 1060. Some of that is due to the fact that its Polaris architecture effectively remains the only lifeline Radeon fans can cling to in the hopes that something more will eventually be around the corner. There’s no denying in the year since its launch, AMD’s RX 480 and its positioning in the graphics card market has been a hotly debated subject. ![]()
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