yeah man, i think the retailers in my country intentionally setting the price to match the nvidia gpu pricing. 5600XT retails for the same price as regular RTX2060 around here.
Yeah, its so wierd to see these reviews where they tell you all the cheap prices, but those prices are nowhere to be found for the rest of the world it seems :)
They are partners for years. Normally the project of a new card by AMD used to be passed 1st to Sapphire then to other manufacturers. I guess still the same way.
Best Value: Sapphire Pulse / Gigabyte Gaming OC Best Performance: MSI Gaming X Best Compact: Powercolor Red Dragon / ITX Worst: XFX Thicc II Pro / MSI Mech / Gigabyte WindForce Thank me later
SomeGuyWithMtnDew the gaming x is $280 on Newegg and tomorrow it’s going to be on the deal of the day page so I think it’ll be cheaper. Hopefully at most $260
i don't know what you say but my taichi 5700xt is the fastest rx 5700xt on the market and one of the coolest and most beautiful cards if that tells you anything
@@neofitosmihail4272 Steve and diogo_n13 were talking about the RX 5600XT Challenger D OC, not the RX 5700XT Taichi. 2 completely different gpus from Asrock. The former is in the same ballpark as the Thicc and Mech gpus: hot and loud. With how the AIBs segment their product lines, one sometimes gets what they pay for - with exceptions, of course! So one is better off avoiding the lower product tiers overall, if they can help it.
@@neofitosmihail4272 Its about even with a thic III, both have the same boost clock, as for coolest that goes to the power color liquid devil but I disagree with beautiful unless the pictures from the manufacturer just look bad I don't think it looks that good.
I have the sapphire pulse 5600xt. It has been an excellent card at 1080p ultra graphics. I have had zero issues with the drivers in the few months ive had it. I felt like i was taking a risk being the first AMD card I have purchased but at 290$ i have absolutely no regret!
I bought the sapphire pulse 5600XT to replace my old GTX 970 I wanted one of the upcoming new cards but couldn't wait so wanted something better but didn't wanna spend a load. I'm well happy with it, for 1080p gaming it's decent and should defo do the job while i save for a 1440p monitor and one of the new cards when they eventually come out
@@sebastianmuenzberg4197 nope, no driver issues at all, plays everything fine, tested on a load of games with zero issues. You get 2 free games from AMD too! You get steam codes for resident evil 3 and monster hunter world which includes the ice bourne dlc You also get a 3 month xbox game pass. Defo a good stop gap GPU for the money
you bought it for the aesthethic didnt you... i went with a 2060 over a 5700 or 5600 XT, and while i dont have regrets my brain still sometimes wishes i got wishes i got a red devil cause of how good it would look in my rig
@@Angel7black I had a lot of issues with my Red Devil 5600 XT. They sent me another and it was no better. Video TDR Failures and black screens. Tried multiple systems, DDU the drivers, etc. Nothing improves it much. I gave up and got a Gigabyte 2060 and it has been flawless. You made the right choice going with a 2060. Will never trust AMD GPU's again. Going to stay far away from Big Navi and stick with Nvidia this fall. Don't trust AMD has the capability of quality drivers. I see a disaster for them with new GPU architecture this fall.
I purchased the Asus Rog Strix 5600xt for $310 USD & love it! It's a good looking card & runs really cool/quiet. Not much OC headroom with the 5600xt, so you will be spending the extra money for aesthetics with the strix version.
I found the Gigabyte Gaming OC and Sapphire Pulse for about Php 17,000 in Lazada, but unfortunately, they're of stock. I bought the Windforce OC for Php 15,899 instead, which is considered by HUB as one of the "worst" cards. Can't be picky about it when that's the only thing on stock unfortunately.
@Hardware Unboxed, could the driver related errors be related to people who have previously had a Nvidia GPU in their system? A friend of mine had frequent crashes after coming from Nvidia GPU. After he deleted all the Nvidia DLL files this seem to resolve his problem. Can this be tested?
no they r not, friend of mine (5700 xt thicc 2) formated drive and still gets blackscreens and fps drops with dx9, while the thicc 2 is not a great model it should... u know... work
Built a new Ryzen 5 3600 machine on B450 Tomahawk Max and picked up the 5600XT Sapphire Pulse. Super quiet, plays all my old crappy games at 130FPS at 1440p and did I say super quiet? I've been keeping the software upgraded and I haven't had a single issue. Much love.
I bought the sapphire pulse version a week ago and I'm in Australia the price was just amazing! It's being shipped from US but it's super cheap compared to other rx 5600xt models which is surprising after seeing your reviews.
I have the Gigabyte OC literally for 3 months and I never had a problem. I did have black screen issues but realized my HDMI cord wasn't plugged into my monitor all the way.
I know that feeling, I thought my r9 290 had kicked the bucket, when I just forgot to plug my Displayport cable properly. It didn't help that I was overclocking it at the time.
I have the Sapphire Pulse after having returned the PowerColor Red Dragon 5600 XT due to cooling issues and then constant artifacting after doing the VBIOS update. The Sapphire shipped with the new VBIOS and has been performing without issue and the fans being easy to replace is icing on the cake
Built my system about a month ago now, I went for the sapphire pulse 5600xt. I have had my share of black screens and such but after much internet hunting, I found that the latest at the time drivers 20.4.2 ( I think) was causing a few more "crashes" So.. a quick ddu and then down to the previous drivers and the crashes stopped. Updated to 20.5.1 when that dropped and zero crashes, so it certainly seemed to be a specific version causing issues. I would still recommend the card. It's just that good!
Bought the Gigabyte 5600xt. Clash blue screen multiple time. Flashed to latest BIOS and driver update, works well, very quiet and decent temperature performance.
I own the ASRock Challenger and only got it because of the low price. Updated the bios and it's running great, no issues. Can't speak for all the people who have it, but for me it's running great along a Ryzen 5 3600X, 16 GB 3200 CL16 and a MSI B450 mobo.
wanna thank you for the advice. Happy with the purchase for the price. Will be upgrading to something more powerful when stocks come back in, maybe next year late.
I own a Gaming X and updated the vbios. Impressed with temps. With a room temp of around 30°c, my card stays below 60°c, around 55°c, when playing games. Worth every penny.
Here in the Philippines it's way over MSRP online which is dissapointing even after months of release, unless there is a new generation release. And in our case it's way better to go to a physical store that sells it with just little above MSRP, right now it is really not a good time to buy due to price inflation due to human malware 🤦
I went with the basic Asus 5700 dual Evo (the 310$ card he compares price to in the video) as I couldn't justify a 5600xt for only a 10-20$ savings. Had it for about a week and the cooler is actually OK. Nothing overly hot, fairly quiet, but probably not enough cooler for an XT flash.
I bought Gigabyte gaming OC because it was cheaper than Sapp Pulse. Installed latest driver and flash the 14gbps bios. So far no problem with GPU, played all my games with no issue.
WARNING Anybody watching this -- DO NOT BUY the Gigabyte 5600 XT Gaming OC. The reason why it has such bad reviews on Newegg is because Newegg is shipping out the Rev. 1.0 model, which is NOT capable of handling the 14gbs bios. The reason why everyone is complaining about the card suffering from black screens and crashes is because, if you flash the bios to apply the 14gbs update, it will become wildly unstable and crash during use, unless you just get lucky and get a good card capable of handling the overclock. Gigabyte even recognizes this -- after I received the card I checked their website for the 14gbs bios, and they've removed it from the card's support page -- the only bios that is now available is an "updated" one with default clock and bandwidth speeds and a more aggressive fan curve. It runs okay with this bios, but it is much slower than other 5600 XTs running with the 14gbs bios. I learned all of this the hard way after ordering the card couple weeks ago after watching your original 5600 XT roundup and having to RMA it due to its instability, even after reflashing to the original bios and applying an incredibly modest overclock to try and claw back some of the performance of the 14gbs bios. I exchanged the card for the Sapphire Pulse, which I've just installed today and is running flawlessly -- it had the 14gbs bios already installed, and even with the new bios it runs cooler and quieter than the default Gaming OC. Tldr; Do NOT buy the Gaming OC from Newegg, get the Sapphire Pulse instead.
from a linus tech tips (2020 holiday buyers guide), they recommended the xfx 5700 ddultra because it can also be bios flashed for almost 5700 xt levels of performance. check that video out for what they said about it
maybe because its basically the same card as the 5700XT, same cooler, same pcb. With just the main Silicon being different so whatever is a good 5700XT is a good 5700
fully support a need for a review of 5700 non xt. especially as ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5700 EVO OC 8GB is the same price (albeit 385 USD) as a gigabyte 5600xt gaming oc and sapphire 5600xt pulse in New Zealand. Is the EVO version of asus 5700 safe now or is it as bad as the 5700xt by asus (temperature-wise).
GIGABYTE gaming oc just released 4 new bios for their cards. I have it and it used to crash every day several times when gaming. Since the new bios, not a single crash at all. That's where the bad reviews come from, I would have given a terrible review a few weeks ago but now it's perfect. I love it , very fast, and good price. most especially the damn bios actually works now! great
Building a PC in November of 2020 and GPU prices are once again insane, everything's inflated except for older stuff. My SFF case can only accept Dual-Slot, 10" cards, so the red dragon it is. Thanks Steve
Thanks for the Video! I´m glad that i could buy a New Powercolor RX 5700 Red Dragon for around 320 €, just before the Covid19 Nonsens started! I had to choose between a 5600 XT and a 5700 and with that price the Red Dragon was a No-brainer.. It is a pretty small Card and surprisingly silent for a Dual-Slot Card! If i need more Speed i dial in the 5700 XT Bios and it works flawless!
I have the gigabyte rx5700xt gaming oc, have had absolutely no problems with it since day one, bought it more than nine months ago now. Just like Steve, it’s been a champ for me and no worries at all! Perhaps it is notable that I decided myself to apply aftermarket thermal pads and thermal paste to the card in an attempt to squeeze extra thermal headroom out of it? This was not from a desire to gain more performance, which was already fine, but in order to reduce strain on fans at full load and improve the quality of life long term and decrease the already low noise from the graphics card even further. Although way quieter than my previous vega 56 Strix (dreadful card!) I have a dislike of any perceptible noise when my computer is running as I have good hearing and can detect minor noises easily. It is now essentially silent when running games like KCD and newer Total Wars (Warhammer 2, 3 Kingdoms etc). The only noise comes from my noctua cooler and only when the fans kick in to start, otherwise it’s just not perceptible. I wonder how many people have problems with gigabyte cards in stock config versus user modified/enhanced configs? I would have to take my card back to stock to know if anything was untoward I suppose. I never had any struggles with in any event, certainly nothing driver related either. Genuinely sorry for people having issues, I would like to try sapphire for my next card, as I’ve have had them in the past and they were really solid.
I don't want to spoil anyone's experience here because I seem to be in the minority on this one, but I've personally had 3 Sapphire cards in my life and all 3 of them failed, the longest one lived for is a bit over 1 year. That was my first one, a HD 7850 back in the day. After that I bought a Strix GTX 970 in late 2014 which is still working in another PC. For myself, I originally upgraded to a Sapphire Nitro+ Rx 580 in late 2018, but shortly after it started bluescreening and crashing. I returned it, bought a Nitro+ Rx 590 just weeks later, and that also caused lots of bluescreens before it eventually failed completely. Worth noting, I was able to isolate the issue both times because at the time I still had the 970 to test with, and it was still working flawlessly. Eventually I bought a Strix Vega 56 from Asus, and it has been working perfectly fine for well over a year now. So I won't buy any more Sapphire cards for the time being, but I might try another one in the future.
I have the rx 5600 xt gigabyte and I do come across lag issues when running simple games like gta 5 at ultra but only when a new driver is released so a quick install and ur gaming like a king
The Gigabyte gaming OC is one of the cheapest for me, beaten only by the Thicc II Pro. And I prefer its look to the saphire. Let's go (and return it if it black screens)
The Gigabyte Gaming OC and Windforce models most of the times look nearly identical. To see those big differences in performance is surprising for me. I never thought there would be so much difference across the board.
Buying a Sapphire card is a no brainer, haven't found a dud one yet which is probably why they hold their value well on the secondhand market even against the more expensive competition.
Please do these videos as soon as all the grand brands have released their version. Big Navi is almost here and these round up is barely coming 😅 Love your content and your approach! Kudos for both of you 😁
Correct me if I'm wrong but I've never seen a bad card from Sapphire. True my 290X died after 5 years of use but I've never used a card as hot or power hungry as the 290X for more than five years so I can't judge. BTW, The ASUS 290X Direct CU II has TERRIBLE fan lifespan. I bought the card used and had to change the fans twice
Challenger D is out of stock. A lot of people here reported the 5700 XT being too hot and the 5700 being not much better than the reference card, but "ok" to use. There's only Phantom Gaming D2 and D3 now.
Sapphire is the best maker of Radeon cards. Sapphire Rx 580 8GB Nitro+ Limited Edition owner here, I love this card! It keeps surprising me with driver updates that makes everything just better and better.
i've found that when using 2 separate power plugs and not the one with twin 8pins, my radon vii was way more stable and i havent had a blackscreen for a good while now.
Sapphire always seems to be a good shout for AMD graphics cards. One more roundup award I would like to see in these videos, especially for items that include fans, is 'Quietest running' as for many having a low noise system is important, especially if they also use their systems for things like recording musical instruments.
Great review. I finally made up my mind and will get sapphire pulse 5600xt. It's currently sold-out at my local store but soon will become available. All other brands especially those that you don't recommend like msi mech has plenty of stock. I just notice though that unlike other tech channels, yours has so many ads like it appears every minute. Maybe you need to check with youtube. I can't stand it that I had to pause watching and subscribe to youtube premium before resuming.
In Germany the only 5600XT below 300€ is the XFX Thicc IIat 280€ which Steve said isn't good quality. The Sapphire and Gigabyte OC are both for 325€. The RX5700 goes for 437 here also, which makes the 5600XT the best viable choice at that price range. What should I do!?
I got the XFX THICC II, no heat issues whatsoever. Average 3DMark gpu temps 48-52c. Never goes over 57c at peak. Considering 3DMark is a "gamers" benchmark, I'd go with that.
Steve if you have the time and energy to look into this, I have a possible culprit for the black screen issues that have plagued Navi GPUs since launch. I think it could be related to unstable RAM OC. Dropping my RAM from 2933 to 2666 MHz was the only reliable solution after trying multiple drivers and other tweaks on my Gigabyte Gaming OC 5700 XT. That and the latest drivers since the 20.2.2 release. Maybe if you push RAM frequency and timings (especially on older 1st gen Ryzen CPUs with weak memory control on B350 boards) you can reproduce the issue.
Only I can't believe how much the prices can differentiate in certain regions? 23% VAT, pandemic and all of sudden one of the cheapest rx 5600 xt in my country is priced as US decent 5700 :c Still waiting for RDNA 2 tho, hopefully price will be acceptable for my budget.
@@BornArcher8 I had the same card, you can see the temps and everything on my channel, I did a test in Gears Tactics, but I had to swap it for RTX 2060 because of driver issues.
Gigabyte Gaming OC is genuinely the best bang for buck variant out there for any GPU. I've been using them for years and they never failed me. Cool, quiet, never overpriced like some others and minimal RGB.
Found an XFX THICC PRO II for under $250, the guy says his cases fans are louder and the card ran under 80c in racing and below 50c ideal, should I pick up the card?
Brandon Atkinson Interesting. I have the 5700xt gaming oc and it was stable even before I started modding for extra thermal headroom, not like it needed it, I’m just obsessive about low noise. You say you had issues with it in stock? Driver related? Thermals? What was it? I personally love this gigabyte card. Right up there with the best I’ve ever had.
idk it depends optimization games itself. Look RX570 in the past it's poorly optimized but at this time it's good for entry~mid level GPU. RTX 2080ti seems reasonable to answer your question
Got an MSI Gaming X for 310 euros a few weeks before this video when I watched Hardware Unboxed video roundup of 5600 xt's, now the priced skyrocketed to 380 euros, felt super lucky getting the best card possible since the cheapest 5700 was 355 euros while this was as I have mentioned 310 euros x))
I just got my 5600xt today and suffered major black screen. To fix this reinstall the driver and make sure when prompted with different modes such as gaming, esports etc during installation that you choose the standard mode. Hope this helps.
I own the MSI 5700XT Gaming X OC, same heatsink as this 5600XT. If it can keep a factory OCd card cool the 5600 shouldn't have an issue. My 'hotspot' stays under 80 on the regular without changing the default fan profile. It's a quite card as well. I've never heard the fans regardless of the GPU load.
That moment when your country sells the 5500xt for the price of a 5700xt
Stonks
@Rohan Rathour i could buy a Sapphire Nitro+ RX 5700 XT Special Edition with that much money here
Where do you live?
yeah man, i think the retailers in my country intentionally setting the price to match the nvidia gpu pricing. 5600XT retails for the same price as regular RTX2060 around here.
Yeah, its so wierd to see these reviews where they tell you all the cheap prices, but those prices are nowhere to be found for the rest of the world it seems :)
Sapphire have always been the quality choice for AMD/ATI cards
I want their small itx embedded mobos.😅🎉
Release them now!!!! 😋👍
I always go with the MSI Gaming X variants, never had any problem
Sapphire is always quality, id love to know why they get better reviews?
it may just be random luck.
They are partners for years. Normally the project of a new card by AMD used to be passed 1st to Sapphire then to other manufacturers. I guess still the same way.
I think Power Color
Best Value: Sapphire Pulse / Gigabyte Gaming OC
Best Performance: MSI Gaming X
Best Compact: Powercolor Red Dragon / ITX
Worst: XFX Thicc II Pro / MSI Mech / Gigabyte WindForce
Thank me later
LimonadenGlas the asus strix should be in the best performer tied with gaming x
JoE MaMa P Exactly. Strix cards have always been the best in terms of looks (personally), performance, overclocking, cooling and so on and so forth.
man do i go Pulse or gaming x
SomeGuyWithMtnDew Both are good choices. Nonetheless i’d go with MSI’s Gaming X.
SomeGuyWithMtnDew the gaming x is $280 on Newegg and tomorrow it’s going to be on the deal of the day page so I think it’ll be cheaper. Hopefully at most $260
Companies trying to avoid reviews tells me everything I need to know, thank you Asrock
i don't know what you say but my taichi 5700xt is the fastest rx 5700xt on the market and one of the coolest and most beautiful cards if that tells you anything
@@neofitosmihail4272 Steve and diogo_n13 were talking about the RX 5600XT Challenger D OC, not the RX 5700XT Taichi. 2 completely different gpus from Asrock.
The former is in the same ballpark as the Thicc and Mech gpus: hot and loud.
With how the AIBs segment their product lines, one sometimes gets what they pay for - with exceptions, of course!
So one is better off avoiding the lower product tiers overall, if they can help it.
@@neofitosmihail4272 Its about even with a thic III, both have the same boost clock, as for coolest that goes to the power color liquid devil but I disagree with beautiful unless the pictures from the manufacturer just look bad I don't think it looks that good.
@@neofitosmihail4272 power color liquid devil?
I have the sapphire pulse 5600xt. It has been an excellent card at 1080p ultra graphics. I have had zero issues with the drivers in the few months ive had it. I felt like i was taking a risk being the first AMD card I have purchased but at 290$ i have absolutely no regret!
Sapphire being the best Radeon AIB like they always do
I bought the sapphire pulse 5600XT to replace my old GTX 970
I wanted one of the upcoming new cards but couldn't wait so wanted something better but didn't wanna spend a load.
I'm well happy with it, for 1080p gaming it's decent and should defo do the job while i save for a 1440p monitor and one of the new cards when they eventually come out
I'm looking to upgrade to this card from the 970 as well.
Do you recommend it?
Did you encounter any driver issues so far?
@@sebastianmuenzberg4197 nope, no driver issues at all, plays everything fine, tested on a load of games with zero issues.
You get 2 free games from AMD too!
You get steam codes for resident evil 3 and monster hunter world which includes the ice bourne dlc
You also get a 3 month xbox game pass.
Defo a good stop gap GPU for the money
I did this exact same upgrade for the exact same reason. #noragrets
@@ukvamp I bought too rx5600xt but didn't get any free game!
What I need to do, to get free game??!!
@@rookie3405 you need a code which the retailer sends to you. I bought mine through scan in the UK might not be an offer for other countries 🤷♂️
I got myself an Rx 5600 xt red devil and I love it, I updated it to the latest bios and it's fast as well as super quiet
Are there any tutorials how to update the vbios. ? Thanks
Nice, whut games u played that utilise this?
@@mohammedyusuf6573
Here on the Channel. A video around 4 month ago.
you bought it for the aesthethic didnt you... i went with a 2060 over a 5700 or 5600 XT, and while i dont have regrets my brain still sometimes wishes i got wishes i got a red devil cause of how good it would look in my rig
@@Angel7black I had a lot of issues with my Red Devil 5600 XT. They sent me another and it was no better. Video TDR Failures and black screens. Tried multiple systems, DDU the drivers, etc. Nothing improves it much. I gave up and got a Gigabyte 2060 and it has been flawless. You made the right choice going with a 2060. Will never trust AMD GPU's again. Going to stay far away from Big Navi and stick with Nvidia this fall. Don't trust AMD has the capability of quality drivers. I see a disaster for them with new GPU architecture this fall.
I purchased the Asus Rog Strix 5600xt for $310 USD & love it!
It's a good looking card & runs really cool/quiet.
Not much OC headroom with the 5600xt, so you will be spending the extra money for aesthetics with the strix version.
here in the Philippines 5600xt cost 19000php which translates to 380 usd
I found the Gigabyte Gaming OC and Sapphire Pulse for about Php 17,000 in Lazada, but unfortunately, they're of stock.
I bought the Windforce OC for Php 15,899 instead, which is considered by HUB as one of the "worst" cards.
Can't be picky about it when that's the only thing on stock unfortunately.
The sapphire ver was priced around 16k (322 usd) before the pandemic. It was a good deal, bought it and flashed it to a 5700 performance
those are the high end models like the msi gaming x, or the gigabyte gaming oc
P 16800 lng aken PC Configure
Not sure for stock but PCHub has the Sapphire Pulse for 16300 cash.
I honestly couldn't be happier with my Sapphire Pulse 5600xt. Haven't had any issues, it's quiet, and handles all of my games flawlessly at 1080p.
I've got the Sapphire Pulse RX 5600 XT and I am blown away, how quiet it is. My former RX 590 was like a helicopter compared to it.
I have the xfx rx 590 and I can confirm this
Nice. Lo😘👍
@Hardware Unboxed, could the driver related errors be related to people who have previously had a Nvidia GPU in their system? A friend of mine had frequent crashes after coming from Nvidia GPU. After he deleted all the Nvidia DLL files this seem to resolve his problem. Can this be tested?
Say it that look on your disk ( ssd , hdd) in nvidia and delete the drivers it should work
Yep I had plenty of errors and poor performance because I forgot to use ddu on my old nvidia drivers
this is a good suggestion
no they r not, friend of mine (5700 xt thicc 2) formated drive and still gets blackscreens and fps drops with dx9, while the thicc 2 is not a great model it should... u know... work
Built a new Ryzen 5 3600 machine on B450 Tomahawk Max and picked up the 5600XT Sapphire Pulse. Super quiet, plays all my old crappy games at 130FPS at 1440p and did I say super quiet? I've been keeping the software upgraded and I haven't had a single issue. Much love.
I bought the sapphire pulse version a week ago and I'm in Australia the price was just amazing! It's being shipped from US but it's super cheap compared to other rx 5600xt models which is surprising after seeing your reviews.
Ordered mine from AmazonUS on the 28th, delivered in Aus on the 3rd. Their shipping is so quick!
really helpful video, simple but straight to the point :D
I have the Gigabyte OC literally for 3 months and I never had a problem. I did have black screen issues but realized my HDMI cord wasn't plugged into my monitor all the way.
I know that feeling, I thought my r9 290 had kicked the bucket, when I just forgot to plug my Displayport cable properly. It didn't help that I was overclocking it at the time.
Rev 1.0 or 2.0?
I got the 5700xt red dragon. Hopefully nothing goes wrong with the new computer. No blue screens, no crashing, nothing
Agree.
Sapphire Pulse RX 5600 XT paired with R5 1600AF @4000 working well. Cool and silent.
I have the Sapphire Pulse after having returned the PowerColor Red Dragon 5600 XT due to cooling issues and then constant artifacting after doing the VBIOS update. The Sapphire shipped with the new VBIOS and has been performing without issue and the fans being easy to replace is icing on the cake
Sounds like a faulty card, Red Dragon owner here, thermals are perfectly fine, barely reaching 70°C even under high loads
Built my system about a month ago now, I went for the sapphire pulse 5600xt. I have had my share of black screens and such but after much internet hunting, I found that the latest at the time drivers 20.4.2 ( I think) was causing a few more "crashes" So.. a quick ddu and then down to the previous drivers and the crashes stopped. Updated to 20.5.1 when that dropped and zero crashes, so it certainly seemed to be a specific version causing issues. I would still recommend the card. It's just that good!
Same here the new drivers seemed to have fixed the black and green screens for me at least
Meanwhile I'm waiting for Next-Gen even though I can't but anything when it arrives Ó╭╮Ò
Wait for next gen to drop and the drops of "current gen" will drop, get those
yoo im doing the exact same thing
Save your money dude. A little bit goes long way. Stop eating McD or KFC or whatever.
@@nicholasjoseph9062 Assume much?
@@MetaliCanuck Its just a joke tho
Bought the Gigabyte 5600xt. Clash blue screen multiple time. Flashed to latest BIOS and driver update, works well, very quiet and decent temperature performance.
I got the sapphire pulse and loving it 😍
I own the ASRock Challenger and only got it because of the low price. Updated the bios and it's running great, no issues. Can't speak for all the people who have it, but for me it's running great along a Ryzen 5 3600X, 16 GB 3200 CL16 and a MSI B450 mobo.
Nice video! keep up the great work
wanna thank you for the advice. Happy with the purchase for the price. Will be upgrading to something more powerful when stocks come back in, maybe next year late.
is the msi gaming mx pretty much the same as the gaming x
I own a Gaming X and updated the vbios. Impressed with temps. With a room temp of around 30°c, my card stays below 60°c, around 55°c, when playing games. Worth every penny.
Great roundup! As always... Sapphire is the way to go if you are into buying a Radeon card.
Blindfolded like. Although I've sometimes disagreed with them, HU are great people and great professionals. Keep going.
Wishing the Sapphire RX 5600XT would go as low as $200 here in our country once Navi 2 is released, that would be insta cop 😂
@@TH-camTookMyNickname.WhyNot what's the reason for that? maybe distributor monopoly or high import fees?
@@chalermlab8925 high import fees. Everything is more expensive there than in the US
Here in the Philippines it's way over MSRP online which is dissapointing even after months of release, unless there is a new generation release. And in our case it's way better to go to a physical store that sells it with just little above MSRP, right now it is really not a good time to buy due to price inflation due to human malware 🤦
In the uk it’s almost £100 more than other brands. I ended up just getting a 1660
I went with the basic Asus 5700 dual Evo (the 310$ card he compares price to in the video) as I couldn't justify a 5600xt for only a 10-20$ savings. Had it for about a week and the cooler is actually OK. Nothing overly hot, fairly quiet, but probably not enough cooler for an XT flash.
I bought Gigabyte gaming OC because it was cheaper than Sapp Pulse. Installed latest driver and flash the 14gbps bios. So far no problem with GPU, played all my games with no issue.
Does the Powercolor RX5600XT ITX have a zero fan mode? So does the fans of the card stand still on idle?
WARNING Anybody watching this -- DO NOT BUY the Gigabyte 5600 XT Gaming OC. The reason why it has such bad reviews on Newegg is because Newegg is shipping out the Rev. 1.0 model, which is NOT capable of handling the 14gbs bios. The reason why everyone is complaining about the card suffering from black screens and crashes is because, if you flash the bios to apply the 14gbs update, it will become wildly unstable and crash during use, unless you just get lucky and get a good card capable of handling the overclock. Gigabyte even recognizes this -- after I received the card I checked their website for the 14gbs bios, and they've removed it from the card's support page -- the only bios that is now available is an "updated" one with default clock and bandwidth speeds and a more aggressive fan curve. It runs okay with this bios, but it is much slower than other 5600 XTs running with the 14gbs bios. I learned all of this the hard way after ordering the card couple weeks ago after watching your original 5600 XT roundup and having to RMA it due to its instability, even after reflashing to the original bios and applying an incredibly modest overclock to try and claw back some of the performance of the 14gbs bios. I exchanged the card for the Sapphire Pulse, which I've just installed today and is running flawlessly -- it had the 14gbs bios already installed, and even with the new bios it runs cooler and quieter than the default Gaming OC.
Tldr; Do NOT buy the Gaming OC from Newegg, get the Sapphire Pulse instead.
can you guys make a RX 5700 breakdown there is literally almost 0 content about it
from a linus tech tips (2020 holiday buyers guide), they recommended the xfx 5700 ddultra because it can also be bios flashed for almost 5700 xt levels of performance. check that video out for what they said about it
maybe because its basically the same card as the 5700XT, same cooler, same pcb. With just the main Silicon being different so whatever is a good 5700XT is a good 5700
fully support a need for a review of 5700 non xt. especially as ASUS Dual Radeon RX 5700 EVO OC 8GB is the same price (albeit 385 USD) as a gigabyte 5600xt gaming oc and sapphire 5600xt pulse in New Zealand. Is the EVO version of asus 5700 safe now or is it as bad as the 5700xt by asus (temperature-wise).
i bought mine new for 196 (220$), powercolor AXRX 5600XT version v2 with the latest bios, and it is awesome!
Are you talking about POWERCOLOR dual fan? If so, how is she to you. Did the BIOS update? And how are the temperatures and noise?
Is there still driver issues with the 5600xt
GIGABYTE gaming oc just released 4 new bios for their cards. I have it and it used to crash every day several times when gaming. Since the new bios, not a single crash at all. That's where the bad reviews come from, I would have given a terrible review a few weeks ago but now it's perfect. I love it , very fast, and good price. most especially the damn bios actually works now! great
All my Radeon GPUS I've bought were Sapphire. The HD 6850 ,the R7 370 and now the 5600 XT..excellent value and built to last.
Building a PC in November of 2020 and GPU prices are once again insane, everything's inflated except for older stuff. My SFF case can only accept Dual-Slot, 10" cards, so the red dragon it is. Thanks Steve
Yeah, it's ridiculous. The Red Devil and Dragon are the only cards in stock most of the times I've looked on Amazon and not over priced.
I had 2 5700XT, 2 5700 and the 5600XT Pulse: the last one has been my best purchase.
Thanks for the Video! I´m glad that i could buy a New Powercolor RX 5700 Red Dragon for around 320 €, just before the Covid19 Nonsens started! I had to choose between a 5600 XT and a 5700 and with that price the Red Dragon was a No-brainer.. It is a pretty small Card and surprisingly silent for a Dual-Slot Card!
If i need more Speed i dial in the 5700 XT Bios and it works flawless!
Forgot to mention that in addition to being clocked lower, the RX 5700 also has 4 less compute units than the RX 5700 XT. Great video as always!!
Love the videos, but just wondering why you never include the Aussie prices as well? SHOW YOUR PEOPLE SOME LOVE!
I have the gigabyte rx5700xt gaming oc, have had absolutely no problems with it since day one, bought it more than nine months ago now. Just like Steve, it’s been a champ for me and no worries at all! Perhaps it is notable that I decided myself to apply aftermarket thermal pads and thermal paste to the card in an attempt to squeeze extra thermal headroom out of it? This was not from a desire to gain more performance, which was already fine, but in order to reduce strain on fans at full load and improve the quality of life long term and decrease the already low noise from the graphics card even further. Although way quieter than my previous vega 56 Strix (dreadful card!) I have a dislike of any perceptible noise when my computer is running as I have good hearing and can detect minor noises easily. It is now essentially silent when running games like KCD and newer Total Wars (Warhammer 2, 3 Kingdoms etc). The only noise comes from my noctua cooler and only when the fans kick in to start, otherwise it’s just not perceptible. I wonder how many people have problems with gigabyte cards in stock config versus user modified/enhanced configs? I would have to take my card back to stock to know if anything was untoward I suppose. I never had any struggles with in any event, certainly nothing driver related either. Genuinely sorry for people having issues, I would like to try sapphire for my next card, as I’ve have had them in the past and they were really solid.
Sapphire is the best one, have had it for 2 months with no issues
02:05 Not over a year. The problems started with Adrenalin 2020, which was first released just over six months ago.
I don't want to spoil anyone's experience here because I seem to be in the minority on this one, but I've personally had 3 Sapphire cards in my life and all 3 of them failed, the longest one lived for is a bit over 1 year. That was my first one, a HD 7850 back in the day. After that I bought a Strix GTX 970 in late 2014 which is still working in another PC. For myself, I originally upgraded to a Sapphire Nitro+ Rx 580 in late 2018, but shortly after it started bluescreening and crashing. I returned it, bought a Nitro+ Rx 590 just weeks later, and that also caused lots of bluescreens before it eventually failed completely. Worth noting, I was able to isolate the issue both times because at the time I still had the 970 to test with, and it was still working flawlessly.
Eventually I bought a Strix Vega 56 from Asus, and it has been working perfectly fine for well over a year now. So I won't buy any more Sapphire cards for the time being, but I might try another one in the future.
That sucks man. Bad luck it seems.
I have the rx 5600 xt gigabyte and I do come across lag issues when running simple games like gta 5 at ultra but only when a new driver is released so a quick install and ur gaming like a king
For value, Newegg in the US recently had the MSI RX 5600 XT GAMING MX for $230 after rebate. They've run it at similar prices recently, too.
The Gigabyte gaming OC is one of the cheapest for me, beaten only by the Thicc II Pro. And I prefer its look to the saphire. Let's go (and return it if it black screens)
And the asus tuf x3 evo?
The Gigabyte Gaming OC and Windforce models most of the times look nearly identical. To see those big differences in performance is surprising for me. I never thought there would be so much difference across the board.
Buying a Sapphire card is a no brainer, haven't found a dud one yet which is probably why they hold their value well on the secondhand market even against the more expensive competition.
does the black edition light up? for the sapphire?
Do a video on MSI Bravo 15, really looking forward to it, Specially after yesterday's video on the shitty thermal design of the ASUS Tuf 15
Shipping is hard, for the fresh batch of new tech.
Easy fix for ASUS A15 is to drill holes using a Dremel tools and make that design better...
Please do these videos as soon as all the grand brands have released their version. Big Navi is almost here and these round up is barely coming 😅
Love your content and your approach! Kudos for both of you 😁
Correct me if I'm wrong but I've never seen a bad card from Sapphire. True my 290X died after 5 years of use but I've never used a card as hot or power hungry as the 290X for more than five years so I can't judge. BTW, The ASUS 290X Direct CU II has TERRIBLE fan lifespan. I bought the card used and had to change the fans twice
i know this video is 5 months old but is there any difference between the sapphire pulse and sapphire pulse BE?
Steve, what are your thoughts on the XFX THICC III ULTRA coolers? I didn't hear anything about them
Challenger D is out of stock. A lot of people here reported the 5700 XT being too hot and the 5700 being not much better than the reference card, but "ok" to use. There's only Phantom Gaming D2 and D3 now.
Sapphire is the best maker of Radeon cards. Sapphire Rx 580 8GB Nitro+ Limited Edition owner here, I love this card! It keeps surprising me with driver updates that makes everything just better and better.
i've found that when using 2 separate power plugs and not the one with twin 8pins, my radon vii was way more stable and i havent had a blackscreen for a good while now.
can the saphire pulse 5600xt fit in a matx case? does it have enough room for air at the bottom?
Sapphire always seems to be a good shout for AMD graphics cards. One more roundup award I would like to see in these videos, especially for items that include fans, is 'Quietest running' as for many having a low noise system is important, especially if they also use their systems for things like recording musical instruments.
I would love this addition as well, although it was already covered in the previous 5600XT roundup with graphs.
Great review. I finally made up my mind and will get sapphire pulse 5600xt. It's currently sold-out at my local store but soon will become available. All other brands especially those that you don't recommend like msi mech has plenty of stock.
I just notice though that unlike other tech channels, yours has so many ads like it appears every minute. Maybe you need to check with youtube. I can't stand it that I had to pause watching and subscribe to youtube premium before resuming.
What's wrong with the XFX Thicc II Pro? Despite the hot spots, is it crashing a lot?
In Germany the only 5600XT below 300€ is the XFX Thicc IIat 280€ which Steve said isn't good quality. The Sapphire and Gigabyte OC are both for 325€. The RX5700 goes for 437 here also, which makes the 5600XT the best viable choice at that price range. What should I do!?
I got the XFX THICC II, no heat issues whatsoever. Average 3DMark gpu temps 48-52c. Never goes over 57c at peak. Considering 3DMark is a "gamers" benchmark, I'd go with that.
Any Z490 motherboard tests on the horizon?
Steve if you have the time and energy to look into this, I have a possible culprit for the black screen issues that have plagued Navi GPUs since launch. I think it could be related to unstable RAM OC. Dropping my RAM from 2933 to 2666 MHz was the only reliable solution after trying multiple drivers and other tweaks on my Gigabyte Gaming OC 5700 XT. That and the latest drivers since the 20.2.2 release. Maybe if you push RAM frequency and timings (especially on older 1st gen Ryzen CPUs with weak memory control on B350 boards) you can reproduce the issue.
Only I can't believe how much the prices can differentiate in certain regions?
23% VAT, pandemic and all of sudden one of the cheapest rx 5600 xt in my country is priced as US decent 5700 :c
Still waiting for RDNA 2 tho, hopefully price will be acceptable for my budget.
Corona is just used an excuse at this point to jack up prices.
Sapphire Pulse vs Gigabyte Gaming OC ? Why? Thx.
Picked my Sapphire Pulse up for £260 in the UK brand new very happy with it currently
Where ?
Scan in Bolton. You can ask for delivery but I'm lucky to live 10 mins away from the place.
Just looking at the price it's has gone up to 299 on their website. I picked it up at the right time just as this pandemic hit.
is the thicc III better than the sapphire? I just want to be sure that i am making the right choice
nice one, loved it !
What about Sapphire RX 5600 XT BE, is it the same as the normal one?
I have the Asrock Challanger Oc edition and I'm very happy with my purchase
How hot is your VRM running and how hut is the GPU running? Also could you please tell the noise level of the card?
@@BornArcher8 I had the same card, you can see the temps and everything on my channel, I did a test in Gears Tactics, but I had to swap it for RTX 2060 because of driver issues.
@@BornArcher8 Owh i never saw this comment but idle temps are around 40⁰C and in the two months I've never experienced max load temps above 77⁰C
ASRock 5600XT Phantom D2 OC any good? Or worst 5600XT card?
Should most definitely do a best 5700 XT video as well.
Great vid! Thanks!!
sooo the pulse 5600 xt has the same price as msi gaming x but i don't have 2x8 pins is it worth the effort?
Gigabyte Gaming OC is genuinely the best bang for buck variant out there for any GPU. I've been using them for years and they never failed me. Cool, quiet, never overpriced like some others and minimal RGB.
Found an XFX THICC PRO II for under $250, the guy says his cases fans are louder and the card ran under 80c in racing and below 50c ideal, should I pick up the card?
Doubt
I have a Gigabyte Gaming OC, had to do some tweaking but I got it stable and its an awesome card.
Brandon Atkinson Interesting. I have the 5700xt gaming oc and it was stable even before I started modding for extra thermal headroom, not like it needed it, I’m just obsessive about low noise. You say you had issues with it in stock? Driver related? Thermals? What was it? I personally love this gigabyte card. Right up there with the best I’ve ever had.
The XFX THICC 3 Ultra is often around the same price as the Sapphire one. Sometimes even cheaper. Worth it?
is it still worth buying rd 5600 xt for the future games?
no one is going to reply?
idk it depends optimization games itself.
Look RX570 in the past it's poorly optimized but at this time it's good for entry~mid level GPU.
RTX 2080ti seems reasonable to answer your question
I am gonna build a pc with RX 5600XT should I get sapphire one or Msi?? Please help😕
Hey should I buy a RX 5600xt msi mech OC for 260$ on Newegg?
Should I upgrade to this card if i got a rx 580
Got an MSI Gaming X for 310 euros a few weeks before this video when I watched Hardware Unboxed video roundup of 5600 xt's, now the priced skyrocketed to 380 euros, felt super lucky getting the best card possible since the cheapest 5700 was 355 euros while this was as I have mentioned 310 euros x))
No thoughts on ASUS ROG models? :(
No theyre ass
They expensive asf and asus tuf is ass
@@aguy3664 Why?
What can I do with total lack of all GPU should I wait on my list with EVGA for 3070? These cards 5600 seem to be around $400 or more
Lmao assrock didn't send a card so he bashed em, I love it 🤣
Great video as always. thank you for all the benchmarks you do and cards you buy
I just got my 5600xt today and suffered major black screen. To fix this reinstall the driver and make sure when prompted with different modes such as gaming, esports etc during installation that you choose the standard mode. Hope this helps.
So the ASRock is not one of the best, one of the compact one of the worst, I am about to buy the ASRock one d3, is it recommended?
I own the MSI 5700XT Gaming X OC, same heatsink as this 5600XT.
If it can keep a factory OCd card cool the 5600 shouldn't have an issue. My 'hotspot' stays under 80 on the regular without changing the default fan profile. It's a quite card as well. I've never heard the fans regardless of the GPU load.
The LAST 5600XT video????