Agreed. I always buy from exclusive partners only who sell either green or red camp cards only but not both. Companies like Asus who sells card for both green and red camps always try to reuse their Nvidia coolers on AMD cards to save R&D and tooling cost, in the end, they dont fit perfectly right.
@@RaveCoaster yep and that's what I thought also I believe this world is balance so I doubt build quality of sapphire lol. So when I wont use it (let say 5 years from now) and then sell it, I think the sapphire is in pretty bad condition at that moment. you know , I cant use rx 5600xt forever XD
@@5tivi i was referring to the Backplate and the side, where the RGB Sapphire wording is. You will definitely see that thru the glass, plus the lights.
Congrats on the 500K subs you guys. You deserve it, for me personally, you're the best and most trusted Tech TH-cam channel that exists, especially for reviewing hardware and benchmarks. Keep up the work.
For anyone interested in the Gigabyte Gaming OC, they recently released a Rev 2 of the same card with 3 rather than 5 heat pipes. So YMMV when it comes to cooling. All the reviews so far are done with Rev 1.
I got one on a good deal on Walmart, something like 280. I am glad to see it's the best one, though it's massive and it's usually 330, as they said in the video, for that prices it's better to just simply jump to the 5700.
Looks like the best overall 5600 XT model IMHO, with the Sapphire Pulse one being the easier to find and more budget friendly all-arounder. If I'd look to get one and the availability and price was right, the Gaming X would probably be my first choice. Even tho I have grown sour with MSI over the years.
I ordered the Sapphire Pulse last week and this video confirms I made the right choice. Can’t wait to play when it shows up. Thanks for your hard work breaking it all down.
I remember Sapphire being the MVP for AMD since the 7970s series. Those engineers can really push performance while maintaining low temperatures and noise levels. I'm starting to believe they engage in the dark arts :/
@@guynamedstevo6581 checked the new teknik video and saw a comment about it being ahead of the curve while I have been looking at the 5600 XT for a long time because it is around $215~. Coincidence? No but you can feel the scale of time when you start off with perf/$ learning about RDNA and CGN with AMD/ATI
it's one of my favorite too. i noticed that i'm watching their videos almost everyday now. LMG has "different" content/approach but still interesting in general like here in hardware unboxed.
I think Steve has a bit of a Navi 10 hoarding problem... But I love this content. The last few years the quality of GPU's went down so much to the point where a lot of mainstream models are just bad and even high end ones are no guaranty of actually being good. Just about nobody was actually testing the models that where not sent around for review. Finally somebody is doing this and calling out manufactures when they make something bad.
@@enchantress7928 Shut up trash fanboy, not all people has 600$ to put in a GPU. Sub 500$ AMD GPUs has better quality/price ratio. Why are you watching Hardware Unboxed video if its too be a fantrashboy, just go for LinusTech sponsored videos or any other trash sponsor videomaker.
My new Powercolor 5600xt Red Devil (14Gbps) costed me 292€. It's a beast. Definitely super quiet and temps are more than fine: 43-45 idle (30% fan) and 60-65 gaming ( fan 45%). I flashed the bios so my clocks now are: core 1770mhz, memory 1860mhz, boost 1820mhz. BENCHMARKS @1080p ultra settings: AC odissey (60 fps avg), Modern warfare (125 fps avg). Never had black screens or any kind of problems (amd 3600+b450+16gb ram 3200mhz). I don't know about the other brands he tested, but his Powercolor Red Devil's results are not reliable, completely different by my perfect experience with that card.
I always had Sapphire GPU in my rig except once and I regretted it quite a lot! Started with ATi Sapphire 2600 Pro, then I bought MSI R9 270X which I had to claim warranty two times after which they returned me the money so I bought AMD Sapphire RX 480 Nitro+ and just recently I bought AMD Sapphire RX 5700 XT Nitro+ and I haven't been happier :)
Love these videos. They helped me and i went for the Sapphire card, the near silent operation was what i liked about it and it was almost at the top of most of the tests. Got it for a bargain £290 here in the UK with free postage and recieved 2 free games too! The 5600 XT replaced my aging GTX 970 and I'm happy. I wanted a good cheapish upgrade that was better than my GTX 970 but not to expensive as I'd still like to consider one of the newer cards from AMD or Nvidia once they are announced and I've seen some tested 👍
Went with the Gigabyte Gaming OC for a friends computer I just built. It’s a nice card, very cool and quiet. I didn’t feel comfortable flashing the 14Gbps bios on it though as there are so many reports of it not being stable afterwards. Some of these cards just can’t handle the higher clock speeds and there’s a reason they’re still shipping with the 12Gbps bios months after launch. Would have tried it if it were mine but I didn’t have much time for stability testing and the last thing I need is to send a friend home with a potentially unstable system.
It's inevitable that viewers will come to these videos not for buying advice, but just for reassurance they bought the "right" card. I bought a Thick3Pro for my recent build as cost was a consideration, but it's also a beast of a card. With the BIOS flash it's been great. Awesome video; these past few weeks you've more than earned my subscription.
1:58 "lower is better" above the graphs should say the opposite . I know this is nitpicking but I have come to expect nothing but excellence from this channel :)
Can't wait for the next Q&A. I have to ask. HOW are you moving camera's point of view so smoothly? It's absolutely awesome! I once saw how Tim does this (in reflection in plastic of one of monitors he reviewed): he moves his camera using his hands and sometimes and noticable on video, but your cameras moves silky smooth
Got my Sapphire RX 5600 XT Pulse recently. The temp is 60°c max on gaming and Blender rendering. Really good performance and no issue on the driver as far as I use now.
Steve quickly blink twice in your next youtube video if someone is holding you hostage and making you do all these benchmarks. I want to thank that person for helping us out with all this valuable data.
Noo I'm just thinking about purchasing a 5700xt and thought is says so in the title... xD bummer couse I didnt find any really new comparisons. Hopefully in the near future! Keep it up!
You can infer the Red Devil wouldn't be a good buy because iirc other Steve (Tech Jesus) at GN said they put the same pcb and cooler on the 5700 and 5600
It's the same thing in Europe. Yeah real nice that all the fancy 5600XT's cost 310-330 EUR but the ASRock 5700 Challenger D costs 340 EUR. Even the cheaper 5600XT's are 300-310 EUR so seriously why bother if you can get a 5700 for 30-40 EUR's more?
@@GSP-76 i agree, especially if you pay attention to amazon warehouse deals. A telegram channel that posts deals spotted an evga 2070S at around 340 euros for three times in the last couple months.
Great test :D I have Sapphire Pulse + Ryzen 5 1600 AF + G.Skill Ripjaws V 3200 on ASRock Fatal1ty K4. Every game I have tested runs smooth on ultra in 1080p and PC stays very quiet. It's easy to lower temperatures by speeding up the fans in more demanding games, or tun on 0 RPM mode on idle. I wish it had RGB LED instead of only red sign :( I don't know why they didn't make Nitro+ version, like 5500 or 5700, maybe it's too good :D
Got snipped on a 5700XT I an auction last weekend. Sorry but not that sorry. Just looking for a placeholder until the next gen GPUs hit the market in Q1 2021
Couldn't get my hands on a Sapphire Pulse or lower price MSI 5600 so I settled for XFX 5600 Thicc 3 Pro for 299.99, and I have to say I'm pleased. Runs pretty quiet for three fans even at higher speeds.
Glad to see that ASUS got their act together. I have the 5700XT Strix, and I finally got annoyed and got an aftermarket vertical GPU mounting kit from Phantecks. No more mounting pressure issues. I even have the supposed "Fixed" Version.
love this channel! i regret haven't found you yet when i upgraded my pc. just bought MSI MPG x570 gaming plus that turns out REALLY HOT (then i saw your review on x570 boards). now for VGA i won't misguided again :D, thanks mate!
Just for information since most of you would never know this. In Hungary you can get the Sapphire 5600 XT for 320-330$ ; every other model STARTS from 350 but as you can imagine they cost more than that at a reliable retailer...
The Sapphire card picked as a winner is currently over $300 and the warranty is only 2 years, not the typical 3 years you get with MSI and some other brands. If you live in the US take a look at MSI gaming MX on newegg for around $230.
Been using Sapphire for many years for any AMD cards I've ever had. I went with a Gaming X this time around mainly availability and I am really happy with it. It's my first MSI graphics card, and I've only ever owned a few MSI products in the past as well. So far so good though, it is a huge card (Mine is a 5700XT Gaming X)
Very many thanks! I was about to buy a Sapphire Pulse (439CAD) but just bought a Gigabyte Gaming OC (409CAD minus 20CAD MIR (hate them, but 20 bucks is 20 bucks)). You saved me $50CAD (plus 13% tax of course). Thank you! Now I overclock my i7-7700k and wait a year to see what's what in the CPU/MB department. I was going to get a B450/Ryzen 5 but that's off the table now. Congrats on the 500k subscribers... well earned!
Gigabyte Gaming OC came with 12 Gbps memory setting; flashed it to 14 Gbps and it's downstairs, folding at home as a stress test. Great temps so far, very happy!
I had folding failures until I increased power level 10% through Radeon software. Now stable as a rock, and the power increase didn't increase temperature or noise. Based on 3 weeks using it, I'd recommend the Gigabyte Gaming OC if you're comfortable increasing power level. If not, go for the Pulse.
In the interests of full disclosure, I have now had a couple of problems while Folding @ Home, on high settings, I would occasionally have a failure, and twice I got bad artifacting; this with the 10% power level increase. I updated from vbios FA0 to FA1, and have run for several days on high with no failures to fold, and no artifacting. I suggest upgrading the vbios. I used AMD's tool, since I had problems with directly flashing. I also stay current on Radeon drivers.
Waiting for him to say "welcome back to hammer on box" and it's just boxes covering the screen with monitor steve in the middle due to lack of space in the actual room.
I looked at comments on the place where i bought my Sapphire Pulse RX 5600 XT and all of them said it works like it's water cooled and it was the cheapest 5600 XT so i bought it and man does it run cool, it doesn't even use it's fans below 60 degrees celsius and it rarely gets to 60. Used it with a 1080p 144 Hz monitor in LoL, Dota 2(vulkan), WoW(DX12), Witcher 3 etc. high graphics, made it work at max clock speed and it still rarely got to 60 degrees and when it did it just opened it's fans for a few seconds and it was back down to 50-55 all the time.
Been very allergic to the Sapphire hype for a long time but in this case it's well-deserved. Powercolor's either skimping on cooling compared to proper-PROPER (as in, teardown included) review units, or uses cooling which doesn't make miles of a difference between different chips (reminder, their 5700s and 5700XTs were up there with Sapphire, and the Red Devil was sometimes better). Or, this is all measurement error and they're all in the same ballpark xD (That'd make sense for a lower-power chip.)
I can always come here and find what im looking for! Was debating the gigabyte of model on so many bad reviews but it's the one I want and I'm assured now!
Just got the Asus strix oc Version a few days aggo at 280€ in stead of around 340€ . I can't hear it over my bequit silent wings 3 high speed fans at 1100rpm and the temperature is around 48-57 in world of Warcraft and never gets over 60 in other games. The new bios works great. Just a wonderful card all around and at the price it was a no brainier.
Thanks for the in depth reviews. I was able to pick up an ASUS ROG Strix for just $255 on Amazon Warehouse. I can always return it for a full refund if I am not happy with it. My experience so far with items from the warehouse has been excellent. Most are just straight returns still in their shrink-wrap and some are open box.
I bought the XFX Thicc III Version because it had the lowest price in my country and i looked up many reviews before and after i bought it (cause a friend of mine told me XFX is crap). It's not delievered yet but i came across very mixed reviews from some saying it's one of the worst or rather the worst and some saying it's one of the best RX 5600 xt models. Thanks for an overall comperison with all RX 5600 xt cards.
This was great, thank you! I've been trying to choose between the Gigabyte Gaming OC and the MSI Mech OC. (They're the only ones available to me at the moment). Will definitely be choosing the Gigabyte GPU.
From what I see, the Pulse is clearly the choice when you're not sure, if you can fit the three fan monstrosities into your case (I know for a fact they wouldn't fit into my MATX case)
Just a heads up on the Sapphire PULSE RX 5600 XT. There are two variants out there one uses the PULSE RX 5700 cooler and the other has the PULSE RX 5700 XT one. If you are lucky you can get even better value for money. Part number to look out for if you want the bigger cooler variant: 299-5E411-202SA
Gaming X is an absolute monster what a optimized, only 120w, best temp, high fps, dammm i love it, and you know what i have it in my case baby yeahhhh.
Just noticed, it's probably been there forever... Is that a can of Krating Daeng on the shelf above the Gamer's Nexus logo? Honestly would explain how Steve's been able to be such a benchmarking BEAST lately!
Does Tim's chain hang low does it wobble does it glow down unda??? ;) Gangsta Tim. Pimping ain't easy down unda. When your upside down the chain hangs HIGH.
When in doubt, Sapphire.
Critical Error does it work with a intel cpus
Nate da Great any gpu will work with any cpu pretty much, ignoring bottlenecks
@@mattgibson3633 Not what they meant lol
It’s low-key ugly
@@natedagreat6704 no it only works with McDonald’s
Sapphire Pulse is an absolute monster :O
Planning on getting that one
I wish my 5700XT version wasn't still plagued with black screen crashes. I've tried everything under the sun to fix it, insanely frustrating.
It helps the exclusive heatsink for the memory, I guess
@@Elijah0406 If you order from Newegg, make sure to get the one that allows the BIOS update: 11296-01-20G.
Pahu have you tried sending it back for a replacement? It’s all luck of the draw when it comes to black screens
I have decided Steve has cloned himself, has a team of computer elves helping him, or functions on a fifteen minute power nap each day.
True :))
Cocaine. Heaps and heaps of cocaine
Oompa-Loompas *intensifies*
He is Australian, he is probably is a solar-powered robot
clearly he is a cyborg!
Congrats guys. Everyone should just bem grateful that anyone had the "fun" to do this. Thank you for the hard work.
U just can't go wrong with sapphire when it comes to AMD cards.
I had two sapphire RX 580's special edition nitro + & Nitro +, boi they were so good.
They are so good but I wish they used a different design cuz I think the pulse looks ugly
5700 xt xd
@@aiddon6093 wish they used the Vega 64 design for their 5700x nitro
Big facts. They're the best brand imo
When it comes to AMD cards, always go with Sapphire. I’ve never known them to release a bad quality card.
Agreed. I always buy from exclusive partners only who sell either green or red camp cards only but not both. Companies like Asus who sells card for both green and red camps always try to reuse their Nvidia coolers on AMD cards to save R&D and tooling cost, in the end, they dont fit perfectly right.
Pulses and nitro are so good but their design is ugly imo.😭
@@RaveCoaster yep and that's what I thought also I believe this world is balance so I doubt build quality of sapphire lol. So when I wont use it (let say 5 years from now) and then sell it, I think the sapphire is in pretty bad condition at that moment. you know , I cant use rx 5600xt forever XD
@@RaveCoaster yes the "ugly design" of a computer component, that you don't even have to see
@@5tivi i was referring to the Backplate and the side, where the RGB Sapphire wording is. You will definitely see that thru the glass, plus the lights.
Congrats on the 500K subs you guys. You deserve it, for me personally, you're the best and most trusted Tech TH-cam channel that exists, especially for reviewing hardware and benchmarks. Keep up the work.
For anyone interested in the Gigabyte Gaming OC, they recently released a Rev 2 of the same card with 3 rather than 5 heat pipes. So YMMV when it comes to cooling. All the reviews so far are done with Rev 1.
Finally the MSI Gaming X 5600 XT was included. I felt a little left out watching the previous 5600xt vids lol
I got one on a good deal on Walmart, something like 280. I am glad to see it's the best one, though it's massive and it's usually 330, as they said in the video, for that prices it's better to just simply jump to the 5700.
I watch your channel and love it even though I am probably not going for a new build for a least 3-4 years. Love being kept up to date. Great work.
Just bought the Gaming X a week ago..last stock in our city, so happy and more than satisfied with my purchase. :D
Yeah and now that the Gaming X is the same price as the Sapphire Pulse, it's very worthy!
Looks like the best overall 5600 XT model IMHO, with the Sapphire Pulse one being the easier to find and more budget friendly all-arounder. If I'd look to get one and the availability and price was right, the Gaming X would probably be my first choice. Even tho I have grown sour with MSI over the years.
I ordered the Sapphire Pulse last week and this video confirms I made the right choice. Can’t wait to play when it shows up. Thanks for your hard work breaking it all down.
Love my Sapphire Pulse. It's not quiet - it's basically silent. Much love.
Well deserved 500k !
It is insane how much work you put in these videos :D
Thank You "Harbor on Box" for sharing your fun (with a lot of pain) with us in times like this. Truly appreciate the effort you guys put in for us.
Was looking for CC comment
The thumbnail be like
Steve: psst, hey kid, wanna get some benchmarks?
Why did I just read that in the voice of the shopkeeper from RE4
I remember Sapphire being the MVP for AMD since the 7970s series. Those engineers can really push performance while maintaining low temperatures and noise levels.
I'm starting to believe they engage in the dark arts :/
I bet my launch, that some voodoo thing has to do somethin with it
I had an ATi 9700 Pro from Sapphire. Man... good times. Sapphire is the best in the GPU game (even though they do not make nVidia cards).
@@guynamedstevo6581 checked the new teknik video and saw a comment about it being ahead of the curve while I have been looking at the 5600 XT for a long time because it is around $215~.
Coincidence?
No but you can feel the scale of time when you start off with perf/$ learning about RDNA and CGN with AMD/ATI
Man that's a lot of hard work. Appreciate it! Thanks for making such videos!
This is my favorite tech channel, by far. Sorry Linus :(
Linus is "tech entertainment" to put it mildly. He does make me giggle once in a while, but when it want to Know What's Up(TM) I go to harbor box.
Anders Juel Jensen my money is on Hammer Onbox
@@andersjjensen Exactly, their areas of interest are not the same. They are complimentary, I watch both for different purposes
it's one of my favorite too. i noticed that i'm watching their videos almost everyday now. LMG has "different" content/approach but still interesting in general like here in hardware unboxed.
I think Steve has a bit of a Navi 10 hoarding problem...
But I love this content. The last few years the quality of GPU's went down so much to the point where a lot of mainstream models are just bad and even high end ones are no guaranty of actually being good. Just about nobody was actually testing the models that where not sent around for review. Finally somebody is doing this and calling out manufactures when they make something bad.
Well, he could toss them all in a mining rig :P
This is just further proof of him being a paid shill.
Of whom, you ask? The aluminium mining industry, of course!
They don`t like to review AMD GPU`s. Why you want to buy AMD GPU`s? They are trash.
@@enchantress7928 So...because AMD's high end doesn't exist, their low-midrange cards are automatically garbage? Another fanboy heard from...
@@enchantress7928 Shut up trash fanboy, not all people has 600$ to put in a GPU. Sub 500$ AMD GPUs has better quality/price ratio. Why are you watching Hardware Unboxed video if its too be a fantrashboy, just go for LinusTech sponsored videos or any other trash sponsor videomaker.
My new Powercolor 5600xt Red Devil (14Gbps) costed me 292€. It's a beast. Definitely super quiet and temps are more than fine: 43-45 idle (30% fan) and 60-65 gaming ( fan 45%). I flashed the bios so my clocks now are: core 1770mhz, memory 1860mhz, boost 1820mhz. BENCHMARKS @1080p ultra settings: AC odissey (60 fps avg), Modern warfare (125 fps avg). Never had black screens or any kind of problems (amd 3600+b450+16gb ram 3200mhz). I don't know about the other brands he tested, but his Powercolor Red Devil's results are not reliable, completely different by my perfect experience with that card.
I always had Sapphire GPU in my rig except once and I regretted it quite a lot!
Started with ATi Sapphire 2600 Pro, then I bought MSI R9 270X which I had to claim warranty two times after which they returned me the money so I bought AMD Sapphire RX 480 Nitro+ and just recently I bought AMD Sapphire RX 5700 XT Nitro+ and I haven't been happier :)
My mom always catches me watching your videos. She asked if you ever sleep. Got an answer for her? I told her I’d ask.
"sleeping is temporary benchmarking is eternal."
this is prolly hardware unboxed motto
Sleep is for the weak.
Love these videos. They helped me and i went for the Sapphire card, the near silent operation was what i liked about it and it was almost at the top of most of the tests.
Got it for a bargain £290 here in the UK with free postage and recieved 2 free games too!
The 5600 XT replaced my aging GTX 970 and I'm happy.
I wanted a good cheapish upgrade that was better than my GTX 970 but not to expensive as I'd still like to consider one of the newer cards from AMD or Nvidia once they are announced and I've seen some tested 👍
Went with the Gigabyte Gaming OC for a friends computer I just built. It’s a nice card, very cool and quiet. I didn’t feel comfortable flashing the 14Gbps bios on it though as there are so many reports of it not being stable afterwards. Some of these cards just can’t handle the higher clock speeds and there’s a reason they’re still shipping with the 12Gbps bios months after launch. Would have tried it if it were mine but I didn’t have much time for stability testing and the last thing I need is to send a friend home with a potentially unstable system.
Thank you for making me feel good about my Sapphire purchase as a first time PC builder.
I got the 5600xt sapphire pulse. I built my PC 2 weeks ago. I never experienced a problem. It's perfect
It's inevitable that viewers will come to these videos not for buying advice, but just for reassurance they bought the "right" card. I bought a Thick3Pro for my recent build as cost was a consideration, but it's also a beast of a card. With the BIOS flash it's been great. Awesome video; these past few weeks you've more than earned my subscription.
1:58 "lower is better" above the graphs should say the opposite .
I know this is nitpicking but I have come to expect nothing but excellence from this channel :)
I will get the Gigabyte Gaming OC. Im a sucker for that triple fan design. Makes me think I have something more powerful than I can actually afford.
Can't wait for the next Q&A.
I have to ask. HOW are you moving camera's point of view so smoothly? It's absolutely awesome! I once saw how Tim does this (in reflection in plastic of one of monitors he reviewed): he moves his camera using his hands and sometimes and noticable on video, but your cameras moves silky smooth
Got my Sapphire RX 5600 XT Pulse recently. The temp is 60°c max on gaming and Blender rendering. Really good performance and no issue on the driver as far as I use now.
I cant even tell you how happy i was when i saw that tumbnail youre one of the best tech tubers
Steve quickly blink twice in your next youtube video if someone is holding you hostage and making you do all these benchmarks.
I want to thank that person for helping us out with all this valuable data.
Noo I'm just thinking about purchasing a 5700xt and thought is says so in the title... xD bummer couse I didnt find any really new comparisons. Hopefully in the near future! Keep it up!
You can infer the Red Devil wouldn't be a good buy because iirc other Steve (Tech Jesus) at GN said they put the same pcb and cooler on the 5700 and 5600
Sapphire is an OG go to GPU for AMD from since the ATI days, can never go wrong, and my Nitro+ 5700XT is still slapping and staying cool AF =)
It's the same thing in Europe. Yeah real nice that all the fancy 5600XT's cost 310-330 EUR but the ASRock 5700 Challenger D costs 340 EUR. Even the cheaper 5600XT's are 300-310 EUR so seriously why bother if you can get a 5700 for 30-40 EUR's more?
I got the 5700xt for $369...I wouldn't buy anything in the low $300 range when you could spend a little more for a 5700xt.
@@GSP-76 i agree, especially if you pay attention to amazon warehouse deals. A telegram channel that posts deals spotted an evga 2070S at around 340 euros for three times in the last couple months.
I got a RX5700 last week for 299 euro and sold my GTX1070 for 230 euro...
i got MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT EVOKE 8GB for £369
@@detmer87 meanwhile a brand new 1660 super costs 220 euro and its better than an 1070, f for that guy that bought your crap for that much money
I'm glad i got the Gigabyte Gaming OC. And it was $100 off the regular retail price at my local shop.
My RX 570 Sapphire mined for around a year and I use it after that regularly for gaming for also one year and still she works without any problem.
Great test :D
I have Sapphire Pulse + Ryzen 5 1600 AF + G.Skill Ripjaws V 3200 on ASRock Fatal1ty K4. Every game I have tested runs smooth on ultra in 1080p and PC stays very quiet. It's easy to lower temperatures by speeding up the fans in more demanding games, or tun on 0 RPM mode on idle. I wish it had RGB LED instead of only red sign :( I don't know why they didn't make Nitro+ version, like 5500 or 5700, maybe it's too good :D
I'm so lucky i have the gigabyte gaming oc, so far no problems with it, No driver issues and stuff + I only get temps from 40-60 degrees
What about FPS? Which games did you test it? 'Cause i literally bought one now lol
I bought the 5600XT Gigabyte Gaming OC on launch day and I’m glad that it is up there with the Sapphire card. Not bad.
Thanks for your time! Looking forward to the 5700 xt roundup - needing some help here.
Dude, that's the type of videos I want, THAT is useful. Not fake/biased benchmarks all around yt.
This video helped me to decide and my Sapphire Plus now makes my favorite word in settings Ultra. Thanks for the great review!
Asus strix was the only available at this time, so I'm happy with my settle for choice.
Still debating between buying a 5600XT vs. 5700 but this is certainly the best roundup there is out there. Congrats!
How many cards do we need to test?
Steve: YES
A small reply from you would absolutely flatter my heart. Love your videos mate keep it going!
Kudos for your hard work Steve, thank you!!!
Great review. Going to install the sapphire this weekend.
Getting warm fuzzies for not overspending on 5700 xt with the impending navi 2.
Got snipped on a 5700XT I an auction last weekend. Sorry but not that sorry. Just looking for a placeholder until the next gen GPUs hit the market in Q1 2021
Just bought the pulse for my little bro cant wait to get it this friday.
It's a great card. He will love it.
Couldn't get my hands on a Sapphire Pulse or lower price MSI 5600 so I settled for XFX 5600 Thicc 3 Pro for 299.99, and I have to say I'm pleased. Runs pretty quiet for three fans even at higher speeds.
Thanks for validating my buy with hard data. Thanks for all the time you and the team put in for this.
Glad to see that ASUS got their act together. I have the 5700XT Strix, and I finally got annoyed and got an aftermarket vertical GPU mounting kit from Phantecks. No more mounting pressure issues. I even have the supposed "Fixed" Version.
Can't complain about my XFX 5600 XT THICC II considering the fact I paid for a 580 oc in the first place :)
Mine has had *much* better thermals than the one in this video. Maybe I just got lucky with whoever was on thermal paste duty that day?
Just bought a Sapphire Pulse RX 5600xt, very nice! Blazing fast! Upgrade from a ...wait for it...XFX RX470 Black Edition! LOL
love this channel! i regret haven't found you yet when i upgraded my pc. just bought MSI MPG x570 gaming plus that turns out REALLY HOT (then i saw your review on x570 boards). now for VGA i won't misguided again :D, thanks mate!
Just for information since most of you would never know this. In Hungary you can get the Sapphire 5600 XT for 320-330$ ; every other model STARTS from 350 but as you can imagine they cost more than that at a reliable retailer...
GREAT video-
This is exactly what I needed!
New subscriber!
Would have been nice to see the Sapphire Nitro+ version. The nitro+ is usually the best version of an AMD card
The Sapphire card picked as a winner is currently over $300 and the warranty is only 2 years, not the typical 3 years you get with MSI and some other brands. If you live in the US take a look at MSI gaming MX on newegg for around $230.
Been using Sapphire for many years for any AMD cards I've ever had. I went with a Gaming X this time around mainly availability and I am really happy with it. It's my first MSI graphics card, and I've only ever owned a few MSI products in the past as well. So far so good though, it is a huge card (Mine is a 5700XT Gaming X)
I just bought a Sapphire Pulse 5600xt for £270. It's going to be my first PC build!
Very many thanks! I was about to buy a Sapphire Pulse (439CAD) but just bought a Gigabyte Gaming OC (409CAD minus 20CAD MIR (hate them, but 20 bucks is 20 bucks)). You saved me $50CAD (plus 13% tax of course). Thank you! Now I overclock my i7-7700k and wait a year to see what's what in the CPU/MB department. I was going to get a B450/Ryzen 5 but that's off the table now. Congrats on the 500k subscribers... well earned!
Gigabyte Gaming OC came with 12 Gbps memory setting; flashed it to 14 Gbps and it's downstairs, folding at home as a stress test. Great temps so far, very happy!
I had folding failures until I increased power level 10% through Radeon software. Now stable as a rock, and the power increase didn't increase temperature or noise. Based on 3 weeks using it, I'd recommend the Gigabyte Gaming OC if you're comfortable increasing power level. If not, go for the Pulse.
In the interests of full disclosure, I have now had a couple of problems while Folding @ Home, on high settings, I would occasionally have a failure, and twice I got bad artifacting; this with the 10% power level increase. I updated from vbios FA0 to FA1, and have run for several days on high with no failures to fold, and no artifacting. I suggest upgrading the vbios. I used AMD's tool, since I had problems with directly flashing. I also stay current on Radeon drivers.
Waiting for him to say "welcome back to hammer on box" and it's just boxes covering the screen with monitor steve in the middle due to lack of space in the actual room.
We need this for almost all GPUs!! Rx 570, 580, GTX 1650 super, 1660, RTX 2060, etc
I looked at comments on the place where i bought my Sapphire Pulse RX 5600 XT and all of them said it works like it's water cooled and it was the cheapest 5600 XT so i bought it and man does it run cool, it doesn't even use it's fans below 60 degrees celsius and it rarely gets to 60. Used it with a 1080p 144 Hz monitor in LoL, Dota 2(vulkan), WoW(DX12), Witcher 3 etc. high graphics, made it work at max clock speed and it still rarely got to 60 degrees and when it did it just opened it's fans for a few seconds and it was back down to 50-55 all the time.
Sometimes I watch your guys videos all over again just to give you more views, love your hardwork, thanks
I've been waiting for this! Thanks!
Been very allergic to the Sapphire hype for a long time but in this case it's well-deserved. Powercolor's either skimping on cooling compared to proper-PROPER (as in, teardown included) review units, or uses cooling which doesn't make miles of a difference between different chips (reminder, their 5700s and 5700XTs were up there with Sapphire, and the Red Devil was sometimes better).
Or, this is all measurement error and they're all in the same ballpark xD (That'd make sense for a lower-power chip.)
This is straight up madness! Flexing all these cards and Im still on my gtx 970 oc. I need to up my game lol
I can always come here and find what im looking for! Was debating the gigabyte of model on so many bad reviews but it's the one I want and I'm assured now!
Can we get an rx 5700 bios flash roundup?
I also want this
Yes please!
The Gigabyte Gaming OC is the cheapest in my region so good to know it's also the best.
Very well build and using it now. No regret.
Great video, Steve. I particularly enjoyed listening to your information about the Sapphire approach to their design.
Went for Gigabyte OC. Thanks guys.
awesome to see something like this done. bravo. Keep it up!
Just got the Asus strix oc Version a few days aggo at 280€ in stead of around 340€ . I can't hear it over my bequit silent wings 3 high speed fans at 1100rpm and the temperature is around 48-57 in world of Warcraft and never gets over 60 in other games. The new bios works great. Just a wonderful card all around and at the price it was a no brainier.
Excellent videos. I already bought mine, and am happy to know that I made the right decision. :)
Thanks for the in depth reviews. I was able to pick up an ASUS ROG Strix for just $255 on Amazon Warehouse. I can always return it for a full refund if I am not happy with it. My experience so far with items from the warehouse has been excellent. Most are just straight returns still in their shrink-wrap and some are open box.
Yo hi, i want to buy the rog strix one but there are other ones cheaper
Did you liked your rog strix one, or which one would you say is the best 5600?
I bought the XFX Thicc III Version because it had the lowest price in my country and i looked up many reviews before and after i bought it (cause a friend of mine told me XFX is crap). It's not delievered yet but i came across very mixed reviews from some saying it's one of the worst or rather the worst and some saying it's one of the best RX 5600 xt models.
Thanks for an overall comperison with all RX 5600 xt cards.
Awesome review! Thats a lot of work behind this data.
I got the pulse open box at Microcenter for $229! Card is a killer for that price.
This is the 1st time i can remember when new graphics cards are cheaper and easier to get in the UK than the USA
As the gaming x is cheaper in the uk should we go for the gaming x or the sapphire pulse
This was great, thank you! I've been trying to choose between the Gigabyte Gaming OC and the MSI Mech OC. (They're the only ones available to me at the moment). Will definitely be choosing the Gigabyte GPU.
From what I see, the Pulse is clearly the choice when you're not sure, if you can fit the three fan monstrosities into your case (I know for a fact they wouldn't fit into my MATX case)
Just a heads up on the Sapphire PULSE RX 5600 XT.
There are two variants out there one uses the PULSE RX 5700 cooler and the other has the PULSE RX 5700 XT one.
If you are lucky you can get even better value for money.
Part number to look out for if you want the bigger cooler variant: 299-5E411-202SA
Man that's a lot of work i really appreciate it thanks
Keep it up guys keep it up
Gaming X is an absolute monster what a optimized, only 120w, best temp, high fps, dammm i love it, and you know what i have it in my case baby yeahhhh.
Just noticed, it's probably been there forever... Is that a can of Krating Daeng on the shelf above the Gamer's Nexus logo? Honestly would explain how Steve's been able to be such a benchmarking BEAST lately!
$35 price difference between Sapphire Pulse and MSI Gaming X here in our country. Glad I bought the Former.
What is Matt up to Nowadays? Legend says he will return at 1 million subs
Australians are the new Canadians of Tech TH-cam!
Got the Rog Strix for 245€. Beautiful Card!
Does Tim's chain hang low does it wobble does it glow down unda??? ;) Gangsta Tim. Pimping ain't easy down unda. When your upside down the chain hangs HIGH.
Really excelent review and comparisson, thanks!!
Thanks dude, just bought a sapphire pulse for €290.
What a great channel. I love it. I love these guys.
I've been eagerly waiting for this video!