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SirGrunt
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I'm planning to build my first PC and have decided on the RX580 videocard (in combination with ryzen 5 2600).

 

I see there is a wide range of supplier selling rx580's at widely varying prices. What are the mayor differences between the following 3 cards that give them such a wide variety in prices?

  1. Asrock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX580 8G OC (€181)

  2. Gigabyte Radeon AORUS RX 580 8GB (€215)

  3. Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Pulse 8GB (€259)

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4 minutes ago, SirGrunt said:

What are the mayor differences between the following 3 cards that give them such a wide variety in prices?

First is the cooler type. The Phantom Gaming line is a cheap (but commendable) line from ASRock that uses less premium construction and design, like a simpler heat sink, leat pipes, different fans, etc. It also has a plastic shroud.

Second is binning. chips are sold at a level they perform at, so higher clockable chips are available at higher prices but with better cooling and more performance.

Third is marketing, the Aorus card from gigabyte is a step up from their windforce, meant to represent a premium variant of the card. Same with the pulse from Sapphire.

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In case you were curious, I've got the Powercolor RX 580 8GB, and I will say the fans have a bit of a yuck to them if they really get going. It's almost high pitched. It works great, and I don't necessarily think it's a hardware issue in my case. They just have a very high set sound when the fans are pushing it.

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6 minutes ago, trevb0t said:

In case you were curious, I've got the Powercolor RX 580 8GB, and I will say the fans have a bit of a yuck to them if they really get going. It's almost high pitched. It works great, and I don't necessarily think it's a hardware issue in my case. They just have a very high set sound when the fans are pushing it.

I got the same, but it only at full speed on start up, on full load never more than 70% fan speed. normal settings, no OC.

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1 minute ago, SupaKomputa said:

I got the same, but it only at full speed on start up, on full load never more than 70% fan speed. normal settings, no OC.

I've never OCed it, but mine definitely hits 99-100% on 1080p High settings on RE:2 (remastered) pretty easily. 

 

Maybe I need to mess with my bios? I've got a R5 2600 paired with it, so there shouldn't be any bottlenecking issues I don't think...

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@Vejnemojnen I was looking at that GTX 1060 before but i heard the armour versions are incredibly loud?

 

the XFX GTS XXX RX580 is basically the same price, can you explain why that one is "better" then the gigabyte one? I noticed the XFX one is significantly longer so i guess the mian difference is cooling?

 

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1 hour ago, SirGrunt said:

@Vejnemojnen I was looking at that GTX 1060 before but i heard the armour versions are incredibly loud?

 

the XFX GTS XXX RX580 is basically the same price, can you explain why that one is "better" then the gigabyte one? I noticed the XFX one is significantly longer so i guess the mian difference is cooling?

 

for the 1060: yes, the Armor is awful, loud and the cooling is subpar. BUT, the Gaming series by MSI are regarded as well built cards. For the 580: I honestly don't know, though, I just saw those cards as reasonably priced, and the PowerColor was actually a recommendation of a german site. The XFX is very popular in my country for some reason. 

 

But IMHO, probably the best 580 available is the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon, or the "blue" edition of the Nitro+. Very good cooling& noise levels. 

 

I'd still pick 1060, due to my obsession with low power consumption parts and small wattage PSU-s :) 

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15 hours ago, trevb0t said:

I've never OCed it, but mine definitely hits 99-100% on 1080p High settings on RE:2 (remastered) pretty easily. 

 

Maybe I need to mess with my bios? I've got a R5 2600 paired with it, so there shouldn't be any bottlenecking issues I don't think...

Your 5 2600 is definitely not bottlenecking it. The 3 2200G wouldn't be a bottleneck so no worrys

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3 hours ago, Vejnemojnen said:

But IMHO, probably the best 580 available is the Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon, or the "blue" edition of the Nitro+. Very good cooling& noise levels. 

Solid advice. Sapphire coolers are almost always the best to stand the test of time. Go look on ebay at some older cards; that will be like half of what you see.

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16 hours ago, Xkillerpn said:

None, go to the rx 590 nitro+ or for a bit more money get the vega 56 pulse

absolutely does not worth it. Basically a severely overclocked 580, with high power consumption. Vega56 could be a "reasonable" choice, but still eats and heats.

 

Either 580, or, for a little more, 1660Ti, which offers incredible value (roughly 25% faster than 580, much lower power consumption)

 

Ie.: Gigabyte GTX 1660Ti Gaming OC or GB Windforce OC, MSI Gaming X 1660Ti. These are not much more expensive than the 590, and surpass it in performance with less power. Roughly 4-5% performance could be gained by going Vega56, but I don't see why would anyone buy a gpu with hweeege power consumption, heating, when a never-recent, more efficient yet, almost as fast unit is available cheaper.... (cause the vega is pricier than the 1660Ti)

 

TLDR: Either 580, or 1660Ti.

 

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3 hours ago, Vejnemojnen said:

absolutely does not worth it. Basically a severely overclocked 580, with high power consumption. Vega56 could be a "reasonable" choice, but still eats and heats.

 

Either 580, or, for a little more, 1660Ti, which offers incredible value (roughly 25% faster than 580, much lower power consumption)

 

Ie.: Gigabyte GTX 1660Ti Gaming OC or GB Windforce OC, MSI Gaming X 1660Ti. These are not much more expensive than the 590, and surpass it in performance with less power. Roughly 4-5% performance could be gained by going Vega56, but I don't see why would anyone buy a gpu with hweeege power consumption, heating, when a never-recent, more efficient yet, almost as fast unit is available cheaper.... (cause the vega is pricier than the 1660Ti)

 

TLDR: Either 580, or 1660Ti.

 

He lives in Europe, so Vega will be about €20-30 more expensive than 1660 Ti.

And no, Vega 56 isn't 4-5% faster:


While 8% difference isn't much, Vega card will have much more room for overclocking.

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Okay. I know he's from EU, and yes, Vega is around 25-30€~ more with better performance, and with underclocking/undervolting You can keep power requirements at reasonable levels.. 

 

But I'd still recommend the 1660ti. Very capable card with excellent performance and power consumption for great price. 

 

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