Graphics Card (Cooling/VRM) Tier List (Navi Update)

[AshamedGanache]

On 4/30/2020 at 12:57 PM, CardMan73 said:

MSI: Evoke (after fix), Mech (after fix)

 

What do you mean by "after fix?"  Fix what?  I have a MSI Mech OC. and am having problems with it.  Is there some fix I should know about?

Sounds like you need to contact MSI and run your serial number to see if it needs a fix.

[TonnyM]

I’m happy to see my nitro plus there !!

[MrIronGolem27]

Any idea where this thing and the so-called Slimthicc fit on the list?

[BTGbullseye]

On 5/12/2020 at 10:52 AM, MrIronGolem27 said:

Any idea where this thing and the so-called Slimthicc fit on the list?

I would guess Tier B.

[Letgomyleghoe]

Anyone know the quality of  xfx tripe dissipation?

~just bought one and getting buyers anxiety

[frenzen]

RTX 5700xt  Thicc III there are two versions ULTRA and just Thicc III for XFX, wondering if it doesnt matter but there is a big price difference.

 

https://www.amazon.ca/XFX-Thicc-PCI-Express-Graphics-RX-57XT8TFD8/dp/B082MQ4QTZ/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=5700xt+Thicc+III&qid=1590600002&sr=8-2

 

https://www.amazon.ca/XFX-Thicc-2025MHz-Graphics-Rx-57XT8TBD8/dp/B07ZP5QZX2/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=5700xt+Thicc+III&qid=1590600002&sr=8-1

[dewod]

Asking some question here, my 5700 xt gaming x, reach peak of the memory temp about like 80c,but the core temp only peak at 70c when underload, is that a normal?

[Snowarch]

i lowered my vram clock by 100mhz (5000-ish is stock) and my temps are below 70, but minecraft freezes my pc to the point i need to hold the power button to do anything. is it okay to underclock vram or not?

 

[Fasauceome]

On 4/30/2020 at 3:16 PM, 486DX Win3.1 said:

1660 TIE Fighter variant

Can you share a link to this "tie fighter Variant" of the 1660? I have heard of this once before but I have never seen one, and I don't know what it is. Is it a 1660? A 1660 ti?

 

The 1660 ti would be preferable to a 1070 ti, it's newer and has about the same performance for lower power. Clock speed doesn't matter, because one is turing and one is pascal so they can't be compared directly. Though they typically will be clocking close to 1900MHz (or 2000MHz if you're lucky) as long as they have a good cooler. 

[Snowarch]

@Fasauceome

 

tie figher is a starwars ship the sith use, so i guess its like how theres a cyberpunk version of the 20 series card. starwars themed 1660.

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, Snowarch said:

@Fasauceome

 

tie figher is a starwars ship the sith use, so i guess its like how theres a cyberpunk version of the 20 series card. starwars themed 1660.

I know about star wars, but I have never seen this "tie fighter variant" of the 1660, and whether it's a 1660 or 1660 ti makes a big difference.

 

Got my own star wars themed GPU after all  B)

[Mick Naughty]

Prolly auto corrected to it. From Ti variant. 

[Squanchtendo]

My VRAM is hitting over 90C with fans set to 75% and the GPU core is sitting at like 73C. why is my VRAM running so hot and what can i do i really dont want to prematurely kill my card but also dont want to wait 6 months for the RMA. I have no idea how long the RMA would take but these days you never know waited over a month for my new monitor to arrive.

[Snowarch]

got a really bad chip, or prime limitation got hit, as i can't overclock much, but my e level armor card gets temps in the low 50's with an overclock. not even 100% fan speed is hit. 

[Archb24]

So I got an RX 5700 MSI MECH OC around 2 months ago, now in the list it appears twice, in A (after fix) and C (presumably before fix) so what does this mean exactly? are you supposed to manually fix it yourself or did MSI fix it at some point? I hope since I got it recently its the fixed one, I haven't had any serious thermal problems with it tbh.

[dave6018]

i would disagree with the Pallit  gamerock cooling, I have an rtx 2080 super and it overclocks like a beats and stays nice and cool, previous card hd750, Gigabyte sc gtx 970 , Gamerock 1080, Gigabyte Aorus 1080ti (hot little b*astard even after thermal grizzly treatment), i would take Pallit card all day long  

[Izineth]

I noticed the SC Ultra isn't on the list only the XC where does the SC Ultra end up?

[Avocheeseado]

On 3/19/2019 at 8:02 PM, LienusLateTips said:

Love my Tier D Vega

i have tier e :(( rtx 2060 ventus

[Yushi95]

The MSI RX 570 4GB Armor has a discount atm in The Netherlands, (€120), next card after that is ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX570 8G OC for €145

Now I have noticed its put in Tier D, does that mean I better avoid the card?
Also, is there a difference between the MSI Armor 570 and MSI Armor 580?
 
Here the list of cards of RX 570-580-590.

Or would it be better to go for a GTX 1650 Super?

Aiming for a budget build with 1600 AF, 16GB 3200 Ram.

[GoldenLag]

16 hours ago, Yushi95 said:

Now I have noticed its put in Tier D, does that mean I better avoid the card?

Its an ok card, just dont expect it to be the most quiet variant 

[Yushi95]

I have a question.

Currently I have an i5-3470, 16GB 1600CL11 DDR3 + a Sapphire Radeon RX 480 8GD5.

Now I'm gonna sell this build and buy/build a new Pc.

I'll have a 1600 AF, 16GB 3200CL16 DDR4 and if a buy an used Sapphire Radeon RX 470 4G D5 will I still get more fps than the RX 480 did on my old build?

I can get the RX 470 4G D5 for €70,
Can also get a Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 580 4GD5 for €90, but I'm not sure if the €20 extra will get me an equal ammount of fps increase + the card has been used for mining.

What would be the best option?

[BTGbullseye]

On 6/27/2020 at 4:35 AM, Yushi95 said:

if a buy an used Sapphire Radeon RX 470 4G D5 will I still get more fps than the RX 480 did on my old build?

No. No processor upgrade will make up the difference in framerates between a 470 4GB and a 480 8GB GPU.

[Yushi95]

7 hours ago, BTGbullseye said:

No. No processor upgrade will make up the difference in framerates between a 470 4GB and a 480 8GB GPU.

thought of my CPU/RAM bottlenecking the GPU since when I'm ingame the CPU goes to 100%, while the RX 480 isnt even touching 25% used.

[BTGbullseye]

On 6/30/2020 at 11:44 AM, Yushi95 said:

thought of my CPU/RAM bottlenecking the GPU since when I'm ingame the CPU goes to 100%, while the RX 480 isnt even touching 25% used.

That depends entirely on the games you're playing. Most games that will be fully CPU bottlenecked will stay that way even if you had the best CPU on the planet. Reducing your GPU performance isn't going to help your CPU in any way. Keep the 480, and get the rest of the new system. Don't downgrade the GPU just because you have a CPU bottleneck.

[gojuxs]

What about RTX 20XX windforce oc?