3rd Party Navi Cards

[pstarlord]

I saw a few things mentioning a mid August release for some 3rd party versions of the Navi cards.  I'm fairly certain that the 5700xt is the GPU I want to get, but never again will I buy a blower style card.  (my first GPU was a blower style 580, quickly replaced it)  This is my first go around paying attention to GPU's at launch, and I'm curious if, historically (obviously, no one knows the future) is the initial wave of 3rd party cards solid, or should you wait a while for updated version or anything like that?  At my age, I don't say this often but, this IS my first rodeo in this situation. haha. 

 

Just curious, thanks for the info in advance. 

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, pstarlord said:

 

You can just buy the day 1 cards, sapphire is probably the safest bet

 

Some people maybe have "golden sample" versions that aren't really going to be worth it unless the extra $50 for it or whatever doesn't matter too much to you.

[pstarlord]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

You can just buy the day 1 cards, sapphire is probably the safest bet

 

Some people maybe have "golden sample" versions that aren't really going to be worth it unless the extra $50 for it or whatever doesn't matter too much to you.

Cool.  I was planning on going with Sapphire, I currently have their Nitro Vega 56, and it's been rock solid.  I dig their designs too. 

[Streetguru]

16 minutes ago, pstarlord said:

Cool.  I was planning on going with Sapphire, I currently have their Nitro Vega 56, and it's been rock solid.  I dig their designs too. 

The RX 5700 XT isn't that much faster than Vega 56, unless you just want to cut power draw in half and noise as well, and can resell the 56 card quickly.

[Pro_Nexion]

29 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

You can just buy the day 1 cards, sapphire is probably the safest bet

 

Some people maybe have "golden sample" versions that aren't really going to be worth it unless the extra $50 for it or whatever doesn't matter too much to you.

I been wanting to buy the Rx 5700 xt but im not sure if i should get the card from the official AMD website or buy the sapphire version of the card. 

[Jurrunio]

Vega 56 isn't all that much faster than 5700XT, so... I'd rather hold off. Judging from the naming scheme there's clearly place for bigger and smaller Navi cards (note Navi didn't use compute unit count in the name).

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, Pro_Nexion said:

I been wanting to buy the Rx 5700 xt but im not sure if i should get the card from the official AMD website or buy the sapphire version of the card. 

If you're going to water cool it the blower card doesn't matter, otherwise just wait like 2-3 weeks.