5700xt reference or a 5700 non xt

[Eternalperv]

I can get a rx 5700 xt and a sapphire pulse 5700 non xt for the same price and i am having trouble choosing between the two 

 

Thanks in advance

[aisle9]

The 5700 XT will perform better across the board, but it will heat your house in the winter and sound like a DC-9 spooling up for takeoff. The 5700 won't be as powerful, but also will sound more like a GPU than a Space Shuttle. IMO, if all you're after is 1080p and noise is important to you, I'd go with the 5700. If you're like, "yolo bring on the noise for 1440p," the XT would be my choice. If you choose the 5700, just be aware that you're leaving some performance on the table for the price.

[Jordan_C21]

31 minutes ago, Eternalperv said:

I can get a rx 5700 xt and a sapphire pulse 5700 non xt for the same price and i am having trouble choosing between the two 

 

Thanks in advance

or just spend the extra like 10 dollars for the sapphire xt..

[Jurrunio]

11 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

a DC-9 ... sound more like a GPU than a Space Shuttle.

how is the DC-9 a space shuttle?

[Turtle Rig]

22 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

The 5700 XT will perform better across the board, but it will heat your house in the winter and sound like a DC-9 spooling up for takeoff. The 5700 won't be as powerful, but also will sound more like a GPU than a Space Shuttle. IMO, if all you're after is 1080p and noise is important to you, I'd go with the 5700. If you're like, "yolo bring on the noise for 1440p," the XT would be my choice. If you choose the 5700, just be aware that you're leaving some performance on the table for the price.

Reference is blower fan I believe.  Better to had 3 fans on the card if your overclocking and what not.

[aisle9]

6 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

how is the DC-9 a space shuttle?

Are you old enough to remember Northwest's DC-9-30s in the mid-90s? $20 says those things could have made it into orbit without breaking a sweat if the pilot was feeling spunky.

[aisle9]

6 hours ago, Turtle Rig said:

Reference is blower fan I believe.  Better to had 3 fans on the card if your overclocking and what not.

Yeah, reference is the blower. IIRC, no 5700 can be overclocked to match the stock performance of a 5700 XT, but if I am horribly mistaken on that I'm very ok with being told so. A 5700 XT reference can reach a pretty solid overclock even with the stock blower, but that thing is going to scream like a grown man being circ--you know, I'll skip that clever analogy.

[Turtle Rig]

10 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Yeah, reference is the blower. IIRC, no 5700 can be overclocked to match the stock performance of a 5700 XT, but if I am horribly mistaken on that I'm very ok with being told so. A 5700 XT reference can reach a pretty solid overclock even with the stock blower, but that thing is going to scream like a grown man being circ--you know, I'll skip that clever analogy.

Yes he can get a OC just all depends on card and HSF.  Personally I would be ok with both blower or regular 3 fan config, especially if price is a issue.  But if it is not get the vendors 5700XT.  If price is issue and you still wanna OC those blower fans do just fine.  No guarantee's but you can overclock either blower and regular video card about the same OC pretty much.  The blower card will just get a bit warmer.

[Eternalperv]

17 hours ago, Jordan_C21 said:

or just spend the extra like 10 dollars for the sapphire xt..

I cant get them where i live yet