Powercolor 5700 XT

[IconxDestiny]

Hello LTT! I am looking to purchase a 5700 XT  this week and am having a hard time deciding between two. I'm looking at the Powercolor Red Dragon 5700 xt and Red Devil 5700 xt. The card is going in my Evolv Shift and after measuring it out both should fit. I know the Red Devil is the better overall card, but I am wondering if it is worth the $40 difference in price to performance. There are only one or two reviews of the Red Dragon, but it seems to only come 1-2 FPS behind which is not too significant. I was curious if anyone had these cards and could give some real world experience with them. As of now I'm leaning towards the Red Dragon, but am willing to buy the Red Devil if the performance difference is worth it. Thank you in advance for the help!

[Zando_]

I'd look at the temps between the two, not the FPS. Shift is a smol case, the card with the better cooler will have a nicer time in that. 

[IconxDestiny]

12 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

I'd look at the temps between the two, not the FPS. Shift is a smol case, the card with the better cooler will have a nicer time in that. 

In terms of temps according to Hardware Unboxed the two trade blows in his 1 hour stress test with the Red Devil being 1-2 degree cooler in overall GPU/GDDR6 temp and the Red Dragon being 5 degrees cooler when it comes to VRM temp

[Zando_]

2 minutes ago, IconxDestiny said:

In terms of temps according to Hardware Unboxed the two trade blows in his 1 hour stress test with the Red Devil being 1-2 degree cooler in overall GPU/GDDR6 temp and the Red Dragon being 5 degrees cooler when it comes to VRM temp

I'd go with the devil, unless the VRMs are getting quite hot they're far less of a worry than the core/VRAM. Though that is only a slight difference, so it's up to you if you think that small advantage is worth it or not. 

[Gohardgrandpa]

Have you looked at the sapphire pulse at all? It’s a good looking card and should be cheaper then the red devil 

[Gohardgrandpa]

Here’s a link to the hardware unboxed video. That’s what made me get the pulse card 

 

https://youtu.be/3NmExnu-j2s

[IconxDestiny]

4 hours ago, Gohardgrandpa said:

Have you looked at the sapphire pulse at all? It’s a good looking card and should be cheaper then the red devil 

I have looked at the pulse. It seems to be a great card, but the design clashes with my build and is unfortunately the reason I am not considering it. The updated Evoke OC just went on sale for $379 + a $30 mail in rebate so I am considering this card now as well.

[Gohardgrandpa]

1 hour ago, IconxDestiny said:

I have looked at the pulse. It seems to be a great card, but the design clashes with my build and is unfortunately the reason I am not considering it. The updated Evoke OC just went on sale for $379 + a $30 mail in rebate so I am considering this card now as well.

I get it, my build is black and red so it doesn't clash