XFX - AMD Radeon RX 590 Fatboy OC+ 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card
Model: RX-590P8DFD6
SKU: 6315898
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Customers are enthusiastic about the AMD Radeon RX 590 Fatboy OC+ 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card's performance and its affordability, citing excellent graphics capabilities for the price. However, some users noted that the card can run warm and be somewhat loud during intensive use, and it may require a more powerful power supply. The card's large size was also mentioned as a potential drawback. Overall, the positive feedback on performance and price seems to outweigh the concerns regarding temperature, noise, and size for many buyers.
This is a very good middle of the road card and you get great performance at a low price point. I originally had it paired with a Ryzen 3 CPU and experienced some bottle necking in certain games. I have since upgraded to a Ryzen 7 2700X CPU and now get steady FPS in those games.
Posted by AvidGamer
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Posted by Mizzy
XFX has a strange way of releasing products. They are pretty solid on the whole, but this one definitely needs some tweaking out of the box. The great thing about this is XFX somewhat encourages it, as long as you aren't being obtuse. I love this card. It might not seem like much of a step up from an RX 480 on paper, but there is a noticeable improvement to frametimes in some of my favorite games. Finally I can enjoy things at my monitor's higher refresh rates! There were some teething issues during the first couple hours. I looked up a review on the card after experiencing temperatures above 80C. Turns out this is a dual-bios card with a dip-switch for changing between the two. Unfortunately, XFX ships this card set to the "quiet" fan setting, it would seem. Before install I would recommend flipping that switch! Even at that though, with higher fan speeds and lower temperatures, I still wasn't quite happy with what I was seeing. There were numerous dips in Vcore and core clock during gaming and benchmarks. After reading reviews on another site, I stumbled across a really decent fix for it! You see, AMD are pretty awesome about things. Their driver suite just comes with overclocking capabilities that are quite easy to set up. So I took that review’s advice and increased the power target by 15% and set a more aggressive fan curve. (I've attached a screenshot of which settings I used in the driver control panel to get more stable performance.) Results? Buttery-smooth performance and some decent temperatures to boot! The drawback with the RX 590 in general is the power consumption. It has stellar performance for its price (Especially during the 50th sales) but it comes with a power cost. I routinely see a power draw over 200 watts just for the GPU die (according to GPU-Z.) Not even taking into account the rest of the board. This isn't an issue if you have a good power supply and decent airflow, but I would be hesitant to try this card on older or budget builds. If you do have an older setup and are worried about power, just get a decent (as in 550w+) 80+ Gold or better with plenty on the 12v rail and you're good. You can also get some pretty well-performing cases for a song online. All a matter of how tenacious you are, hehe. All-in-all I'm blown away by the performance-per-dollar of this card. The drawbacks are negligible, especially remembering cards like the R9 300-series where power was very much off the charts. The 12nm refresh does well by this architecture, with the only tradeoff I can see being increased power consumption. There are more eco-friendly options out there for sure, but you won’t find this level of performance for the price!
Posted by VastLite
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