AMD Radeon RX 580 review

Here is the Sapphire Radeon RX 580 SPEC :

Stream Processors: 2,304
Texture Units: 144
ROP Units: 32Base Clock: 1,340 MHz
Boost Clock: 1,411 MHz
Video Memory: 8GB GDDR5
Memory Clock: 8 GHz
Memory Bus: 256-Bit
Power: 1x8, 1x6
Connectivity: DVI-I, HDMI, DisplayPort

Performance

So is the RX 580 dead on arrival? Not by a long shot. This is a card that isn’t designed to shake up the ecosystem, merely balance it. As we’ve seen with all of Global Foundaries’ 14nm and 28nm products, 100 MHz goes a long way into improving performance.

Whether that’s Zen, the Fury X, or even AMD’s RX series of cards, pumping that clock speed up, even fractionally, can massively affect performance.

Side by side, our Sapphire RX 580 8GB Nitro+ hands last generation’s Pillsbury Doughboy its fat white ass when it comes to 1080p and 1440p performance.

Gaining on average around 12-percent across all of our testing titles, with a staggering 1,500 points in Firestrike over the RX 480. To put that in perspective, it’s the equivalent of going from a GTX 1070 to a GTX 1080.

Are we suggesting that those proud owners of RX 480s jump ship and grab this card? Not at all. In fact, it’s likely that if you’re really itching for the extra frame rate, without spending the dollar, you simply overclock your own 480 by the same amount to see similar gains.

The RX 580 is ultimately designed for those still stuck on Nvidia’s 700 series GPUs, or AMD’s 300 series graphics solutions. It’s an upgrade path for those who are just about reaching that GPU itch. If you’re looking to play the latest games at 1080p, the RX 580 is likely one of the strongest value offerings you can purchase today.