Asus rog strix rx 580 o8g gaming oc edition review

     

Pros

Great 1080p, good 1440p, & solid VR gameplayVery cool và quietGorgeous designPremium features

Our Verdict

The Strix RX 580 Gaming vị trí cao nhất OC delivers great performance in a gorgeous, cool, & quiet package. Unfortunately, it’s also giant & expensive.

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If you’re looking for an overview of the Radeon RX 580’s capabilities, be sure to kiểm tra out kasynoonlinemy.com’s Sapphire RX 580 Nitro+ review, where we dive into the nitty-gritty details. For this đánh giá we’re focusing on the Strix’s extensive customizations và performance.

And hãng asus sure piled those customizations on thick. You witness the result the moment you pull the extra-long, 2.5-slot-width Strix 580 đứng đầu OC from the box. It’s massive, especially for a graphics thẻ with a mainstream price.


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The trio of fans sit atop a beefy heatsink that runs the length of the card. It features Asus’s MaxContact technology, which lays a massive nickel-plated copper plate directly over the GPU itself. There’s also a separate PCB liên hệ plate that draws heat away from the memory and into the heatsink. The Strix 580 đứng đầu OC also packs a 7+1 nguồn phase configuration built using Asus’s Super Alloy power II components.

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Port report.

Asus includes two DisplayPorts, a pair of HDMI ports, & a DVI-I connection. The pair of HDMI ports should come in handy for folks who want lớn use the RX 580 for virtual reality, as VR headsets rely on that connection. Power’s handled by a single 8-pin connector.


All in all, the Strix RX 580 top OC is gorgeous, gigantic, and loaded with premium features. Hãng asus is clearly aiming for the đứng top of the heap here. But does that massive cooler result in something special? Let’s take it khổng lồ the test bench.

Next page: System configuration, benchmarks begin


Our kiểm tra system/Division benchmarks

We tested the hãng asus Strix RX 580 Gaming vị trí cao nhất OC Edition onkasynoonlinemy.com’s dedicated graphics card benchmark system. It’s rocking high-end components to lớn avoid bottlenecks in other parts of the PC, showing unfettered graphics performance.

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We’re comparing the $300 Strix RX 580 top OC against Sapphire’s similarly clocked RX 580 Nitro+ ($250 on Newegg). We’re also including MSI’s older, overclocked 8GB RX 480 Gaming X, EVGA’s overclocked 6GB GeForce GTX 1060 SSC ($250 on Amazon), & Gigabyte’s overclocked Aorus RX 570 ($190 on Newegg) to lớn show how the RX 580’s little sibling holds up. We’re also tossing in the GTX 1070 Founders Edition ($380 on Amazon) khổng lồ show the next step up in performance.

The real thing khổng lồ watch in these tests is how the competing Sapphire and hãng asus RX 580 cards stack up. Skip ahead lớn the power và heat section for the most interesting results.


Each game’s tested using its in-game benchmark at the mentioned graphics presets, with V-sync, frame rate caps, and all GPU vendor-specific technologies—like AMD TressFX, Nvidia GameWorks options, and FreeSync/G-Sync—disabled.

The Division

The Division, a gorgeous third-person shooter/RPG that mixes elements ofDestinyandGears of War, kicks things off with Ubisoft’s new Snowdrop engine. We chạy thử the trò chơi in DirectX 11 mode.

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The Sapphire 580 Nitro+ delivers lower idle temperatures than even the GTX 1060, but it’s only a few watts less than the Strix, & both cards pull the same amount of power nguồn under load.


Heat

Things finally get interesting here!

We kiểm tra heat during the same intensiveDivisionbenchmark at a strenuous 4K resolution after warming up the card, by running SpeedFan in the background & noting the maximum GPU temperature once the run is over.

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The Strix 580 top OC’s ferocious full-sized cooler would no doubt help in overclocking endeavors as well, & enthusiasts have been able khổng lồ push high-end RX 580s between 1,450MHz & 1,500MHz depending on the silicon lottery. Hãng asus also offers its GPU Tweak II software, which once installed, offers a one-click “OC mode” profile that painlessly increases clock speeds to lớn 1,431MHz, or a 20MHz increase.