Tuesday, June 11th 2019
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, RX 5700 & Navi 10 GPU Chip Pictured Up Close
Here are some of the first clear pictures of the Radeon RX 5700 XT and RX 5700 AMD launched on Monday. The two cards are based on the new 7 nm "Navi 10" silicon that implements AMD's latest RDNA architecture. The reference-design RX 5700 XT sports a brand new premium design with a ridged metal cooler shroud studded with an illuminated Radeon logo on top, a second logo at its front face, and a matching back-plate. Underneath is an aluminium fin-channel heatsink with a vapor-chamber base-plate that pulls heat from the GPU, memory, and VRM. A lateral-flow blower ventilates the heatsink, pushing hot air out of the case. Power is drawn from a combination of 8-pin and 6-pin PCIe power connectors. Outputs include three DisplayPort and one HDMI.
The Radeon RX 5700 looks a little less premium, and its cooler design greatly resembles the "metal" reference cooler of the RX Vega 64. This is possibly because reference RX 5700 will not make it to the market unlike reference RX 5700 XT, and will instead be an AIB partner-driven launch, with all cards being custom-design. AMD also provided images of the RX 5700 XT in a "teardown" shot, which reveals the vapor-chamber based heatsink, the lateral blower, and more importantly, the reference-design PCB with its 7-phase VRM.
More pictures follow.
Here are some close-ups of the 7 nm "Navi 10" ASIC. You may notice the RX 5700 (non-XT) having two 8-pin PCIe connectors. This is probably an error on the part of the artist behind the render. The RX 5700 is a partner-only launch, which means all cards will be custom-design.
A quick refresher on the specifications of the RX 5700 XT and the RX 5700. We are working on an architecture deep-dive.
The Radeon RX 5700 looks a little less premium, and its cooler design greatly resembles the "metal" reference cooler of the RX Vega 64. This is possibly because reference RX 5700 will not make it to the market unlike reference RX 5700 XT, and will instead be an AIB partner-driven launch, with all cards being custom-design. AMD also provided images of the RX 5700 XT in a "teardown" shot, which reveals the vapor-chamber based heatsink, the lateral blower, and more importantly, the reference-design PCB with its 7-phase VRM.
54 Comments on AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, RX 5700 & Navi 10 GPU Chip Pictured Up Close
Back in Oct 17th, 2018 when the RTX series release did Nvidia do that already? As of October 1st 2018 it was 10%, while jumped to 25% as of May 10, 2019. So if these prices are affected then that's a consideration. Lot's of parts and piece sold in Q1 2019 where in the channel prior to these higher import duties taking effect on existing product supplies, but it now has to be accounted for... so perhaps this is what we get?
A $300 card +25% (+Trumps got Buttkiss Tax) = $375
www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-nvidia-us-china-trade-analysts,39277.html
www.techspot.com/article/1729-graphics-card-pricing-q4-2018/
www.pcmag.com/news/368309/heres-how-the-trump-tariffs-hike-may-affect-prices-for-pc-p
How does that affect prices outside US?
And at that point I'd think it makes it easier to amortize that across the whole product. Final product going to Europe, USA, and even China get to pay it. Now sure there are price adjustment depending on geographical areas, exchange rates, etc. Overall AMD/Nvidia AIB partners have to pay that tariff, and it isn't coming out of their pockets. Worst part if the tariff was dropped tomorrow all these companies have figured out there people who didn't see it being price prohibitive are not going to drop price until they start seeing stagnate product in the channel.
Same probably why X570's jumped in price more content (bell and whistles) the more duties got added on.
Interesting info and break-down of rDNA