ASUS Radeon RX 5600 XT TUF EVO

W1zzard · Aug 6, 2020

The ASUS Radeon RX 5600 XT TUF EVO uses the improved version of the EVO cooler. Temperatures and noise levels are excellent because ASUS decided not to downgrade the heatsink for their RX 5600 XT despite the much lower heat output of the GPU. Idle fan stop and a backplate are included, too.

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jabbadap · Aug 6, 2020

Calm before the storm I guess... Really like that new frame time analysis page, though you have tiny little error on it: RX 5700xt TuF. Either way good review as always :toast:

Caring1 · Aug 7, 2020

Why didn't they just have the faster Bios as stock?
Now we will be hit by another wave of people wanting to flash their card, or already trying but failing.

SIGSEGV · Aug 7, 2020

nice review, however...

offers ray tracing.

oh my.. ray tracing everywhere...
really? is it that really matters?

seems like if you don't have this feature then you got a defect card. :wtf:

InVasMani · Aug 7, 2020

AMD hasn't gone quite far enough with this lineup of cards, but at least they are more competitive and on the plus side seem to be pretty efficient as well.

Argentrx · Aug 7, 2020

just out of interest why isnt doom eternal there amongst the comparison charts ? would like to see doom eternal being tested too.

Gameslove · Aug 7, 2020

+ Very good a cooling system from Asus.
- No support upcoming the Directx 12 Ultimate, no 8 Gb models.
+/- If you AMD fan strongly recommend to save money and wait a new generation of the Radeon (September - October).

W1zzard · Aug 7, 2020

Argentrx said:
just out of interest why isnt doom eternal there amongst the comparison charts ? would like to see doom eternal being tested too.

Next round of rebench to prepare for Ampere

cellar door · Aug 9, 2020

The most likely reason for the 1860 limit in wattman, for the memory - is that micron doesn't OC past that. I have micron on my reference 5700 - flashed to 50th and it will simply crash with anything higher then 1860mhz. Not right away but even 1865mhz will crash it after few minutes. I also read other users not being able to go past 1860mhz with micron chips.

I have tried raising vmem and also SOC voltage. Nothing helps.

jabbadap · Aug 9, 2020

cellar door said:
The most likely reason for the 1860 limit in wattman, for the memory - is that micron doesn't OC past that. I have micron on my reference 5700 - flashed to 50th and it will simply crash with anything higher then 1860mhz. Not right away but even 1865mhz will crash it after few minutes. I also read other users not being able to go past 1860mhz with micron chips.

I have tried raising vmem and also SOC voltage. Nothing helps.

Microns OC fine past that on nvidia cards. So it's not memory itself, it's either gpus IMC or AMD just don't allow higher freqs for the memory.

cellar door · Aug 9, 2020

jabbadap said:
Microns OC fine past that on nvidia cards. So it's not memory itself, it's either gpus IMC or AMD just don't allow higher freqs for the memory.

You didn't read what I wrote - obviously it works at higher frequencies then 1860mhz but will crash at some point. You can extend the Wattman limits by flashing to XT or using MorePowerTool. So I don't see how you can argue that "AMD just don't allow higher" - makes ZERO sense.

Nvidia might simply have a higher quality PCB signal routing or they are using a slightly different micron chips. Or the memory timings are tuned better for higher straps.

Please post where the same model micron gddr6 chips - same exact model (D9WCW MT61K256M32JE-14:A), go higher.

Samsung routinely goes higher then 1860mhz on AMD 5700 cards.

MustSeeMelons · Aug 10, 2020

Bought this a few months ago as it was priced well.

Happy with the performance for the price, really quiet, but I have two gripes:

The colored wires for the fans ruin the otherwise neat look of the cart
I HATE that the PCI-E connectors have a LED. Lights up the table during the night even when the system is suspended.

W1zzard · Aug 10, 2020

MustSeeMelons said:
I HATE that the PCI-E connectors have a LED. Lights up the table during the night even when the system is suspended.

First time I hear that as a con, just cover them?

MustSeeMelons · Aug 11, 2020

W1zzard said:
First time I hear that as a con, just cover them?

That is surprising as it is a feature that is unnecessary 99.9% of the time.
Covering them is an ugly solution that should not exist in the first place.

phill · Aug 12, 2020

Looks a solid card to be honest, a consideration for replacing my RX 480's with if I'm honest.. Only thing that I noticed for the review was under Frame Analysis, it mentioned the 5700XT (I believe @jabbadap already mention) which I got a little confused with but that's just me :laugh:

W1zzard · Aug 12, 2020

Yeah that's a typo. Let me add a notice, too lazy to remake those charts

sutyi · Aug 12, 2020

W1zzard said:
First time I hear that as a con, just cover them?

Can turn them off with GPUTweak iirc. At least some years back you could...

Taraquin · Aug 12, 2020

Impressive performance per watt

Beats 2060 in both price, performance and consumption, not bad!

Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X
Memory	48 GB
Video Card(s)	RTX 4080
Storage	2x HDD RAID 1, 3x M.2 NVMe
Display(s)	30" 2560x1600 + 19" 1280x1024
Software	Windows 10 64-bit

System Name	H7 Flow 2024
Processor	AMD 5800X3D
Motherboard	Asus X570 Tough Gaming
Cooling	Custom liquid
Memory	32 GB DDR4
Video Card(s)	Intel ARC A750
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 2TB.
Display(s)	AOC 24" Freesync 1m.s. 75Hz
Mouse	Lenovo
Keyboard	Eweadn Mechanical
Software	W11 Pro 64 bit

System Name	SIGSEGV
Processor	INTEL i7-7700K \| AMD Ryzen 2700X \| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Motherboard	QUANTA \| ASUS Crosshair VII Hero \| MSI MEG ACE X670E
Cooling	Air cooling 4 heatpipes \| Corsair H115i \| Noctua NF-A14 IndustrialPPC Fan 3000RPM \| Arctic P14 MAX
Memory	Micron 16 Gb DDR4 2400 \| GSkill Ripjaws 32Gb DDR4 3400(OC) CL14@1.38v \| Fury Beast 64 Gb CL30
Video Card(s)	Nvidia 1060 6GB \| Gigabyte 1080Ti Aorus \| TUF 4090 OC
Storage	1TB 7200/256 SSD PCIE \| ~ TB \| 970 Evo \| WD Black SN850X 2TB
Display(s)	15,5" / 27" /34"
Case	Black & Grey \| Phanteks P400S \| O11 EVO XL
Audio Device(s)	Realtek
Power Supply	Li Battery \| Seasonic Focus Gold 750W \| FSP Hydro TI 1000
Mouse	g402
Keyboard	Leopold\|Ducky
Software	LinuxMint
Benchmark Scores	i dont care about scores

Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X
Memory	48 GB
Video Card(s)	RTX 4080
Storage	2x HDD RAID 1, 3x M.2 NVMe
Display(s)	30" 2560x1600 + 19" 1280x1024
Software	Windows 10 64-bit

System Name	Pukeko
Processor	Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard	MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max
Cooling	Hyper 212 Black Edition
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB 3000MHz DDR4 CL15
Video Card(s)	Asus RX 5600 XT TUF Gaming X3 OC
Storage	XPG SX8200 Pro 256GB, Crucial MX500 1TB
Display(s)	2x ASUS TUF Gaming VG249Q
Case	NZXT, H510i, Matte Black/Red, Tempered Glass
Audio Device(s)	TUF Gaming H3
Power Supply	Seasonic PRIME Ultra 550W Gold
Mouse	Touchpad + Logitech MX518
Keyboard	Cooler Master, CK 350, Outemu Red
Software	Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	7,42,69 and 666

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System Name	Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s)	3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case	The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores	I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(

System Name	masina
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard	ASUS TUF B550M
Cooling	Scythe Kabuto 3 + Arctic BioniX P120 fan
Memory	16GB (2x8) DDR4-3200 CL16 Crucial Ballistix
Video Card(s)	Radeon Pro WX 2100 2GB
Storage	500GB Crucial MX500, 640GB WD Black
Display(s)	AOC C24G1
Case	SilentiumPC AT6V
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus GX 650W
Mouse	Logitech G203
Keyboard	Cooler Master MasterKeys L PBT
Software	Win 10 Pro

Processor	7800X3D 2x16GB CO
Motherboard	Asrock B650m HDV
Cooling	Peerless Assassin SE
Memory	2x16GB DR A-die@6000c30 tuned
Video Card(s)	Asus 4070 dual OC 2610@915mv
Storage	WD blue 1TB nvme
Display(s)	Lenovo G24-10 144Hz
Case	Corsair D4000 Airflow
Power Supply	EVGA GQ 650W
Software	Windows 10 home 64
Benchmark Scores	Superposition 8k 5267 Aida64 58.5ns