Sapphire Radeon Rx 570 Pulse 8gb Review

Launching alongside our review of the sapphire rx 570 pulse 4gb card is this review of the rx 580 pulse 8gb.

Sapphire radeon rx 570 pulse 8gb review.

The radeon rx 570 pulse we review today is only 10 more expensive than the rx 570 base price and still comes with a backplate and an overclock out of the box. The best graphics card you can buy under 200 barely changed this polaris refresh is more of a side grade than an upgrade but it s still the best option in its price. This is an extremely amazing higher clock speed when compared to the former rx 470. The msi rx 570 has a chip that is clocked at 1168 mhz having a boost of 1244 mhz and 7 00 ghz gddrs effective memory.

A bog standard rx 570 comes with a 1244mhz boost clock while the model here is. Sapphire nitro radeon rx 570 8gb review. A great graphics card for under 200. If you ve come straight to this review it is worth explaining a bit about the pulse.

Pulse is a new graphics card series by sapphire which does away with some rarely needed features in order to achieve better pricing. The model on test here is produced by sapphire. You can find it in both 4gb as well as sapphire pulse radeon rx 570 8gb variants with the 4gb being a standard memory amount. Amd reference specs for the radeon rx 570 and rx 580.

And the 8gb rx 580 is a great graphics card that trades blows with nvidia s 6gb gtx 1060. It is also worth noting some of the features that the pulse cards do not have. Again our underlying recommendations remain the same as in pcworld s original radeon rx 570 and rx 580 reviews. The 4gb rx 580 offers much more versatility at a compelling 200 price point.

Amd radeon rx 570 review. Aorus radeon rx 570 review. The rx 570 is the best sub 200 graphics card you can buy and a 1080p gaming champion.