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Today, AMD is adding a new graphics card to the Polaris family. Although the rumor has been circulating for months and specifications have leaked from all corners of the Web, they are finally official: the Radeon RX 590 has arrived and is retailed at a suggested base price of $ 279. So what is it? Is this another brand? Does its performance justify an upgrade?
ASIC Radeon RX 590AMD
The answer depends largely on the GPU you currently own, but AMD is doing its best to get the money out of your wallet with a very convincing triple play bundle.
Before going into details, be aware that this is not remote a criticism. Unfortunately, I did not receive my RX 590 (the extremely fat model of Fatboy XFX) until a few hours before the embargo was lifted. I will mention here some of AMD's internal benchmarks, but I will compare them with those of my own testbed over the next few days.
In the week, I will have comparative tests between the RX 590, the RX 580 and the Nvidia GTX 1060, under Windows and Linux.
12nm RX 580?
Yes, kind of! It seems unfair to strictly qualify the RX 590 as a "brand change" because it uses a FinFET process of 12 nm, as opposed to the 14 nm process of the RX 580. On the other hand, when comparing critical specifications, the similarities between the RX 580 and the RX 590 are undeniably similar.
RX 590 vs. RX 580 vs. RX 570AMD
Both have the same size of matrix. Both have 36 calculation units. Both have 2304 stream processors. Both have a memory bandwidth of 256 GB / s.
The main difference is the clock speed. When the reference GPU clocks of the RX 580 were 1257 MHz base / 1340 MHz boost, the RX 590 exploited the enhanced process at 12 nm to provide a base clock of 1469 MHz for the graphics processor and amplification of 1545 MHz.
This represents an improvement of about 15% in clock speed over the RX 580, and AMD claims that its overall performance has been improved by 12% over the RX 580. If we were only talking about a few percentage points, I would be quite comfortable to call it a brand new. The 12 nm process also gives the party a slightly higher peak calculation (7.1 TFLOPS vs 6.17 TFLOPS).
RELATED: Insane Bundle 3x Game RX 590
But what does it mean with gaming performance in the real world? Do you want to go from a RX 580 to a RX 590? It's a categorical no, but if you're still using a next generation Polaris RX 480 or Nvidia GTX 970, AMD wants its newest Polaris member to become your preferred upgrade choice.
They make two key arguments for winning your wallet.
# 1: Games are hungry for more graphic power
During my press conference with AMD, they showed some interesting graphics. One of them described how new entries in the same gaming franchise are about 15% more demanding. They chose three new games – Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Battlefield 5 and Middle Earth: Shadow of war – and stack them against their previous entries.
Here's what AMD's internal results have shown, running the six games in 1080p with maximum settings with a Radeon RX 480:
The RX 480: 2015 vs. 2018AMD
You can see that in two of the most recent suites, the RX 480 no longer maintains 60 FPS. It was to be expected as gaming engines evolve and developers learn to increase the amount of eyecandy across the board.
You will also notice that AMD is trying to be smart with the chart using 2015 compared to 2018. Polaris was launched in 2016, so in reality we are only talking about a difference of 2, 5 years. Although it's not really a salon trick, well, it's a marketing trick.
Nevertheless, encouraging players to upgrade their graphics processor after two and a half years does not, however, constitute an unreasonable demand for a company specializing in the sale of graphics cards.
But what if you are considering another mid-sized GPU like the Nvidia GTX 1060?
# 2: RX 590> GTX 1060?
The Nvidia GTX 1060 is a hell of a card, and it is usually exchanged with the Radeon RX 580 from AMD (though it certainly outweighs the energy efficiency). AMD now offers an offer that colors the price difference of $ 150 between the Vega 56 and the RX 580. Competitively, it should also be somewhere between the GTX 1060 and the GTX 1070.
To illustrate this point, AMD has performed some internal performance tests with the Sapphire Nitro RX 590 and Asus Strix GTX 1060 (6GB) settings with a maximum resolution of 1080p:
GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 590AMD
These are notable performance differences, especially for players wanting to experience an uncompromising 60 FPS experience.
The AMD RX 590 Reviewer's Guide extends the criteria to 16 titles, with the RX 590 winning in all but two cases (GTA V and Assbadin's Creed Odyssey).
GTX 1060 vs RX 590: 16 games evaluated at 1080AMD
The Asus Strix GTX 1060 used here is a reference in terms of price, but you can find it for as low as $ 279 – the same starting price as the RX 590.
But you know how the new GPU launches unfold. As long as prices are not settled and we see actual performance (for example, tested independently), it is difficult to make a recommendation. Personally? I would wait a little longer until 7 nm Vega enters the scene. Again, if you are looking for some free games. . .
For now, arm yourself with this data and absorb all the criticism to make an informed decision. In the meantime, I'm going to work on my own tests and badyzes in Windows and Linux gaming environments, so watch this space.
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Today, AMD is adding a new graphics card to the Polaris family. Although the rumor has been circulating for months and specifications have leaked from all corners of the Web, they are finally official: the Radeon RX 590 has arrived and is retailed at a suggested base price of $ 279. So what is it? Is this another brand? Does its performance justify an upgrade?
The answer depends largely on the GPU you currently own, but AMD is doing its best to get the money out of your wallet with a very convincing triple play bundle.
Before going into details, be aware that this is not remote a criticism. Unfortunately, I did not receive my RX 590 (the extremely fat model of Fatboy XFX) until a few hours before the embargo was lifted. I will mention here some of AMD's internal benchmarks, but I will compare them with those of my own testbed over the next few days.
In the week, I will have comparative tests between the RX 590, the RX 580 and the Nvidia GTX 1060, under Windows and Linux.
12nm RX 580?
Yes, kind of! It seems unfair to strictly qualify the RX 590 as a "brand change" because it uses a FinFET process of 12 nm, as opposed to the 14 nm process of the RX 580. On the other hand, when comparing critical specifications, the similarities between the RX 580 and the RX 590 are undeniably similar.
RX 590 vs. RX 580 vs. RX 570AMD
Both have the same size of matrix. Both have 36 calculation units. Both have 2304 stream processors. Both have a memory bandwidth of 256 GB / s.
The main difference is the clock speed. When the reference GPU clocks of the RX 580 were 1257 MHz base / 1340 MHz boost, the RX 590 exploited the enhanced process at 12 nm to provide a base clock of 1469 MHz for the graphics processor and amplification of 1545 MHz.
This represents an improvement of about 15% in clock speed over the RX 580, and AMD claims that its overall performance has been improved by 12% over the RX 580. If we were only talking about a few percentage points, I would be quite comfortable to call it a brand new. The 12 nm process also gives the party a slightly higher peak calculation (7.1 TFLOPS vs 6.17 TFLOPS).
RELATED: Insane Bundle 3x Game RX 590
But what does it mean with gaming performance in the real world? Do you want to go from a RX 580 to a RX 590? It's a categorical no, but if you're still using a next generation Polaris RX 480 or Nvidia GTX 970, AMD wants its newest Polaris member to become your preferred upgrade choice.
They make two key arguments for winning your wallet.
# 1: Games are hungry for more graphic power
During my press conference with AMD, they showed some interesting graphics. One of them described how new entries in the same gaming franchise are about 15% more demanding. They chose three new games – Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Battlefield 5 and Middle Earth: Shadow of war – and stack them against their previous entries.
Here's what AMD's internal results have shown, running the six games in 1080p with maximum settings with a Radeon RX 480:
The RX 480: 2015 vs. 2018AMD
You can see that in two of the most recent suites, the RX 480 no longer maintains 60 FPS. It was to be expected as gaming engines evolve and developers learn to increase the amount of eyecandy across the board.
You will also notice that AMD is trying to be smart with the chart using 2015 compared to 2018. Polaris was launched in 2016, so in reality we are only talking about a difference of 2, 5 years. Although it's not really a salon trick, well, it's a marketing trick.
Nevertheless, encouraging players to upgrade their graphics processor after two and a half years does not, however, constitute an unreasonable demand for a company specializing in the sale of graphics cards.
But what if you are considering another mid-sized GPU like the Nvidia GTX 1060?
# 2: RX 590> GTX 1060?
The Nvidia GTX 1060 is a hell of a card, and it is usually exchanged with the Radeon RX 580 from AMD (though it certainly outweighs the energy efficiency). AMD now offers an offer that colors the price difference of $ 150 between the Vega 56 and the RX 580. Competitively, it should also be somewhere between the GTX 1060 and the GTX 1070.
To illustrate this point, AMD has performed some internal performance tests with the Sapphire Nitro RX 590 and Asus Strix GTX 1060 (6GB) settings with a maximum resolution of 1080p:
GTX 1060 vs Radeon RX 590AMD
These are notable performance differences, especially for players wanting to experience an uncompromising 60 FPS experience.
The AMD RX 590 Reviewer's Guide expands the criteria to 16 titles, with the RX 590 winning all but two (GTA V and Assbadin's Creed Odyssey).
GTX 1060 vs RX 590: 16 games evaluated at 1080AMD
The Asus Strix GTX 1060 used here is a reference in terms of price, but you can find it for as low as $ 279 – the same starting price as the RX 590.
But you know how the new GPU launches unfold. As long as prices are not settled and we see actual performance (for example, independently tested), it is difficult to make a recommendation. Personally? I would wait a little longer until 7 nm Vega enters the scene. Again, if you are looking for some free games. . .
For now, arm yourself with this data and equate all critics to make an informed decision. In the meantime, I'm going to work on my own tests and badyzes in Windows and Linux gaming environments, so watch this space.
