Agree that this is a capable card. Unfortunately, they also overclocked the price! If the cost would be eye level with the 2060Super, the ASRock 5700XT would be a logical choice. At current pricing, that difference alone buys some more or faster RAM or pays for the step up to the next better CPU.
Partially agree. Newegg has the ASRock card at $450 which is inline with what most 2060 Super cards go for at the moment. You're going to have a hard time finding a "decent" 2060 Super at $400.
Yes, $480 is not "mid-range" by any stretch of the imagination. The GTX 1650/1660 area ($150-220) is mid-range in terms of budget now. I suppose "entry level" has been almost entirely catered for by integrated graphics at this point.
What you're saying is stating the obvious "If the cost would be eye level with the 2060Super, the ASRock 5700XT would be a logical choice".
Of course, but it won't because the GPU horsepower capabile by this card didn't come cheap to justify that + loss of target margins.
All that said, those sort of gains + loss of functionality the intrinsic Turing have over current Navi (Ray-tracing, VirtualLink, CUDA, & so on) aren't worth it for most who pay attention to what the next gen is pushing & what Turing enables today.
At this time, longevity & value is severely questionable w/ Navi as it is today till AMD updates their architecture to catch up w/ Nvidia; accordingly getting Turing today or waiting for AMD 2020+ w/ Ray-tracing & so on is a very reasonable stance to take for most
An extra 30-40 watts of power compared to the gigabyte 5700xt gaming for a whopping 1-2 FPS increase. Imagine how much cooler and quieter these cards would be if AIBs stopped ramming tons of power through them. The 5700XT DOESNT HAVE OC HEADROOM.
As Bored already pointed out, cards like these show they overclock well enough. Is it worth it? No, probably not, especially for the money. Maybe if they were able to lean on faster memory for the OC'd models, you'd see larger gains. And yeah, OCing these chips definitely raises consumption a decent chunk. Might not be quite as bad with some voltage fine-tuning, though. YMMV.
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parmand - Monday, December 23, 2019 - link
How come all of the pictures say "GTX980" on the titles? I'm assuming thats a typo?gavbon - Monday, December 23, 2019 - link
Yeah it was, I fixed it now. apologies!sorten - Monday, December 23, 2019 - link
The "GTX 980" labels on all of the benchmarks are confusing, and how did the ASRock card end up with more texture units than the reference card?Otherwise, impressive performance relative to the 2060 Super.
gavbon - Monday, December 23, 2019 - link
Fixed that, was a typo. Apologieseastcoast_pete - Monday, December 23, 2019 - link
Agree that this is a capable card. Unfortunately, they also overclocked the price! If the cost would be eye level with the 2060Super, the ASRock 5700XT would be a logical choice. At current pricing, that difference alone buys some more or faster RAM or pays for the step up to the next better CPU.Ninhalem - Monday, December 23, 2019 - link
Partially agree. Newegg has the ASRock card at $450 which is inline with what most 2060 Super cards go for at the moment. You're going to have a hard time finding a "decent" 2060 Super at $400.catavalon21 - Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - link
NV sells the 2060 Super directly for $399. Is this not a "decent" one?stephenbrooks - Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - link
Yes, $480 is not "mid-range" by any stretch of the imagination. The GTX 1650/1660 area ($150-220) is mid-range in terms of budget now. I suppose "entry level" has been almost entirely catered for by integrated graphics at this point.lilkwarrior - Thursday, December 26, 2019 - link
What you're saying is stating the obvious "If the cost would be eye level with the 2060Super, the ASRock 5700XT would be a logical choice".Of course, but it won't because the GPU horsepower capabile by this card didn't come cheap to justify that + loss of target margins.
All that said, those sort of gains + loss of functionality the intrinsic Turing have over current Navi (Ray-tracing, VirtualLink, CUDA, & so on) aren't worth it for most who pay attention to what the next gen is pushing & what Turing enables today.
At this time, longevity & value is severely questionable w/ Navi as it is today till AMD updates their architecture to catch up w/ Nvidia; accordingly getting Turing today or waiting for AMD 2020+ w/ Ray-tracing & so on is a very reasonable stance to take for most
TheinsanegamerN - Monday, December 23, 2019 - link
Interesting you guys didnt test power usage:https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/asrock-rx-570...
An extra 30-40 watts of power compared to the gigabyte 5700xt gaming for a whopping 1-2 FPS increase. Imagine how much cooler and quieter these cards would be if AIBs stopped ramming tons of power through them. The 5700XT DOESNT HAVE OC HEADROOM.
Lord of the Bored - Monday, December 23, 2019 - link
It clearly DOES have room for an overclock, as ASRock's getting a 12% overclock consistently enough to offer it as a mass-market product.The lack of a meaningful performance boost implies that the bottleneck isn't clock rate. Which is diffrent than not being overclockable.
Alexvrb - Tuesday, December 24, 2019 - link
As Bored already pointed out, cards like these show they overclock well enough. Is it worth it? No, probably not, especially for the money. Maybe if they were able to lean on faster memory for the OC'd models, you'd see larger gains. And yeah, OCing these chips definitely raises consumption a decent chunk. Might not be quite as bad with some voltage fine-tuning, though. YMMV.Santoval - Thursday, December 26, 2019 - link
If the TDP is truly the same despite the quite higher clock that's very impressive. ASRock must have ordered some tightly binned dies from AMD.lipscomb88 - Wednesday, January 1, 2020 - link
Can this card handle 6 simultaneous displays?Strom- - Saturday, October 31, 2020 - link
Yes it can. That is in my opinion it's primary selling point - 6 displays with no splitter hassle. Reviewers are blind to this.