Review: MSI Radeon RX 580 Gaming X 8GB

by Tarinder Sandhu on 21 July 2017, 11:01

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Conclusion

MSI takes a familiar tack in designing the Gaming X variant, so familiar, in fact, that nothing major has changed...

The short-lived Radeon RX 580 GPU's purpose is to serve as a stopgap between the first-generation Polaris-based RX 480 and upcoming RX Vega cards out soon.

MSI takes a familiar tack in designing the Gaming X variant, so familiar, in fact, that nothing major has changed in the revision between it and the RX 480 from last year.

Higher frequencies give it a sub-10 per cent speed uplift over that card, and performance is therefore decent at 1080p and acceptable at 1440p.

The innate problems facing these cards is three-fold: their small window of opportunity before RX Vega lands, the current lack of stock in the channel, and a street price for this model that's painful at £350.

A solid card whose value and lack of stock availability hampers an otherwise decent effort.

The Good
  
The Bad
Beautifully built
Decent frequencies
Fluid FHD and QHD performance
  
RX Vega looms large
Low stock availability
Price


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Posted by SkywalkerLuke - Fri 21 Jul 2017 11:09
What is the point of buying an RX580 card now when VEGA is round the corner? I don't understand why manufacturer bother right now, unless they need to get rid of their old stock first…. Does my forehead say MUG :-)
Posted by Tarinder - Fri 21 Jul 2017 11:12
We don't really know how good or bad RX Vega will be, plus these Radeons still seem to be hot property on the cryptocurrency market.
Posted by darcotech - Fri 21 Jul 2017 11:15
But RX 580 is in not in the same class as future Vega cards. This cards compares to GTX 1060 and has normally price at 200-250.
Whoever buys this one , needs to know how it compares to GTX 1060. So it is pitty you didn't had one to include to your tests.

Also, it also important to include some older card, so that we can actually see if there is any reason to upgrade.
I used to have Radeon 7950 1Ghz edition, but there was so little information how big upgrade are new generation of cards. Went for notebook with GTX 1070 as best compromise for what I need.
Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH - Fri 21 Jul 2017 11:17
Vega is not an RX580 class card though - unless there is more than one Vega GPU,the only one we have seen so far is around the same size as the GP102 chip in the GTX1080TI. At the very least the cheapest variant we might see would GTX1070 level pricing at least and that is now generally closer to £400 in the UK.

The only reason the cards are so expensive is due to coin mining,if not this would be a sub £300 card.

Edit!!

I am not saying AMD won't have a sub £300 Vega based card but if its the same GPU as in the Vega FE I am not certain how much money they will making from it!!
Posted by darcotech - Fri 21 Jul 2017 11:45
I meant “not in the same class as”, didn't detect it even if I red two times before posting. Need vacation…

CAT-THE-FIFTH
Vega is not an RX580 class card though - unless there is more than one Vega GPU,the only one we have seen so far is around the same size as the GP102 chip in the GTX1080TI. At the very least the cheapest variant we might see would GTX1070 level pricing at least and that is now generally closer to £400 in the UK.

The only reason the cards are so expensive is due to coin mining,if not this would be a sub £300 card.

Edit!!

I am not saying AMD won't have a sub £300 Vega based card but if its the same GPU as in the Vega FE I am not certain how much money they will making from it!!

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