Radeon RX 590 (PowerColor Red Devil) review

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 11/15/2018 04:00 PM [ 57 comment(s) ]

It is time to tackle that new graphics card that AMD is releasing, the Radeon RX 590 is here and we'll be reviewing the Power Color Red Devil edition. What demonic GPU will sit underneath that hood, Polaris? Of course, it is, but let's talk about that more in detail in this review.

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alanm
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Posts: 11257

Posted on: 11/19/2018 11:00 AM

Wow, this is one noisy card, must sound like a vacuum cleaner! I'm not so sure that it's a BIOS issue, I think it's a cooling issue. The card was only at about 60% fan speed yet sounded really loud and temperatures were good, so it's not like it was at 100% fan speed or anything - so I think it's by design and related to the cards need for cooling, it was consuming a pretty high 219W in the testing. They need the aggressive cooling to maintain the boost clocks and the increased performance, they're pushing the limit of what the card can do, is the way I see it, not a BIOS bug/issue.

In stark contrast to the XFX RX590. Not sure why anyone would go for this over the XFX, especially if you dont care about the games in the bundle.

fry178
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Posts: 1845

Posted on: 11/21/2018 06:01 PM

@BReal85
i can have something cheaper at same perf, can have much faster card for less than 50$ more.
so i dont see this card making much sense for ppl that dont have money, or the ones that can spend a little more.
and since not everyone plays those games, i dont count them in for value, the same way that one shop might have a 1070/ti with a MIR,
would you still go with the (game) bundle if you dont play those? nope...

no games and another 100-150$ off.

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