Sapphire Radeon RX 570 Nitro+ 4GB review

Posted on: 04/19/2017 06:17 AM

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Very interesting to observe,

The CPU can make that score a bit different yes, especially compared with a Core i3. Try Time Spy and check the GPU score, it should be a notch closer.

But you are going to need to monitor your GPU temps. I see that you are hitting a max 82 degrees C, makes sense as GPUs require more volts. I'd advise you to increase fan RPM notch to compensate or create a fan delta with MSI AfterBurner.
you are right, on FAN AUTO temps got high as 85 and the core frequency started jumping +-100 Mhz, forcing high FAN speed got it fixed.
If you compare the RX 470 Nitro with this RX 570 you will see that now RX 570 can hit higher Frequencies from same Voltage table.

Edit: here the Time Spy score:
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/19377822

Posted on: 04/19/2017 07:20 AM

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ASUS 470 ROG STRIX bios

Sure,

Let me know the results as I like to learn myself if that works. And indeed, he has a BIOS switch and can easily fall back to a BIOS restore:



Is that bios applicable to all 470 cards? Specifically the asus rog strix oc 470 4GB?

Posted on: 04/19/2017 07:55 AM

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No you cannot go cross-brand with these BIOS files. That is ill-advised.

Posted on: 04/19/2017 11:05 AM

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I don't know, I do no have old benches.
I run this new bench, It's onlly showes on hulf of my screen(seems no support 4 2X DP 5K monitor).
I think my useless i3 6100 is to blame for the lower score.


As I expected: you're slightly ahead of original 470 but still far away from the actual 570. You just overclocked the card and that means more volts, power consumption, more heat and shorter lifespan.

The benchmark is very GPU bound and your GPU is at 100% utilization, I doubt the CPU has any influence.

If you want to leave the card like that my advice is as HH said: make a custom fan profile with Afterburner. Also, I would set target max temp to 75ºC just to be on the safe side.

Posted on: 04/19/2017 11:20 AM

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check my Time spy score- it's same as RX 570, same FPS.
I am very curious if partners actually used real RX 5X0 chips and not old stock RX 4X0 chips until enough refined Polaris chips available from Fabs, because the performance/watt looks exactly like old Polaris.