MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X Caught on camera

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/21/2019 09:18 AM | source: | 9 comment(s)

You know it when you checked out my MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Evoke review, we had significant concerns about the acoustic levels the card produces for a custom design. While addressing that to MSI they made it clear they'd be working on the Gaming X model as well which will be the silent offering.

I was just discussing the Gaming X card with MSI the other day, and we can already tell you that they will be released pretty soon, currently, both the RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT models will be ready in the beginning of September (expect around Sep 2nd ). In that timeframe, the cards also will be shipped here for review.

Meanwhile, at Computex the card has been on display in an MSI video, so we can show you what it'll look like, as there are some design tweaks alright.

The photos are literally taken from video frame grabs and of horrible quality. But as always there's a certain kind of a cool factor with an old-school style photo.

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anticupidon

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#5702513 Posted on: 08/21/2019 09:58 AM

That huge heatsink alone made a dent in aluminium supply worldwide :-)

Makes me wonder, Navi is really hot or there is something that I am missing here?
My target is an RX 5700, but a silent one.

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#5702538 Posted on: 08/21/2019 11:52 AM

Granted, the snapshot quality is poor, and the angles actually show the sides you don't see when the GPU is installed, but I must say this an ugly one.
I do believe that this is an engineering sample used to test the heatsink though.

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#5702582 Posted on: 08/21/2019 02:06 PM

That huge heatsink alone made a dent in aluminium supply worldwide

Makes me wonder, Navi is really hot or there is something that I am missing here?
My target is an RX 5700, but a silent one.

Thermal density is very high. Die size is "average" and uses a pretty high amount of power, so the heat has a hard time of being pulled away quickly. Larger heatsink + heatpipes helps to a degree to get the cold plate colder, but you can only do so much.

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#5702619 Posted on: 08/21/2019 03:02 PM

That huge heatsink alone made a dent in aluminium supply worldwide

Makes me wonder, Navi is really hot or there is something that I am missing here?
My target is an RX 5700, but a silent one.
If you want silent and running at highest clocks, you'll want a big, dense heatsink. Kind of like every other card since the dawn of making heatsinks on GPUs :p

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#5702626 Posted on: 08/21/2019 03:22 PM

That huge heatsink alone made a dent in aluminium supply worldwide

Makes me wonder, Navi is really hot or there is something that I am missing here?
My target is an RX 5700, but a silent one.
So far it seems Navi runs kinda hot, but like most AMD GPUs, you can probably drop the voltage a lot and suddenly the thermal/noise issues just disappear.

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#5702648 Posted on: 08/21/2019 03:46 PM

The timeframe will be around Black Friday, so until then, keep saving and waiting.
Meanwhile, maybe more variants will emerge, and hopefully one will suit my needs.

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#5702934 Posted on: 08/22/2019 10:01 AM

What is the point of doing the Evoke then? I guess it will be cheaper, but as both are twin fan designs the cost to MSI to make will not be much different, they just get more money for doing a gaming version with slightly higher clock.

The Evoke seems a bad buy for the unwary, the Gaming a way to make money

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#5702939 Posted on: 08/22/2019 10:08 AM

If it was lightning it would be more exciting.

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#5703182 Posted on: 08/22/2019 10:47 PM

If it was lightning it would be more exciting.

I dont think MSI will make lightning edition on a semi high end card, maybe when they release Navi20 with the 5800XT or 5900XT.

I really like the MSI card, hope its quieter than their gold edition, as Asus Strix and PowerColor Red Devil are quiet cards.

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