Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT

The AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT delivers outstanding 1080p gaming, knocking out the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti thanks to a last-minute BIOS upgrade. The need to install that upgrade manually and price cuts from rival Nvidia cards takes off some of its shine, though.

-- As reviewed by PCWorld
Pulse Radeon RX 5600 XT 1

Product details

  • Boost clock: Up to 1750 MHz
  • Game clock: Up to 1615 MHz
  • Memory clock: 14 Gbps effective
  • 4 outputs: 3 x DP, 1 x HDMI

PROS

+ Excellent 1080p gaming performance
+ Fast GDDR6 VRAM, PCIe 4.0 support
+ Faster BIOS unlocks much better performance
+ Sapphire Pulse has great features for the price
+ Trixx Boost software uses smart downscaling for FPS gains
+ Very quiet

CONS

- Have to manually install critical performance-boosting BIOS
- No real-time ray tracing capabilities

Expert reviews and ratings

By PCWorld on January 22, 2020
The AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT delivers outstanding 1080p gaming, knocking out the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti thanks to a last-minute BIOS upgrade. The need to install that upgrade manually and price cuts from rival Nvidia cards takes off some of its shine, though.
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