XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition

AMD's "refined" Polaris card trades blows with Nvidia's competing GTX 1060. It's a solid pick for 1080p gaming at high settings, or 1440p play if 60fps isn't your aim.

-- As reviewed by PCMag
XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Editio 1

Product details

  • The XFX RX 580 series graphics card feature the latest Polaris architecture which includes the 4th gen GCN graphics cores, a brand new display engine, new multimedia cores, all on the revolutionary next finfet 14 process technology for enhanced performance and efficiency
  • Equipped with XFX double dissipation cooling technology for optimal cooling and performance. Minimum power requirement is 500 watts. Memory clock true: 8.0GHz, boost OC : 8.1GHz
  • Multiple factory GPU overclocked settings - 1366 MHz true clock and 1386 MHz OC
  • AMD VR ready premium - Experience the new generation of compelling virtual reality content with the Radeon RX GTS graphics card paired with the leading VR headsets. The Radeon RX GTS graphics card coupled with AMD LiquidVR technology delivers a virtually stutter-free, low latency experience, essential for remarkable virtual reality environments

PROS

+ Edged out Nvidia's competing GTX 1060 in most of our DirectX 12 tests.
+ VR-ready.

CONS

- Not much faster than Radeon RX 480, despite being larger, power-hungrier.
- XFX model we tested is big for a card in this class.
- XFX card had tricky, recessed eight-pin power connector.

Expert reviews and ratings

By PCMag on April 18, 2017
AMD's "refined" Polaris card trades blows with Nvidia's competing GTX 1060. It's a solid pick for 1080p gaming at high settings, or 1440p play if 60fps isn't your aim.
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