Getting 5700 XT tomorrow, need help in final decision.

[Trypt]

I know most of the 5700XTs are pretty much the same, thermals, noise and clock. Except for the 3 fan models, which I don't really want and are too expensive anyway.

So, I have the RX 580 Nitro +,and because I love that card and has never done me wrong, I had my heart set on the Sapphire Pulse 5700XT, and am still considering that as my number 1 pick. It's on sale tomorrow for boxing day, but so is every other.

The other card that I have found that really peaks my interest is the MSI Gaming X, it's actually $20 cheaper tomorrow than the Pulse, and from what I can see, it actually has a higher clock, and is the same noise level and thermals (but has 210W power consumption which is 15W higher but that doesn't bother me).

So, what you guys think between these two? I know the Pulse has dual bios but I don't need that, so it's basically whatever else I need to know, can I turn the RBG off, and can I control fan speed with wattman, is afterburner enough of a reason to go with MSI, but then Trixx does the job.

Any opinion in the next 24 hours is appreciated! Even another card that is not the Pulse or Gaming X, just not a 3 fan model.

 

[EarthDog]

6 of one, half dozen of the other. Go with the cheaper model.

 

[Zerileous]

Yep, just avoid the Evoke from MSI, although they are correcting the problems for new production.

 

[Trypt]

That simple huh. Ok, I just hope I can turn off those RGBs with MSI. Really, best would be the ASUS card as I already have the mobo which would mean I can control lights with the same software, but that thing is like $100 more.

 

[SF101]

yea and tbh hes only saying avoid the Evoke from MSI because the thermal pad silliness they did.

 

[Zerileous]

I mean, actually I believe the gaming X has some similar thermal pad silliness but manages to have decent GDDR6 temps. The bigger issue was the stainless steal plate which interfaced the cooler to the GDDR6 modules. They are replacing that with a copper one and ensuring that the half thermal pads (wtf half but whatever works I guess) are actually placed on the center of the module for the Evoke.

 

[Joe88]

I have the revision of the evoke, they added a bunch of thermal pads and foam spacers between the backplate and back of the card, the thermal pads are centered on the gddr6 but they still seems a bit on the small side. I modified the fan curve so the fan isnt that audible and usually get around 83C on the mem. But considering the original was hovering around 95C its a fairly big improvement. The mech cards have the same exact problems, I dont know if they fixed it like with the evoke though.
On the gaming x they have half the mem on the gpu core plate while the other half is covered by an aluminum plate and synced to the heatsink with thermal pads. The temp seems fine around 76C but its all rather silly for a higher end card like this to have these problems.

And these arnt even that bad if you compare it to the ASUS TUF which didnt even have GGDR6 module cooling or VRM cooling. They somehow managed to make a worse card than reference with mem temps hitting 104C. Supposedly they shipped a fixed version with a paper thin steel plate but all it did was cover the mem modules and it has no active cooling, so a pointless "fix".