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What are the best AMD Radeon RX 570 cards?

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6 Options Considered	Price	Size	Memory
-- MSI RX 570 GAMING X 4G	$215.89	5.5" x 10.9" x 1.7"	4 GB
-- MSI RX 570 ARMOR 4G OC GAMING	$194.95	4.9" x 10.6" x 1.5"	4 GB
-- ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 570 O4G Gaming OC Edition	$189.99	1.5" x 9.5" x 5.1"	4 GB
-- Gigabyte AORUS Radeon RX 570 4GB	-	–	–
-- XFX Rs XXX Edition Rx 570 4GB OC	$189.99	1.57" x 9.57" x 4.88"	4 GB

MSI RX 570 GAMING X 4G

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Great performance

The card performs great in game. Doom runs with ultra high settings in 1080p resolution with an average of 116 FPS. In 1440p the average fps drops to 77, which is still great. Fallout 4 runs with ultra high settings in 1080p resolution with an average of 57 FPS. In other words, the card is capable of playing fairly new games at ultra high settings in high resolutions. See More

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Expensive card

Out of all the AMD Radeon RX 570 cards, this one is the most expensive. See More

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RGB LED lighting

MSI's Gaming series cards come with RGB LED lighting that you can control using the MSI Gaming app. See More

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Great cooling system

The card temperatures when in LOAD shouldn't go over 70 degrees Celsius. It's not the coolest card out there, but it's a good option that doesn't cause any throttling. See More

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Overclocks well

You can squeeze out an extra 10-12% clock speed. You can also clock the memory to 7.6 Gbps from the usual 7. See More

Specs

Size:5.5" x 10.9" x 1.7"

Memory type:GDDR5

Memory Clock Speed:1,230 MHz

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MSI RX 570 ARMOR 4G OC GAMING

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Fans don't spin under light load

They have what they call Zero Frozr. In simple words, it stops the fans when the card is under low load. The card is completely silent when you are just idling. See More

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Performs same as older model

Though also priced similarly, the MSI RX 570 ARMOR 4G OC GAMING outperforms it's previous version, the MSI GAMING Radeon RX 470 ARMOR 4G OC only by a small bit. In reality, you get just an extra few FPS with this card. See More

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Low heat

The MSI RX 570 ARMOR 4G OC GAMING does not go over 70 degrees Celsius even during heavier gaming - you won't experience any heat related issues. See More

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Size:4.9" x 10.6" x 1.5"

Memory type:GDDR5

Memory Bus Width:256 bits

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ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 570 O4G Gaming OC Edition

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Overclocked out of the box

The card is clocked to 1310 MHz, giving it 7% more performance over the reference. See More

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Same performance as old model

It almost doesn't outperform it's previous version - the ASUS ROG STRIX Radeon Rx 470. You can expect an extra few FPS in games. See More

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RGB lighting

ASUS Aura Sync RGB lighting lets you choose between a variety of colors and effects. You can also synchronize the effects and colors with other AURA Sync enabled products. See More

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Size:1.5" x 9.5" x 5.1"

Memory type:GDDR5

Hardware Connectivity:PCIE x 16

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Gigabyte AORUS Radeon RX 570 4GB

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Great performance

The Gigabyte AORUS Radeon RX 570 4GB scored 10,814 in the 3D Mark Fire Strike test. This is around 700 points higher than its ancestors in the 470 series scored. The card can play Hitman on ultra high settings and in 1440p with around 60 FPS. In 1080p the FPS will on average be as high as 80. Rise of Tomb Raider runs on very high settings and in 1440p at 50 FPS. In 1080p the FPS is on average around 70. Overall, the Gigabyte AORUS Radeon RX 570 4GB card can play the most demanding games on high settings in 1080p at a very decent FPS. You can play at 1440p aswell, if you don't mind the FPS dropping to around 45. See More

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Cool card

The card does not exceed 70 degrees Celsius under load. This means you will not experience any heat related issues like throttling. Taking into consideration the power of AMD Radeon 570, the Gigabyte AORUS Radeon RX 570 is a cool card. See More

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Beautiful looks

This Radeon RX 570 card comes with RGB lights. You can choose any color to make it match the rest of your box. The card also has a metal backplate, which you can see here. See More

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Poor design

If you're going for a cool looking box, this card does not compete with the MSI and ASUS cards. See More

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Capable of playing more demanding games

The card is capable of playing games like Doom, Battlefield 4, Total War: Warhammer and the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt at decent FPS. You can expect something around 50-70 fps for these games at ultra high settings. See More

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Backplate

Cards in this price class do not usually come with backplates. The XFX's RX 570 does, yet like with the fans, no serious design efforts were made. In any way, the backplate gives the card extra protection and makes it look a bit better. See More

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Size:1.57" x 9.57" x 4.88"

Memory type:GDDR5

Memory Bus Width:256 bits

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Sapphire Radeon PULSE RX 570 ITX 4GB

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Heat issues

Sapphire Radeon PULSE RX 570 ITX 4GB is meant for an ITX form factor case. If you buy this single-fan card for a gaming setup, you will experience heat issues and also lower performance, since the card is underclocked. Other AMD Radeon RX 570 cards will work better for gaming. See More

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Great for a home theater PC

The Sapphire Radeon PULSE RX 570 ITX 4GB comes in ITX format and is great for a HTPC. It supports 4K and 2K, giving you an extremely high resolution for a relatively low price GPU. See More

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