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@TheHig asked me in the "Show your new toys" topic for a short review on the Sapphire Pulse RX570 ITX 4GB card. This is kind of that, kind of an evolving thread outlining my thoughts on the card.
From the thread;
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I bought this one as in NZ it sat at the 1050 TI price range but with a reported 55% better perf according to UserBenchmark.
There's a bit of a wattage jump but 50% perf increase is not to be sniffed at - especially when NVIDIA's next model up, the 1060 3GB, at 11% faster than the RX570, comes in at NZ$410 vs the NZ$250 I paid for the 570.
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First thoughts;
Solid build quality (I've always had great experiences with Sapphire cards, having owned.. 10.. 15.. 20.. a LOT over the years). Taller than a normal PCIe card - time will tell if it fits in its intended home.
Fanless mode - not advertised, mightily confused me! The card has a fanless mode up to 55c or thereabouts - a bonus unadvertised feature. No mention on the product page or on the website - a shame as this is an awesome feature. Loading the card up with Furmark, it maxed at a HWMonitor reported max of 120W and 70C (ambient of 22). The fan is so much better than the Gigabyte "ITX" card fans (I'm looking at you R9-370) - no whining, just a subtle whirr. The quietest fan equipped GPU I've tested, ever, under Furmark load.
Performance Results? Well, as much as I'm happy with my testing, the results at GPUBenchmark (linked above) are collated from hundreds of test samples - much more reliable than 2-3 tests on my one system
In time I'll update with game perf though - just waiting on my case to arrive from Taiwan
From the thread;
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I bought this one as in NZ it sat at the 1050 TI price range but with a reported 55% better perf according to UserBenchmark.
There's a bit of a wattage jump but 50% perf increase is not to be sniffed at - especially when NVIDIA's next model up, the 1060 3GB, at 11% faster than the RX570, comes in at NZ$410 vs the NZ$250 I paid for the 570.
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First thoughts;
Solid build quality (I've always had great experiences with Sapphire cards, having owned.. 10.. 15.. 20.. a LOT over the years). Taller than a normal PCIe card - time will tell if it fits in its intended home.
Fanless mode - not advertised, mightily confused me! The card has a fanless mode up to 55c or thereabouts - a bonus unadvertised feature. No mention on the product page or on the website - a shame as this is an awesome feature. Loading the card up with Furmark, it maxed at a HWMonitor reported max of 120W and 70C (ambient of 22). The fan is so much better than the Gigabyte "ITX" card fans (I'm looking at you R9-370) - no whining, just a subtle whirr. The quietest fan equipped GPU I've tested, ever, under Furmark load.
Performance Results? Well, as much as I'm happy with my testing, the results at GPUBenchmark (linked above) are collated from hundreds of test samples - much more reliable than 2-3 tests on my one system
In time I'll update with game perf though - just waiting on my case to arrive from Taiwan 
