Top 5 AMD Graphics Cards

The importance of the video card in the system is difficult to overestimate, because you can assemble a magnificent system unit with a top-end processor and high-frequency RAM and skimp on the video card, as a result, depriving yourself of decent system performance. One of the main manufacturers of components for video cards is AMD. Its policies and models have several significant differences from NVidia:

• A leaner lineup. AMD is well succeeded in processors, but with video cards it is still tight. The number of actual cards does not reach even a dozen, while the generation of GeForce has grown to unprecedented sizes.
• Price. Here you need to give the company its due - video cards based on them are cheaper. This is due not only to a simpler manufacturing technology and element base, but also a policy aimed at maximizing oncoming traffic to the consumer.
• Performance. In general, the component base from AMD began to fully compete, but in some places there is still a lag. However, the RX 590 and 580 are not only not inferior, in some aspects and superior to competitors.
• Heat dissipation and power consumption. Both parameters are significantly higher than those of NVidia.

We have selected for you the top 5 best video cards for all occasions with the maximum profit when you buy.

Top 5 best graphics cards from AMD

5 AMD Radeon RX 550 4 GB

With the purchase of the RX 550 you need to be extremely careful. Very often, the manufacturer indicates the amount of memory, but completely forgets about streaming cores, the number of which greatly affects performance. Initially, there were 512 of them, but then versions with 640 appeared. The Sapphire card has 512 streaming cores. Be careful - there are models with the M7 index and without it, which is about 7000 MHz and 6000 MHz operating frequency.

Of the benefits when buying is worth noting immediately 3 years warranty. At the lowest load the fan shuts off, thereby saving energy. As for games, the RX550 is aimed at eSports disciplines, like Dota 2, Rocket League, Counter-Strike, and can even pull out War Thunder in Cinema mode in 30-40 FPS.

4 AMD Radeon RX 560 4 GB

The model has become a headache for competitors in the budget segment, quickly displacing the latter due to its low price. On sale there are options for both 2 and 4 GB. We recommend choosing the 4 GB version, since the gap for the price is small and the memory is 2 times larger. In our case, we stopped at the ASUS card due to low heat and the highest quality base component. The package includes several stickers for beauty, a couple of cable ties and a disc with instructions.
The card is equipped with 2 fans on an aluminum radiator that will provide high-quality cooling, coupled with two heat pipes adjacent directly to the crystal. The bonus is the emblem with RGB backlight, which can be customized using a special utility. On the one hand it is beautiful, on the other - an empty overpayment for an unnecessary function. From the positive aspects, you can also note a good factory software, which allows you to additionally overclock your card.

3 AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB

While the dreamers are waiting for the availability of available video cards on a Turing chip, AMD dropped prices, offering RX 570 buyers at the most favorable price tags.It is enough to create a fairly powerful and inexpensive gaming system. The card itself is assembled on the basis of the Polaris 20 Xl chip. The technical process, the area and the microarchitecture and the configuration of the GPU it has remained from the older brother - RX 470. The difference is only in the clock frequencies of the GPU and according to the standard it is 1244 MHz.
Of all the models available, we can recommend options from Sapphire and Power Color. They look good, cost less than competitors, have good cooling systems and high-quality aluminum radiators. Some options are equipped with LED-lights, indicating the state of the temperature mode or the speed of rotation of the propellers. In games with proper care and maximum load temperature will not exceed 75 degrees. Recently, mining versions with 8 GB of video memory and no video outputs have appeared on the market, so be extremely careful when buying. Those who want more power at a small price should pay attention to MSI Power Armor.

2 AMD Radeon RX 580 8Gb

RX 580 takes 2nd place completely objectively and deservedly for a number of reasons. Against the background of the raw 590, it has a current driver. For her, it is desirable to have a 500 watt power supply. Map today, frankly, delicious. 8 GB of video memory, game results that have grown significantly over time, especially against the background of the more expensive GTX 1060. If we take into account the reference options, then there will be a typical turbine cooling with a miniature radiator, with which you can fry eggs on a chip. Power system - standard, 6 phases per chip. It is extremely difficult to find her, but if there is, then thousands in 20.
The best and profitable option from 580 will be a model from Power Color with the prefix Red Dragon. 6 + 2 power system, not the largest radiator, 4 tubes, 2 85 mm fans. The card, as a rule, is not heated in games above 75 degrees, spinning revolutions of turntables to 1900 per minute. Not silently, but quite tolerant. It has no analogs in its segment at the same price.

1 AMD Radeon Vega 64

AMD has not had time to get to the higher segment and hastily fill the middle niche with new cards. One of them – new Vega 64. In our case, we consider the card from ASUS. It is not allocated with a memory capacity of only 8 GB, but it will have enough strength to work at a resolution of 7680x4320. The card uses memory format HBM2, located on the same substrate with a chip of the graphics processor. In this area, AMD is an innovator, due to which the layout has increased the memory bus to 2048 bits. In addition, the manufacturer claims that HBM2 has a double memory per contact and performance will not only not suffer, but also improve.

Today, this is the best non reference solution. The pixel map engine received support for DirectX 12 in the form of 12_1 and improved Vulcan 1.0. Another plus is that the card can operate at a frequency of 1.7 GHz. In the presence of knowledge and direct hands to keep a rich potential for overclocking.

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