#RX 580 POWER CONSUMPTION 1080P#
#RX 580 POWER CONSUMPTION UPGRADE#

This is basically built to make sure AMD can claim they have a $199 graphics solution. To be frank, based on the limited availability of the RX 480 4GB options, I would expect the same limited coverage of the 4GB on the RX 580. It will be available in both 8GB and 4GB models, with the 4GB models starting at $199 and the 8GB models starting at $229. Let’s talk about the Radeon RX 580 under the microscope today. The RX 550 looks particularly interesting as it is the only new GPU in the mix – a smaller chip designed specifically for IGP replacement. While we plan to have a review of the RX 570 on the site soon, we’ll gauge user interest in the RX 560 and RX 550 before getting any hardware in. Considering the RX 480 launched with a supposed 150 watt TDP (that it never lived up to), that’s quite an increase. Some cards will have an 8+6-pin configuration to go even higher. This time around, all RX 580 graphics cards will ship with AT LEAST an 8-pin power connector, opening overclocked models to use as much as 225 watts. The Radeon RX 480 launch was marred with issues surrounding the amount of power AMD claimed the boards would use compared to how much they DID use. Maybe the most substantial change with this RX 580 release is the unleashing of any kind of power consumption constraints for the board partners. AMD has tweaked multi-monitor efficiency modes, allowing idle power consumption to drop a handful of watts thanks to a tweaked pixel clock. This gives the new GPUs the ability to scale to higher clocks than they could before (though not without the cost of additional power draw). More time with the 14nm FinFET process technology has given the fab facility, and AMD, some opportunities to refine. The Radeon RX 500-series is based on the same Polaris architecture as the RX 400-series, though AMD would tell us that the technology has been refined since initial launch. And while the GeForce GTX 1060 family would also meet that criteria, AMD wants to make the case that the Radeon family is the way to go. Older cards may lack support for FreeSync, HDR, higher refresh rate HDMI output and hardware encode/decode support for 4K resolution content. With more than 500 million gamers using graphics cards two years or older, based on Steam survey data, there is a HUGE audience that would benefit from an RX 580 graphics card upgrade. The story that is being told is compelling more than you might expect.

#RX 580 POWER CONSUMPTION UPGRADE#

Target users are those with Radeon R9 380 class cards and older – Polaris is still meant as an upgrade for that very large user base.The Radeon RX 500-series is NOT based on Vega.If you already own a Radeon RX 400-series card, the RX 500-series is not expected to be an upgrade path for you.AMD is aware and is being surprisingly proactive in its story telling the consumer and the media. Just putting out the Radeon RX 580 and RX 570 cards with same coolers and specs as the RX 400-series would be a recipe for ridicule. Besides battling the sounds on the hills that whisper “reeebbrraannndd” AMD needs to work with its own board partners to offer up total solutions that compete well with NVIDIA’s stronghold on the majority of the market. Trust me on this one – AMD is aware that launching the RX 500-series of graphics cards, including the RX 580 we are reviewing today, is an uphill battle.

#RX 580 POWER CONSUMPTION 1080P#

Power Consumption Results: With the Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 LE installed in the system we topped out at 412 Watts when running BF1 at 1080P resolutions and used 147W at idle.What is old is new again AMD is back with some more Polaris. Our idle numbers are high, but keep in mind that we are using a workstation motherboard that has two 10GbE ports and other high-power draw controllers on it. For load numbers we ran Battlefield 1 at 1920 x 1080 and recorded the peak power number while gaming a particular level that we test on each card. For idle numbers, we allowed the system to idle on the desktop for 15 minutes and took the reading. For testing power consumption, we took our test system and plugged it into a Kill-A-Watt power meter.

Rx 580 power consumption