SAPPHIRE RX 5700 XT Pulse 8GB Review

1. Introduction2. Sapphire RX 5700 XT Pulse3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy (1080p, 1440p, 4K)5. Battlefield V (1080p, 1440p, 4K)6. The Division 2 (1080p, 1440p, 4K)7. F1 2019 (1080p, 1440p, 4K)8. Far Cry New Dawn (1080p, 1440p, 4K)9. Gears 5 (1080p, 1440p, 4K)10. Ghost Recon: Wildlands (1080p, 1440p, 4K)11. Metro Exodus (1080p, 1440p, 4K)12. Middle Earth: Shadow of War (1080p, 1440p, 4K)13. Shadow of the Tomb Raider (1080p, 1440p, 4K)14. Total War: Three Kingdoms (1080p, 1440p, 4K)15. Clock Speed16. Temperatures17. Acoustics18. Power Consumption19. Overclocking: Frequency and Games20. Overclocking: Temperatures, Acoustics, Power21. Closing Thoughts22. View All Pages

For our overclocking testing, we used AMD Wattman. We maximised the frequency curve, along with the power limit slider, and were also able to set the memory at its maximum frequency of 950MHz. We did all of our manual overclocking testing using the Performance BIOS.

Average clock speed under load

This overclock saw average clock speed increase by just over 160MHz, or a 9% increase.

Games

This resulted in performance increases of between 6-8%, which is slightly more than we typically see from 5700 XT cards – then again, the Pulse is starting off with lower clock speeds than most we have tested in the last few months, but it is still a decent performance improvement regardless.

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