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               Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700:


               A stunning value supercharged by


               clever software tricks



               Nine. Dollars. BY BRAD CHACOS



                               AMD promised that custom            offers some nice features and solid cooler
                               Radeon RX 5700 graphics cards       designs at prices that won’t break the bank.

                               (go.pcworld.com/cstm) would         But one of Sapphire’s most intriguing
                               arrive in mid-August, and they      additions has nothing to do with hardware.

               are here. The wait was worth it.                    We’re highly impressed by the new
                   Sapphire’s kicking things off with its          performance-enhancing, resolution-tweaking
               budget-friendly Pulse lineup. Like its              “Trixx Boost” feature in the company’s Trixx

               predecessors (go.pcworld.com/pred), it              software suite, which leverages AMD’s



               38   PCWorld   SEPTEMBER 2019                                                      IMAGE: BRAD CHACOS
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