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Radeon Image Sharpening technology to original Radeon RX 5700 and 5700 XT review
great effect for everyday gamers. (go.pcworld.com/0rig) for a deep dive on its

Both the $359 Sapphire Pulse Radeon technical details, like ROP and transistor
RX 5700 and $409 Sapphire Pulse RX 5700 XT counts, and an overview of AMD’s new

go on sale today, with each commanding a mere RDNA graphics architecture.
nine dollar price premium over AMD’s Radeon Here’s a more practical breakdown of the
RX 5700 series reference models. Now that’s Sapphire Pulse RX 5700 and 5700 XT’s

some killer value. This is no paper launch capabilities for gamers:
either; Sapphire
representatives
SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 5700 SERIES SPECS
told me that the cards
will be “on shelf in SAPPHIRE PULSE SAPPHIRE PULSE
RADEON RX 5700 XT RADEON RX 5700
good quantity” on
August 12. GPU Pulse RX 5700 XT Pulse RX 5700
Graphics, 2nd Gen Graphics, 2nd Gen
We received the
7nm GPU, RDNA 7nm GPU, RDNA
more affordable Architecture Architecture
Sapphire Pulse RX
Stream Processors 2,560 2,304
5700 for testing,

and to give away the Boost Clock Up to 1,925 MHz Up to 1,750 MHz
ending, it delivers a Game Clock 1,815 MHz 1,700 MHz

whole lot of bang for
Base Clock 1,670 MHz 1,540 MHz
your buck. This is a
superb 1440p Memory Size/Bus 8GB/256-bit GDDR6 8GB/256-bit GDDR6

gaming option. Let’s Memory Clock 14 Gbps Effective 14 Gbps Effective
take it for a whirl!
Displays Maximum 4 Displays Maximum 4 Displays

SPECS AND Rays Cast 6 Giga Rays/sec 7 Giga Rays/sec
FEATURES Resolution HDMI: 4,096x2,2,160 HDMI: 4,096x2,2,160

The Pulse is at 60Hz at 60Hz
DisplayPort 1.4: DisplayPort 1.4:
powered by the
5,120x2,880 at 60Hz 5,120x2,880 at 60Hz
same core GPU
Interface PCI-Express 4.0 PCI-Express 4.0
found in AMD’s
reference models, Output 1x HDMI, 3x 1x HDMI, 3x
DisplayPort DisplayPort
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