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3840x2160 “4K” resolution. Both
the standard resolutions as well as

the Boost resolutions appear as
options, so be sure to select the

correct one to get Boost’s
advantages.
What an advantage it is. Here

are the performance results
running the following games at
1440p (the Radeon RX 5700’s

sweet spot) at standard 1440p
Screenshot of Far Cry: New Dawn showing a custom
resolution created using Sapphire’s Trixx Boost software. resolution; at the Boost-created

2304x1296 resolution; and
created. By default, it was set to 85 finally, at the Boost-created resolution with
percent, which I used for testing. You then a mild overclock quickly created by AMD’s

decide which common gaming resolutions Radeon Wattman tool applied, to show
you want Boost variants for—you could what’s possible with under five minutes of
create just one for your most-used menu tinkering. The core clock was

resolution or enable the whole boosted to 1,830MHz, and the memory
4K/1440p/1080p stack—and choose clock to 930MHz.

whether to enable Radeon Image Just look at these results!
Sharpening. Once you’re done, click Apply. For comparison, Nvidia’s $350 GeForce
Your screen will flash and flicker for a few RTX 2060 Founders Edition (go.pcworld.

seconds while the Pulse GPU creates the com/fond) hit 45.6 frames per second in
new resolutions. Ghost Recon: Wildlands at 1440p; 78 fps in

All that’s left to do after
that is to select the new The Division 2 (1440p)
Boost resolution manually in (Frames per second)

your games. As you can see Sapphire Radeon 60
RX 5700 Pulse
in the image above, with Trixx
Sapphire Radeon RX 5700
Boost to 85 percent, it Pulse TRIXX BOOST 73
created a display resolution Sapphire Radeon RX 5700
Pulse TRIXX BOOST w/OC 77
of 3264x1836 to use as an
LONGER BARS INDICATE BET TER PERFORMANCE
alternative to the standard

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