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REVIEWS SAPPHIRE PULSE RADEON RX 5700
effect using other software
Ghost Recon: Wildlands (1440p) options. But few people
(Frames per second)
outside of enthusiasts ever
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RX 5700 Pulse bother with those more
hardcore tools. Trixx Boost
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Pulse TRIXX BOOST makes it so quick, easy, and
painless to achieve
Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 60.2
Pulse TRIXX BOOST w/OC
noticeably faster speeds with
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minimal visual impact, it’s a
joy. This is a big feather in
Far Cry: New Dawn (1440p) Sapphire’s cap.
(Frames per second) That’s not to say Trixx
Sapphire Radeon 84 Boost is perfect. I’d like to
RX 5700 Pulse
see widescreen resolution
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Pulse TRIXX BOOST options rolled in as well, and
for Sapphire to integrate
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Pulse TRIXX BOOST w/OC Radeon Wattman’s one-click
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auto-overclocking into Trixx
as well for a noob-friendly
Far Cry; and 55 fps in The Division 2. The performance boost. (The software supports
Sapphire Pulse RX 5700 far exceeds those overclocking, but only in manual form, which
speeds with Trixx Boost enabled, especially requires more trial-and-error and time.) But
after the quick and dirty auto-overclock. With this is a stellar first step, a smart spin on the
Boost and the overclock in place, these industry’s newfound infatuation with
results actually rival those of the $500 upscaling for more performance. I suspect
GeForce RTX 2070 Super, and pushes Far Cry other GPU makers may find “inspiration” from
into a CPU bottleneck. Hot damn. Plus, Trixx Boost soon.
because Trixx Boost renders games at a
slightly lower resolution than standard, it POWER DRAW, THERMALS,
doesn’t result in increased energy draw or AND SYNTHETICS
higher temperatures. (That’s obviously not We also tested the Sapphire Pulse RX 5700
true if you overclock the GPU as well.) using 3DMark’s highly respected Fire Strike
These tricks aren’t unique, to be clear. You synthetic benchmark. Fire Strike runs at
can create custom resolutions for the same 1080p, Fire Strike Extreme runs at 1440p, and
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