At first I thought I’d left some of the lower settings enabled from testing the RX 570, but nope – it was the RX 580 juggling everything on full. The Witcher 3 also looks rather handsome at both of the lower resolutions. All the way up at 4K, it only really suffers in more chaotic moments, and even then it holds it together an awful lot better than Doom did. The RX 580 helps it tick along smoothly and stably, without even the slightest jitter at either 1080p or 1440p. Wolfenstein II: The New Order, on the other hand, performs impeccably. 4K is pretty much a lost cause, to be honest, unless you’re willing to accept the most basic fidelity. You’ll definitely want to disable some settings. A more successful second run showed the RX 580 isn’t terrible at this res, but groans a tad on the battle map, and occasionally has trouble on the campaign map, too. Upon starting our 1440p test, however, it…err, crashed. The RX 570 crumbled in this game, so it’s good to see its bigger brother holding firm even with hundreds of units filling the screen. Total War: Warhammer II, always a toughie, also did quite well on the RX 580. There’s no problem whatsoever with Very High on Full HD, and on 1440p – much like Shadow of War – it could be made to run smoother, but it’s a nice enough balance of swanky visuals and pragmatic performance. That said, dropping to High speeds things up to the point where it’s just about playable, and to be fair the RX 580 takes 1080p and 1440p relatively easily. Still using Ultra settings, the RX 580 manages to avoid succumbing to the pressure, but only just – and for pacey sword stabbery, we’d rather have extra frames than the finest-quality orc hairs on show.Īt least this was better than in 4K Rise of the Tomb Raider, which was simply too much for AMD’s card to take with Very High settings. It’s playable at 1440p as well, though 4K poses a trickier situation. Middle-earth: Shadow of War is probably the best demonstration of why it can be worth investing in some extra memory on 1080p, we could have everything maxed out and still get smooth running throughout. As for 4K, the RX 580 largely keeps it together – to its credit – but when the screen gets truly filled with shuffling NPCs, you'll need to knock down those settings again. 1440p could perhaps be smoothed out a bit with reduced settings, but to my eyes it runs fine with everything cranked up. Its less powerful sibling the RX 570 didn't particularly struggle with this game, as you can see in our AMD Radeon RX 570 review, but the RX 580 really kicks it up a notch. Hitman was also looking suitably sharp, at both 1080p and 1440p. On Ultra settings, anyway turn them down a level or two and decent performance is within reach. It’s only at 4K that the card struggles, just about getting by in quiet corridors, but losing its grip completely during running battles. 1440p is also suitably fast, with the benfit of added sharpness. Unsurprisingly, the RX 580 makes this look very pretty (in a filthy way) indeed – it’s not massively better than the RX 570 at this res, but does seem less prone to micro-stutter, to the extent that it never happens at all. Here, however, you do get three fans, a sturdy backplate and an extra HDMI port for VR kit for your trouble.įirst up on benchmarking duties is Doom. Once again, it’s an Asus ROG Strix OC Edition I’m testing, though since the overclock in question has such a tiny boost speed upgrade from 1340MHz to a maximum of 1380MHz, it should be representative of most partner-made RX 580s. Having less memory can also generally scupper you when running with higher resolutions, and considering that the RX 580 appears to have been made with 1440p firmly in AMD’s collective mind, 8GB just makes more sense. I’m covering the latter here, and it’s hard to make an argument as to why you’d consider the former: it’s not that much cheaper, but does essentially cut you off from the flashiest graphical stuff (like Ultra-high quality textures) in games which support them. Indeed, while it still occupies the top spot for 1440p gaming in our guide to the best graphics cards, its main rival, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060, is actually significantly cheaper at the moment, putting its reign in serious jeopardy.įor those unaware, the RX 580 comes in both 4GB and 8GB VRAM flavours. The AMD Radeon RX 580 is the patriarch of AMD's Polaris architecture family and was, until a few months ago when all graphics card pricing went out the window, our recommended centrepiece for mid-range PC builders.
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