Post-BIOS update the RX 5600 XT is just 4.4 FPS from an RX 5700 here (more on that later).The frame rates are lower in this more demanding benchmark, but results are the same at the bottom half of the chart. Radeon RX 5700 (XT) Pulse im Test: Sapphires Navi-Custom-Design unterhalb Nitro+. Of course the update to the BIOS before launch did change the story quite a bit, narrowing the gap between this new RX 5600 XT product and the existing RX 5700. Granted, these results came in an open test bench, and both temps and noise will likely be higher inside an enclosure – depending on airflow, of course.And now for a little analysis of the big question leading up to this review: Just how much of an impact did this clock/memory speed increase have? I’m not sure what I think about how AMD handled the release of the 5600 XT… Announcing the price two weeks in advance, thus allowing Nvidia to undercut them by reducing the cost of the 2060.They can download the new BIOS and install it, I’m sure.Isn’t the Bios version in the screenshots the same?T’is indeed. The Pulse series of graphics cards from Sapphire are positioned as high cost-performance products, just below its premium Nitro series. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Well, on the memory side of things, it was pretty usual, just touching basis with the 1,9 GHz mark, which is the software limit anyway, while for the GPU, well, with using these settings here, it resulted in it boosting to just a bit below 2,1 GHz mark in a best-case scenario, which is a pretty good result. The Pulse Radeon RX 5700 XT is based on the exact same Navi GPU found on AMD’s reference Radeon RX 5700 XT. This way you're directly contributing to the website and help me to improve my content (with no additional cost for you), and for that - a sincere thank you from me! To answer this I quickly ran both Far Cry 5 (a DX11 test) and Metro Exodus (a DX12 test) using the original BIOS at the 1440/Ultra settings used above, and compared these results to the later updated BIOS numbers we’ve already seen.Looking at a smaller selection of tested cards for clarity, Far Cry 5 shows an 11% boost from the new BIOS, bringing performance up 8.5 FPS to a solid 84.0 average. I started this journey back in 2013. as a way of sharing my love toward technology, together with trying to get a better grasp of videography, which was my something I really like doing, my second hobby so to speak. Well, I’ve tried every other model coming from the Pulse series based on the AMD’s current-gen Navi architecture, feel free to check them out, I will put a link, so it finally came time for me to check out the strongest of them all – the Since all of them look alike, as they should since they’re coming from same Sapphire’s Pulse sub-brand, especially if you compare it with so to speak regular RX 5700 Pulse model, I won’t talk about its design too much as I basically covered it multiple times by now, all I can see that I’m a bit iffy on the top shroud design and build quality wise, feels a bit too plasticky, well the other side, the metal back-plate that is, looks much better. Why? This new Sapphire Pulse RX 5600 XT card’s design appears identical to the Pulse RX 5700 XT we checked out last year, and considering how good the … . It’s not too surprising to see the RTX 2060 leading the RX 5600 XT here (by 6.3 FPS), positioning it directly between the RTX 2060 and the GTX 1660 Ti, which the 5600 XT leads by 6.7 FPS here.A less-demanding DX11 test, the enCore benchmark sees the RX 5600 XT move back up to within a single frame of the RTX 2060, though it only leads the GTX 1660 Ti by 2.5 FPS in this scenario.With a total system draw of 235W (including the overhead of an 80 Plus Gold rated power supply) the RX 5600 XT was tied with an RTX 2060 and 10W below the RX 5700. Seeing the same version at TPU on an MSI. In an ideal world each new midrange GPU would be tested thoroughly at both 1920×1080 and 2560×1440, but the BIOS update impeded progress and I chose the more GPU-bound of the two resolutions (which I do whenever I have to settle for just one).In this test we generally see favorable results for AMD, and this is no exception. With that, I got around 5% of a performance boost, which is pretty decent compared to other models out there, among better ones for sure. I had expected a price drop ($259), thinking that there would be quite a bit of overclocking headroom from this Navi 10-based GPU given the conservative (announced) specs.AMD chose instead to aggressively clock up the card prior to release, reducing its potential OC headroom but significantly improving its position in this $279 – $299 price range.While I was ready to write up a less than flattering review of a GPU that felt underwhelming at $279, the big performance gains from the BIOS update we received prior to today’s launch have strengthened the card’s position significantly.