MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming Z 6 GB GDDR6 Graphics Card Review – War For The Mainstream Segment!

MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming Z 6 GB Benchmarks (DirectX 11)

Assassins Creed: Odyssey

Assassins Creed Odyssey is built by the same team that made Assassins Creed Origins. They are known for reinventing the design and game philosophy of the Assassins Creed saga and their latest title shows that. Based in Greece, the open-world action RPG shows its graphics strength in all corners. It uses the AnvilNext 2.0 engine which boosts the draw distance range and delivers a very impressive graphics display.

We tested the game at maxed settings with TAA enabled and 16x AF. Do note that the game is one of the most demanding titles out in the market and as such tweaks and performance issues are being patched out.

Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5 is a standalone successor to its predecessor and takes place in Hope County, a fictional region of Montana. The main story revolves around doomsday cult the Project at Eden’s Gate and its charismatic leader Joseph Seed. It uses a beefed-up Dunia Engine which itself is a modified version of CryEngine from Crytek.

Ghost Recon: Wildlands

Using the new Anvil Next engine that was developed by Ubisoft Montreal, Ghost Recon: Wildlands goes wild and grand with an open-world setting entirely in Bolivia. This game is a tactical third-person shooter which does seem an awful lot similar to Tom Clancy's: The Division. The game looks pretty and the wide-scale region of Bolivia looks lovely at all times (Day/Night Cycle).

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

The Witcher 3 Game of The Year Edition

Witcher 3 is the greatest fantasy RPG of our time. It has a great story, great gameplay mechanics and gorgeous graphics. This is the only game I actually wanted to get a stable FPS at 4K. With GameWorks disabled, I gave all high-end cards the ability to demonstrate their power.

Middle Earth: Shadow of War

The successor of 2014’s epic, Shadow of Mordor, Shadow of War continues the previous game’s narrative continuing the story of the ranger Talion and the spirit of the elf lord Celebrimbor, who shares Talion’s body, as they forge a new Ring of Power to amass an army to fight against Sauron. The game uses the latest Firebird Engine developed by Monolith Productions and is very intensive even for modern graphics cards.

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The MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming Z is one of the fastest RX 5600 XT models around, featuring fast GPU clocks, 14 Gbps memory, a superb cooling solution, and a beefy VRM design which single-handily beats out the RTX 2060 making it a perfect choice for 1080p and even entry-level 1440p gamers, If you can dish out the extra $60 US premium that MSI is asking, then the Gaming Z is the best RX 5600 XT variant to get your hands on!

Pros

• Best card for 1080p gamers, faster than an RTX 2060
• Huge performance uplift versus Polaris cards
• Excellent Performance Per Watt
• No BIOS flash required in Gaming Z variants
• Much cooler than the reference model
• Much quieter than the reference model
• Great factory overclock out of the box
• 14 Gbps memory modules on the Gaming Z
• Amazing Shroud design with Twin Frozr 7 & backplate
• Performance and Silent Mode Options in Dragon Center App
• TORX 3.0 cooling system with finned aluminum heatsink
• First GPUs Built Entirely on 7nm Process node
• PCI-e Gen 4.0 Support
• Good I/O (DSC 1.2a for 8K 60 Hz, Triple Display Ports 1.4 HDR, HDMI 2.0)

Cons

• Very High Price ($340 US+)
• No dedicated hardware for Ray Tracing
• Not a lot of overclocking headroom left
• Messy Launch & lower-clock factory shipped BIOS in existing models

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