MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X 8 GB Graphics Card Review – MSI Pushes Navi One Step Ahead!

MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X Power Consumption

I compiled the power consumption results by testing each card under idle and full stress when the card was running games. Each graphics card manufacturer sets a default TDP for the card which can vary from vendor to vendor depending on the extra clocks or board features they plugin on their custom cards.

AMD Radeon RX 5700 series is based on TSMC's 7nm process node. The 7nm process is a major upgrade over the 14nm FinFET node, delivering better efficiency and a much smaller chip footprint.

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9.8

WCCFTECH RATING

The Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X further pushes AMD's rDNA architecture, providing a fantastic performance uplift by providing one of the highest factory overclock, a monster cooling solution and a price that remains to be beaten by other manufacturers.

Pros

• Great Price ($439 US)
• Huge performance uplift versus Polaris cards
• Much cooler than the reference model
• Much quieter than the reference model
• Great factory overclock out of the box
• Amazing Shroud design with Twin Frozr 7
• 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

• No dedicated hardware for Ray Tracing
• Not a lot of overclocking headroom left
• Power consumption slightly on the high side

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