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1.0 out of 5 starsGo GREEN or go home.
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2019
I'd like to start off by saying I REALLY gave this card a chance. I've had around 10 different Nvidia cards since I started PC gaming, all of which have given me 0 problems at all, aside from one that was DOA, which happens. This card is amazing in a benchmarking scenario, great scores, value for money, temps are great. As soon as I play any game I get stutters, freezing and FPS drops of 40+. When people say Radeon drivers are horrible, they're downplaying it, they are a DISASTER. I need to go in and tweak EVERY setting possible in Adrenaline to get a smooth gaming experience, but why? I got this card to save some money and enjoy some great performance, which I can only achieve by spending extra time messing with things that for some reason AMD has not figured out. Another really annoying note, the memory clock runs at max if your screen is over 120hz, and is a confirmed issue from AMD, so enjoy the extra power draw from that!
I popped in a 2070 Super, which I spent a total of$70 more than this card on, and wow. Coming from a GTX 1080, the 5700XT gave me a nice boost in benchmark performance, but nothing else. Honestly, if you NEED to save the $70-$100 on your GPU and are willing to compromise, sure this card would do it for you, at the expense of even more time tweaking settings you have no business needing to change.
In short, fork over the extra cash and get a Nvidia card. Pop that thing in and watch it go, optimized drivers, great performance and no hassle.