Dwarf Uprising: Entry-level and lower middle class against the Radeon RX 560

Overview in the entry-level area It is of course a kind of tragic comedy that the sample of the Radeon RX 560 has only reached us now and only after some requests from our US colleagues to AMD. But in the end it even has a certain voice... Individual results of all maps Individual results of all maps Individual results of all maps Individual results of all maps Individual results of all maps Individual results of all maps Individual results of all maps Individual results of all maps Individual results of all maps Power consumption of all cards First of all, we see that AMD was able to reduce the power consumption of the graphics cards from Polaris in general with the latest drivers. We found this during the post-test of the RX Vega56 and therefore a few more... Asus uses a 4+1 phase of its own design for this board. The special feature is also the positioning of the one voltage converter for the memory, which is in fact located directly under the 6-pin socket. In general, the arrangement is somewhat peculiar... Overclocking Manual overclocking was possible in Witcher 3 to 1460 MHz, which is an increase of 134 MHz. The memory can be raised by 200 MHz without any errors with in Witcher 3 within an hour. A lot is it on the e... Cooling system and backplate Asus knits the cooling quite simple and a simple aluminium rib-cooler made of continuous casting must suffice. Below this is once again a separate VRM cooler for the GPU, which are voltage converters for memory ... Summary Let's start in midfield. Although the Asus ROG RX 560 Strix Gaming OC can still hold a little connection with newer titles with Avolcano or DirectX12 API, the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti looks like it is in most titles.

Power consumption of all cards

First of all, we see that AMD was able to reduce the power consumption of the graphics cards from Polaris in general with the latest drivers. We found this during the re-test of the RX Vega56 and therefore measured all other AMD cards again.

In gaming, however, you can see that the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, which actually always operates much faster than the Radeon RX 560, still absorbs almost 30% less power. The GeForce GTX 1050, which is roughly at the performance level of the RX 560, is even less. However, in many situations, the GeForce GTX 1050 already suffers from the very heavily cruned, small memory, even with Full HD. The Radeon RX 570 unpacks the crowbar while gaming.

Even with the stress test, there are no surprises until the Radeon RX 570 explodes.

Asus ROG RX 560 Strix Gaming OC: Power consumption in detail

The power consumption in the gaming loop is pretty much exactly on the point you set with 100 watts as the power limit. In the Torture loop, the power consumption is only slightly above. On the positive side, however, it should be noted that AMD has finally succeeded in significantly reducing the power consumption in the idle with the latest drivers.

The corresponding voltages for both loops in the factory state are shown in the following diagram:

Compliance with the standard on the motherboard slot

With a maximum of 4.2 amps (torture and gaming), the card is far below what the PCI SIG sets with a maximum of 5 amps (66 watts) for the 12-volt rail on the motherboard slot.