MSI Radeon RX 580 Mech 2 8GB – Polaris battle suit from the crowbar

1 - Einführung, Unboxing und Daten 2 - Platinenlayout und Spannungsversorgung 3 - Gaming-Performance 1920 x 1080 Pixel (Full-HD) 4 - Gaming-Performance 2560 x 1440 Pixel (WQHD) 5 - Leistungsaufnahme im Detail 6 - Temperaturen, Taktraten und Wärmebildanalyse 7 - Kühlerdetails und Geräuschentwicklung 8 - Zusammenfassung und Fazit

Oops, I did it again! If you still remember the MSI R9 390X Gaming 8GB, the MSI RX 580 Mech 2 8GB will give you a smooth déja vu for free on the home. MSI has simply tried to set a golden monument to itself and the local energy supplier with an extremely high power limit ex works. Anyway.

Of course, one must also be so fair and envious to acknowledge that both the board layout and the cooling can easily take such a deep look into the glass. This card is just a bit thirstier than the average, but can easily hold the beat. This, too, is a way of interpreting that Klaus-Kevin likes to live with as long as the electricity comes from the four walls of his parents.

The performance is free of criticism, it is currently the fastest RX 580 we have been able to test so far, albeit the most thirsty. That this is a little bit at the expense of the volume, well. 217 watts in gaming want to be disposed of first and this is always somehow connected with noise.

Thus, a compromise of maximum power for this chip and a still manageable heating has been found here. No more, but no less.

Conclusion

That with the purchase tip would have been such a ambivalent thing, because actually this interpretation speaks with the immense power limit against all reason. Drink yes, but please measure and you don't always have to hit AMD where it hurts the most. You could also live less easily with 3 to 4 FPS and save up to 30 watts at the same time. It is precisely this circumstance that simply speaks against it here.

If, on the other hand, you want to have an eye-catching thunder wedge ex works, which also sucks like an old Chevy with a thick V8, please nice. He will definitely be happy, even with the factory settings. OC is always in it and the achieved stable 1425 MHz are quite a house number. Even if you don't reach Vega with it, an average GeForce GTX 1060 6GB is usually pushed loosely from the fast lane to the right. This, too, can have its charm, especially when there is no room left.