Conclusion
How can one do fair and objective justice to this card without arousing too many expectations through euphoria on the one hand and on the other hand not depriving the limitations due to cost pressure of the advantages that are also present? A positive aspect is the size of the card, combined with its weight of well under one kilo. Thus the 23.5 cm long card fits into almost every case, especially as the area around the PCIe connectors has been cleverly left out in the backplate (installation height!).
The partial air exhaust via the slot bracket also works and you can survive the gold tone of the plastic cover if necessary. But already with the cooling surface it is like with the cubic capacity of a car. The smaller such a thing is, the higher the rpm have to be. This in turn can be heard quite clearly, even if the fans are still acceptable as such. The component assembly is practical and nevertheless visibly owed to the price.
Sure, you don’t have to use a 10-phase design, but it should have been more efficient voltage regulators. The few cents are always in, or they should be. I don’t miss the LED fireworks, so the Evoke is an honest card that doesn’t want to hide expensive disadvantages with cheap effects. And if we are honest, it’s still a bit better, no matter what you pay in the end.
Bottom Line
With a MSRP of just under 460 Euros, the card has been placed quite optimistically on the market compared to other cards, I personally think that’s about 20 Euros too high. But my private opinion doesn’t count here, but only what (later) will be established on the street as well as price. And there I can hope only from view of the buyers that there still something goes downward. Even if the card is small, cuddly and richly golden, it is relatively loud from my point of view (good, you can download the Silent-BIOS for that) and unfortunately a bit too expensive.
If the corrective of the buyer’s decisions about the price takes effect, this card is certainly interesting for all those who want a small power machine in the PC and where the noise emission is rather secondary because there is not enough space in the PC. Here the good cooling performance of the short card can really convince. Or you can gamble with headphones anyway, then it doesn’t really matter. In detail, MSI certainly did a lot right, but it is and remains MSI’s entry-level solution for the RX 5700 XT. You shouldn’t forget that either.
- 1 - Introduction, Technical Data, Test Setup
- 2 - Tear Down: PCB and Cooler
- 3 - Benchmarks 1920 x 1080 Pixels
- 4 - Benchmarks 2560 x 1440 Pixels
- 5 - Benchmarks 3840 x 2160 Pixels
- 6 - Power Consumption in Detail
- 7 - Temperatures, Clock Rate, Infrared
- 8 - Cooling Fans, Noise Emission
- 9 - Conclusion and Bottom Line
