Aorus Radeon RX 570 review: The best graphics card you can buy under $200, barely changed
This Polaris refresh is more of a side-grade than an upgrade, but it's still the best option in its price class.
By Brad Chacos
Senior Editor, PCWorld | PT
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- Meet AMD’s Radeon RX 570
- Test system/Division benchmarks
- Hitman
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Far Cry Primal
- Ashes of the Singularity
- Synthetics, VR, power, and heat
- Bottom line
Synthetics, VR, power, and heat
We also tested all cards using 3DMark’s highly respected DX11 Fire Strike and Fire Strike Ultra synthetic benchmarks, as well as 3DMark’s Time Spy benchmark, which measures DirectX 12 performance at 2560x1440 resolution.
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Brad Chacos/IDGThe Radeon cards beat out the GeForce card here, even though real-world results show a much closer race. That’s why you shouldn’t benchmark graphics cards using synthetic benchmarks alone.
SteamVR
Brad Chacos/IDGValve’s SteamVR performance test considers all competitors ready for use with the HTC Vive. I’d be nervous about the GTX 1060’s minuscule 3GB buffer for virtual reality, though, despite its ostensibly higher score. These cards should do just fine with the Oculus Rift as well, thanks in part to Oculus’ amazing Asynchronous Spacewarp technology.
Next page: Power and heat