Sapphire Radeon RX 570 Pulse and RX 580 Pulse review: Solid gaming on a tight budget

While Sapphire's flagship Nitro+ series goes for broke, the Pulse lineup focuses on value.

By Brad Chacos

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Hitman

Hitman’s Glacier engine historically favors AMD hardware. It’s no surprise, since Hitman’s a flagship AMD Gaming Evolved title. That said, GeForce cards certainly don’t slouch after recent driver optimizations. We test in both DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 with SSAO disabled.

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At a Glance

Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Pulse

$239.99
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Sapphire's 8GB RX 580 Pulse offers a decent overclock and a solid custom cooling solution for just $10 over AMD's baseline price. Definitely buy it over a reference card.
Pros
- No-compromises 1080p and good 1440p performance
- Attractive, well-designed custom cooler
- Same price as reference cards
Cons
- Solid affordable card, but few extras
- Far less power efficient than GTX 1060
Sapphire Radeon RX 570 Pulse

$189.99
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Sapphire's Radeon RX 570 Pulse is a well-designed graphics card, but its price puts it in an awkward spot between cheaper RX 570 cards and the more potent Radeon RX 580.
Pros
- Superb 1080p gaming performance
- Attractive, efficient custom cooler
- Low temperatures under load
Cons
- Inching close to 4GB RX 480 price
- Nvidia cards are much more power efficient

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Sapphire Radeon RX 570 Pulse and RX 580 Pulse review: Solid gaming on a tight budget

While Sapphire's flagship Nitro+ series goes for broke, the Pulse lineup focuses on value.

Hitman

Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Pulse

Pros

Cons

Sapphire Radeon RX 570 Pulse

Pros

Cons

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