XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 7 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

5
Average:

0
Bad:

2

Pros:

Fast enough for Full HD
8 GB of GDDR5
Suitable for CrossFireX

Cons:

Higher power consumption than comparable Nvidia chips
Limited overclocking potential

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Last revision on July 16, 2020

Reviewers Liked

Fast enough for Full HD
8 GB of GDDR5
Suitable for CrossFireX
AMD FreeSync

Reviewers Didn't Like

Higher power consumption than comparable Nvidia chips
Limited overclocking potential

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By TechSpot on November 15, 2018 75

Today we're checking out the new-ish Radeon RX 590 and on hand for testing we have the XFX Radeon RX 590 'Fatboy'. This is technically a new GPU, but kind of not new at the same time. What we have here is Polaris 20 XT on the 12nm FinFET process, and...

By Kitguru.net on November 27, 2018 75

Having already analysed the Sapphire RX 590 Nitro+ SE for launch day, today we have been assessing the XFX RX 590 Fatboy.The thing that strikes me most is just how basic a card this is. Performance aside, you really don't get any bells or whistles – it...

By Guru of 3D on November 16, 2018 80

The Radeon RX 590 is more of the same that we have been testing well over two years now. Yes, performance went up a notch, yes the card still works very decently in Full HD and Quad HD resolutions and yes it tweaks nicely. The technology, however, is...

By Tom's Hardware on November 15, 2018 60

The new Radeon RX 590 beats Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1060 6GB across our benchmark suite at 1920 x 1080 and 2560 x 1440. However, AMD took a truncheon to the card's power limit in order to motivate its Polaris GPU. We think you're better off scooping up...

By HotHardware on November 15, 2018 80

AMD has had a fairly sizable hole in its graphics card line-up for quite some time now. Disregarding the craziness crypto-miners caused for a while there, pricing on the Radeon RX 580 has hovered around the $200 mark, whereas most of the Radeon RX Vega...

By GamersNexus on January 05, 2019

There's a lot of choice on the market for GPUs right now, so it's not as simple as “buy X with $Y and buy Z with $A.” We'll try our best.Let's start with XFX's part in this review The cooler isn't good for its size or its price. XFX runs warm in the...

By NotebookCheck on December 23, 2018

Successful upgrade. AMD will not be offering us an entirely new GPU series this year. Instead, AMD has launched another Polaris Refresh GPU: the RX 590, produced in a 12-nm process. This enables significantly higher clock rates compared to the RX 580...

By Legit Reviews on November 30, 2018

After spending a couple weeks using the AMD Radeon RX 590 on our gaming test platform we are happy to report that all did really well at 1080P and 1440P gaming. The three models that we looked at today are very similar in design and none really stood...

By PCWorld New Zealand on November 16, 2018

How can improvements to the GPU manufacturing process make graphics cards better? There's no one solution, and today's launch of the $280 Radeon RX 590 shows that Nvidia and AMD took two wildly divergent paths in the shift to the 12nm process.Nvidia's...

By Overclockers Club on November 16, 2018

AMD's refresh of its Polaris architecture is now a known commodity. Out the door, it delivers excellent performance for the price point of $279. This price point slots it in the same position as the GTX 1060 and RX 580 that it beats in every gaming...

By techPowerUp! on November 15, 2018

The XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy is expected to retail for $279. Faster than GTX 1060 6 GB Plays everything at 1080p Quiet in gaming Overclocked out of the box Fans stop in idle Dual BIOS Devil May Cry 5, Resident Evil 2, and The Division 2 included ($100+...

By Bit-tech.net on November 15, 2018

By AMD's own admission in a pre-launch briefing call, it ‘wanted something quick and dirty' that its partners could easily build into their existing stacks (I must not take quotes out of context, I must not take quotes out of context. ). By and large,...

By Legit Reviews on November 15, 2018

AMD's third iteration of it's ‘Polaris' Gaming GPU shows that they are doing everything they can to get every last ounce of performance out of this architecture. They've gotten higher clock speeds than previously achievable on ‘Polaris' and it does well...

By Overclock3D on November 15, 2018

It would be easy if we weren't so resolute in sticking to our principals to get your head turned by high end hardware and be dismissive of the midrange. After all, a GTX 2080Ti or Threadripper review nearly writes itself. High end products always have...

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