18.4.2020

Long review here but this can help inform your opinion.First thing's first; the performance of the card is very good - userbenchmark is showing 93rd percentile of 5700XTs and the latest games run smoothly at 1440p. Using the default bios mode I was getting junction temps of 100 degrees under heavy load which these cards can handle - but it was getting a little noisy. My case airflow is not optimal (Mettalicgear Neo Micro) so I took off the glass window and front panel and I was still getting junction temps of 97ish degrees so airflow wasn't the major issue here. The GPU core, memory and vrm temps were usually mid/high 70s maxing out at just over 80 - for some reason it seems to have a badhotspot - there is variance between cards of the same model so your experience may differ.I found out about 'silent bios' which is an actual physical switch on the PCB which basically undervolts and underclocks the card and makes it run quieter - this reduced the hotspot to just over 90 and took about 5 degrees off of the rest of the temps, it did make the card quiet too. This comes at a performance hit however, which kind of defeats the purpose of the OC on this card. Whether or not you consider the stock settings too loud is subjective, but I personally get irritated by fan noise that's anything more than a low hum. If you are at stock settings definitely adjust the fan curve using the Radeon driver software.This model (Thicc III Ultra) is improved in terms of cooling compared to the previous XFX models going by any professional review but it's still not as good as it could be. The GDDR6 that 5700XT cards use are flip-chip designs meaning that they can be cooled effectively from the back - the backplate on this model makes no contact at all with the PCB; there is only air to transfer heat to it so in terms of cooling it's redundant (as XFX have chosen to do all the cooling from the front).Luckily I have an Accelero IV to hand from my last PC - which uses a large heatsink backplate to cool the VRAM (and everything else with full coverage thermal pads). I have bought new thermal pads to cover the whole backplate and will be attaching copper heatsinks to the front side as well with thermal plaster which (excluding the aftermarket GPU cooler itself as I already had it) has only cost just over £20, I will update this review with the results.To go to these lengths, voiding the warranty and potentially damaging the card to get it to operate on stock bios at better noise levels is beyond what most people are willing to do - but to its credit this card is one of the most powerful 5700XTs and isn't obscenely loud but if you're looking for silence this ain't it.I am happy to take the card apart and fit a new cooler & custom heatsinks as I've done it before - I would, however, probably have been better off buying the cheapest possible 5700XT and saved myself £60 (terrible Asus version is available, look at reviews to see glaring cooling issues) given I'm changing the cooling anyway - but this one is top tier in raw performance for 5700XT's so I wont lose sleep.

18.5.2020

I’ve been buying NVIDIA graphics cards for my PC builds since the disappointment of receiving my Radeon HD 2900 Pro back in December 2007, after all the hype and promises of NVIDIA destroying performance (the 8800GTX was it’s competition at the time), so I was sorely disappointed to receive a card with performance that was beaten by the GeForce 9600GT only 3 months later, a card that cost half as much as the HD 2900 Pro!Ever since then I’ve been wary of buying into ATI/AMDs hype. The last GPU I bought was back in June 2016, a returned / open-box GeForce GTX 1070 for £330 (what a bargain all things considered!) and it’s served me well, but I normally upgrade my rig every 2-3 years and I was still plodding by with a 4th gen i7 and this 1070 card.

20.4.2020

Happy to report that after getting a replacement the card runs very well. Typical temperatures are around 70 Celsius in most games, and the fan speeds are very reasonable for these temps, and can get up to 90 Celsius if playing at ultra settings and running the card hard at near 100% utilisation. Which honestly is not a good way to use it as it leads to frame drops, or stuttering on screen.Instead have found that in most games, a mixture of medium and high quality settings allows for comfortable 90 FPS for 1440p monitor. It is also possible to down-sample games (if available in game) to 1080p which is roughly 60% render scale, to push up to 120 FPS on 1440p monitor.

3.4.2020

I bought this based on online reviews saying the card was fast which it is , Cool , which it is and quiet which it is not. I manually undervolted the graphics card to 1.0mv because all AMD RDNA GPU's come with too much voltage at 1.2mv. It depends on the card but reducing the voltage will as expected reduce the heat and noise but will not effect performance. The cooler on this card is 2.7 slot , its big and heavy and does a very good job. They have a copper base in the cooler compared to the silver nickel plated cooler on the THICC II which doesn't cool the ram or VRM's properly in the Thicc II. The cooler on this card does a real good job of cooling the graphics chip , VRM's and ram.

8.2.2020

I bought this Graphics Card to replace my dated GTX 1060 6Gb Nvidia Card.Originally I was running this AMD 5700 XT THICC 3 ULTRA in a Corsair 460x case with 3 120mm intake fans and a 7600k Intel chip with a be quiet Cpu cooler. Unfortunately I was not able to control the temperature of the Graphics card under gaming and would consistently hit 115 degrees C whilst throttling.I have now changed my case to the Lian Li 011 Dynamic and have 6 silent wings 2 PWM 120mm fans as intake, x570 Auros Elite Mobo and 3700x with Alphacool 240mn Eisbaer AIO.Temperatures were slightly better, so I decided to fit a vertical GPU mount (Phanteks) which caused issues booting to windows. Note. If installing a riser to this card,

3.1.2020

Bought the card from Amazon Warehouse deals and I have to agree with the reviews on the Thicc III ultra - which is its is quiet, fast and an incredibly good card. Its on a par with the Sapphire Nitro +. Playing F1 2019 and Hitman 2, the fan does not speed up past 2000 rpm and I am getting over 100 fps with max settings on a 1900x1200 Dell U2412 monitor.XFX took onboard the heat issues with the Thicc II and addressed them fully in the Thicc III. I have also got an RTX 2070 OC edition and depending on the game its like the reviews on the net of being 5% faster, which in real life means you can't visually see the difference. However, the card is quieter due to the massive cooler.

17.7.2020

I have this thing mounted into a Lian-Li 011-Dynamic.It's barely 4" shy of touching the front of the case once mounted!It's over 2" thick, and covered in solid plastic giving it the appearance of being even thicker.It looks heavy, it looks bulky, it looks like at any moment now it's going to rip the PCIE slot off the motherboard, chew it up, and spit it back out for breakfast.I am pretty sure small passenger planes could use the backplate as a runway, it's that big!Runs in my system at 55c idle, I set Far Cry New Dawn at Ultimate 1440p, and maxed Temps out at 85c and got the fans to spin at full whack (you WILL notice them at full speed,

15.6.2020

I upgraded from an XFX RX580 which is in itself a great gaming GPU. I couldn't be happier with my purchase. I was considering going for an Nvidia card but decided against it after watching quite a lot review and comparisons on YouTube. For the cost it is in my opinion on par the the 2070 super, you could argue that it is only slightly behind (maybe a few FPS but that's about it). For £380 this is a must buy. I do onot regret this and hopefully it will serve me well for quite a few years to come.A point to note is the card is quite large and even after I checked for compatibility with my motherboard (Asus B450M-A Prime) which it apparently is. It blocks the PCI-E port for the WiFi card.

2.6.2020

It’s a huge card but fits in my case fine.I bought it as it was time to upgrade an old card that was giving out.. I’m now able to play games in 4K on ultra settings which I was never able to do before and it’s amazing even with an older i5 processor.Games like MK11 and Battlefront 2 run at over 60fps in 4K, games like the Witcher 3 and Assassins Creed Odysee are the most taxing and notice some slow down in 4K but still I don’t really notice when I’m playing with all settings on (except Nvidia hairworks)I’ll make this clear, I’ve not bothered to bench Witcher and Odysee as they play fine and look amazing,

4.2.2020

Previously I was running a 390X and games that had that card running at 75c+ degrees run at around 55c on this, and I never hear it so it's significantly quieter, too. I did come across the dreaded black screen crash, but a change to 19.12.1 has seen exactly one crash after install and nothing for around a week after that, so it's perfectly stable for me so far. AMD are at least aware of the issue as they say in their patch notes, so hopefully a fix is coming soon. But for me, the crashes are gone, this runs everything I throw at it with aplomb.One thing to note from this seller is that the card comes in it's own box and nothing else - no Amazon packaging or anything - so you'll get large postage stickers all over the box itself and,

7.7.2020

By default this card is very noisy, it boosts up the clock as high as possible and generate quite amount of heat. I'm not sure but I think this is the fastest 5700xt on the market out of the box. It's not a card for novice gamers as you have to tweak it to your needs. I had to take the clock speed and the voltage down to stop the extreme heat generation and now I have an average speed 5700xt but it runs much cooler than the other cards. If you want you can unleash the monster and it will clock itself way more than 2025MHz. This card really deserves the ULTRA in the name but it's not for anyone. If you put this card in a small case with limited airflow, you will have overheat issues.

27.5.2020

Love this card and love AMD, the Adrenaline app is so great! I used the app with my RX 590 Fatboy and it was fantastic, even better with this more powerful card which clocks above 2025MHz at times!Had a few issues with the install, but after upgrading my motherboard BIOS and doing some tweaking it's running great. Got two free games as part of the current AMD promotion (Monster Hunter World:Iceborne and Resident Evil 3), as well as 3 months of Xbox game pass which has some fantastic titles. If you're looking for a 5700 XT (which is the AMD equivalent of a Nvidia 2070 super), then this is a very good choice! :)

8.1.2020

Absolutely amazing card it runs all my games at max settings 1080p and 1440p with high fps. The temps don't go above 65°C under load and the card is absolutely silent at idle. Had no problems installing the card 10/10 would recommend to any pc enthusiast or anyone trying to get into high end pc gaming. When using msi afterburner or radeon wattman I recommend adjusting the fan curve as the default one is unbearably loud and an FYI it reads the junction temperature and not the normal temperature

27.6.2020

Great bargain for what this can do. Never a problem for FPS with this, the fans are great and keep it cool while being efficient on power too. It’s huge and quite tricky to install and reinstall after cleaning but great nonetheless, only problem is it’s size and weight as mentioned before it’s huge and after a while it begins to lean so if you want this, invest into a you support bracket which look great as you can get them with rgb but not for gigabyte motherboards.

6.4.2020

Well this is my first gaming PC build which i wanted to last for some time before upgrading any parts, so i was torn between this or a RTX. I mainly just play destiny 2 so Ray tracing wasn't something which peeled for me so i decided to go for this card and I must say im blown away with the performance and how quiet it is.Also including 2 games through the raise the game it was a complete steal for the price and quality of the product highly recommend.

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