Upgraded from a ASUS Strix R9 380. From a performance perspective, its works great, ~30%+ increase in performance. You can look at online comparisons on what type of performance to expect, and this met that. (playing BF1, Witcher 3, Warzone...)
I have it paired with a AMD FX8350, 16GB RAM.
Three things I want to point out:
1.) The unit arrived with a slightly bent bracket. Was able to use pliers to straighten it out, and amazon was quick to resolve it. Not sure if this is Amazon or Sapphire to blame.
2.) After I removed my old R9 380, placed new RX 580 GPU in, everything booted fine. I updated the drivers to the latest via Adrenal 2020 (not necessarily required). After rebooting, my wired LAN stopped working. Windows did not detect it anymore. Just disappeared. Not seen in Device Manager. Did a bunch of troubleshooting (reset CMOS, go back to old drivers etc) to no avail. Instead of wasting additional hours, I just decided to buy a new pciexpress LAN card ($15). I do not know if this directly tied to the new GPU install, or purely coincidental. As time permits I may investigate further. Just felt I had to share this info. **Update**: After thinking about this I am leaning towards this is purely coincidental. Fortunately ethernet ports are inexpensive.
3.) From the perspective of stability, I have had this installed for 3 days now, moderate gaming use, only had 2 errors requiring a reboot. This may be due to conflicting software (apparently running any parallel GPU software may pose problems) or games itself. Hard to say who is to "blame" for this right now. With my older GPU did not encounter this. For this I am knocking a star off for now. I will continue to monitor and update my review.
UPDATE SEP 16 2020: Changing review from 4 to 5 stars. I have since upgraded my build to an AMD R5 3600. No issues when running its stock frequencies. If I use the built in Radeon "OC" feature to go to 1436mhz, I had some hiccups hear and there. I think its true, AMD cards are good for those who want to tinker around. I have no regrets with this card so far.
UPDATE FEB 19 2021: I swapped out my 5+ yr old bronze rated evga power supply to a gold rated cooler master. I haven't had a single crash yet when doing the "automatic overclock" to 1436 (mostly playing COD Coldwar/warzone/Cod WW2. I'm pretty sure my old PSU was finally giving out as it was 5 yrs old (at this point I attribute my previous problems with that). Lesson learned: if you plan to do some overclock get a solid PSU. I am still very happy with this GPU!
UPDATE JUL 19 2021: GPU is still going strong with no issues.
UPDATE JAN 14 2022: GPU functioning great. Be mindful there is a GPU shortage crisis (COVID) since 2020-2022 and all prices are inflated. Not worth the inflated price.
UPDATE JUN 20 2022: GPU is still rocking with no issues. I have decided to upgrade to a Sapphire Radeon Pulse 6600XT to get better (144fps, bought a 144hz display) FPS at 1080p. This RX580 was fantastic and still does phenomenal 75fps 1080p gameplay. I have no regrets purchasing it.
| Max Screen Resolution | 3840 x 2160 |
|---|---|
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz |
| Graphics Coprocessor | AMD Radeon RX 580 |
| Chipset Brand | AMD |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 8 GB |
