Video card ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT Challenger D 8G OC, Retail Review

The ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT Taichi X OC+ graphics card captivates at first sight with a triple-fan cooler, optimized PCB, extreme clock speeds and a stylish RGB design. Although you will have to pay a lot for the Navi video card. Let''s see how AMD''s youngest graphics partner compares to previously tested competitors PowerColor and Sapphire. Since the release of the AMD Radeon RX 5700 and Radeon RX 5700 XT graphics cards in early July, we have been testing several models with alternative designs. Unlike NVIDIA, AMD allowed its partners to make improvements to the cooling system and clock speeds, so the differences between individual video cards are more here than in the "green" camp. Our favorites so far have been the PowerColor Red Devil Radeon RX 5700 XT (test) and the Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 5700 XT (test). Now it''s time to test another graphics card from AMD''s youngest graphics partner - ASRock has only been producing graphics cards for two years. The first models were developed in a big hurry, they were cheap and did not show themselves very convincingly, but the manufacturer has learned from its mistakes, now everything should be much better. The ASRock Radeon RX 5700 XT Taichi X OC+ is a very interesting graphics card, at least at first glance. It features a powerful 2.5-slot cooling system with three axial fans and thick copper heatpipes. Note the optimized PCB layout and clock speeds above 2.0 GHz. In addition, there are premium features such as freely configurable RGB lighting, dual BIOS with different fan and clock speed modes, and a very attractive design. , but ASRock''s flagship model features significantly higher clock speeds of 2.560 sweat processors of the older Navi 10 GPU, namely 1.810 and 2.025 MHz, respectively. The game frequency (Game) has been increased from 1.755 to 1.935 MHz, which is also well above the reference level. But that''s not all: the graphics card''s BIOS settings can be optimized using Taichi''s proprietary utility. A slight increase in the Power Target strip allows you to squeeze clock frequencies up to 2.040 MHz. The result is the fastest Navi accelerator, at least in theory. The BIOS toggle switch allows you to activate the Silent mode, in which the video card is much quieter. The second toggle switch allows you to turn off the backlight on the fly.