XFX Radeon RX 580 8 GiB Video Card Review

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The XFX Radeon RX 580 is 10.9 inches (278 mm) long and uses two slots. It uses two 100 mm fans. An amazing detail is that its fans are turned off while the GPU is idle.
Figure 2 shows the video connectors of the Radeon RX 580. It brings three DisplayPort 1.4, one HDMI and one DVI-D connectors.

Figure 2: video connectors

In Figure 3, you see the top of the card, where there is an eight-pin PCI Express power connector.

Figure 3: top view

Figure 4 shows the bottom of the card.

Figure 4: rear view

Figure 5 shows the solder side of the RX 580, which is covered by a backplate.

Figure 5: backplate

In Figure 6 you see the Radeon RX 580 with the backplate removed, unveiling the solder side of the PCB. There are no memory chips on this side.

Figure 6: solder side

Figure 7 shows the XFX Radeon RX 580 with its cooler removed. It is big part cooler, with four heatpipes, that also cools the memory chips and the voltage regulator circuit transistors. Notice that there are eight memory chips.

Figure 7: cooler removed

Figure 8 unveils the Ellesmere chip, which is manufactured under 14 nm process.

Figure 8: the GP104 chip

Figure 9 shows one of the memory chips present on the video card. It is a GDDR5 Samsung K4G80325FB-HC25 memory chip, whose nominal clock is 8 GHz.

Figure 9: memory chip

Figure 10 shows the voltage regulator of the XFX Radeon RX 580. It uses six phases for the GPU and one phase for the memory chips.

Figure 10: voltage regulator