Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 4GB Graphics Card Review

Final Thoughts

Price

The Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 570 4GB Graphics Card is available for around £180, which is pretty great value for money given the general feature set on offer, and it’s about £50 cheaper than the Nitro+ 8GB, while still offering comparable performance at 1080p.

Overview

While the RX 5xx series of cards offer very little in the way of innovation, they take an already price vs performance competitive chipset and makes it better than ever. Sure, AMD has some new hardware on the horizon, but when it comes to sub £200 thrills, the RX 5xx series is some of the best value for money around today. The new card comes running faster, cooler, and quieter than before, giving excellent gaming performance at 1080p resolutions, even with ultra settings. It’ll even hold its own at 1440p, although those that want game above 1080p should look into one of the 8GB variants to meet the demands of modern games.

The build quality is sublime on this card, and for what is effectively the budget model of the series, it looks strikingly similar to their premium one. You do get a slightly smaller cooler design, but it uses the same high-performance fans, which can be easily removed and cleaned, helping you keep your graphics cards in premium condition with minimal effort.

There are a lot of great features on this card, which are certainly welcome additions to the sub-£200 market. These older AMD chipsets aren’t known for their efficiency, but with Radeon Chill, you can drastically cut power consumption by limiting the number of frames the card renders without compromising game performance; such as limiting it to 60fps. On top of that, you’ll find HDR support, and while it’s unlikely you have an HDR PC monitor, if you have an HDR 4KTV you’ll see the benefits by hooking up to that, especially if building an HTPC gaming system. Other displays benefit from this card too, and with support for FreeSync 2, you can get smoother gameplay on compatible monitors, the number of which are growing steadily.

Pros

• A nice improvement on the 4xx design
• Powerful and quiet cooler
• Stylish and durable build quality
• Cool custom “PULSE” backplate
• HDR, FreeSync 2, Chill and more supported
• Excellent 1080p gaming performance
• Superb value for money

Cons

• Efficiency could be better

“The Sapphire Pulse offers exceptional 1080p gaming performance, impressive build quality, and plenty of features at an affordable price, making it a great solution for those who find the Nitro+ RX 570 a little too expensive.”