Radeon™ RX 580 Gaming 8G
WINDFORCE 2X Cooling System
The WINDFORCE 2X cooling system features 3 pure copper composite heat-pipes, heat-pipe direct touch GPU, 90mm unique blade fan design, 3D active fan with LED indicators, stylish metal back plate, together delivering an effective heat dissipation capacity for higher performance at lower temperatures.
Game in Style
RGB Fusion 16.8M Customizable Color Lighting
With 16.8M customizable color options and numerous lighting effects, you could now choose the right scheme for your gaming rig through AORUS graphics Engine.
In Total Command
Pros: - Short card fits in cases very easily - Quiet cooling - RGB LEDs can be controlled with Gigabyte Fusion applications easily - Good performance and decent power usage - Only one 8-pin PCI-E power cable required - Good quality backplate and robust cooling - Mine came with Samsung RAM and a 75% ASIC
Cons: - Default fan profile a bit on the conservative side.
Overall Review: I'm not going to comment on performance, but it performs on par with a regular RX 580, but extra performance through overclocking with Afterburner is readily available. 1400 mhz and 2100 on the RAM set, and the card didn't have any issues at stock voltages. The cooling seems solid and robust, and viewed from the side seems to cover all the pertinent components extremely well. The fans don't start spinning until the GPU hits somewhere north of 50 celsius and they never, ever seem loud at stock. The GPU is reaching around 73-75 celsius on the most extreme torture tests, but I found I can spin up the fans easily another 10% and lower that to less than 70 celsius. This is probably my only gripe with the card. The cooler seems very powerful, it dissipates heat very well, but the fans are set a tiny bit too low for my tastes at default. Even at 35-40% they are basically inaudible. Not until they reach over 2200 RPMs can you even hear them. The RGB functionality is nice but rudimentary, but for my purposes I downloaded the latest Gigabyte utilities for the card and set the LED to white without any issues. I like the fact that the PCB is just over 9" long, making this easy to fit in smaller cases with thick fans or front mounted radiators. All in all, it's a solid card so far, with the slightly conservative fan profile being the only negative to note (and this is a subjective comment on my part).