Based on AMD Polaris architecture and manufactured with 14nm process, the AMD Radeon RX 580 graphics card is specced with 2304 Stream processors, GDDR5 memory and 256-bit memory bus. A performance-class graphics card, the Radeon RX 580 empowers gamers to play anything from the latest MOBAs to the most popular AAA titles in Full HD and beyond, and also delivers the power to drive you into the next level of immersion of the world of VR gaming and entertainment.
This ARMOR MK2 8G OC edition card is turbocharged to 1380MHz Boost Clock in OC mode (1340MHz for the reference card) so you can get more graphics power for your favorite titles. Its TORX 2.0 Fan creates a large volume of air, and stops spinning at low load level or idle state. And a rigid black & red backplate prevents the card from being bent and gives your card an aggressive look to match your other gaming components.
Classic Red & Black Design
It’s the first time that MSI launched the ARMOR series with classic red & black design. ARMOR MK2 graphics cards are perfect for gamers and case modders who are looking for something different.
TORX 2.0 Fan
Teamwork for greater strength
Just like in games, the exclusive MSI TORX 2.0 Fan technology uses the power of teamwork to allow the TRI-FROZR Thermal Design to achieve new levels of cool.
TORX 2.0 Fan design generates 22% more air pressure for supremely silent performance in the heat of battle.
Dispersion Fan Blade has a steeper curved blade which accelerates the airflow, increasing its effectiveness.
Traditional Fan Blade pushes down a steady airflow to the massive heatsink below.
Zero Frozr - Stay Undetected
First introduced in 2008 by MSI, ZeroFrozr technology has made its mark and is now the industry standard among graphics cards. It eliminates fan noise by stopping the fans in low-load situations. This means you can focus on gaming without the noise of spinning fans.
During intense gaming or benchmarking
Completely silent during idle, multimedia or light gaming
Backplate
The solid black matte metal backplate adds an awesome look & feel and gives the card a more rigid design.
Heatsink & Airflow Control
Under the classy shroud and powerful dual fans is a huge heatsink with countless aluminum fins that help dissipate the heat from the GPU. The copper heatpipes are infused in the baseplate to ensure efficient cooling. The aluminum fins are rigged with Airflow Control technology to maximize airflow towards the heatpipes.
The Future of Gaming
The AMD FreeSync technology enables the smoothest, fastest and most exciting gaming experience ever by eliminating screen tearing, display shutter and input lag.
Ultra-high resolution (UHD) delivers 4x the resolution of 1080p content, enabling much sharper and crisper images with delicate details during gaming.
Prepare for VR with MSI
To experience and enjoy the impressive world of Virtual Reality, high-performance hardware is required. MSI, world leading brand in high-end gaming and eSports, provides the right advice to make sure your system is VR Ready. Integrating the very best of cutting edge technologies in recommended MSI VR gaming hardware for smooth performance. Together with VR partners, MSI brings gamers an extremely realistic VR experience where games come alive.
Afterburner
MSI Afterburner is the world’s most recognized and widely used graphics card overclocking utility which gives you full control of your graphics cards. It also provides an incredibly detailed overview of your hardware and comes with some additional features such as customizing fan profiles, benchmarking and recording video.
Pros: Plays any and all of my 716 steam games new and old @ 1080p maxed settings and AA. Be they indie to triple A titles up to least 2017 releases. I'm not a 4k gamer so i can't comment on that. Red & Black goes with my asus motherboard. (not that it matters I'm not using a windowed case) Isn't bottle necked by my FX8320. under volts well default 1.150v currently using 1.100v @ 1380MHz clock and 2000MHz memory. (haven't tried lower I might someday) I've had it OC'ed to 1410MHz stable on core with no voltage increase. I'd say it could go more, I'll save the head room till i need it. 8GB vram yea overkill even today, but I'll have it when it's needed. Don't need to remove the heat sink, just to remove back plate. What i mean, it is safe to take B.P. off without worrying about the heat sink coming off aswell.
Cons: Runs toasty out of the box, I was seeing round 70c max on shadow of war. Normal for most I've seen reports on. See "other" on how i managed to get these temps down without putting it on water. Fans are kinda loud under 100% utility, but nothing i didn't already expect. The card will make your system hotter all around, so if you are on air and overclock you CPU keep that in mind. use wattman to get the OC Mode 1380Mhz. Out of box only goes to 1366Mhz, unless you use your OC software to get that extra thats advertised. I think they should update there bios get off that MK1 bios.
Overall Review: I managed to get my temps to drop to 58c tops room temps round 75F by re-pasting the GPU with artic silver 5 it dropped by 5c (probably use something better get little more off that) Modified my case door added a 80x15mm fan to inject air between psu top and the gfx card fans (bottom mounted PSU) dropped another 5c under-volted from 1.150v (stock voltage) to 1.100v and dropped another 2c. Also using MSI After burner to set a custom fan ramp so 100% by 55c. I'm not much for the whole chill idea (no fans till 60c stuff) as I'm a CPU overclocker based on air. Other tid bits vram is from Micron if you curious it is 10.6 inches long keep that in mind. Much longer then my old card, been any longer I'd been S.O.L. lol My final thoughts if you can get sapphire models cheaper I would. At the time i got this card right after 4th of july 2018 I caught it on sale for $259 at the time made it cheapest RX580 I could buy, so i didn't hesitate as I was wanting one for sometime now since 2017. An RX580 is an RX580, they're all the same, but sapphire has option for more power delivery which would make it superior in oc'ing. But if you don't OC, any RX580 will perform pretty much the same. Cooler/cooling probably only difference per brand. Don't let that marketing hype of military standard fool you. Google it to lift the veil of marketing hype.