SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 580 8G

The new Radeon RX 580 builds on the latest type of Polaris 20 XLX kernel, which has received some interesting enhancements. The key to this is the increased clock speeds and overall more efficient operating performance. The SAPPHIRE NITRO + Radeon RX 580 graphics card runs up to 1 340 MHz. The rear BackPlate reinforcement ensures maximum stiffness and also contributes to more efficient cooling.

Key features

• Upgraded architecture AMD Polaris 20 XLX
• Ideal as a replacement for older Radeon R300 or GeForce 900 cards
• It can handle the vast majority of QHD (2560 × 1440) resolution games
• Robust cooling NITRO +
• Full support for virtual reality

Dive into the world of virtual reality

The impressive and absorbing experiences of this year's virtual reality, virtual reality (VR), have so far been the prerogative of precious high-end cards. With the Radeon RX 580, AMD aims to get as many customers as possible with this technology, and thanks to a favorable price tag, AMD can do it. The GPU itself has 8GB of GDDR5 memory. By computing power of more than 5 TFLOPS , this piece can be equal to Pascal's competing NVIDIA chips, which are two times more expensive.

Smooth gameplay in HD

Connector equipment does not boast of modern architecture. In addition to the upgraded HDMI 2.0b port featuring 4K at 60 frames per second, you will find two DisplayPort connectors in the 1.4 version. Enhanced interface can handle up to 5K (5,120 × 2,880 pixels) or 8K (7,680 × 4,320 pixels) at 60 frames per second. There is also the Freesync support for smooth images and HDR for great colour results. The Polaris architecture also takes H-format acceleration to its hip.265 up to 4K resolution and even at 60 frames per second .