AUGUST 2019 PCWorld 67GPU gets a solid back edge.
The cards ship with an HDMI 2.0b port and
a trio of DisplayPort 1.4 connections. The
DisplayPorts support Display Stream
Compression 1.2a, which lets the GPU power
fearsome monitors over a single cord, maxing
out at 4K/240Hz, 4K HDR
at 120Hz, and 8K HDR at
60Hz. More significantly,
Display Stream
Compression lets you run
those high-speed 4K HDR
monitors without leaning
on chroma subsampling,
which can affect the
readability of fine text in
some scenarios. Asus
teased the “world’s first
Display Stream
Compression monitor” at
AMD’s E3 event. With 4K,
144Hz speeds and HDR
1000 support, it appears
poised to challenge
Nvidia’s vaunted G-Sync
Ultimate (previously G-Sync
HDR) monitors, like the
superb Acer Predator X27
(go.pcworld.com/pr27).
Finally, the Radeon RX
5700 series introduces a
new version of the Radeon
Media Engine, with better
hardware accelerateddemanding 185 watts of total board power
and the Radeon RX 5700 XT needing 225W.
The Radeon RX 5700 XT ships with a
backplate; the Radeon RX 5700 does not. The
RX 5700 XT includes additional venting at the
rear edge of the card, while the cheaper Navi
The Radeon RX 5700.
The Radeon RX 5700 XT.