AMD Radeon RX 5500 8GB

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How well can the Radeon RX 5500 8GB run games
AMD Radeon RX 5500 8GB
10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Getting one of these Radeon RX 5500 8GB graphics cards allows the gamer to run indie system requirements and some less demanding AAA titles. In today’s PC hardware terms these are considered middle range for gaming performance.

DirectX 12 gaming system requirements will be met by this gpu.

Here we take a closer look at the various performances across 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions for the Radeon RX 5500 8GB. In particular this is looking at the Ultra graphics settings to see what sort of FPS this graphics card can get across some of the more popular games played in 2023. The Radeon RX 5500 8GB can run the recommended graphics system requirements for 593 games today, of the top 1000 most demanding.

The Radeon RX 5500 8GB graphics card is returning a reasonable performance on Back 4 Blood at 1080p of 46 frames per second at Ultra graphics settings. Another popular title that is good to benchmark graphics cards against is Star Citizen which we predict will get reasonable frame rates of 53 FPS. A third game we can look at on Ultra at 1080p is the popular Battlefield 2042, which was getting 17 FPS under tests.

Moving screen sizes up to 1440p we ran Back 4 Blood on the Radeon RX 5500 8GB to see that it got a playable set of frame rates. Here are the low to ultra results at 1440p - L: 93FPS, M: 73FPS, H: 49FPS, U: 35FPS. Another popular game to investigate at 1440p with this card was Star Citizen which we predicted will be playable in performance netting an Ultra FPS of 40 FPS. Finally we then took a look at Battlefield 2042 where its Ultra 1440p Frame rates were weak at 13 FPS. Getting popular modern games to run at 1440p on the Radeon RX 5500 8GB is certainly a viable option for these higher gaming resolutions. Remember that if you suffer some 1440p FPS drops the you can usually tweak modern game graphics settings until you get a near High graphics setting experience with this Graphics card.

How many years will the Radeon RX 5500 8GB graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Radeon RX 5500 8GB in your PC? There is still 2 years of top end gaming left in this Radeon RX 5500 8GB

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Radeon RX 5500 8GB? There are no graphics cards on the current market that would provide a big enough increase in performance to warrant upgrading the Radeon RX 5500 8GB.
FPS System Benchmark
74 FPS
High
The Radeon RX 5500 8GB was released on 11 Oct 2019
AMD PC game performance check Radeon RX 5500 8GB
GPU
Architecture
Navi
Process
7nm
TMUs
128
Texture Rate
236 GTexel/s
ROPs
32
Pixel Rate
59 GPixel/s
Shader Processing Units
Ray Tracing
Tensor Cores
Release Price
Compatibility
Direct X
DX 12.0
Shader
5.0
Open GL
4.5
Resolution (WxH)
4096 x 2160
Notebook GPU
SLI/Crossfire
Dedicated
Integrated
Memory
Memory
8192MB
Memory Speed
1750MHz
Memory Bus
128bit
Memory Type
GDDR6
Memory Bandwidth
224GB/sec
L2 Cache
Display Connectors
VGA Connection
DVI Connection
HDMI Connection
1
DisplayPort Connection
3
Clock Speeds
Core Speed
1670 MHz
Boost Clock
1845 MHz
Power
Max Power
120 Watts
PSU
450 Watt & 30 Amps
Power Connector
1x 8-pin
Recommended Hardware
Best CPU Match
Best RAM Match
8 GB
Best Resolution
1920 x 1080
GPU Upgrade
GD Official
GD RATING
59
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Radeon RX 5500 8GB Game Requirement Analysis

Overview
The Radeon RX 5500 8GB is a rumoured entry-level graphics card which is part of the AMD Radeon RX 5000 series, expected to launch in October.

Architecture
It is powered by the 7nm Navi GPU, which has [xx] shader processing units, [xx] TMUs and [xx]] ROPs.

GPU
The central unit runs at [xx]MHz and goes up to [xx]MHz, when the boost mode is triggered.

Memory
The RX570 comes with a 4GB frame buffer of GDDR6 through a 128-bit memory interface, while the memory clock operates at 1750MHz.

Power Consumption
With a rated board TDP of [xx]W, it requires at least a 400W PSU with one available 6-pin connector.

Performance
The Radeon RX 5500 8GB been built as a Low/Mid performance graphics card for 2019. It will run most triple AAA titles released during 2019 on medium to high graphics at 1080p screen resolution. With adjustments and lowering anti aliasing this RX 5300 XT 4GB card can confidently maintain 60+ frames per seconds on high graphic settings at 1080p. Moving to 1440p screen resolution and the graphics card may need to be adjusted down to medium in order to maintain 50-60+ fps.

System Suggestions
The Radeon RX 5500 8GB is best suited for resolutions up to and including 1920x1080. We recommend a mid range R5 Ryzen processor and at least 8GB of system memory for optimal gaming performance from the RX 5300 XT.

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