This experiment was for anyone else who wanted to know how capable the 5600 XT was when used well beyond it’s intended purpose. Enthusiast gamers and competitive FPS junkies will need to go up at least one tier of GPUs to get the top-shelf results – it’s a given. I was looking for anything above 60FPS to be honest and I was pleasantly surprised. The 5600 XT would suit their needs without breaking the bank. I know a few people who have an UWQHD monitor for productivity reasons and ‘also’ play games. It actually does ok – especially for the price of ~$540 AUD. I’ve used the 5600 XT for gaming at UWQHD for 3 weeks now and although I noticed the drop from my usual GTX 1080 Ti the question wasn’t if the 5600 XT crushes games at 3440×1440, it was more along the lines of can you have fun at that resolution and does it perform at an acceptable level. Don’t forget, this is why there is another tier (or two) of graphics cards for these resolutions. If your monitor has a refresh rate of 100Hz or more then you probably won’t be getting the most of the panel but the result is still more than adequate for PC gaming. The 6GB video memory limit will create a barrier at max quality settings in some titles and the frame rates won’t necessarily be amazing, but generally speaking the performance/quality ratio is more than adequate for a typical gamer to enjoy a wide range of games at UWQHD. Based on the results I saw in the games I played, you can certainly “get away with” a 5600 XT for UWQHD and have enjoyable gameplay at generally high settings. So… Can you get away with a 5600 XT for UWQHD ? Dropping the quality from Ultra to High is not noticeable and a worthy trade-off. Dropping the quality pre-set down to High gave us a steady frame rate in the training scenario of around 65-72FPS with an average of 70. The Ultra pre-set at 3440×1440 proved to be laggy and under 20FPS due to the 6GB video memory limit being hit, effectively choking the 5600XT. I didn’t test Overwatch because the game nerfs widescreen and crops the top and bottom of the screen to avoid an aspect ratio/field of view advantage. I would run this setup with FreeSync enabled as a daily driver rig. I also disabled V-Sync in the games in order to get the frame rates. Please note that I disabled FreeSync in the Radeon software along with any other helpful features. The titles are a mixture of what I usually test and some special requests from readers. I’ve then scaled back where noted to get frame rates in the 60FPS+ zone. I’ve tried to go ‘all out’ where I can here because that’s the logical place to start as a gamer who wants everything. Overall, the in-game benchmarks were encouraging – Let’s move on to the subjective, real-world test results of some actual gameplay. That said, the average was slightly over 60FPS and with a FreeSync display, dips in rame rate when things get crazy are less noticeable so it’s not that bad. If GTA V is your thing I’d suggest backing off a little on the settings we used for the benchmark. These results are provided directly from the in-game benchmark functions. The in-game benchmarks are repeatable and consistent, unlike subjective gameplay where I take stats from MSI Afterburner. ASUS ROG STRIX X470-F Gaming Motherboard. 32GB 2933MHz HyperX Predator RGB (4x8GB).The key difference was from the BenQ EL2870U 28″ 4K monitor for the BenQ EX3501R 34″ curved 3440×1440 UWQHD display that is rocking a VA panel, FreeSync and a 100Hz refresh rate. The test setup is essentially the same as the formal review – see the spec below. It’s important to note that we are pushing the 5600 XT out of its comfort zone.īecause enough people asked for it and I still had the card, I retested all the synthetic gaming tests at 3440×1440 for comparison against the original results. The 5600 XT is marketed as “Ultra 1080p” and “entry-level 1440p” so I initially decided not to test it at 4K or UWQHD, places where the 6GB of video memory wasn’t intended to go.
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