ASRock receives into pics playing cards with Radeon-based Phantom Gaming GPUs

soaring demand by means of cryptocurrency lovers have made it impossible to find pictures playing cards at economical fees, however a brand new contender is throwing its hat in the ring nevertheless. Motherboard maker ASRock already offers boards with room for as much as 13 GPUs, and now it's seeking to fill all those slots with its new Phantom Gaming pics cards.

The Phantom Gaming lineup completely makes use of Radeon Polaris pix processors. The mighty compute efficiency of AMD's GPUs makes them a success with miners, but (as indicated by way of the name) ASRock is seemingly pitching these portraits cards in opposition t gamers.

Single fan types of the 2GB Radeon RX 550 and RX 560 are available with a dual ball bearing design, whereas the tons stronger 8GB RX 570 and RX 580 incarnations bump that up to two enthusiasts augmented with "excessive efficiency composite warmth pipes." The playing cards additionally include a finned aluminum heatsink with a copper base the place it contacts the GPU.

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particulars of ASRock's Phantom Gaming pix playing cards (click on to amplify)

PCWorld's book to Radeon graphics cards can explain the frequent efficiency to predict from each mannequin. ASRock is rolling out custom "Phantom Gaming Tweak" software to enrich the new hardware, and it comprises a trio of presets that let you tailor your gaming event towards performance or efficiency: Silent mode, Overclock (OC) mode, and Default mode. We'll ought to see how this virgin effort at overclocking application holds up although—you might be using the Radeon Wattman overclocking tools baked without delay into AMD's Radeon Settings software.

The Phantom Gaming page doesn't consist of cost or release date info, however let's be sincere: pix cards aren't promoting for low-priced costs this present day anyway, and that goes doubly so for Radeon-primarily based alternatives. As excellent because it is to look new competitors within the pix hardware area, predict these to be snatched up at sky-excessive expenditures as quickly as they appear (possibly around the April launch of AMD's Zen+ processors?). except GPU expenses return to sanity, make certain to take a look at PCWorld's guide on the way to maintain gaming when pics cards cost so a great deal.

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