I've purchased this card on December, 06 2019.
It stopped working on January, 16 2023.
These are my farewell words.
It covers three properties: loudness, temperature, performance.
1) Loudness
During the high load the fans were distinctive. It became obvious during Furmark runs or playing games (Metro: Last Light for example).
It was irritating but three factors helped me out: (a) sound dampening chassis (Fractal Design Define R6), (b) I usually listen music, (c) in games I focus on actions on the screen, not in the room where I actually sit.
However, when it was quite (no music, no sound in games) it was irritating hearing sounds from the fans.
2) Temperature
I didn't save screenshots or log. I didn't expect my experience with this videocard would end so abruptly.
However, it was not too hot.
I wanted to try a water-cooling system to decrease temps. So I purchased ID COOLING ICEFLOW 240 VGA on Amazon. Accidentally, it didn't perfectly fit to PowerColor Red Dragon 5700. So I had to rasp screws on ICEFLOW 240. And it worked good, and I was able to install the cooler.
The temperature on GPU became lower (by 5-10 degrees I think), with more or less the same noise level.
It worked like that for several months. Then I reverted back to a default cooler because the chassis became 'bulky' without a significant change in cooling or noise level. But kept the fans from ID COOLING.
3) Performance
I don't play the most recent games. Usually, I play games published ~5 years ago. For example, Metro series (2033, Last Light, Exodus), Shadow of Mordor, Doom Eternal.
Comparing to my previous card (AMD 6950) I was able to play all games on highest settings without FPS drop.
That is what I liked - I could play almost any game on highest settings without issues.
-----
Death
It accidentally stopped working. One day I played Shadow of Mordor, on the next day I could not start a computer.
The motherboard could not start when the videocard was in the PCIe slot AND it had both power supply cables (6 pin + 8 pin). When the card was in the motherboard but without the power cables (both or one) the motherboard could start but didn't recognize the videocard (GPUz detected only integrated graphics).
I tried many things:
* physically switched PowerColor card to another PCIe slot on my motherboard (Asus Z690-Plus WiFi D4)
* changed power cables
* used 100% safe HDMI cable
* changed BIOS settings on the motherboard
* switched BIOS on PowerColor 5700 to Silent \ OC
* replaced the thermal paste on GPU
* changed cooler to ID COOLING
* checked the 'golden fingers' for scratches (nothing found)
The warranty period has ended, so I contacted a local repair service. They could not recover it either.
It took me 1.5 months to check and double-check all aspects listed above.
-----
It costed me $349.99. Worked 3 years and 1 month.
PowerColor Red Dragon 5700 is worth about $115 each year. And gave me moments of joy during these years, distracted from uneasy events. Not bad for such a price.
But I was hoping it could serve 2-3 years more.
Farewall.
| Max Screen Resolution | 4096 x 2160 |
|---|---|
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Memory Speed | 1565 MHz |
| Graphics Coprocessor | AMD Radeon RX 5700 |
| Chipset Brand | AMD |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 8 GB |
