Thisis a carthatlaunched a fewmonthsagoandatthetime I probablymade a fewcommentshereinthereabouthow I feltthatthe 16 50 superwas a betterbyandthiswasevenbefore I hadtestedthecard.
Now I hadalwaysintendedtoreviewit.
It's justthatthemodelthat I wantedtotake a lookatwasn't available, atleastnothereintheUKtoday.
However, well, I wasabletofindthemodel I wasafterallalong.
The 5500 x t wouldbethewinnerifwewerejudgingthembothonnoisealone.
As a reminder.
Thisisthe 16 50 s inquestion.
It's thepalateversionofthecard.
Boththisonthe 5500 x t havefourgigsofJudyaresix, andherearethesidebysidespecs.
Sothen, ifit's a quietcomputingexperienceyou'reafter, thenthis 5500 X t wouldbethewaytogo.
Intermsofpowerrequirements, the A M D cardneeds 18 pinconnectoronthe 16 50 SuperJust a solitarysixpin.
Bothshouldworkfineon a decent 350.
Whatpsyouminimumthoughthe 16 50 Superonlyhas a 100 WhatTDPcomparedtothe 130 What?
5500 x t NowthoughwemustmoveontothefunpartgamingBothGPusehavebeanpairedwithmyriseand 5 1600 testsystem.
Thenewversionwhichisessentially a 26 100 with a differentname 16 gigsof 3200 megahertzDDRfouronallthegameshavebeeninstalledonmyoneterabyte s S D Sobothcardsareverycapableat 10.
80 p resolutionandtokickoffthebenchmarks, I rantheingamefarcryfivetest.
Andwhilethe 5500 X t performsquitewell, thereare a fewStater's andtherethatmaybequiteoffputtingthesprimarilyoccurredduringthefirstmission.
Thesewerelessapparentonthe 16 50 super.
Eitherway, 10.
80 p and 60 framespersecondwillbenoproblemforeitherofthesecards.
What's morethan 5500 X.
T s fanbarelyspanuphere, too.
I'd recommendlockingtheframerateto 60 forthebestexperiencewithduty a fournowreadit.
Redemptionprovedquiteinteresting.
Testwise.
I rantheingamebenchmarkthreetimeswitheachcardusingthefirstfavorqualitypreset.
I touchednoothersettingexcepttheoptiontoturnoffthesink.
Andoncethebenchmarkswerecomplete, I wassurprisedtosee a differenceof 10 framespersecond, onaveragebetweenthetwo.
However, thisdifferencewillbemoresubtleduringactualgameplayers.
Differentareasofthemapcanhave a hugeimpactontheperformance.
Itwasplayableonbothcards, thoughtheexperienceonthe 5500 X t didfeelsmoother.
Turning a fewoptionsdownwouldprobablyguaranteeyousixDFps.
Maybenot a constant 60 but 60 mostofthetime.
Pushingeverythingwayupwillofcourse, exceedthe V RAMlimitofbothcards, though, butevenso, the 5560 probablyisn't a GPUintendedforultrasettings.
Anyway, thisisreddead, too.
Afterall, now I saythiseverytime.
ButtheOuterWorldsfavorsinvideocards.
The 5500 X T stilldidwellandathighwewereabletomeetandexceed a nice 60 FBSaverage.
I didnotice a fewframedit's though, but I guesssomeofthesecouldbecontributedtothearealoading.
Thiswaspresentwiththe 16 50 Superaswell, thoughinbothinstancesthegamedidsmoothout a littlebitdowntheline, say, afterfiveminutesofplay.
I havetosay, though, thatthe 16 50 superprobablyoffered a smootheroverallexperience, whichisn't surprisinginanyway, consideringitspreferencetoinvideosGPusesofar.
I havetosaythat I amleaningtowardthe 5500 x T, thoughifsomeonesaidtomeChoosebetweenthisorthe 16 50 s thesexactmodels, I'd probablypickTeamRedthistimearound.
Thepowercolor 5500 X t isthecheapestandsmallestversionofthecaryoucanbuy, atleastfromwhat I foundandconsideringitcoststhesameasthepalate 16 50 super, it's certainlyworthconsidering.
Pricesmaydifferwhereyoulive, thusaffectingyourpurchasedecisionandtheeightgigabyte 5500 x t mightnotbethatmuchmore, either.
Inwhichcase, youmightwanttoconsiderthatifwestrictlycomparingthesetwothoughand I hadtopickone, I'd stillstickwiththe 5500 x t.
Doesthatcountasbeingimpartial?
I'm notsure, butaftertestingbothandusingthemfor a littlewhileonDhe, listeningtobothinaction, thisentrylevel a M D cardhaswonmeover.
Andhonestly, I sawmyselfchoosingthe 16 50 s firstdivorce.
Sothen, toconclude, ifyou'relookingfor a fairlysmallandfairlycheap 5500 x t, then I wouldhappilyrecommendthisone.
Now I'm goingtouseitfor a littlewhilelongerinmysystem.