Sapphire Radeon RX 550 11268-01-20G

Compact small

The low power consumption of the RX 550 chips makes it possible to make simple and compact graphics cards. In the case of the version from Sapphire, we have a very compact version that occupies one and a half slots and is combined without reservation with mini-ITX motherboards. To do this, we had to tinker a little with the cooling system: the core is covered with a solid radiator in the form of a solid piece of aluminium and a large single cooler.

Impressive overclocking potential

Compared to the older brother RX 560, this model has fewer stream processors and (512 versus 1024) and 32 texture units instead of 64. At the same time, the core frequency is actually identical to 1195 MHz, and the memory operates at the same frequency of 7000 MHz. At the same time, the card has a very good overclocking potential, and with a good combination of circumstances (often overclocking depends on a specific model), you can get an increase of 320-360 MHz in the core. This is almost a third of the rated power, which is very, very cool. It is no less impressive that a small cooler can easily cope with such an increase in power and the card heats up by 3-4 degrees more during overclocking.

Low-cost segment leader

If we translate this into the plane of games, then the average FPS level will be somewhere 10-15% lower than that of the RX 560. But the difference in price is much more tangible. In some stores, the card can be found for a ridiculous $120. Yes, she doesn’t have much for the future, but right here and now she will allow you to play quite comfortably at high graphics settings and Full HD resolution in The Witcher and WOT. Or racing low-mids in 2019 games like Rage 2 or Sekiro Shadows Die Twice. In general, a great option for low-cost gamers.