Specifications and Features
The table above is showing the differences between the reference RX5700 and the HIS RX5700 IceQX2. As we can see, the RX5700 IceQX2 has higher GPU clocks than the reference card but also uses about 10W more during work. Considering much better cooler, it shouldn’t matter much, and I doubt that gamers care about power saving.
Of course, performance at a higher frequency is also higher, but there is no detailed specification of the pixel and texture fill-rate or compute performance at these higher frequencies. We will check that in our tests on the next pages of this review.
Package and its Contents
The packaging is a standard size box that is well described and clearly says what we can find inside. The packaging is actually almost the same as that of the RX5700 XT IceQX2. The only difference makes GPU naming on the front and lack of OC logo (even though that the RX5700 IceQX2 is also overclocked).
Inside the box, we won’t find much, but the same is offering competitive brands. There is a user’s manual and a card that tells us that we should download the latest drivers from the AMD website. Someone could say that the manufacturer is “cheap” when it is not adding a driver’s CD but let’s be honest, no one is using drivers delivered by graphics card manufacturers, not to mention that once the card is purchased then included drivers are already old and need update anyway. As I already said, the same are doing all graphics card manufacturers nowadays, so it’s nothing strange.
Below you can see how well are protected both sides of the card, so the user receives a product without any scratches, dust, or fingerprints.
On the next page, we will take a closer look at the card itself.
