A Closer look at the RX5700 XT IceQX2
The RX5700 IceQX2 has a simple but stylish design. We won’t find any RGB lighting. There is only the power LED next to power connectors.
Most users won’t need any additional lighting effects, but it’s quite popular lately, so that it can be a disadvantage for some gamers.
On the front side of the card is a black shroud and fans with HIS sign on the side. The lion trademark is on the fans and the backplate of the card.
The back of the card is covered by aluminum backplate, which protects the card and at the same time, helps in heat exchange, so in short, causes lower temperature. The back of the card is also a whole black the same as the front. The lion logo is glossy while the rest is matte, so it gives an interesting effect.
The card itself is thick. It can be installed in two slots, but it will take another half slot space. It’s also really long, so we have to be sure that in the case there is enough space for the 30cm card.
The large cooler is equipped with four 6mm heat-pipes, which are covering the whole GPU and are the top option nowadays.
Two 92mm fans are really quiet. The maximum noise measured on open test rig from 1m was 32dB. We had no chance to compare that to most RX5700 on the market, but the result is between 1dB and 9dB better than some competitive RX5700 from MSI, Gigabyte, or XFX.
The fans switch into passive mode once the card is out of 3D mode or if the GPU load is low. There is also a low power BIOS switch, which you can see in the below pictures. It can be handy for those who don’t need a full card’s power and wish to reduce noise and heat.
We also have to be sure that our PSU has enough power. In the specification, we can read that the RX5700 IceQX2 requires at least 600W PSU. The high-end 550W PSU will be enough as long as we won’t use top, multi-core CPU like 12 core or more HEDT series or additional devices like multiple hard disks.
