The one thing we have all been waiting for is the release of custom retail add-in-board partner video cards based on the new AMD Radeon RX 5700 series. The AMD Radeon RX 5700 series was launched on July 7th, the Radeon RX 5700 has an MSRP of $349 and the Radeon RX 5700 XT has an MSRP of $399. We’ve finally got a full custom retail video card from XFX today to see how this compares to the reference video card and the competition.

Caution: Be wary of early reviews of this video card. There was a vBIOS issue at launch that may have put a negative spin on this video card due to fan profiles and power not being set correctly. This may have caused some negative reviews. Be sure to be aware of what vBIOS is installed for each review you read. Our review today is based on the latest fixed vBIOS from XFX so this is how the video card is supposed to perform. Let’s find out if this makes the Radeon RX 5700 XT interesting.