Asus Radeon RX 560 ROG-STRIX-RX560-4G-GAMING

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Usually, after the announcement of new graphics card lines, manufacturers immediately release several options, one of which follows the reference design, and the other is an attempt to change and improve it. Asus' version of the RX 560 is part of the popular ROG gaming lineup, and you can't do without an extra gloss.

Redesigned design and lighting system

For starters, the card boasts a redesigned and improved PCB design and higher quality base components. Next up we have a completely redesigned Asus DirectCU II cooling system that effectively dissipates excess heat under heavy load and goes into a passive silent mode at minimum load. However, this affected the size of the card, since instead of a single cooler we have a fairly large double cooler. In addition to this, there is support for Asus Aura Sync proprietary backlight synchronization.

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And, of course, not without overclocking. First, out of the box, the Asus RX 560 ROG-STRIX runs at an increased frequency of 1285 MHz. Secondly, the overclocking potential of the card has been pumped over, 1350 MHz can be squeezed out of the core without any problems. Moreover, you don’t need to mess around with the settings yourself, the card comes with the ASUS GPU Tweak II utility, which allows you to switch the graphics card’s operating modes — from calm “quiet” with low power consumption to extreme “gaming”, in which the core is accelerated to 1336 MHz. All in all, this is a variant of the RX 560 with no bottlenecks.

Naturally, all these improvements come at a price, which is why the Asus RX 560 ROG-STRIX is now selling for almost the same $180 as some of the base RX 570 models. But the performance here is almost identical.