AsRock has announced the new Phantom Gaming Series GPUs including the AsRock AMD Radeon RX 580, 570, 560 and 550. In an official release, AsRock unveiled the new cards along with their complete specifications.
The motherboard manufacturing company is jumping into the GPU game with their AMD exclusive RX 500 phantom gaming series. According to them the new cards are “fast, mysterious and unbeatable”. In a released video they explained the special features of the AsRock AMD Radeon RX 580 and other GPUs.
https://youtu.be/0rx5C6n9xJ0
The new AsRock graphics cards, apart from being “fast, mysterious and unbeatable” have dual fan design, effective heat transfer using composite heat pipes, and a 3 Displayport. HDMI and DVI graphics output.
AsRock AMD Radeon RX 580, 570, 560, 550 GPU Specs:
Every new GPU in the Phantom gaming series of AsRock has three modes: Overclock Mode, Default Mode and Silent Mode. AsRock has introduced these three modes to provide users with further facilitation and options. The low end cards like the RX 550 and RX 560 are single fan based design while the high end cards in the series like AsRock AMD Radeon RX 580 and 570 consist of a double fan design. All cards come with a double ball bearing fan design.
The RX 550 and RX 560 have 2GB memory while the more powerful RX 570 and RX 580 have 8 GB memory Overclocked. AsRock AMD Radeon RX 580 will have a Core Clock/Memory of 1435 MHz/8320 MHz in OC Mode while the RX 560 will have a Clock/Memory of 1194 MHz/624O MHz. Complete specifications of all cards in the series are below
| RX580 8G OC | RX570 8G OC | RX560 2G | RX550 2G | |
| Cores: | 2,304 | 2,048 | 896 | 512 |
| Base speed: | 1,380MHz | 1,280MHz | 1,149MHz | 1,100MHz |
| Overclocked: | 1,435MHz | 1,331MHz | 1,194MHz | 1,144MHz |
| Silent mode: | 1,324MHz | 1,228MHz | 1,103MHz | 1.056MHz |
| Memory: | 8GB GDDR5 | 8GB GDDR5 | 2GB GDDR5 | 2GB GDDR5 |
| Memory speed: | 8,320MHz (OC) 8,000MHz (Normal) 7,680MHz (Silent) |
7,280MHz (OC) 7,000MHz (Normal) 6,720MHz (Silent) |
6,240MHz (OC) 6,000MHZ (Normal) 5,760MHz (Silent) |
6,240MHz (OC) 6,000MHz (Normal) 5,760MHz (Silent) |
| Memory bus: | 256-bit | 256-bit | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| Ports: | 3x DisplayPort 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0 1x DVI-D |
3x DisplayPort 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0 1x DVI-D |
1x DisplayPort 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0 1x DVI-D |
1x DisplayPort 1.4 1x HDMI 2.0 1x DVI-D |
| Power connector: | 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin | n/a | n/a |
| Size (inches): | 10.97 x 4.99 x 1.65 | 8.47 x 5.07 x 1.71 | 6.67 x 5.15 x 1.65 | 6.67 x 5.15 x 1.65 |
Release Date, Pricing and Comparison:
Latest AsRock AMD Radeon RX 580, 570, 560 and 550 are expected to be released sometime in April this year. There is no word on the pricing as of yet but we’ll hear about it very soon. Furthermore, AsRock claims these graphics cards are unbeatable, which supposedly means they are better than their competitors in the market. The specifications and design looks promising, but we’ll have to wait until the release to know how good they really are.