AMD Officially Launches Radeon RX 500 Series Polaris 20 Refresh Cards – Radeon RX 580 and Radeon RX 570 Review Roundup

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AMD has officially launched their Polaris 20 or Polaris Refresh based Radeon RX 500 series graphics cards. The cards to hit the market today are the Radeon RX 580 and Radeon RX 570.

AMD Radeon RX 580 and Radeon RX 570 Officially Launched – Polaris Targets Mainstream Desktop PCs Once Again
The AMD Radeon RX 500 series are based on the Polaris GPU architecture. Today, AMD is releasing two Polaris 20 based graphics cards that include the Radeon RX 580 and the Radeon RX 570. Next up, we will get to see two more variants based on the Polaris 11 and Polaris 12 graphics core. The AMD Radeon RX 500 series is once again going to hit the market at sub-$300 US pricing. This will allow AMD to target the wider mainstream market which was their main aim with the Radeon RX 400 series too.

The AMD Radeon RX 500 series cards, as previously confirmed, will include the Radeon RX 580 (Polaris 20), Radeon RX 570 (Polaris 20), Radeon RX 560 (Polaris 11) and the Radeon RX 550 (Polaris 12). The refreshed cards will be available in the same price ranges as their older 400 series siblings so AMD is mostly looking to increase performance in their cards through higher clock speeds, however at the cost of slightly higher power consumption which does affect efficiency.

AMD’s new target base are users who haven’t updated since the Radeon 300 series cards or the NVIDIA side GeForce 900 series. As most of these cards aren’t able to handle newer titles at the po[CENSORED]r 1080p resolution, AMD is offering a refreshed lineup to entice those users who skipped the Radeon RX 400 series but can now get something better in the form of the Radeon RX 500 series which has several AIB variant available at launch.