Test - Sapphire Pulse ITX RX570 |Specs

Test – Sapphire Pulse ITX RX570
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Hi all!

It had been a while now since I had a graphics card from AMD to test, it is corrected today with the test of the Sapphire Pulse ITX RX570! Under this name of course is a card equipped with an RX570 processor from AMD, but the main interest of the beast comes from its very contained size and thought to be installed in a mini-ITX box, which will therefore be the joy of the growing number of people looking to make the configuration as compact as possible! Offered at a price of around 200 €, it should be a good investment for those who want to play in Full HD in good conditions while having a “small” configuration, let’s take a closer look!

Characteristics

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	Sapphire Pulse ITX RX 570
GPU	Polaris RX570
Engraving fineness	14 nm
Calculation units	2304
Base GPU frequency	1168 MHz
GPU frequency with boost	1244 MHz
Memory Frequency	1750 MHz
Memory	4 Go de GDDR5
Memory bus	256 bit
Connectivity	1 x Display Port 1.4 1 x HDMI 1 x DVI-D
Dimensions	17 x 11.2 cm
Food	1 x 6-pin
Consumption
Guarantee	2 years
Suggested price	~ 200€ TTC

The Pulse ITX RX570 from Sapphire therefore has an AMD RX570 Polaris GPU identical to the reference characteristics of this type of card, namely a GPU ranging from 1168 MHz to 1244 MHz in Turbo mode as well as 4 GB of GDDR5 running at 1750 MHz. Given the targeted buyers it is therefore not surprising to find features like these, people wanting more efficient models will have to look to other cards with more sophisticated cooling systems. Consumption is less than 150 Watts for the complete card (120 Watts for the basic GPU, modifiable via the various overclocking software), which is rather contained.
In terms of connections, we are here in the classic with the presence of an HDMI port (maximum 3840 x 2160 @ 60 Hz), a DisplayPort 1.4 port (maximum 3840 x 2160 @ 120 Hz) as well as a port DVI-D (maximum 2560 × 1600 @ 60Hz), this should be sufficient for a very large majority of uses.
Where the card stands out is its size, in fact with 17 cm long by 11.2 cm high it can be installed in any (or almost) mini-ITX box, the card having the same length as a mini-ITX motherboard.

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Box and bundle

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The box is rather sober, in a black color we find the name of the model of course, the logo of the brand as well as a listing of the characteristics such as Directx 12 compatibility, Vulkan and so on. In short, fans of marketing and bling bling will have their way here, and that’s good!

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In the box everything is once again very classic, we come across a small brochure placed on the graphics card in its bubble bag. As we can see the box has most certainly been reused from larger models given the available space, not that this poses any problems anyway 😉

The map

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Here is the beast! The first thing that strikes here obviously is the size of the thing, indeed with its 17 cm in length it is very compact and does not exceed the height of the PCIe port, which ensures almost total compatibility with all boxes on the market. The build quality is very good, although some might regret the use of plastic for the fairing instead of metal, but that does not change much in the end 😉 The ventilation is left to a single 9.2 cm fan, this may seem little but should be sufficient for the consumption advertised, it will be necessary that it be discreet in use, which we will see later!

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At the rear we can see even better the small size of the beast, which barely exceeds the length of the PCIe port, which is pretty good! The radiator as well as the fairing are fixed via a few screws that can be easily removed, however be careful because this will void the warranty!

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On the top appears the logo of the mark, passage now obligatory with graphic cards nowadays, so that everyone will know where the beast comes from! We can also see that there is only a single 6-pin PCIe connector here to power the beast, which ensures contained consumption.

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At the back there is an HDMI port, a DVI-D port and a DisplayPort 1.4 port, a classic. A small grid is also present in order to expel some of the hot air outside.

We undress the map

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Here is the beast laid bare! Here we can see the very small PCB! There really isn’t much present here, everything is really compact. We can see that the memory is entrusted to Hynix with its H5GC4H24AJR chips which are very widespread on graphics cards, 8 modules of 512 MB each for a total of 4 GB.

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The cooler is composed of aluminum fins crossed by 2 copper heat pipes, even if this may not seem like much compared to what we can find on high-end models there should not be the slightest problem to cool the GPU ardor. The RX570 is directly in contact with a copper plate passing the heat through the heat pipes. Note that the VRMs are cooled directly by the cooler, so there is no separate radiator, this could be a problem for those who like to change the original cooling system.