Customer Ratings & Reviews

I offer a detailed review of Radeon 5700 MECH OC BV, along with 2 open questions below: I recently purchased a Radeon 5700 Mech OC at Best Buy. When I opened the package, I noticed that the sticker on the backplate read "Radeon MECH 5700 OC BV" <-- note the "BV". Question #1: What does "BV" in my product stand for? I ran Display Driver Uninstaller 18.0.2.2 by Wagnardsoft ot uninstall previous video card drivers prior to installation of Radeon drivers on this card's product page at MSI.com. I have beem advised that doing so will help prevent crashes and problems reported with other users of new video cards. I have however experienced some problems, stuttering, and crashes with various games, all as a result of trying out various Radeon features such as Radeon Virtual Super Resolution, Radeon Anti-Lag, and Radeon Enhanced Sync. I suppose it takes some experimentation to figure out which special Radeon features are compatible with which games. I attribute these issues to drivers, not hardware. The performance of my product seems on par with expected, with a 3dMark Time Spy score of 8054 and Uniengine Superposition score of 4420. I have a Ryzen 3600 CPU and 16gb of 3200Mhz DDR4 memory, which also contribute to these scores. However, it seems the memory on this video card runs quite hot. I was able to play DOOM 2016 at 4k virtual super resolution (a feature of Radeon cards) at a pretty solid 75 FPS. But in doing so, I noticed that my memory temperature hit 98 degrees Celsius. Question #2: What is the maximum safe temperature for the GDDR6 memory modules on this card? I don't want to degrade or break my memory. I decided to see if I could do something to get my temperature down. With MSI Afterburner and the Uniengine Heaven 4.0 Basic benchmark, I conducted a few experiments... I have a Corsair Carbide 200r case, which has a single 120mm fan in the front and a single 120mm fan in the rear. I locked both these case fans to run at 100%. I then used MSI Afterburner to lock my GPU fans at various speeds and compared the respective temperatures with my case's removable side panel on or off. Here are my results after running Uniengine Heaven 4.0 in 10-minute increments: Side panel ON: 40% fan (1860 RPM): GPU at 72, memory at 94 50% fan (2200 RPM): GPU at 71, memory at 94 60% fan (2500 RPM): GPU at 70, memory at 90 70% fan (2767 RPM): GPU at 67, memory at 88 80% fan (2975 RPM): GPU at 65, memory at 85 (above 80% is subjectively too loud for my ears, even with headphones) Side panel OFF: 40% fan (1860 RPM): GPU at 66, memory at 89 50% fan (2200 RPM): GPU at 61, memory at 82 60% fan (2500 RPM): GPU at 58, memory at 79 70% fan (2767 RPM): GPU at 57, memory at 78 80% fan (2975 RPM): GPU at 55, memory at 75 These results clearly indicate that my case is a heat trap. Simply removing the side panel usually reduced temeratures by about 10 degrees. But since I would prefer to not have to open up my case whenever I run a modern computer game, I tried installing a couple of 120mm fans into the side panel. Running these accessory fans at 100%, I got the following results: Side panel ON, side fans ON: 40% fan (1860 RPM): GPU at 61, memory at 83 50% fan (2200 RPM): GPU at 57, memory at 77 60% fan (2500 RPM): GPU at 55, memory at 74 70% fan (2767 RPM): GPU at 54, memory at 72 80% fan (2975 RPM): GPU at 54, memory at 73 So my experiments clearly indicate that this GPU will likely want plenty of airflow to manage it's high memory temperature. I reiterate that I don't know what constitues an unsafe temperature for GDDR6 memory; if it's safe up to like 110 degrees, then I suppose anyone could just buy this card and not worry about it. However, I recommend downloading MSI Afterburner and set it to automatically start with Windows, which should automatically set up a fan profile that's more effective than the default Radeon profile. However, I think the general rule of thumb is that all components should be well under 95 degrees. I have attached images of the default Radeon fan curve (which probably doesn't run the fans fast enough for this card) versus the default MSI Afterburner fan curve (which probably runs the fans faster than necessary) versus my own custom fan curve. Once again, I recommend downloading MSI Afterburner, setting it to start automatically with Windows, and either use the default Afterburner fan curve or set up your own as I have. Overall, I would recommend this card with reservations, for reasons that should be apparent from this review. If you have a case with powerful cooling, it's fine. Otherwise, you should search for a card with a bigger heatsink and better memory cooling.

THE BEST value for the money if your willing to flash the bios. Very simple to do. This card runs smoothly on the MSI Mech XT bios for me without touching a thing. Not a fan of the new Radeon software much. Some of the features are a bit buggy with some games. The only thing I leave enabled is freesync for my monitor in the Radeon software. Everything else I leave off and I have zero issues. Runs a lot cooler than my old MSI R9390. Love it!

This cards performance caught me by surprise! I've been a long time Nvidia user and just came to realize how much I am overpaying. AMD for the win this year! Great for 1080p and 2k (1440p) gaming!

Relatively easy to install. Runs multiple displays well. Handles most current games at Highest settings. Good value for price.

Great card, will preform well in all games. I currently use it at 1080P and can run everything and High or Ultra depending on title. Currently with AMD support, drivers are a little hit and miss with issues that are appearing with the new Navi platform. Cooling is efficient and no noticeable noise while fans speed up at high usage. Only complaint is the card is a little thicker and blocks one of my PCI slots. Not a deal breaker but for smaller boards this could cause issues.

The RX 5700 is a fantastic video card for most needs. If you're playing games at 1080P, this thing will pull anything at extremely high frame rates with ease. I have a 1440P monitor and it pulls most games like Warzone and Forza at high settings with 70+ FPS. The card is built well and looks nice, it has a cool aluminum backplate as well. One thing I noticed is, the card sometimes gets noisy, but only for short bursts, might just be me. Nevertheless, I recommend this to most people.

Easy to install, and functions well out of the box. However, with the default fan settings it ran a little hot for my taste, despite the fact that I have plenty of airflow in my case. Luckily the driver software you download from AMD includes the ability to tweak fan settings. I increased the fan speeds at a bit lower temperature to keep it below 70c. I submitted my online rebate form to MSI for their October promotion, and even though it's been nearly a month it's still "processing," but that's not Best Buy's fault. Also, this is mentioned absolutely NOWHERE, even on the MSI product info page, but in order for this to work you need a UEFI motherboard. If you have an older board running BIOS and not UEFI, it will not work.

I didn't want to spend $400 on a single component for my build, so when I saw this Radeon Mech OC RX 5700 on sale for about $325 I jumped on it. It has been quiet, reliable and pairs well with my Ryzen 5 3600 CPU. Great FPS on all my games in ultra settings and 1080p. For a GPU with 8GB in this price range and speed, it has the greatest value.

The price made sense to me when I got this. The new 6000 series is out so I would pick one of those up instead of this, but on a budget this will do you great. I ended up flashing mine with "5700 XT" BIOS and it is chugging along nicely.

Great GPU can’t beat it for the price and it came with 2 games. Been playing Borderlands 3 with the DirectX 12 option and getting an average of 150-160fps. Best card for the money hands down.

Card is running at 54deg under load and running my games fantastically. Not having any driver issues. If you do I recommend using DDU to clean out old drivers prior to installing the new AMD drivers. will likely prevent issues.

I bought this card and removed the stock overclock max targets and got it to boost to 2,000 mhz and stable. I got the memory to boost up to 1,900 and hold and junction temps touched 97 on 3d mark. The card worked extremely well for the value, until a new driver update came out. After the update I would green screen and flicker even on the desktop with nothing running. Returned the card and got an rtx-2070 super. As much as I wanted to be on team red for this one, I just cant justify being a beta tester 9 months after the original release of the card.

It is a decent gpu for the price when I got it. The main problem was cooling is downright terrible. My hotspot temperature would regularly approach 90-100 C which is not good for long term use. Card would probably degrade after a year of use like this. Amd also has a lot of problems with first generation Navi drivers to this day. The 6000 series is a lot more solid in that regards and would recommend skipping this generation if possible.

This gpu can be flashed to a 5700xt for a 7 to 10 percent more power. runs a bit warm... especially if you flash it..

Windows 10 driver appears to create conflict To fix: In windows 10 make sure you: Update to latest version of windows 10 Download latest driver from Radeon Install card Go in to safe mode and run DDU (device driver uninstaller) Go back into safe mode and install latest Radeon driver.

The card is good runs fast displays nicely. Drivers stable. Software powerful and easy to overclock. Ruins quiet.

I absolutely love this card, it compares well with the RTX 2060 For half the cost! Definitely recommended

I upgraded from a GTX 1050 2gb and bought the MSI 5700. I truly enjoy the gaming experience this runs everything I like to play from Half Life Alyx to Bullet Storm and takes it all in stride. I would 100% recommend this one to anyone looking for a good balance between cost, performance and cooling. I basically went from super crayon graphics to very high detailed graphics in comparison.

Great build quality. Great performance. Low power draw.

I paired this card with a 9900k ITX Asus build. The performance is very good (utilizing 4k monitor). I do not find the card excessively noisy. The color scheme is essentially identical to that on the Asus Z390I board. Driver download from AMD and installation went without a hitch.