MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Evoke OC

MSI has certainly made something quite unique with its RX 5700 XT Evoke OC.Its champagne gold shroud is what first grabs you first – we've seen cards with gold accents before, but nothing quite like this. It does feel nice and solid in the hand thanks...

MSI goes for gold with Navi and its custom Radeon RX 5700 XT EVOKE OC, operating at just 63C under load compared to the reference RX 5700 XT at 84C. Nice and quiet, too!

In terms of performance, the MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT EVOKE OC offers great performance for its price, coming neck-to-neck with the RTX 2070 SUPER for $100 US lower. The card has fantastic temperatures and good power consumption that is made possible with the 7nm process node & shows that better cooling was all it was required to fully realize the power of AMD’s rDNA GPUs. For $429 US, the MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT EVOKE OC delivers absolutely fantastic performance and premium design which even without RGB looks beautiful & houses one of the best cooling systems which keep it running stable with the added factory overclock bonus.

MSI expects pricing of the MSI RX 5700 XT to end up around $430, which is a $30 premium over the AMD reference RX 5700 XT. The out-of-the-box performance increase of 2% can justify a $10 bump, the better cooler and idle-fan stop should be worth another $10, so $430 isn't unreasonable. Competition is heating up in that price-range though. You have the Sapphire Pulse at $410, which runs slightly slower, but quieter than the Evoke.