While AMD is giving all indicators of being making ready to launch their newest entries into the midrange graphics card market within the type of the RX 5500 and RX 5300 collection of graphics playing cards primarily based on Navi, AMD’s AIB companions are giving the sluggish burn on present inventories of AMD’s Polaris graphics chips. MSI, on this case, appears to have guess on a slight redesign of their previously-released RX 580 Armor and Armor MK2.
Changed is the colour scheme – MSI went full black on this one. There’s additionally a redesigned PCB, a redesigned I/O bracket (which retains 4 show connectors), and a brand new cooler shroud. The heatsink’s floor space additionally appears to have been elevated, which ought to present decrease working temperatures (something past that, comparable to larger overclockability and longer lifespan, are speculations). The redesigned Armor retains the one 8-pin PCIe energy connector. No different particulars can be found at time of writing.
