Meet the XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy
Thinking of the Radeon RX 590 as a souped-up Radeon RX 580 is accurate, since that's exactly what it is; the GPU core is unchanged.
The Board View
The two-fan cooler on the XFX Radeon RX 590 Fatboy is a common approach, although some pricier RX 590 cards use a larger three-fan solution.
A Three-Quarters Look
The Radeon RX 590 Fatboy's cooling solution and overall board design are mostly identical to that of the XFX Radeon RX 580 GTS XXX Edition. This is a large graphics card for a mid-level performer.
The Bottom Edge
The ends of the four heatpipes are plainly visible from the board's bottom edge.
The View From the Top
The top edge shows more heatpipe action. Note the shroud on the heatsink spreads beyond the two-slot backplate; this card is 2.1 inches thick, meaning it will take two-and-a-half slots in your desktop.
Pulling a Bunch of Power
You can see evidence of the Radeon RX 590's high power requirements in its eight-pin and six-pin power connectors.
Ports on the Edge
The backplate houses a standard set of video-out ports: an HDMI 2.0b connector, three DisplayPort 1.3 connectors, and legacy DVI-D.
The XFX Radeon Backplate
The aluminum backplate on the underside of the card caters to both strength and cooling.
A Good Value, If Topped by the RX 580
The AMD Radeon RX 590 brings a compelling value argument to the mid-level graphics card market. Its average performance gain over the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB was 14 percent across all our synthetic and real-world benchmarks. The advantage exceeded 30 percent in several game titles.