AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Shares rank 32 of 42 graphics cards by recommenders
Runs games well for years, especially on Linux, and is cheap second hand. Early driver problems and slow driver support were the common caveat.
Runs games well for years, especially on Linux, and is cheap second hand. Early driver problems and slow driver support were the common caveat.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 7
- approval share
- 50%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1 recommender for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Runs every game well
“The RX5700 XT GPU is super cheap second hand right now and I've been able to play every game I want”
Comment from 25 May 2026 in “Memory has grown to nearly two-thirds of AI chip component costs” “all of my games run flawlessly on Linux with great performance”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features” Good Linux experience
“all of my games run flawlessly on Linux with great performance”
Comment from 13 May 2026 in “Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features” “Never had any Linux-related problems.”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Every GPU That Mattered” Lasted years without problems
“I'm not aware of (nor have I experienced) any stability issues”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Every GPU That Mattered” “I see no reason it won't make it to 2030 at this point.”
Comment from 27 Mar 2026 in “Hold on to Your Hardware” “the longest lived GPU I've owned by a very wide margin”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Every GPU That Mattered”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Launch driver problems and slow fixes
“I had an RX 5700XT at launch, that was about the most painful... but 6mo later it worked fine...”
Comment from 13 Apr 2026 in “Microsoft isn't removing Copilot from Windows 11, it's just renaming it” “I had to reinstall an older version. This stayed an issue for months with no communication from AMD.”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “Valve Sponsors Work Bringing Open-Source RADV Driver to Windows” “didn't deliver proper 5700XT support until it was outdated”
Comment from 12 Jun 2026 in “The RCE that AMD wouldn't fix” Abandoned ROCm and slow support
“AMD for ages claimed my card (5700xt) would be getting rocm but just abandoned it”
Comment from 21 Mar 2026 in “Tinybox- offline AI device 120B parameters” “didn't deliver proper 5700XT support until it was outdated”
Comment from 12 Jun 2026 in “The RCE that AMD wouldn't fix” Weak at ray tracing
“RDNA1 isn't good for a whole lot, even flagship RDNA2 cards are a stretch for many things.”
Comment from 13 Sep 2026 in “CUDA for AMD on Windows” “AMD cards were incapable of RT at the time”
Comment from 7 Apr 2026 in “Every GPU That Mattered”
Other graphics cards people recommend
The four most recommended other graphics cards, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 | 116 | 21 | 85% | 12 | 5 yrs14 owners | Approved |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | 102 | 37 | 73% | 12 | 1 yr3 owners | Approved |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 | 77 | 26 | 75% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Nvidia GPUs | 67 | 67 | 50% | 11 | 6 yrs3 owners | — |
| AMD Radeon RX 5700 XTThis page | 7 | 7 | 50% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
14 of the 15 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“RDNA1 isn't good for a whole lot, even flagship RDNA2 cards are a stretch for many things.”
“I had to reinstall an older version. This stayed an issue for months with no communication from AMD.”
“didn't deliver proper 5700XT support until it was outdated”
“The RX5700 XT GPU is super cheap second hand right now and I've been able to play every game I want”
“all of my games run flawlessly on Linux with great performance”
“The fans on it died in a month of constant use”
“I had an RX 5700XT at launch, that was about the most painful... but 6mo later it worked fine...”
“I'm not aware of (nor have I experienced) any stability issues”
“Never had any Linux-related problems.”
“It kept locking up my Linux kernel.”
“AMD cards were incapable of RT at the time”
“the longest lived GPU I've owned by a very wide margin”
“I see no reason it won't make it to 2030 at this point.”
“AMD for ages claimed my card (5700xt) would be getting rocm but just abandoned it”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.