Last week my W5700 Pro just stopped. Not detected by BIOS. Gets power, fans run. but nope. I sent it back to AMD, which cost $40 to ship, my god.
I bought this MSI RX 6600 XT 8G for $365
This week its $320!
"What a difference a week makes!"
Whoops, that was a 6600...
Here's another MSI 6600 XT at $480 (very confusing pricing and promos)
The W5700 was 2019 tech which I chose based on known Apple compat and I could get one in 2021 in middle of crypto-craze. In end, I don't need the "Pro" and in 2022 there's a question as to what that even means...
Key points are it pushes Dells, even 13-year old ones, with 30-bit color, and calibrates beautifully. Happily this benches Metal at 90,000 under Monterey 12.4. The W5700 Pro hit 70,000 and still retails for $900.
Only glitch is that when the system is booting, the apple display disappears and seems offline until the desktop appears. The W5700 showed me the progress bar all the way through.
Not sure what to do with the warranty replacement W5700...
Garr
P.S. A good point about the W5700 over this gaming card is that its airflow vents out the slot bracket, and my build is thermally on edge, so having another 200W venting into the case is suboptimal, but I've fanned out this Fractal Design Meshify2 and it's got plenty of flow, so far so good.