Thursday, May 16th 2024
ASUS Intros Radeon RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT DUAL OC Graphics Cards
ASUS introduced the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT DUAL OC graphics cards. The two join ASUS's rather slim RX 7900 series custom-design lineup, which until now only included the TUF Gaming OC products for the RX 7900 XT and RX 7900 XTX. ASUS's common board design for the cards it's launching, features a large cooler shroud, a tall, yet triple-slot board design, and a cooling solution that uses an aluminium fin-stack heatsink that uses no more than two Axial-Tech fans, hence the name DUAL OC. We've seen this exact board design on some of the RTX 30-series "Ampere" DUAL OC products, so ASUS may probably be carrying over the design, with suitable changes for compatibility with the "Navi 31" GPU.
Both the RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT DUAL OC cards feature a milder factory overclock compared to the company's TUF Gaming OC products. The RX 7900 XTX DUAL OC does 2455 MHz Game clock (compared to 2365 MHz reference); while the RX 7900 XT DUAL OC offers 2075 MHz Game clocks compared to 2025 MHz AMD reference. It's also interesting to note here, that the RX 7900 XTX/XT DUAL OC cards feature a significantly different board design than the RX 7900 GRE DUAL OC, which features a design closer to that of the RX 7800 XT DUAL OC. Both the RX 7900 XT DUAL OC and RX 7900 XTX DUAL OC feature triple 8-pin PCIe power connectors, and display I/O that includes three DisplayPort 2.1, and one HDMI 2.1. Besides the minimal RGB, the cards offer dual-BIOS, with the Q-BIOS running them at reference speeds, and with a tighter fan curve. The card measures 32.3 cm in length, 14.7 cm in height, and is no more than 3 slots thick. The company didn't reveal pricing.
Both the RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT DUAL OC cards feature a milder factory overclock compared to the company's TUF Gaming OC products. The RX 7900 XTX DUAL OC does 2455 MHz Game clock (compared to 2365 MHz reference); while the RX 7900 XT DUAL OC offers 2075 MHz Game clocks compared to 2025 MHz AMD reference. It's also interesting to note here, that the RX 7900 XTX/XT DUAL OC cards feature a significantly different board design than the RX 7900 GRE DUAL OC, which features a design closer to that of the RX 7800 XT DUAL OC. Both the RX 7900 XT DUAL OC and RX 7900 XTX DUAL OC feature triple 8-pin PCIe power connectors, and display I/O that includes three DisplayPort 2.1, and one HDMI 2.1. Besides the minimal RGB, the cards offer dual-BIOS, with the Q-BIOS running them at reference speeds, and with a tighter fan curve. The card measures 32.3 cm in length, 14.7 cm in height, and is no more than 3 slots thick. The company didn't reveal pricing.
32 Comments on ASUS Intros Radeon RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT DUAL OC Graphics Cards
Feels like the same story as those god awful single fan Asus Phoenix cards.
Asus has a history of treating Radeon as a second class citizen (both in general and in the context of Duals), something tells me nothing has changed.
Here's the dual, the old cheap dual, and not the new good design. Ok.
AMD GPUs have been in decline and do not deserve more than the basic attention because they perform poorly - both in your box and in market figures.
You could build the world's most overengineered 7900 XTX and it'd still be a worse experience than any bone stock 4080S in 9 out of 10 situations without the 450W+ power draw. In fact it has been done, Sapphire Nitro+ and AsRock Taichi XTX's that use more power than an overclocked 4090 and have a 1% gain to show for it.
Has Nvidia paid off Valve? Find out on the next episode of Dragon Ball Z!
From user statistics to AMD's earning reports the performance of Radeon not only has been in constant decline but the situation has never been worse. It's so bad that even mainstream outlets such as the PC Gamer magazine that aren't at all attuned to tech have published about it.
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/graphics-cards/amds-gaming-graphics-business-looks-like-its-in-terminal-decline/
I don't like when the only viable competitor loses this much steam, the only people who lose are us customers. Terminal decline is far more accurate a description than I'd ever like to admit.
I think they'll make it out of this jam, but I'm not exactly feeling any sense of duty or pride for "sticking to them through thick and thin", I am not a fan of a corporation, I'm a fan of great products. This generation is not good.
I have yet to see Asrock fail like that, so far they're still on my whitelist. The other three I approach with extreme caution, though MSI leads among them in terms of trust/personal experience. Gigabyte is a definite no, and Asus with the recent RMA nonsense, is actually also a definite no now.
In terms of RX7000 there is nothing new here compared to a half year or a year ago. The situation has been what it is since Ada launch. Overall, even Nvidia has trouble selling. Free money's gone, interest rates are up, economy isn't in the greatest shape ever. The dead horse doesn't need more beating. So far, AMD is still delivering equal'ish' amounts of GPUs to the gaming market as Nvidia. They are still in touch with Nvidia's performance level. Perf watt isn't game breaking. Etc. There is a lot of good to be said about RDNA2/3, despite RDNA3's higher expectations.
RT is SO important, that people keep buying consoles. Don't overestimate its importance, its just your bubble saying its big.
AMD's GPU division ain't going away.
www.newegg.ca/p/pl?N=100007708%20600100181
Tell me why the 6600 is still the best seller on Newegg. Is the 6600 in the Steam Charts?
Let's use the US then
I also disagree with the GPP thing being alive and kicking. Nobody has any evidence to this. If we're going to make accusations as grave as that one, then we better have something to bring up to the negotiation table or we'll just look like sour losers.
Surely, even nVidia's cards are of suspicious quality, with even product line like "Supreme" or "Strix" can have primitive PCB design, with as less components as possible, and which get bent during use from temperature and weight.
However, this seems to be some strange coincidence streak, that AMD products end up of inferior quality, with entire coolings falling apart from PCB, because are repurposed from GeForce solutions. The electronics on PCB are either of even worse design and components. I won't even give a single link, because the internet is flooded with this stiff.