ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX TUF OC

[W1zzard]

The ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX offers fantastic overclocking potential. Thanks to a triple 8-pin power input, the XTX is no longer power-limited, and the amazing quad-slot cooler ensures the card stays cool and quiet at all times. After manual overclocking, the performance uplift to RTX 4080 was an impressive 23.1% in Cyberpunk 2077.

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[Ferrum Master]

I'll say it again. I want too see this SKU on water block. In long while we have a card that has a reason to be cool and scales with that. Nvidia is already pushed out to the max and no much gains going custom loop.

But here... I'll quote... automagically

 

[spnidel]

ok, this is actually starting to look interesting now
looks like these cards will clock even higher under water - not exactly excited that they pull 400w+, but looking at the OC page the card being so close to the 4090 is... not bad at all now

 

[Pumper]

Good guy AMD allowing AIBs room to provide more than just better cooling for their more expensive GPUs. That's a nice performance bump.

 

[P4-630]

Good news if you OC and play CP2077 @ 4K.....That is without ray tracing though....

 

[wolf]

iiiinteresting, What are the power limits of the card, I feel like that section is missing or not whre it usually is? It would seem to be that the 7900XTX can stretch it's legs decently further with more power, I would love to see a 450w limit vs the 4090 @ 450w.

 

[N3M3515]

This gpus seem to overclock better than nvidia's. STILL OVERPRICED though.

 

[spnidel]

Good news if you OC and play CP2077 @ 4K.....That is without ray tracing though....

yea by comparison playing at 4k with raytracing + rtx 4090 nets you 20 fps - a fantastic deal for nvidia users, I personally love slideshow gaming
oh, 4k too much for a 4090? sorry, I meant I love buying a $1600 gpu to play my games at 720p with raytracing enabled

 

[xcazy]

looks good hope price lower than rtx4080 in my place

 

[P4-630]

But still, why is a recent AMD GPU using 88Watts for just playing a 1080p youtube video...

 

[TheEndIsNear]

Great looks like they're all sold out at newegg except for the crappy xt. The new normal. Make as little as possible and watch the prices rise. Duopolies are just as bad as monopolies. Man I really wanted one.

 

[P4-630]

Great looks like they're all sold out at newegg except for the crappy xt. The new normal. Make as little as possible and watch the prices rise. Duopolies are just as bad as monopolies. Man I really wanted one.

You'll be ok, just get one before the end is near.

 

[W1zzard]

What are the power limits of the card, I feel like that section is missing or not whre it usually is?

You're thinking of the NVIDIA reviews .. this information isn't as readily available on AMD as on NVIDIA ..

But still, why is a recent AMD GPU using 88Watts for just playing a 1080p youtube video...

4K video, but yes

 

[Fouquin]

I'll say it again. I want too see this SKU on water block. In long while we have a card that has a reason to be cool and scales with that. Nvidia is already pushed out to the max and no much gains going custom loop.

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ASRock has a waterblock variant, so look out for reviews on that.

Great looks like they're all sold out at newegg except for the crappy xt. The new normal. Make as little as possible and watch the prices rise. Duopolies are just as bad as monopolies. Man I really wanted one.

I was able to get two different XTXs into my cart and to the payment screen, but after ~4 minutes everything was sold out. So, still better than before. For the record I did not attempt to actually PAY for one because I'm not keen on spending $1150 (after local tax) on a GPU.

 

[the54thvoid]

Hmm, this card seems waaaayyyyy better than the XFX one. But again, price. I'm drawn to the more efficient 4080. But not at the price point. And this card looks to be heading toward that point too, though, the TUF cards are usually cheaper.

 

[watzupken]

I think AMD delivered a solid card, but the lagging RT performance and fairly limited FSR 2.0 adoption may dampen demand for their cards. The other problem is the very high power draw when using multi monitor and some non-3D workload which I hope can be rectified by updated drivers. The good thing is that the cards are cheaper than Nvidia's Ada lineup so far. I think it may be worth waiting to see if prices will drop over time before buying one. After all, AMD is more willing to drop prices.

 

[Acesbong]

Got into the amd.com sale, 7900xtx was in stock for €1,163. Im glad I didn’t bother. If going to spend stupid money looks like partner cards way to go.

 

[watzupken]

Hmm, this card seems waaaayyyyy better than the XFX one. But again, price. I'm drawn to the more efficient 4080. But not at the price point. And this card looks to be heading toward that point too, though, the TUF cards are usually cheaper.

Asus tax hits very hard starting with the TUF series. In my country, the RTX 4080 TUF cost as much as a lower end model RTX 4090 from Zotac and Galax. A Strix RTX 4080 costs the same as a mid range RTX 4090. So I am not expecting the RX 7900 TUF models to cost any less.

 

[gridracedriver]

3ghz Edition with N31+ in June?

 

[Valantar]

Thanks for another great review! Two things: can you please add power draw measurements to your OC section? And is there any chance of TPU reviews moving to a dynamic score presentation for percentage-based scores any time soon, rather than just static images? In other words giving us the ability to change (clicking? mouse hover?) which GPU in the graph is the 100% baseline in graphs like the relative performance comparison, with other scores adjusting to match? (Something like what Notebookcheck does in their laptop reviews, though hopefully with TPU's much simpler and clearer visual style.) That would be extremely useful IMO - especially as percentages are confusing and tricky to most people - allowing for easy visualizations of things like "how much faster is this GPU compared to my current one" etc.

 

[sector-z]

You're thinking of the NVIDIA reviews .. this information isn't as readily available on AMD as on NVIDIA ..


4K video, but yes

Yes it would have been cool to know each AIB card +15% = how much at end.

Very cool you added Cyberpunk , you should add 3 or 4 game in OC mode too, it give us better idea if the 200$ we paid in top of the 999$ Reference model give us enough for ours money.

Or like some others reviewer, put the OC section at the begining and select a color saying OC for add the score in all game of the review of what gived your OC. In the same time if the OC pass all your game test panel, it confirme it was a stable one in same time .

 

[Crackong]

Looking forward for pre-waterblock version.

 

[W1zzard]

Thanks for another great review! Two things: can you please add power draw measurements to your OC section? And is there any chance of TPU reviews moving to a dynamic score presentation for percentage-based scores any time soon, rather than just static images? In other words giving us the ability to change (clicking? mouse hover?) which GPU in the graph is the 100% baseline in graphs like the relative performance comparison, with other scores adjusting to match? (Something like what Notebookcheck does in their laptop reviews, though hopefully with TPU's much simpler and clearer visual style.) That would be extremely useful IMO - especially as percentages are confusing and tricky to most people - allowing for easy visualizations of things like "how much faster is this GPU compared to my current one" etc.

Yes it would have been cool to know each AIB card +15% = how much at end.

Very cool you added Cyberpunk , you should add 3 or 4 game in OC mode too, it give us better idea if the 200$ we paid in top of the 999$ Reference model give us enough for ours money.

Or like some others reviewer, put the OC section at the begining and select a color saying OC for add the score in all game of the review of what gived your OC. In the same time if the OC pass all your game test panel, it confirme it was a stable one in same time .

The problem is that there is only so much time I have and I'm already testing A LOT of other things.

No plans for dynamic charts. The simplicity of static images helps us so much on social media.. I see our charts everywhere, because they are easy to post, even for computer noobs.

 

[wNotyarD]

Looking forward for the Sapphire versions, especially if they make a Toxic one.

 

[Hattu]

I think AMD did well this time, but 1550€ for this Asus card is "a bit" too much... It's better than Nvidia (price wise), but still way too expensive. Like all recent GPUs. Every price is 'bout doubled in Euros.

I just hope my 2060/6GB lasts at least 5 more years. And no, I don't game. I would've bought AMD last time, but the card I bought was like only reasonable choice at 400€ between crypto-crazynesses (sometime in 2018/2019, can't remember). Everything was unavailable or too expensive.