ASUS Radeon RX 7900 XTX TUF OC

[Veseleil]

It is obvious that these cards are nuanced vs the 6000 series with the way they have been tuned. I was watching a video this morning on another AIB card. I do believe that these are the closest to ATI OC ability since acquisition.

And don't forget these are the first chiplet-based consumer cards in the world. There's much space left to be improved on the drivers side too.

Anyway, their open beta testing is starting soon.

 

[Kapone33]

And don't forget these are the first chiplet-based consumer cards in the world. There's much left to be improved on the drivers side too.

I am getting one from Newegg. Hopefully the Gaming OC from Gigabyte will be avialable next week. I actually want one that has the 3 8 Pin connectors. I can't wait to see what this does with a 5800X3D and Samsung B die Ram at 3600 14-15-15-36 (XPG Extreme). With an Alphacool block with a 420 rad.

 

[Dristun]

I feel like AMD just torpedoed their much more important launch-day reviews by clocking the reference card lower and going with 2.5slot/2x8pin. Yeah well it would've consumed even more power - but as nvidia showed nobody cares about it if you're faster.

 

[Veseleil]

AMD just torpedoed their much more important launch-day reviews

They're experts in that field.

 

[Talon]

@W1zzard

For that Cyberpunk 2077 test do you use Ultra Preset, No RT, No Upscale and the built in benchmark? Also why no power consumption shown for the overclock?

 

[Kapone33]

I feel like AMD just torpedoed their much more important launch-day reviews by clocking the reference card lower and going with 2.5slot/2x8pin. Yeah well it would've consumed even more power - but as nvidia showed nobody cares about it if you're faster.

For me that is ok. It gives consumers a reason to buy AIB GPUs. That helps to move the market and allow for diversity. Unilike the other company that is directly competing with their AIB partners.

 

[jootn2kx]

Show us results in cyberpunk with ray tracing on + overclock against the RTX 4090.
Checking on guru3D's results the 7900XTX has only a RTX 3090 performance in ray tracing.
So adding a 20% overclock won't get you near a 4090 not by far lol.

While 20% overclock is impressive on itself the tests in this article are only showing in pure rasterization.

Edit: Anyway no need to prove anything already proven here
ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XTX OC review - (Raytracing) Cyberpunk 2077 (guru3d.com)

 

[SentinelAeon]

I never comment on anything, mostly cause i just read for fun, i never own any pc part unless its like 5+ years old, this OC headroom prolly made me comment, and also to give thumbs up to the reviewers. I usualy check all the major review sites. Techpowerup was actualy the last one that i started checking, i think around ryzen 1. And im glad to say i find it the best out of all review sites i check. Prolly the most useful thing is relative performance. Many sites just offer per game performance and to me thats not useful: i just want to know how gpus/cpus compare over as many games as possible. The other day i was outside drinking coffe and thought i was checking a techpowerup review of 7900xt and there was a bunch of pages missing so i got annoyed. Well, turns out i wasn't checking techpowerup but some other site without relative performance containing all games So yea, while i respect all reviewers because that sounds like insainely tedious work, techpowerup is my favourite one. The only thing that i would add maybe is for each card a page of its relative performance while overclocked, so you could see how gpus compare when stock and how when overclocked. I know, its even more tedious work. But i always buy second hand, as cheap as possible while looking which piece of tech has the most hidden potential. Still, reading tech reviews is 1 of my favourite things i do, its like watching a sports match, see who wins. Also amazes me how passionate the users are in the comments, its like soccer fans. When i told my dad of that, he couldn't belive it xD Anyway, keep up the good work and looking forward to buying this card, second hand, in about 6 years

 

[gupsterg]

@W1zzard

Any chance of AMD MBA RX 7900 XTX UV +15% 2750 MEM to be in OC chart in review? Also OC power figures be sweet .

 

[Kapone33]

Show us results in cyberpunk with ray tracing on + overclock against the RTX 4090.
Checking on guru3D's results the 7900XTX has only a RTX 3090 performance in ray tracing.
So adding a 20% overclock won't get you near a 4090 not by far lol.

While 20% overclock is impressive on itself the tests in this article are only showing in pure rasterization.

Edit: Anyway no need to prove anything already proven here
ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XTX OC review - (Raytracing) Cyberpunk 2077 (guru3d.com)

I am so glad I come from a time when rasterization meant Gaming.

 

[Psychoholic]

You never experienced the wonder what was the 9800 pro's PCI/AGP driver conflict?

Ahh, memories.. I had a 9800 (Non Pro) Flashed to a 9800 Pro back in the day.

 

[SkullFox]

I have been searching for the game's settings on the review and I can't find them. what are they?

Preset High?
Preset Ultra?

or something else?

 

[AnotherReader]

I have been searching for the game's settings on the review and I can't find them. what are they?

The Test setup page of this review mentions the settings.

All games are set to their highest quality setting unless indicated otherwise.

 

[WhoDecidedThat]

For me that is ok. It gives consumers a reason to buy AIB GPUs. That helps to move the market and allow for diversity. Unilike the other company that is directly competing with their AIB partners.

We really need something like Max Q branding in the desktop space.

Those who want 450 watt graphics cards can have them.

Those who want the same GPU to consume 300 watts and maximize power efficiency should be able to get what they want.

 

[Kapone33]

We really need something like Max Q branding in the desktop space.

Those who want 450 watt graphics cards can have them.

Those who want the same GPU to consume 300 watts and maximize power efficiency should be able to get what they want.

Well you have the choice of the 2x8 pin vs 3x8 pin to know that one will definitely give you more power headroom already but I do not disagree.

 

[Minus Infinity]

So much money for just better cooling. The performance delta is in no way observable and pointless for the extra power draw. If only AMD's reference cooling didn't suck.

 

[Richards]

@W1zzard

For that Cyberpunk 2077 test do you use Ultra Preset, No RT, No Upscale and the built in benchmark? Also why no power consumption shown for the overclock?

We need to know why

 

[Nkd]

I really hope you guys improve your OC portion. I mean I like the explanation but you really don't mention what you did with the card exactly that you are testing. May be posting your settings will give users and idea lmao. Like what undervolt you set and what max you set for range, may be that can be a starting point to find stability.

Also may be test a few more games and dump the unigine thing. May be 3-5 top titles for OC to get better estimate on performance range with few different games.

 

[Legacy-ZA]

This performance gain is really impressive. Now, if only AMD and nVidia can come back to reality with their price structures, we can all be happy again.

 

[wolf]

People claiming that Hardware Unboxed is biased, seriously need a chkdsk /r.

When they make content that isn't positive for Nvidia, I hear they're AMD shills, when they make content that isn't positive for AMD, I hear they're nvidia shills.

I just think they throw shade when they want, and praise when they want, and it has nothing to do with favouring either company.

Examples of both sides are easy to come by.

 

[terroralpha]

i want to get excited by this, but i can't after living with a 350W GPU that turns my home office/computer room into a sauna after a couple hours of gaming, i can't.

they really need to make a high end model that's tuned for lower power draw. i'd be perfectly happy with a card with like 85% of the performance that pulls under 200W. maybe make it a 2 slot cooler if they really want to get crazy. that way i don't have to vertically mount or watercool this lump of s*** just to fit other expansion cards without blocking the card's airflow.

 

[nguyen]

When they make content that isn't positive for Nvidia, I hear they're AMD shills, when they make content that isn't positive for AMD, I hear they're nvidia shills.

I just think they throw shade when they want, and praise when they want, and it has nothing to do with favouring either company.

Examples of both sides are easy to come by.

Tim probably contributed to the recent shift in HUB's opinions regarding RT and DLSS.
When Steve ran the show alone, all he cares is price to performance and rasterization, which is not only closed-minded but also hypocritical (for a tech focused channel).

 

[Jism]

That OC potential we have'nt seen for a while, lol. I think AMD simply stick to power values of being a 350W card.

Imagine planting a nice waterblock on it. 3.3Ghz ~ 3.5Ghz core shoudnt be that difficult.

 

[W1zzard]

The machine that I test OC on does not have hardware power measurement capability. Moving to a different box just for the sake of getting OC power numbers seems like a lot of work (time is ultra-limited for those reviews), so I've never considered it.

Seems OC power numbers are really needed, also going by all the comments on Reddit, so I'll probably move the whole OC testing to the power testing rig. I wanted to switch to a different test that Unigine anyway, maybe the new Witcher

Another option could be to report the card's software power measurements before and after OC, which could be an option, too.

 

[Jism]

The machine that I test OC on does not have hardware power measurement capability. Moving to a different box just for the sake of getting OC power numbers seems like a lot of work (time is ultra-limited for those reviews), so I've never considered it.

Seems OC power numbers are really needed, also going by all the comments on Reddit, so I'll probably move the whole OC testing to the power testing rig. I wanted to switch to a different test that Unigine anyway, maybe the new Witcher

Another option could be to report the card's software power measurements before and after OC, which could be an option, too.

Without power measurement equipment, you can still use Hwinfo both on stock and OC. Just measure either the avg or maximum.

However i think the card on it's own stands it's ground. Its fast enough already.