PowerColor Radeon RX 7600 Hellhound

W1zzard · May 25, 2023

PowerColor's Radeon RX 7600 Hellhound is priced just $20 above MSRP, yet offers a factory overclock paired with a good dual-fan cooler that helps with noise and temperatures. Unlike all other cards tested, PowerColor includes a dual BIOS feature, which lets you switch to an optional low-noise profile.

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P4-630 · May 25, 2023

So it's performance is close to my RTX 2070 Super @1440p...

ymdhis · May 25, 2023

Seems like this is the only one with a BIOS switch.

lukart · May 25, 2023

Also looks like the cooler not only is a bit more quiet than Sapphires, it also has lower temperatures! Pretty good for a dual fan cooler. 3 fan is just too big for this segment.

W1zzard · May 25, 2023

We weren't aware that this review isn't supposed to go live until tomorrow, all content is removed until then. So sorry about this, not our fault.

Edit: the review has been restored now

Pepamami · May 25, 2023

I like this one the most! It feels like super cheap crap straight from Alli Express. Cool Vibes.

Blaazen · May 25, 2023

lukart said:
Also looks like the cooler not only is a bit more quiet than Sapphires, it also has lower temperatures! Pretty good for a dual fan cooler. 3 fan is just too big for this segment.

This one and yesterday's Asus have three heatpipes. The others (Pulse and reference) have just two.

kapone32 · May 25, 2023

What a missed opportunity, this could easily been have been a single slot card. As it stands the AMD reference card looks better and more valuable.

Pepamami · May 25, 2023

kapone32 said:
What a missed opportunity, this could easily been have been a single slot card. As it stands the AMD reference card looks better and more valuable.

I dont belive its posbile to have a single slot for 100W+ card.

munted · May 25, 2023

Just a correction, you mention a number of times that this card has RGB but the Hellhound series of cards have single colour lighting, they can only do blue not RGB. Powercolor's website confirms that's the case for this card. The physical switch turns the LEDs on or off only.

W1zzard · May 25, 2023

munted said:
Just a correction, you mention a number of times that this card has RGB but the Hellhound series of cards have single colour lighting, they can only do blue not RGB. Powercolor's website confirms that's the case for this card. The physical switch turns the LEDs on or off only.

Ooooooh my bad, I wasnt aware, fixing

Suspenders · May 28, 2023

Overall this looks to be one of the nicest of the RX 7600's available for sale. That bios switch is a godsend if you like to screw around with re-flashing, or even if not as it offers you some protection from bios corruption even if you aren't stupid like me, haha.

I also really appreciate the inclusion of the RX 5700XT in all the testing. The 5700XT represents the granddaddy of the RDNA series, so it is very interesting to see how it develops in the subsequent generations of products. Navi 10 and Navi 33 are pretty close transistor-wise, 10.3 billion vs 13.3 billion, and the 5700XT continues to hold its own at the higher resolutions despite it being the older generation - which I am guessing reflects the relatively low amount of memory bandwidth available on the 7600. Very interesting nonetheless, and I hope TechPowerUp will continue to use the 5700XT in future RDNA reviews.

ARF · May 30, 2023

The card is a pathetic turd but there are some discrepancies.

Why is the quiet BIOS better?

Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X
Memory	48 GB
Video Card(s)	RTX 4080
Storage	2x HDD RAID 1, 3x M.2 NVMe
Display(s)	30" 2560x1600 + 19" 1280x1024
Software	Windows 10 64-bit

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Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz / Intel i3 7100U
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master / HP 83A3 (U3E1)
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans / Fan
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MT/s CL36 / 8GB DDR4 HyperX CL13
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio / Intel HD620
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2 / Samsung 256GB M.2 SSD
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p / 14" 1080p IPS Glossy
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window / HP Pavilion
Audio Device(s)	Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W / Powerbrick
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless / Logitech M330 wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless / HP backlit
Software	Windows 11 / Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X
Memory	48 GB
Video Card(s)	RTX 4080
Storage	2x HDD RAID 1, 3x M.2 NVMe
Display(s)	30" 2560x1600 + 19" 1280x1024
Software	Windows 10 64-bit

System Name	Best AMD Computer
Processor	AMD 7900X3D
Motherboard	Asus X670E E Strix
Cooling	In Win SR36
Memory	GSKILL DDR5 32GB 5200 30
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse 7900XT (Watercooled)
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Case	Corsair 7000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Corsair Void Pro, Logitch Z523 5.1
Power Supply	Deepcool 1000M
Mouse	Logitech g7 gaming mouse
Keyboard	Logitech G510
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64 Steam. GOG, Uplay, Origin
Benchmark Scores	Firestrike: 46183 Time Spy: 25121

Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X
Memory	48 GB
Video Card(s)	RTX 4080
Storage	2x HDD RAID 1, 3x M.2 NVMe
Display(s)	30" 2560x1600 + 19" 1280x1024
Software	Windows 10 64-bit

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