Packaging

The Card

The ASUS ROG Strix RX 7600 comes with a distinctive cooling solution design that clearly looks like a "Strix" design, however, its aesthetic is "last gen" and matches the look of ASUS RX 6000 Series cards. The ASUS GeForce 40 Strix cards come with a different look.


Dimensions of the card are 28.0 x 13.5 cm, and it weighs 917 g.


Installation requires three slots in your system.


Display connectivity includes three standard DisplayPort 2.1 ports (RDNA2 had 1.4a) and one HDMI 2.1a.

AMD has upgraded their encode/decode setup. It now comes with support for VP9, H.264, H.265 and AV1 decode, and encoding is supported for H.264, H.265 and AV1.


A single 8-pin PCIe power connector draws power, together with 75 W PCIe slot power, this configuration is rated for 225 W max.


The dual BIOS feature lets you switch between the default "Performance" BIOS and a "Quiet" BIOS, which runs a more relaxed fan curve.

Teardown

An aspect of the ROG Strix RX 7600 cooler that we really liked is that the cooler shroud and fans come off without disturbing the heatsink underneath, so the cooler is easy to clean without having to redo the TIM and thermal pads. Disassembling this is fairly straightforward.


The cooler uses a nickel-plated copper baseplate that makes contact with the GPU, VRM, and memory.


The cooler uses an impressive five heatpipes that distribute heat to two large aluminium fin-stacks, which are ventilated by the two Axial-Tech fans.


The backplate is made of metal, and has a cutout for some of the airflow from the second fan to flow through.