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According to GPU-z my Asrock Steel Legend has Samsung memory.
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The RX 7900 GRE as of 20/03/2024 - Not such a flawed product?
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Is the Asrock challenger a bad card? it's only £509
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Yes it looks the card manufacturer has maximised profits and spent 50p on the cooler.
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Soldato
Tempted to test one of these now they've sorted the drivers, seen the Sapphire Pulse model at £487, which looks like a good deal for the sort of performance on offer.
That's an awesome price. Any hints where you might have seen that?
Within 5% of a stock 7900XT if you get a good clocker is fantastic value at that price
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It is, and no. I mean OKUK have cards for £509 so it's not hugely cheaper anyhow, £22 can barely buy a can of Pepsi for that these days.
It is, and no. I mean OKUK have cards for £509 so it's not hugely cheaper anyhow, £22 can barely buy a can of Pepsi for that these days.
Lol. Super secret squirrel is it?
OCUK have the same pulse model for £70 more expensive. Would just look to try the price match request on the sub-forum.
Could maybe get a couple of Pepsis with the difference.
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No, just obeying the forum rules to be brutally honest. Search engines exist though. Sorry.
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Can't see it anywhere unfortunately
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Same.
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The 7900 GRE now looks like a very solid GPU for £550.
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE Gaming 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card
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Don't bother with the ASRock Challenger one, this one even if it is only £510, i had a 5700 XT ASRock Challenger and the cooler was like a cheap cooler from 2010, it could not keep the card properly cooled even with the fans running flatout and this to me looks like it has the same problem, so avoid it.
Asrock Radeon RX 7900 GRE Challenger Gaming 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics
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I don't know about this one for £530, the cooler looks far more substantial.
Asrock Radeon RX 7900 GRE Steel Legend 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card
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My advice is again avoid the ASRock Challenger, you will regret saving £40.
Just go for the Sapphire Pulse, i have the Sapphire Pulse RX 7800 XT, it has a smaller dual fan cooler, its cool and its silent, even overclocking to 300 watts its still reasonably cool and quiet, excellent cooler and fans.
£550
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£530
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I think the hotspot temps were alright on the ASRock Steel Legend in reviews.
Edit - 82 Celsius:
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asrock-radeon-rx-7900-gre-steel-legend/39.html
Anyone got one?
If so, can you overclock the memory much?
Edit - 82 Celsius:
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asrock-radeon-rx-7900-gre-steel-legend/39.html
Anyone got one?
If so, can you overclock the memory much?
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I bought the chalanger because it is a smaller card and fits my case better and its very quiet and i dont want to over clock due to power costs !!
this card is great and dont be put off by horror stories but i do respect the views of others but i have had no problems whatsover
this card is great and dont be put off by horror stories but i do respect the views of others but i have had no problems whatsover
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That's pretty decent but the noise level is a lot higher than say the Sapphire Pulse.
26 dBa vs 31 dBa, or fan speeds of 1050 RMP vs 1546 RPM.
31 dBa is not too loud but 26 vs 31 is the difference between near silent to very noticeable.
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There's some other models that like the Gigabyte Gaming, XFX Speedster model and Powercolor Fighter, that it would be good to get some data on.
I'd probably go with the XFX card, as I think the hotspot was around 80 Celsius, but it depends on price also.
The gigabyte model does well also, but has a high RPM. Depends if that bothers you, I suppose
The Memory hotspots are high on most of these cards:
The Gigabyte card seems like a good all rounder. Full review:
https://www.techspot.com/review/2812-amd-radeon-7900-gre-retest/
I'd probably go with the XFX card, as I think the hotspot was around 80 Celsius, but it depends on price also.
The gigabyte model does well also, but has a high RPM. Depends if that bothers you, I suppose
The Memory hotspots are high on most of these cards:
The Gigabyte card seems like a good all rounder. Full review:
https://www.techspot.com/review/2812-amd-radeon-7900-gre-retest/
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At that price they should have named it 'Asrock Contender'
You can always buy it and return it if it's no good or runs to hot.
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Love to get one to play with, see what hydra's RX-tuner can do with it.
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