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No, they're probably reporting allocated not actual usage, and they're not lying. You've just not read what it is those applications are actually reporting.
What does any of that have to do with the price of eggs? Obviously you're getting angry that you don't understand how GPUs/software works but taking that out on people who are trying to help you understand isn't very constructive.
Exactly, so it doesn't matter as everyone does it, what matters is the actual performance achieved which is on par with a 6800xt which is what I wanted but at a way lesser wattage/temp, which I achieved. As for the price though it was £520 elsewhere last month, that is £40 more than the RRP of the 7800XT... So hardly a 'rip off' or major price hike? And as people have just mentioned on this thread OCUK has just jacked the 7800xt up £30 more than RRP, thus it's only a tenner cheaper than mine was last month? Hardly a rip off now is it.The name thing is insignificant however it is literally a more cut down chip. It's like renaming a Fiesta to a Mondeo and upping the price ten grand and telling you, "it's fine it's just a name it still does 70mph". AMD did the same thing so no bias there
In the case of wattage vs performance achieved at the 105-145w it runs at, it majorly is efficient, as previous stated this was a major factor as with the fact it never ever turns the fan on bar in control when it touches the 65c fan on profile when using RT at 1440p native maxed out. The rest of the time as aforementioned it runs at 53-57c 1440p ultra native.
Your clutching at straws now. They use the same software which you say doesn't work then say it does when it suits your youtube narrative.
It's a thing this generation, hence I bought a 6950XT, better value with a full fat chip. I'll skip and see what happens on the next round. A small undervolt works wonder as does capping framerate to your monitor, no point rendering more than your screen can display
At current prices I'd go for the 7800XT but then I don't really care about RT until it becomes the default. Ultimately if you're happy I'm happy, you pay your money and make your choice. At the time a last gen flagship was a better deal for me and a similar price to the 4070.
Yeah, whatever works for your intended usage, mine being a literal silent/cool running pc that uses the same or less power including a monitor/amp/speakers as a 6950/7900xt on it's own (both I heavily considered before getting the 4070) but at the end of the day, I like to game 6 hours of an evening every day, which at the rate of electric I pay a KW/H works out at £192ish a year...It's a thing this generation, hence I bought a 6950XT, better value with a full fat chip. I'll skip and see what happens on the next round. A small undervolt works wonder as does capping framerate to your monitor, no point rendering more than your screen can display
I'm not sure what your problem is, people have tried to explain in the simplest terms possible how/why your anecdotal comparison is meaningless, even why in a lab environment it would be meaningless. That you're basically trying to compare apples with oranges when you're 100 miles away, it's the middle of the night, and you're blind in one eye. People have been more than courteous too you and have spent time trying to educate you but for some reason you seem to be purposefully antagonising people.
I don't get how it's meaningless if I achieve the same res/quality visuals/fps as something that uses more vram to do so and end up with the same left in reserve thus both cards will last just as long and have their own way of achieving the same performance? Why is that something to slate? I got what I wanted at out my choice of res/fps/texture quality and settings without dlss and match a card(s) that would eat what my entire system uses?
I just don't understand how if I achieve the same performance/fps/res/settings as a rival more power hungry card how that's a bad thing/no it's not doing what people think? When I'm using it, and it is giving me that performance/visuals that match my mates 6800xt? If something does say 60fps at 1440p ultra no dlss/fsr... then it does that, if it does that and then leaves you with the same amount of vram being unused as a rival card, then you're both doing fine for a couple years gaming aren't you? That was all I'm saying man.
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Fair enough mate, I apologize if anything came across the wrong way.
I was looking yesterday at buying and I feel like today it's gone up £10? That's annoying!
Very annoying! OCUK seems to be the only stock in the UK at the moment, so they abuse that position... You can (pre) order elsewhere for a more reasonable price, though.
Pro tip, never buy an AMD card near release, a good example is those who paid £900+ for the 7900XT or £1100+ for the 7900XTX.
