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The Radeon RX 7900 XT(X) Owners Thread.

No RGB or lighting at all as far as I'm aware, the red accents on the shroud put me off it a bit, wish they'd change them for white....

The Powercolor Hellhound does have RGB though (and a 3yr warranty!) if that's what you're in to
 
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TrojanWhore said:
No RGB or lighting at all as far as I'm aware, the red accents on the shroud put me off it a bit, wish they'd change them for white....

The Powercolor Hellhound does have RGB though (and a 3yr warranty!) if that's what you're in to
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Thanks, but I haven't read many good things about the Hellhound, and I am not particularly fond of the design either.

After a lot of researching I think the only one that is for me is the Nitro +, so now I just have to wait for it to go down a bit :rolleyes:
 
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I know, ridiculous isn't it?!
Think @Gibbo said he'd already pushed them on this but they're unwilling to move on the MBA model :(
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I expect at least 3 on a GPU to be honest, especially if it is more than a couple of hundred pounds.

I normally don't keep them that long, but even so, i like to have the option, and it often helps with resale anyway.
 
@Jono8 I agree, 3 should be the minimum on anything in this sort of price range, but sadly it is what it is and both Sapphire and PowerColor are only offering 3 on their AIB models.

Just as bad in pretty much any category, as you can spend around £1600 on some of the models of 4090 and still only have 2 yrs, 1-2 yrs on monitors costing thousands....

(PSUs and RAM aren't too bad, high end products there typically carrying 5yr-lifetime warranties)
 
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@Jono8 I agree, 3 should be the minimum on anything in this sort of price range, but sadly it is what it is and both Sapphire and PowerColor are only offering 3 on their AIB models.

Just as bad in pretty much any category, as you can spend around £1600 on some of the models of 4090 and still only have 2 yrs, 1-2 yrs on monitors costing thousands....

(PSUs and RAM aren't too bad, high end products there typically carrying 5yr-lifetime warranties)
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Yeh, i would hate the thought of having a £750 paperweight should it break on the 366th day!
 
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Anyone had an issue with the Nitro's RGB bar going RED randomly and flickering? I have no TRIXX software installed other than the drivers however, came across others having a similar issue with no trigger?
 
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Yeh, i would hate the thought of having a £750 paperweight should it break on the 366th day!
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Statistically most electronics will either break in the first month or well beyond the warranty period. It makes the 1 year warranty seem sus to me, probably with the reference cards they are entirely dependent on AMD supplying parts and have a harder time managing inventory compared to how they've tooled up their production for custom stuff.
 
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Statistically most electronics will either break in the first month or well beyond the warranty period. It makes the 1 year warranty seem sus to me, probably with the reference cards they are entirely dependent on AMD supplying parts and have a harder time managing inventory compared to how they've tooled up their production for custom stuff.
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Maybe. Still too much of a risk money wise for me.

I never buy anything expensive electronic wise unless it has a long warranty (ie will always buy TV's from places that offer 5 or 6 year warranties)

I am too unlucky with everything i buy to not!
 
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I think both use the same pcb, just the Nitro has an rgb header on the board and a better cool. If I was buying I'd get the pulse and put a waterblock on so it goes in my loop.
The Nitro is quieter but whether its £130 worth of quiet is upto you I guess
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Is the Nitro really quieter / is it noticeable?

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/sapphire-radeon-rx-7900-xt-pulse/35.html

The Pulse is measuring 28.7 dB under load at tech powerup, aka nothing. I'm running PC fan speeds as low as possible for quiet gaming and the Pulse is unnoticeable to me. It's now any mechanical HDD > CPU AIO fan / system fans when CPU hits 65C (rarely) > the Pulse 7900 XT. This thing is massively quieter than my old 5700 XT and never seems to go above 63C.

My only potential criticism is coil whine. It usually isn't audible until 150 fps+, but as I have a 100 Hz UWQHD and 60 Hz 4K display I'm happy to lock to those.

What's really weird is Cyberpunk 2077. I'll be running 80 fps in game, no coil whine. Go to any in game stats screen / character personalisation etc, no coil whine. Go to the crafting screen, which is identical looking to any other stat screen / personalisation screen, my Pulse starts coil whining hard. There's no change at all according to MSI AB in how the GPU is utilised in the crafting screen vs the other identical screens like it.

I'm tempted to just blame my geriatric OCZ ZS 750W Bronze PSU. It's 12 years old now lol.
 
Vexr said:
Is the Nitro really quieter / is it noticeable?

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/sapphire-radeon-rx-7900-xt-pulse/35.html

The Pulse is measuring 28.7 dB under load at tech powerup, aka nothing. I'm running PC fan speeds as low as possible for quiet gaming and the Pulse is unnoticeable to me. It's now any mechanical HDD > CPU AIO fan / system fans when CPU hits 65C (rarely) > the Pulse 7900 XT. This thing is massively quieter than my old 5700 XT and never seems to go above 63C.

My only potential criticism is coil whine. It usually isn't audible until 150 fps+, but as I have a 100 Hz UWQHD and 60 Hz 4K display I'm happy to lock to those.

What's really weird is Cyberpunk 2077. I'll be running 80 fps in game, no coil whine. Go to any in game stats screen / character personalisation etc, no coil whine. Go to the crafting screen, which is identical looking to any other stat screen / personalisation screen, my Pulse starts coil whining hard. There's no change at all according to MSI AB in how the GPU is utilised in the crafting screen vs the other identical screens like it.

I'm tempted to just blame my geriatric OCZ ZS 750W Bronze PSU. It's 12 years old now lol.
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Tbh I don't know personally about the volume of either card as I haven't used either but that's what people on this forum have always said. That said it could just be Nitro owners trying to justify their £130 over spend.
 
SpudMaster said:
I think both use the same pcb, just the Nitro has an rgb header on the board and a better cool. If I was buying I'd get the pulse and put a waterblock on so it goes in my loop.
The Nitro is quieter but whether its £130 worth of quiet is upto you I guess
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If the Pulse is already ultra low dB in fan noise (beyond the rest of other ultra quiet PC components), then the advantage must lie in less chance of coil whine. Though the suggestion here that the Pulse and Nitro have the same PCB seems to rule that out.

Personally I think I'll be satisfied with my decision to get the Pulse in that a) my PSU only has 2 x 8 pin connectors, so I'd have needed to buy a separate 2 x 6 pin to 8 pin connector for the Nitro. I also don't care about RGB (I have some RGB in RAM only as a coincidence). The support bracket for the Pulse is also perfectly fine - no lego bricks or anime figurines needed to prop up the Pulse on top of the included bracket, whereas the Nitro sounds like it needs a bit extra.
 
Regarding PCB, the 7900XTX Pulse and XTX Nitro have the same PCB minus an RGB header on the Nitro board as far as I'm aware. The XT and and XT Nitro are different board. Most obvious difference is the extra power connector on the Nitro and I'm pretty sure additional power phases, if not extra atleast a difference layout.
If I was buying I'd get either the XTX Pulse or the Saphhire reference card. Alphacool's same waterblock fits both the XTX Pulse and Nitro (another indicator its the same board) but they only make a block for the XT Nitro and reference card, nothing for the XT Pulse so again must be a difference board.
 
Suggest you look up the sales of goods act which covers electronics and computing as well.
Basically there is an agreed link with value and lifetime, I've used it quite successfully with arguing about things like tvs and other things.

Don't get me wrong, arguing is a Ball ache, but for a grand, I would definitely do it, if they don't budge get the ombudsman involved.
 
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