I'd say wait until the announcements, they're just a couple of weeks away.
-
Competitor rules
Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.
The Radeon RX 7900 XT(X) Owners Thread.
- Thread starter Kaapstad
- Start date
I'd say wait until the announcements, they're just a couple of weeks away.
I still find it really interesting that the rumour is that AMD are going to be focusing on that midrange market.
I guess it makes a lot of sense for them when they see what Nvidia is offering at the 70Ti and above level - but surely long term it potentially hurts them if high end buyers essentially don’t see AMD as capable of offering competing cards at the top end?
The XTX (terrible naming convention aside) is a brilliant GPU.
Anything AMD does hurts AMD according to some random forum dude. To me it makes sense to focus on getting a well performing mid-range GPU to market even though the GPU would be of no use to me if the rumours are true. So the core idea I'm aboard with personally. If AMD can execute this idea fast enough and correct is a whole other thing that only time can tell. I'd give it a 50/50 and hope for the best.
I think it makes a lot of sense for AMD to focus on the mid-range. It worked well for them when they did it with the 5700 XT and I'd wager their best selling card of the last couple of generations is the 6700 XT. The 7800 XT also seems to be a bit of a hit for them and is often recommended over the 4070. At least amongst people on here.
Caporegime
- Joined
- 18 Oct 2002
- Posts
- 31,179
Which is such a tiny tiny percentage of the overall market it barely registers LOL
Last edited:
Which is such a tiny tiny percentage of the overall market it barely registers LOL
Pretty much. Most people will upgrade their 3070 to a 4070 or 5070 without a second thought.
I originally had a Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT NITRO+ OC which to be fair handled a lot i threw at it, then i got greedy and upgraded my pc to a 3090ti fe then 4090 fe
Probably over kill for what i needed, VR and 1440 gaming
Have been away from pc gaming for a little while, but going to be building one soon, I probably cant afford to sneak a 5090 passed the mrs, im guessing the 7900XTX would be a good compromise ?
any idea what a good price on sale would be for one over the next few weeks/month ?
Is it worth getting one now if there are newer models due out shortly ?
Probably over kill for what i needed, VR and 1440 gaming
Have been away from pc gaming for a little while, but going to be building one soon, I probably cant afford to sneak a 5090 passed the mrs, im guessing the 7900XTX would be a good compromise ?
any idea what a good price on sale would be for one over the next few weeks/month ?
Is it worth getting one now if there are newer models due out shortly ?
Anyone undervolted their 7900XT here? Friend 7900XT running ridiculously hot and have been told undervolt is an option. Just wondering how successful that is and if it is easy to do.
Also is the AMD app reliable to read the watts it is consuming?
Also is the AMD app reliable to read the watts it is consuming?
I have an undervolt profile for the purpose of reducing coil whine in a few games that have it. Can't say I've even been paying attention to temps, which are low enough at default to make my 7900 XT's fans inaudible.
The AMD app reported the wattage when there was an early bug with RNDA3 with a second monitor attached reliably enough. I use MSI Afterburner anyway for monitoring.
The XT|XTX was a naming convention ATI started using in the early 2000's, it makes its way back occasionally like NVidia does with the sporadic "ultra" naming convention. Internally (supposedly) the high end card is referred to xtx and the one below that the xt, though that doesn't always become the name the product is sold under.
Last edited:
An easy under volt is turn the power slider to -10 or -15 and reduce the max core clock to 2500. I would also check the case to make sure it has decent air flow and make sure you have an extractor fan on the rear roof of the case. Some of the glass fronted cases have terrible cooling and your components will cook. On the plus side they look nice doing it.
Last edited:
It arrived, got it installed and started running games. I've never heard coil whine until that. Sounded like it was playing the Dr Who theme!
Back it goes.
Are you running games with an uncapped frame rate? Unfortunately coil whine is now pretty common across all varying high-end GPUs (both Nvidia and AMD) as they are just pumping power into these things, with some better than others at masking the noise.
I only hear it on my 7900XT if I leave my frames uncapped and on my 3070 I only ever heard it when playing BF2042, Jedi Survivor & Fallen Order (no idea why it was those games specifically). I tend to limit frames anyway (and play with headphones) so it's never really been something I've noticed on any of my GPUs.
My mate has a TUF XTX that's really good, can only ever hear it marginally in some situations but unsure if it's just lucky for him or whether the TUF models are better at dealing with it.
I could only hear it when the fans went above 40%, so I could either cap frames to something like 30fps to stop the fans needing to ramp up, or set the fan curve to never go above 40%. As you'll agree, neither are a viable option.
This was an open-box deal, so I think I know why it went back the first time!
Soldato
- Joined
- 11 Apr 2006
- Posts
- 7,118
- Location
- Earth
I got a Hellhound that whines like hell literally. But don't really hear it as play with headphones.
(must mention that my hearing is not as sharp as it once was!)