The Radeon RX 7900 XT(X) Owners Thread.

[JediFragger]

Thoughts? I'm concerned about when summer rolls around, what we thinking?

Looks alright, as long as you have a bit of fanspeed headroom before it gets annoying.

 

[Kaapstad]

Welcome all and on TOL.


The Owners List.

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Date 01/01/2023, Make Sapphire Nitro XTX, LtMatt, Link
Date 31/12/2022, Make Gigabyte Aorus Elite XTX, koeiwong, Link
Date 31/12/2022, Make Sapphire Nitro XTX, crazyswede, Link
Date 31/12/2022, Make Sapphire Nitro XTX, eeii, Link
Date 30/12/2022, Make Sapphire Nitro XTX, Charlie_, Link
Date 29/12/2022, Make MBA XTX, malachi, Link
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Date 29/12/2022, Make Sapphire Nitro XTX, 01001101, Link
Date 29/12/2022, Make Sapphire Nitro XTX, badgeruk, Link
Date 26/12/2022, Make MBA XTX, thefogo, Link
Date 23/12/2022, Make MBA XTX, Kali81, Link
Date 23/12/2022, Make MBA XT, rare, Link
Date 23/12/2022, Make Asus TUF XTX, LtMatt, Link
Date 21/12/2022, Make MBA XTX, blackarrow, Link
Date 21/12/2022, Make Sapphire Nitro XTX, delta0, Link
Date 20/12/2022, Make MBA XTX, Mr Evil, Link
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Date 17/12/2022, Make MBA XT, maltrabob, Link
Date 16/12/2022, Make MBA XTX, bokluchara, Link
Date 15/12/2022, Make MBA XTX, wookiee87, Link
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Date 14/12/2022, Make MBA XTX, ElderKarr, Link
Date 14/12/2022, Make MBA XTX, jinxpad, Link
Date 14/12/2022, Make MBA XTX, LtMatt, Link

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To get on The Owners List all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your Radeon RX 7900 XT(X).​

 

[Besty]

What would be the best Stress test for GPU?.

I would run Cyberpunk in Ultra settings and the biggest resolution your monitor can handle.

I would avoid Furmark unless you go liquid cooled.

Come to think of it, now would be a good time for Gibbo to run some specials on liquid cooling kits and get yourselves sorted for the summer

 

[Phixsator]

I'd not be concerned with those temps, Furmark hammers the gpu far more than any actual game.

Seems a load of flapping going on currently, if your card is hitting 110c now, I'd RMA it, if it's not, we'll there's nothing wrong with the card.

The issue itself isn't alright but as you said, just RMA the card and move on or sell it to me for cheaps because you are silly enough to fall for all the drama. I'd be happy as a clam. It's not like the card will burst into flames.

 

[dfour]

Has anyone fitted a waterblock to a MBA card?
Doe it fix the hotspot issues?

 

[spengos]

Ok, another update from me. After doing some stress testing on my card it looks like its also faulty. I can replicate every time now by running Cyberpunk with everything on max with RT on my 1440p ultrawide.
Everything starts off fine but after driving around for about 10 mins the temp starts to slowly climb until it eventually caps out at 110c and because of this the GPU clock speed goes from around 2600 down to around 2300.

I thought I was one of the lucky ones but this will need to go back. I guess I hadn't noticed before as I've been on some slightly older games that maybe weren't pushing the card enough.

 

[uksoldierboy]

The issue itself isn't alright but as you said, just RMA the card and move on or sell it to me for cheaps because you are silly enough to fall for all the drama. I'd be happy as a clam. It's not like the card will burst into flames.

100%, there's definitely an issue with some cards hitting 110c far to easy, especially for this time of year. But as you say, just RMA it.
My issue is that people seem to be almost "trying" to get it to hit 110c, under crazy loads of furmark, which imo is just silly.
If it's not hitting 110c under whatever your normal use case is, it's good.
I'm looking forward to trying one in February most likely.
Although I'm torn as the 6900xt is doing everything I want currently.

 

[DC2K]

Factoring in costs were would a 7900 xtx Nitro at £1300 stand compared to a 4090 fe at £1600. I know the 4090 is more powerful, but is it £300 better?

I’ve looked at mainstream reviews but wanted to hear from users.

 

[LtMatt]

Factoring in costs were would a 7900 xtx Nitro at £1300 stand compared to a 4090 fe at £1600. I know the 4090 is more powerful, but is it £300 better?

I’ve looked at mainstream reviews but wanted to hear from users.

Yes it probably is. It really depends if you are happy spending either of these amounts on a graphics card to be honest, neither are exactly cheap. They are both great cards, the Nitro is fantastic really so well built and it looks and sounds the part.

What I will say is that I'd go for a 7900 XTX (AIB) over any 4080 all day long, because the XTX (AIB) can be nicely tuned to extract another 20% performance or so and in some more favourable games you can reach and surpass a stock 4090. You'll never see a 4080 doing that.

 

[Besty]

Not sure that will happen, MPT is a thing of the past with Navi31.

Should be able to read the BIOS values though, programming them with different values on the other hand.......

 

[NathG79]

Ok, another update from me. After doing some stress testing on my card it looks like its also faulty. I can replicate every time now by running Cyberpunk with everything on max with RT on my 1440p ultrawide.
Everything starts off fine but after driving around for about 10 mins the temp starts to slowly climb until it eventually caps out at 110c and because of this the GPU clock speed goes from around 2600 down to around 2300.

I thought I was one of the lucky ones but this will need to go back. I guess I hadn't noticed before as I've been on some slightly older games that maybe weren't pushing the card enough.

Going to try this on Friday when I get some time.

 

[Chud_Jenny]

Has anyone fitted a waterblock to a MBA card?
Doe it fix the hotspot issues?

Nothing in stock yet, but the EK block looks good. The blast plate has been flipped to hit the centre of the die.


That's what you call quality paint work!

 

[DC2K]

Yes it probably is. It really depends if you are happy spending either of these amounts on a graphics card to be honest, neither are exactly cheap. They are both great cards, the Nitro is fantastic really so well built and it looks and sounds the part.

What I will say is that I'd go for a 7900 XTX (AIB) over any 4080 all day long, because the XTX (AIB) can be nicely tuned to extract another 20% performance or so and in some more favourable games you can reach and surpass a stock 4090. You'll never see a 4080 doing that.

Thank you, appreciate the response and you make a good points. I’m very close to buying the Nitro, I don’t think I’ve ever heard such good things about a particular model of GPU for quite some time.

 

[Besty]

Factoring in costs were would a 7900 xtx Nitro at £1300 stand compared to a 4090 fe at £1600. I know the 4090 is more powerful, but is it £300 better?

I’ve looked at mainstream reviews but wanted to hear from users.

Its a tricky situation atm because you can get an 4090 FE but you need to be dead jammy and be willing to wait for a stock drop so, by default you are looking at a 4090 AIB.

To get a like-for-like 4090 AIB card with the same level of components as the Nitro+ which has a Tier 2 17+3 phase PCB and cooler, you are looking at a 4090 TUF which is 18+4. (the 4080 TUF is 18+3 and the 4090 FE is 20+3).

The 4090 TUF costs about 2k inc Vat and the 4080 TUF costs about 1,400 inc. Vat.

The 7900XTX Nitro+ is 1,300 inc. and against the 4080 TUF it's within 1% performance of the 4080 TUF and quite a bit quicker in some scenarios if you run the Nitro+ at a higher power-limit.

By the end of April we should have the 7900XTX Toxic, OC Formula and Strix OC models available which will close the gap even further to the 4090 FE. The 4090 custom models don't seem to bring much to the table over the FE apart from less chance of coil whine (in the case of the MSI 4090 Suprim X), the 4090 FE is pretty juiced up as it is and AIB's can't seem to beat it no matter how much they overengineer the PCBs.

 

[DC2K]

Its a tricky situation atm because you can get an 4090 FE but you need to be dead jammy and be willing to wait for a stock drop so, by default you are looking at a 4090 AIB.

To get a like-for-like 4090 AIB card with the same level of components as the Nitro+ which has a Tier 2 17+3 phase PCB and cooler, you are looking at a 4090 TUF which is 18+4. (the 4080 TUF is 18+3 and the 4090 FE is 20+3).

The 4090 TUF costs about 2k inc Vat and the 4080 TUF costs about 1,400 inc. Vat.

The 7900XTX Nitro+ is 1,300 inc. and against the 4080 TUF it's within 1% performance of the 4080 TUF and quite a bit quicker in some scenarios if you run the Nitro+ at a higher power-limit.

By the end of April we should have the 7900XTX Toxic, OC Formula and Strix OC models available which will close the gap even further to the 4090 FE. The 4090 custom models don't seem to bring much to the table over the FE apart from less chance of coil whine (in the case of the MSI 4090 Suprim X), the 4090 FE is pretty juiced up as it is and AIB's can't seem to beat it no matter how much they overengineer the PCBs.

Thank you, I appreciate the narrowing down. I should probably just get the Nitro really while its available.

 

[Jamie Gilbert]

New Monitors
I do not regret my decision
Displayport 2.1 540 hz lets gooo!

 

[Ushay]

Thank you, I appreciate the narrowing down. I should probably just get the Nitro really while its available.+

Mate I'm in the same boat, just sat here wondering if I should get the XTX Nitro+ or the 4080 FE. I've not had a PC in a decade, coming over from a laptop 3060 now (it makes a LOT of fan noise under load).
On the one hand I see the 4080 is super efficient compared to the XTX on load. On the other I hear amazing things about the Nitro+ model.
My use case is a SFF case, where I want the best possible thermals and sounds I can get (and if possible efficiency too). Want something that will future proof me for the next 5+ years at least.

 

[Besty]

The 7900 XTX TUF has the better cooler than the Nitro+, the 4080 Suprim X is even quieter but you won't get a 7900XTX that has lower DB under load than a Suprim X 4080 due to the additional vram.

 

[DC2K]

Mate I'm in the same boat, just sat here wondering if I should get the XTX Nitro+ or the 4080 FE. I've not had a PC in a decade, coming over from a laptop 3060 now (it makes a LOT of fan noise under load).
On the one hand I see the 4080 is super efficient compared to the XTX on load. On the other I hear amazing things about the Nitro+ model.
My use case is a SFF case, where I want the best possible thermals and sounds I can get (and if possible efficiency too). Want something that will future proof me for the next 5+ years at least.

I thought about the power draw and because I play at 4k 120 I usually always enable FSR or DLSS where available, to get the smoothest performance. The bonus here is this can really reduce power draw and keep temps low, potentially closing the gap.

I personally would go for the 7900 xtx Nitro over a 4080, but I would also go for a 7900 xt, 4070ti or 4090 over the 4080 too! I hope that is helpful to you.

 

[wookiee87]

Nothing in stock yet, but the EK block looks good. The blast plate has been flipped to hit the centre of the die.


That's what you call quality paint work!

i have the special edition block on order, it should be with me around the end of january or beginning of february, my mba xtx has issues with hot junction temps but i can live with it for now, just underclock and reduce power limit until it arrives, you can be sure i'll post after results of the card going under water as well as the install process, tbh it can't come soon enough