@Besty In my opinion the Nitro is better, as its got a higher power cap and I was able to beat tastyPC's port royal score by over 1000 points and it was still nice and cool.
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The Radeon RX 7900 XT(X) Owners Thread.
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Caporegime
Ugh, no dispatch from OcuK. 
Merc 310's are very capable and ultra cool meaning you can hold the 3k clock speeds easily... xfx never get a fair shake I literally went all out to get a merc as 1st choice this gen and thankfully one amazon seller loves to put them for sale.
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Caporegime
Yes at max rpm is cools very well indeed, good for benches but it is very loud.
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I decided on the XTX Nitro+ as opposed to Nvidia this time. Despite all the drama going on, I think AMD will give us a great product this time around.
Can anyone advise how their drivers/performance improves with AMD? Do they have a good track record?
Can anyone advise how their drivers/performance improves with AMD? Do they have a good track record?
Soldato
My devils limited edition despatch email has landed! thanks OCUK!
The Merc 310 is loud, I am glad to get the Gigabyte card after I sent the xfx back.
Compared both have similar fan speeds with default bios, the xfx is way louder. I did push the Gigabyte card for some benchmarks and the fan was running @ 100% 3200 rpm but still sound better than the xfx @ 1900rpm.
Maybe my PC is on the desk very close to me which makes me very sensitive to fan noises.
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Caporegime
The Nitro is completely silent at 40% fan speed. The Merc is almost loud at 40%. It’s even audible at35%, however it does move a lot more air.
Soldato
If you haven’t had it give them a ring.Ugh, no dispatch from OcuK.
I didn’t get one even though ordered early in the day, guy on the phone said they’ve had a few issues with orders not being auto sent to warehouse for packing.
Rang up and within an hour it was despatched.
Could be nonsense but thought I’d mention it.
I ordered a case earlier today and haven't had a dispatch email either. Gutted as could have done with it tomorrow.
Thats awesome to hear about the Nitro. Do you have the XTX? I may need some help with tinkering mine when it arrives like fan curves, undervolting etc.
Completely unrelated but 40% is the magic number for all my stuff. Case fans, radiator fans and AIO pump speed. I like it silent. Also the heating barely makes any difference if I stick them up to 60
Soldato
A long time since I've posted on OcUK. I've been keeping an eye on this thread and was able to order an XFX Merc 310 XTX last week which arrived today. Adding my hat to the ring for the owners list!
Pretty happy so far - looks suit me perfectly. Don't care for anything RGB or overly flashy - I'm using a windowless Fractal Define R3 case. The fans aren't annoyingly loud - certainly fine with the case on the floor and not really noticable above case or CPU fans.
After an hour of mixed benchmarking and a 5 minute Furmark run the highest logged GPU temp was 66 degrees with an 84 degree hotspot reading.
Pretty happy so far - looks suit me perfectly. Don't care for anything RGB or overly flashy - I'm using a windowless Fractal Define R3 case. The fans aren't annoyingly loud - certainly fine with the case on the floor and not really noticable above case or CPU fans.
After an hour of mixed benchmarking and a 5 minute Furmark run the highest logged GPU temp was 66 degrees with an 84 degree hotspot reading.
Caporegime
Thanks dude, I may just do that tomorrow.
Soldato
i've gone a head and ordered a red devil 7900xtx yesterday, hearing the statment from AMD about a faulty batch of MBA cards (coolers) i've decided that if i ever sell the card i wouldn't be happy using the aircooler as that is the problem, i have contacted ocuk to start a rma, i have also contacted ekwb and asked to change the block from the special edition MBA tot he red devil block.
we'll see what happens
we'll see what happens
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I think I am leaning towards this now. My MBA card seems fine. temperature wise. I bumped power to 115% last night and ran through some TimeSpy and Port Royal benches, and the Hot Spot seemed to top out at 91/92 degrees, which is fine. It didn't appear to be throttling. Fans went ape. TBP topped out at 400W. All good.
However, there is always that niggling thought at the back of my mind, much along the lines of future value. This MBA "issue" is going to tar all cards, regardless if they were affected by the problem or not (I mean, at this stage, we are still guessing at the scale and percentages of people who are/have been affected by this issue and owners will have no way of proving if their card is ok or not to any future buyers). Mainly because of this, I would prefer to spend a bit more, get a Nitro or similar and rest easy that its resale value in the future, while obviously never guaranteed, is not going to be potentially marred by this problem.
However, can I realistically RMA a card that, as far as I can tell, operates perfectly fine and is without fault?
Soldato
i would only rma if you junction temps shoot upto 110c, it really doesn't take long on a affected card and when it does the fans go mad at 2800rpm it's a litteral jet engine, i have had to underclock my core to 2400mhz and use a -10% power offset to make my card play ball, i mean the core is great at 56 degrees but still even with the changes my hotspot hits 90 easy and if i put the card back to stock then 110c easy in around a 1-2 minutes
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i would only rma if you junction temps shoot upto 110c, it really doesn't take long on a affected card and when it does the fans go mad at 2800rpm it's a litteral jet engine, i have had to underclock my core to 2400mhz and use a -10% power offset to make my card play ball, i mean the core is great at 56 degrees but still even with the changes my hotspot hits 90 easy and if i put the card back to stock then 110c easy in around a 1-2 minutes
You planning on RMA'ing?
Soldato
yeah, already sent a email to ocuk requesting such action and bought a red devil instead, if the cooler was working i'd have kept the mba