7900 XT Sapphire Pulse, better than Reference?

[@Nibiru420]

Gotta say this card is really good. I bought the reference originally and wasn't happy with the Hot spot temp and noise. The reference was a great size and looks wonderful, and honestly isn't bad at all, but the hot spot temp would get to 87-89c and pretty loud for my liking. I returned the reference and bought a XFX 7900xt, and wasn't happy with that either. It was HUGE and used up to 340 watts (30 over ref), would hit 90c+ on the hot spot, and was just as loud or louder then the ref. I then purchased the Sapphire Pulse 7900xt and am extremely happy. It's a little bigger then the reference but smaller then the XFX. The temps are great, I've only seen the hot spot get up to 82, maybe 83 and thats at a 100 percent usage at 319 watts (10 higher then ref). Whatever they did with the fans, they did right. It's pretty damn quiet, like really good. You hear it and know it's there, but WAY better then the Reference and XFC, like way better. This is my first Sapphire card and will be my go to AIB manufacture for future AMD cards, like EVGA was for me with NVIDIA. If you are looking to get a XT or XTX I would suggest a Sapphire card. Out of the 3 it ran the quietest and coolest for me, and this is the pulse not their top tier, and it's not HUGE. Yea it's not small either but compared to a lot of cards now a days this one is a decent size.

[@FutureDocta]

Ever heard of undervolt?

[@Nibiru420]

@@FutureDocta yes.

[@nephilimslayer]

what case did u use? i have the nr200p max..i dont know if it will fit

[@Nibiru420]

@@nephilimslayer I had the cooler master nr400. I've since upgraded to a lian li 216

[@Nibiru420]

It fith the nr400

[@FlyingShoe]

My cat woke up when hearing your voice then promptly jumped on my lap to watch this video. She also seems to enjoy the news show.

[@Shulcyo]

I was advised by multiple people against Pulse model however i ended up buying one and i am beyond shocked how well it runs. Core temps around 65c junction average 81c. I was able to OC to 3100mhz and 2800mhz for memory at +15%W and undervolt from 1100mv to 980. All smooth no crashes stavle temp. I am getting coil whine only in CS2 and i am not sure why but this is the only game that gives me coil whine. Wish i was able to find XTX but Microcenter had them all sold out

[@subhajitrouth5379]

But isn't 81 degrees high temperatures cuz Asus ones are at 68-70a only

[@Enakaji]

Thanks for the review. The Saphire Pulse XT and XTX are actually cards that I'm really interested in due to their comparatively small size compared to other AIB cards, since they are among the few variants of the current Generation of GPUs that I could actually fit into my case. Max GPU length I can fit is around 320mm and even my current Gigabyte Gaming OC 6750 XT is making it look rather tight and thats smaller then that.

[@narwhal4304]

Yeah, my PC is in a Fractal Meshify C and max length allowed in the case is 315mm. As much as I want Sapphire's Nitro+ 7900XTX, I would have to choose the Pulse if I want to continue using this case.

[@GrimeyLadTV]

I managed to get a used Sapphire 7900 XTX Pulse for less price than I could get an XT for! All because the seller said it had extreme coil whine. Best thing is, it hasn't got any coil whine at all. I think the seller must have had a fault PSU or something. I got a deal of the century. Very happy with my Sapphire RX 7900 XTX Pulse!

[@SuperMari026]

Been trying to save up for the 7900XTX Sapphire Nitro but the prices in EU are insane. I really like this comparison with the XT and XTX because it shows me that it might be better to get the XT and save a buck for a new PSU.

[@GameCyborgCh]

yeah be it new or used there isn't much of a price difference and something like a 3060 still goes for close to original MSRP. I'm still sitting on a 1060 6gb and only have 1080p 60hz monitors so a gpu upgrade for me is absolutely pointless unless I also get a monitor upgrade, but why would I do that if that resolution is plenty at my viewing distance and I don't play anything that benefits from high refreshrates. the only reasons why I would upgrade is to get AV1 encoding, which you won't find on any used card right now or VR but then I also need to get a vr headset and even though headsets like the quest 2 or valve index have been on the market for 2.5 to close to 4 years they just have not changed in price at all (heck the quest 2 got more expensive over time)

[@REgamesplayer]

People, just upgrade one part at a time. That is the beauty of desktop gaming. Furthermore, at the moment there are insane deals on RX 6000 generation and you can find better value there.

[@paulvancyber1979]

here in Mexico the 7900XTX Sapphire Nitro costs 1000 USD plus TAXES and the 7900XT Sapphire Pulse costs 766 USD plus TAXES I dont know if the 23% difference in price impacts in 23% real performance in games!

[@bierrollerful]

​@@GameCyborgCh For me, going from 1080p to 1440p was like putting on your first pair of glasses. *Huge* difference. But the drawback is: you really can't go back and you will soon find yourself shopping for a "mid-range" GPU.

[@GameCyborgCh]

@@bierrollerful at what screen size and viewing distance? 'cause at 24" 1080p is plenty

[@zo1arus]

Quick Connect fans, fuse protection, and Trixx Boost are my favorite features in Sapphire cards.

[@marvintpandroid2213]

I need to get my tech tips somewhere.

[@tombowombo-]

Wendell Tech Tips

[@smashed_penguin]

Future me will forget the original context of this comment.

[@greensleeves8095]

I wanna get my tendies.

[@smashed_penguin]

@@greensleeves8095 All I have is cookies 🍪

[@TobyLegion]

Level1Tesla

[@davidg2731]

Newegg has these on sale now for $799!

[@tehpanda64]

1% and .1% low fps should be changed to show the number of occurrences of a frame time having a long enough interval to be noticeable. Like how many frames had frametimes that are below the 16ms of 60fps

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

I'm on a Pulse 5600 XT rn. And while I love the performance, I didn't get the card for the looks. Good to see the line getting a bit of a glow-up! 👀

[@TheKamoteus]

I just ordered this from Amazon. I can't wait! I'm coming from a i5 3570k and a GTX970 so I'm super excited. 😁

[@fENzxr]

Good luck and have fun with massive bottleneck. Your GPU performance will be about -70% (or even more). Using 7900 XT with 3750, it's like using GTX 1050 with 3570. Friendly advice: You should do some research before you buy next time.

[@TheKamoteus]

@@fENzxr Why did you assume that I didn't get a new CPU? I just said I'm coming from an i5 3570k and a GTX970. I didn't say I'm pairing a 7900XT with a 3570k.. 🤦 Full Specs: CPU: Ryzen 7 7700X RAM:32GB G.Skill Flare X5 Series DDR5-6000 GPU: XFX RX 7900XTX Yup. I cancelled my 7900XT Sapphire and ordered a XFX 7900XTX instead. You should do some reading first before you spout nonsense in the comment section.

[@YoYo-be4ow]

Lol Weird I got the same set up but with a gtx 980ti. I just got the 7900xt yesterday.... I might just plug it in just to see how much bottle neck I get lol if it works I'll keep my old PC running.

[@JumpingJakF1ash]

Picked up the card for under £700 in Scotland. It was more than my usual budget, but i'm happy with it.

[@Walczyk]

I love sapphire, since I was in high school. Such nostalgia

[@oddballhippie7363]

When i go AMD i go Sapphire. My first was a ATI 9800Pro. I modded it with a full copper cooler from Zalman. Fun times.

[@kingofstrike1234]

2:17 wendell seemed to confused about pulse vs nitro plus lol

[@terryscott524]

AMD really needs to work on ROCm. Lack of decent CUDA competition is the only thing holding me back from buying any AMD card.

[@clark85]

AMD isnt nvidia get over it.

[@stevenlischer]

Wild that no one else on KZbin is reviewing this card. Want to see if this was a golden sample.

[@AyataHiragi]

Because People haaaaaaaate current gen GPU's. Hardware Unboxed straight up said in their initial reviews that they dont want to test any AIB cards of the current gen Nvidia and AMD cause of the pricing these cards have. And they went crazy in 2019 with those 500000000 different AIB 5700XT reviews.

[@disabledcable685]

Recently snagged red devil 7900xt with the price cuts and holy f this thing is a monster, 4k or 3440x 1440 120hz this card can do it all. Cyberpunk is only game I can't max out with ray tracing on, however setting GI to med and setting it to 1440p will give you 60 fps everything else cranked up, still pretty gd impressive and that's w/o using fake frames! I'd love to see Total Warhammer immortal empires canned benchmark added to your suite if it's possible, most ppl just show the battle benchmark and that isn't the most demanding aspect of the game.

[@pakjai5532]

I am going full AMD build. I think team Red is best bang for buck still. The Green camp is overcharging for little performance gains.

[@AGHathaway]

The XTX is not worth the extra cost. the 7900 XT is already such a beast!

[@PerfmonX64]

I bought an aftermarket RX 7900 XTX, and ended up returning it. The one I got had a 30C delta between the GPU and the Hotspot temps. I was seeing upwards of 100C on the Hotspot. In addition, it had the worst coil whine I have ever heard from a GPU. I ordered an aftermarket RX 7900 XT from a different manufacturer to replace it. I haven't heard of the 7900 XT experiencing the same issues as the 7900 XTX. I also ordered one of the OC editions, so I'm hoping the results I get will be close to yours.

[@vids9190]

30 delta is normal, 100 c is also normal for junction. Unless your card was throttling it is meant to be that way. Sorry to hear about the coil wine....

[@JamesSmith-sw3nk]

Good video. The 7900xt would have to drop another $300 for me to be interested, it's a 2nd tier card to the 7900xtx with a sizable performance difference, around 20%.

[@Hyperdriveuk]

That depends on what you're using it for. Work-wise, it actually outperforms ALL GPUs for photoshop and gets a partially identical score with its bigger brother for upscaling tech (greater than a 4090 I might add). So if you're not just gaming with it.. it's actually a very strong card.

[@constanttension8833]

You're like my buddy, nothing is good except the xtx lmfao

[@thefrothingotter8772]

I am pricing out parts for a new system and I am kinda torn between sticking with Team Green or trying out a Team Red card. Seems like every time I make a decision, I find something that changes my mind

[@edmac1090]

If you care about RTX, then go green. If you don’t, go red. It’s easy.

[@evers6214]

If I was spending $800+ on a gpu Id go with nvidia. Only reason to use AMD is to save money and this gen they haven’t lowered prices enough to bother. At lower price brackets Id go AMD all the way those gpus offer much better value.

[@filipealves6602]

@@evers6214 you literally provided evidence why you should still buy AMD even in the high end. It's the reason why the 7900 XTX is selling so well, no one smart enough buys a 4080 for $1200-1300 when the 7900 XTX costs $200 less!!!

[@evers6214]

@@filipealves6602 its not selling that well. Its out of stock because AMD doesn’t ship many of those. And one could argue the 4080 is $200 better because it uses less power, has productivity advantages (software support) that AMD doesn’t have, and a higher resale value. Anyone spending that kind of money isn’t looking for best value product anyway: that’s a customer that just wants all the things.

[@BBWahoo]

Me, waiting for a 4080ti 👄👁👄

[@michaelstaruszkiewicz8798]

As of 7/10/23, it's $720 US at Newegg,l sweet Price/Performance!

[@null2114]

just bought it! kinda got lucky, I ordered this Sapphire card simply because I thought it looked nicer than the other 7900 XTs but now I stumble upon this video and learn it performs a bit better than the others too!

[@Goldmaster]

2:30 I honestly hate rgb stuff. Like it only makes the stuff "look" nice. I'd rather have a little more performance or a slightly lower price.

[@BrotherYusuf]

As I’m getting older I’m preferring non rgb too hence why I didn’t buy the new nitro 7900xtx

[@Andy-Andeee]

Wendell lost some weight, looking great man! Let's GO!!! 💪💪

[@Stalast.]

Would really have liked to see thermal and noise performance for this card.

[@spacechannelfiver]

Anecdotally and in no way scientific it's quiet (the only noise I ever hear from my PC is when the CPU fans ramp up) and runs around 65C core, 75-79C hotspot. It's a solid card.

[@PluckyUnderdog]

A very sensible, no-nonsense review. I'll be picking this up, shortly. It's very good value, and it's a brilliant card. An absolute 1440p beast. And, I'm tired of Nvidia and their sh*tty offerings. I'm switching to AMD.

[@TheApatheticGuy]

Glad I managed to snag one of these on Newegg for early Black Friday. They sold out quick!

[@MrKsan05]

I just ordered the Sapphire Pulse RX 7900 XT for $749.99, it is the most I've ever spent for a GPU and will also be the best I've ever owned. It will replace a RX 6600. I am a little excited to see how it goes. Hope I didn't waste money i didn't really have lol.

[@SonaSan95]

where did you get it from ?

[@MrKsan05]

@@SonaSan95 Newegg, They had a voucher for $20 off and i had $45 store credit, I also got the game The Last of Us for free. It's here i just need to install it.

[@Heath-2023]

How's it looking? Just ordered mine to replace my 6800xt

[@MrKsan05]

@@Heath-2023 it is amazing, and I do really like it but i didn't know it would be so loud when playing a game on ultra settings, my computer sits right beside me on my left and i will need to move it now. the fans are just as quiet as my rx 6600 when idle but when i play a game on full settings it is beautiful, but the roar of the fans is deafening. The Sapphire has never gone above 72C on junction and 67c of temp, it is an amazing card but I've never owned a high-end card before so this is new to me. I'm playing everything on ultra and getting great FPS and I also was able to turn RT on in Cyberpunk and that was my first time ever seeing RT. People say it isn't a good RT card, but I was very happy with what it did, I really have nothing to compare it to but i thought It was awesome.

[@quickpodcast5minutecasts]

@@MrKsan05 cpu paired with?

[@spuchoa]

This is the card that I want for Linux!, thanks for the video Wendell.

[@piedpiper1172]

I’m a huge fan of sapphire. I know it’s silly. But man I wish the 7900 XT Pulse had an illuminated Sapphire tag. Leave it off if you don’t like it, or match the color to your system rather than the red tagging.

[@prycenewberg3976]

That fan design looks super familiar. I watched a video a long time ago where a guy would 3D print fan designs from his viewers and test them. That fan design looks like one of those.

[@aungthuhein007]

Thank you for mentioning 7 Days! I love this game but no one ever talks about it.

[@nitroxide17]

Crazy how this card’s 1 and 0.1 percent lows are stronger than usual. Also love the enterprise D poster. I thought most reviewers says the 4080’s raster performance is just below the 7900 xtx not xt? Also is there a place to view your test system configuration? Thanks!

[@greensleeves8095]

I like sapphire but I wish they dropped the red color scheme and just kept it black or neutral.

[@Dmwntkp99]

The best value, Sapphire always has great build.

[@mrsir7558]

Wendel is loosing weight! U look good bro.. We wanna see more guns

[@michaelthompson9798]

I was waiting for that creepy stand (with cap, blue hairpiece & black t-shirt) in the background to turn around 180o and have glowing devil 👿eyes 👀😱😱

[@alderoth01]

I've got one of these coming in 2 days. I hope it's amazing. Oh, mine was $799.00 on Amazon. Right now all I have is an RTX 3060 with 12Gb Vram. This sounds like it's gonna be SUPER upgrade for me lol.

[@Jupiters1337]

its 749$ right now on amazon/newegg

[@baumstamp5989]

it's the card i want. best bang for buck!

[@djsnowpdx]

So typically with the PULSE cards, SAPPHIRE does not surface fan control to the user, and fan speeds start around 1100-1300 RPM (probably a zero RPM mode for low load -- I don't know). With the NITRO+, SAPPHIRE does surface fan control, and the speeds the fans can achieve are all over the place. With the 5700XT NITRO+, they were configurable between 26% (1100-ish RPM) and 100%. With the NITRO+ 6650 XT, the fans are configurable down to 15% (750 RPM) and can hit 750 RPM by default in extended gaming scenarios... sometimes? Hardware Unboxed reported his card's fans spun at just 750 RPM, which is the driving factor behind why I sidegraded from a 5700 XT to a 6650 XT, and here was my experience. In Windows 10, using the silent VBIOS, the card used up to 102 watts by default, and spun its fans at 750 RPM under load. Lowering the clock target to 80 in Adrenalin caused power usage to drop to 60 watts, 3-4 watts at idle. Then I upgraded to Windows 11, and now my card uses 165 watts while gaming by default (which, I would surmise, is similar to the OC BIOS), with the fans spinning up to 1300 RPM. Boo! Lowering the clock target to 80 in Adrenalin causes power usage to fall to 87 watts while gaming, and the fans to return to 750 RPM. Adrenalin does not like me, and will pretty consistently resets my GPU tuning to default (tested across two computers with different NITRO+ cards, unfixed for three years now) within a few days, citing the detection of an unexpected system failure after a normal shutdown and cold boot, so now I'm trying MSI afterburner instead, just so my settings will stick. Similar clock/noise/power draw behavior, except instead of 80 for the max clock target, I set 2300, as Afterburner measures in MHz. Also, according to Hardware Unboxed, the 6750 XT and 6950 XT NITRO+ cards run at 1100-1300 RPM while gaming, which is a turn-off for me and the main reason I side-graded my performance rather than upgrading. I'm not sure SAPPHIRE lets you run the fans down to 15% even manually on those cards, though I know XFX lets you go down to 15% with the QICK 6700 XT, as a friend tested it for me. For quiet freaks like me, the 6650 XT NITRO+ is great if you're willing to tinker, and the PULSE cards probably aren't because they lack user fan control. So the primary things I wish reviewers would test are: does the card allow manual fan control, what's the minimum RPM (outside of Zero RPM mode) you can set manually, what clock targets do you need to set to get it comfortable at that fan speed, and how does that impact performance and noise? Thanks.

[@inmypaants]

It would have been good to see this tested against a more premium model to understand where corners have been cut so I know if I should spend the extra $

[@rENEGADE666JEDI]

Rdna 3 overclocks very well. I have a 7900xtx and the gains after a slight OC/UV are very large. More than 10% in each case. Probably closer to 15% on average. It is like the difference between 6900xt and 6950xt😁

[@TE5LA-GAMING]

I just bought one for $779 that also comes with free Resident Evil 4 game. I like the understated look. I do not care for all the RGB lighting fads since my work involves installing these on cars, boats, off-road vehicles, motorcycles, etc. I think it's idiotic to install these on vehicles. I also like the fact that it had dual DP and dual HDMI, which isn't common nowadays.

[@godwhomismike]

I just ordered this card for $625. Seemed like a great deal.

[@Silvane911]

I am guessing this card has no RGB? Also do the fans go idle in 2D mode? Thanks, I looked for info online without success.

[@westyk52sparky]

i just got this 7900xt for £699 with starfield

[@BabisZan]

yeap thats gonna be my next gpu in the next few months , thanks for the review.

[@haraldem4274]

Actually the cooling of the MBA design should be superior (vapor chamber vs heat pipes). The stock fan curve might just lean towards quiet instead of low temps but that can easily be fixed via software.

[@stanistheman12]

What about temperatures?

[@philipphellmich7644]

Can you investigate why the 7900 series has serious performance issues with vr headsets like hp reverb g2?

[@damokerbs5856]

It'll take a lot of convincing for me to get a Sapphire again. I've just RMAd 2 of them, for loud coil whine and fan issues. Otherwise they are the best looking cards out there and the nitro has the best fan design.

[@Vegemeister1]

5:58 "The tools will capture 0.1% lows, but I kind of want to weight them a little differently than we're doing now. That's a whole other conversation. Maybe that's a different video." A video to teach the PC enthusiast community about the coordinated omission problem?

[@karolain3695]

Would this gpu be any good with intel i5 13600kf ? it's going to be my first build and I'm thinking about this combo because I want to go with Linux instead of Windows

[@kailimedia]

Does the fan turn on on boot? looks like no any rgb or lighting at all

[@hab9514]

Man this is a great review but absolutely messes up with my decision.Overhere this 7900xt is 900euro, the nitro+ 7900xt is 999euro, so 100e difference. Fair. HOWEVER the pulse 7900XTX ( which i actually want) is 1130e and the GORGEOUS Nitro+ 1149e... so thats a 20$ difference. My dilemma is that the nitro+ barely fits in the nrp200max case I have. The airflow with TG panel is meh as there is only 4mm of clearance. Now im torn either to buy the 7900xtx Nitro+ and suffer warmer temps or just get a Gigabyte 7900xtx (999$ here) which safes me a whopping 140$. But Reportedly Gigabyte GPU's suffer cracks in the PCB for sag...so i really only want Sapphire.. Or just to get one of the Pulse cards, probably the 7900xt, which will save me 200$+

[@donaldpetersen2382]

Der8auer's OC of the water cooled Liquid Devil xtx makes me excited to see the first Sapphire Nitro+ xtx on water block OC. Though I don't think I've seen waterblock OC from Level1, I wouldn't be too surprised if we see it in the future.

[@dicknr1]

Edited with more information: Sapphire their watercooled cards are named Toxic Pulse is the decent cooling, good value often but lower OC headroom. Nitro+ is the heavy clocking lineup, in case clocking significantly raises performance which some generations do benefit from. Nitro+ Vapor X series: Added a custom Vapor design to its models for higher cooling efficiency. Toxic: The extreme ultra high duty but often rediculously priced but true kings of the performance and OC and temps. So toxic would be the watercooled model. if you need reference just go techpowerup, gpu database, 7900 XT(X), bottom will show all lineups of all brands when you selected it. Toxic has been rumored and named a while ago but not out yet officially on TechPowerUp. What I did find was this piece of info: What’s new. Going forward, Alphacool is now using chrome plating on the copper radiators for all graphics card coolers instead of nickel plating. This is significantly harder and more resistant than nickel plating. The addressable RGB LED lighting also shines better because the chrome plating is much smoother and distributes the light even more beautifully in the cooler. To dissipate the enormous amount of waste heat, the water flow has been completely redesigned. The jetplate is embedded in the cooling fins and is pressed onto them by a completely redesigned inlet with an O-ring. This ensures that the water is reliably forced through the cooling fins. Optimization of the cooling fins leads to a further increase in performance. The cooling fins were reduced to 0.4mm and the distance between the fins was minimized to 0.4mm. This creates a larger cooling surface and reduces the flow resistance of the cooler. This results in a performance plus. With board partners from AMD, the base of the previous Eisblock cooler has been almost completely redesigned. These major changes are clearly visible in the overall look of the cooler. Alphacool’s new Aurora water cooler has been extensively tested on the new RX 7900 XT(X) graphics card generation and has gone through a long development phase to provide the best possible performance. Sapphire Toxic waterblock Image The Eisblock Aurora water cooler for ASRock AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX/XT Taichi/Phantom, Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX/XT Nitro and Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX/XT Toxic are available for pre-order now from the Alphacool Online Shop. Features Eisblock Aurora Chrome-plated copper radiator base Optimized fin structure with larger cooling area Modified jetplate ensures optimal distribution of water in the cooler Brilliant aRGB LED illumination Compatibility Eisblock Aurora Acryl RX 7900XTX/XT Nitro Sapphire AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 XT Nitro+ Sapphire AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 XTX Nitro+ Compatibility Eisblock Aurora Acryl RX 7900XTX/XT Toxic Sapphire AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 XT Toxic Sapphire AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 XTX ToxicEdition Compatibility Eisblock Aurora Acryl RX 7900XTX/XT Taichi/Phantom ASRock AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 XT Taichi ASRock AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 XTX Taichi ASRock AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 XT Phantom ASRock AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 XTX Phantom Price: Eisblock Aurora Acryl RX 7900 XT(X) (MSRP 159,98€) So very likely we will see a watercooled (Toxic XT(X)), if not you could ... do it yourself 🙂

[@garedroessel4315]

I'm seeing videos of 4090 being bottlenecked by CPU. Do you think any ryzen 7000 would be ok using a gigabyte 4090oc for 4k gaming? I thought 4k was all GPU bound so would there be a difference with the 7000x vs 7000x3d? Would the same restrictions apply to this 7900xt as well?

[@NulJern]

u can use any cpu you want of the 7000.. however depends on what you are gonna use it for. but for gaming you can use any i would say. and x3d version as i understand will get you performance, but only in gaming.

[@JonDisnard]

I've been planning to upgrade my Linux rig with one of these. Been using an Intel 8th gen gaming NUC (Hades Canyon), the one with an AMD GPU. Going to either go with an external GPU, or a SFF rig large enough to fit one of these huge cards. I wish AMD would be the good guy, and set prices lower. But they are still the best choice for Linux users. Although Intel is technically an option now, too

[@faustsmith]

Could you please include the box version of Microsoft Flight Simulator X and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 in all your testing? Thank you for kind consideration and time.

[@thacalebful]

Hmm. So pulse or nitro+ when the difference only is 25 usd?

[@ZeleniMrav]

Want to see temperatures! It's important when reviewing gpu-s.

[@bobo-cc1xw]

Is amd problem that the xt and xtx cost about the same to make. Just missing a cheap die and cores where there are a lot of good chips

[@StaySic4Ever]

Yeah Toxic XTX would be awesome to see. Just simply sucks price wise in EU electronics are way overpriced here.

[@Yandross]

Does this card have any RGB at all?

[@nareshangelia-sookrajjr.1365]

I have this GPU paired with a 10900k OC’d this thing rocks for 1080p Max settings

[@JMartinni]

Those are some odd results. Normally the XTX should be way ahead?

[@jamesgunn9056]

I think some results were 1080p and 1440p if looking at the top left of the charts. I thought same as well...

[@defro125]

At 1080p and 1440p, the 7900xtx can be heavily CPU bottlenecked compared to other cards. It is certainly meant to be a 4k card. They are also comparing the Pulse which is an overclocked 7900xt to normal clocked 7900xt and 7900xtx, so it will perform somewhere in the middle.

[@LordMustangGT93]

Here's a better question, do any of care with the price still, nope. Fuck prices still. Vote with your wallet!

[@Hadw1n]

Thanks Wendel!

[@Kowalamaster]

What is with the Blue haired Mannequin in the background?

[@NulJern]

Cool design!

[@Destide]

It's got a new hat..I want it, I want it. Lets see those Plex transcodes! How many copies of Mac and Me in 4k Dolby Vision can it run?

[@Hollywood1127]

Someone help me decide. I have a MSI B650 Edge Wifi motherboard I just bought and I am going to pair it with a 7800X3D processor. Which RX 7900 XT graphics card should I get? "7900 XT Sapphire Pulse" or the "PowerColor Hellhound AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 XT 20GB GDDR6"?

[@bkaza]

Both are good

[@animegeek6118]

This card is 899 at micro center. Took it back 2 days later do to continuous flickering.

[@soltysss]

On linux have some problems with high refresh rate 4k monitor with multi monitor config, managed to get it to work on exceptable level but still not had "works out of the box" experience. Sure, if I only had 1 monitor it would be much much better. my config 4k 144 and 2k 60 monitors and 7900xtx, only on fedora 38 KDE it works more or less ok (have some problems with artifacts when playing video on both monitors), on linux mint with official drivers only managed to get 120 Hz with two monitors or 144 but single monitor. AMD integrated graphics also only manages 120 Hz with two monitors (but that might be due to it not being powerful enough). Not a great drivers at the moment.

[@finnolino337]

For this for 699€ the cost 180€ more that I don’t have. Upgrading from a RTX 3060ti

[@JBrinx18]

Who's your spell-checker?

[@nimrodery]

"out hands" 7:43

[@Felix804]

I Got it for 799 Euros yesterday 😍😍 I'm so happy right now. I'm upgraidn from a Radeon rx 580. But I'm not sure if this card has a dual bios switch? Does anyone knows more about it?

[@Tim4V]

No it has not dual Bios. Have you bought it from Alternate?

[@ServTech1337]

What about hotspot

[@DSDSDS1235]

So the bar is better than reference these days?

[@Royaleah]

Some people will upgrade their CPU/Motherboard and carryover their GPU because they don't have the money to do it all at once. This is why!

[@magellan124]

AI gpu tests please! You guys haven't done anything in that space since the Covolutional Neural Network on cats. It would be cool to see an AMD example

[@Paws.Prints]

is Linux rocm/opencl/compute still a complete mess?

[@MikeBob2023]

When I grow up I wanna be just like Wendell. 👶👍

[@pyroromancer]

¿sapphire mobos when?

[@PullingWrenches]

thanks for the honest review as usual but man... I was very distracted by blue hair in the background, is that a woman or for some reason you have a mannequin with blue hair in the background lol didnt move once. I hope its a real person because why would you have a mannequin with such nice legs thats creepy hahaha sry had to ask its Ryans mannequin isnt it? or Krista in a wig but why? hahah

[@mrfilipelaureanoaguiar]

The 4090 is 1.3tflops double precision, this one 2tflops? I don't understand why all that still don't show up in gaming. Playing 1080p games with 1.3 to 2tflops just because it's ray tracing does literally give that fps. Are they really running full load rasterizing and RT cores? I don't think so. A 2 tflops rasterizing minecraft at 4K will run the same speed as 2tflops 4k ray tracing. It's hard to give money to that but I love those fans blades on the sapphire. Arc here I come 😎

[@Platinumdose420]

plus or pulse? 2:10

[@Platinumdose420]

this is really confusing there is a PLUS version?

[@Andreas-nb1ow]

@@Platinumdose420 OMG 🤦‍♂ There is a "Nitro+" (Nitro plus) and a "Pulse" card out there, what is so difficult? At 2:10 he said "Nitro plus"

[@12lippylucy]

This card is now £739.99 in the UK...

[@grimmzuul8586]

@ Level1 Techs My daughter is wanting to learn how to video edit and make videos, her current PC system is spec’d with- Asus Crosshair VI Mobo X370 Ryzen 7 1800X CPU Nvidia GTX 750 Video Card (installed) or the GTX 980 Video card spare from my old gaming rig. Noctua NH-D15 Cooler 16GB GSkill 3200 CL 16 Memory EVGA Supernova 750 G3 Power supply Samsung 960 Pro 512GB Storage Western Digital Black 2 TB HD 7200rmp In a CoolerMaster HAF 932. I’m looking for suggestions first on how to upgrade this enough to be an entry level Video Editing Rig. Not real sure on how to do that as I have never built one. I have built many Gaming PC’s, but this would be new to me not sure what kind of hardware she would need just to get started learning how to do it. I have a budget of about 400-500 bucks on hand, but we can upgrade over time let’s say in the next few months for a few hundred more. Wanna stay on the Cheap side as I’m not sure she will stay with it. She is currently 13yrs old. Any help will be appreciated.

[@christopherjackson2157]

Idle power draw is another factor that can be difficult to incorporate into power draw analysis but can have significant effects in terms of total cost of ownership. My card sits at idle 6 days for every 24 hours of gaming.

[@daj246]

With current pricing I am still torn between the Nitro XT [Currently $1059 Amazon/$1113 on Newegg] or the Nitro XTX [Currently $1240 Amazon/$1180 on Newegg] PLEASE HELP WENDELL!!!! XD Planning on paring whichever with an Asrock Taichi Carrera and R9 7900 non-x

[@jmwintenn]

it's a $70 difference,what's to be torn about. you people are weird.

[@jasonb110]

Easy choice here…

[@tsvetomirkolev3788]

No thermals. No noise levels or rpm of the fans

[@cw4099]

Kept saying plus when you meant Pulse

[@guyharris8007]

❤️

[@Khan613]

Came here for coil whine and noise - nothing mentioned. :(

[@jasonb110]

4:56 this has to be an error… surely a 4080 is def faster than a 7900 XT??

[@clark85]

nope, he specifies where its better.

[@spinkey4842]

ray tracing is novelty anyways and for the extra money it is far from worth it. XT it is

[@liberteus]

Hahaha you mentioned 7 days to die... And that's the game why i rant a more powerful cpu and gpu, starting with 5800x and 3080 10gb to grab 7800x3d and 7900xt but even then not sure it's gonna help a lot!!! Game is just so messy ..

[@toughguyharrison]

Sapphire accidentally ship the 7950 xt? 😅

[@XionEternum]

1% and 0.1% lows are more often caused by poor task management in the OS. It takes a VERY well optimized and de-bloated Windows 10/11 (including disabling telemetry and all the automated shi... stuff...) to produce good results in those fields.