How to OVERCLOCK & UNDERVOLT RX 7900XTX | ADRENALIN 2023 Easy Tutorial

[@AncientGameplays]

As always, if you have any doubts, leave them on the comment section! Cheers!

[@Danno0029]

Fabio, Great vid Man! Can I apply the same principal on the XT model? Thanks

[@def6420]

DO THE PERFORMANCE PER WATT FOR 7900XT XFX PLEASE

[@michalvanco3148]

Have you seen one of the last videos from Jay? He was showing some weird behavior on RDNA3 and 2 cards when overclocking. Simplyfied that if increasing minimum clocks too close to maximum will cause the card somehow throtling and actually losing performance even though clocks and everything is correct, rather than just leaving it at 500 where boosts are the same and performance is actually higher. Noticed the same behavior even on my 6900xt

[@thepirate4095]

@@def6420 spoiler, 7900xtx loses heavily against 4080 and even the 4090, lol, there are videos out already comparing that, just do a quick search

[@def6420]

@@thepirate4095 no - and 4080 costs 50% more too

[@mathewstewart1692]

Nashville, TN here. Please do not ever feel like you have to apologize for your English. Most of us here in the US only speak one language. Love your content and appreciate you, especially as a 7700x and 7900XT owner :)

[@AncientGameplays]

Thank you very much

[@wesfredricks2543]

Yep, Florida man here. Your English is pretty dang good, lol. Actually running 3DMark as I write this trying to fine tune my new 7900 xtx. So far, got about a 5 percent extra. 3100 GPU clock, 2650 mem clock, fast timing, 1070mV, max power. Trying to get a bit more if I can.

[@matthewcooksey5411]

Fellow nashvillian here. Formerly Californian. Definitely agree.

[@carrickdubya4765]

@@matthewcooksey5411 Former Californian (Hermosa Beach) and now in parts unknown - lol

[@braveheart0317]

I've worked with some Portuguese guys way back compared to them your English is way better.

[@TheSl0thinator]

I found this video a week into owning a Power Color Red Devil 7900xtx because I was looking for ways to reduce my insane temps. I'm leaving this comment just to engage with the video and say thank you for this comprehensive breakdown for people like me who are new to team red and want the most out of our cards without having our PC be as hot as a furnace!

[@AncientGameplays]

Thank you as well, glad to help

[@kerotomas1]

Not sure if i'm late but Red Devil cards had a batch with incorrect thermal paste placement on the GPU core which results in bad temps. ( the paste doesn't cover the whole gpu plating) Could be the issue with yours too. I would just remove the cooler and re-paste the GPU. I got mine about 2 weeks ago and i don't have thermal issue so mine is out of the bad batch.

[@chrisgatecliffe]

​@tamaskerecsenyi3300 I had a launch 7900xtx red devil Ltd edition. Sent back last month due to 30 plus delta in games. Retailer sent it to Powercolor and they refunded it within 2 days, not sure if they even attempted to fix as if its a simple paste job surely it wouldn't take much work, or maybe timescales of going back to Taiwan and back would exceed 30 days so retailer protected customer turnaround times. Got a merc xfx instead and was £300 less than what I paid at launch for red devil.

[@kerotomas1]

@@chrisgatecliffe with the discount i got for it made the Red Devil actually the cheapest XTX out of all in my country, thankfully don't have a single issue with it

[@chrisgatecliffe]

@@kerotomas1 yeah the UK got hit heavy with pricing at launch due to high inflation along with the strength of the £ compared to the $&€. Red devil was the most expensive at the time along with the Sapphire but a lot of them now are under the £1000 mark. As much of a pain as it was to be without a card for 2 weeks, the saving made up for it.

[@mahoslash]

Woah, great tutorial. Undervolt and overclock tutorials for the 7900XTX on KZbin is usually unclear about how RDNA3 works and I often get unstable crashes here and there with exceptionally high power consumption and loud fan noises, while the performance never seems to change much, since the references I saw simply do not understand the structure. But with your tutorial, not only have I solved the wattage and fan problem (it's at least 100w lower and the fans were a lot quieter), I also got a decent performance boost and stable game play through out my own stress test. Thanks a bunch!

[@AncientGameplays]

Great to hear! Cheers!

[@DriveForChrist]

XFX 7900XTX is my first AMD card and I'm new to this things. Mine is stable at 2400mhz/2900mhz, 1100mV, temps 60C and 75C junction, 50% Fan curve. I learned a lot from this tutorial. Many thanks! looking forward for your new Videos.

[@rodrigo_rodrigues]

I remember the first time that I come to your channel to check and compare the undervoltage with my Vega 56, now I come back with me RX 7900 XT. Thank you for your content.

[@AncientGameplays]

Thank you for watching

[@Oven_Steaks]

Fabio thanks again for taking the time to do the research and testing for everyone's benefit. You make my system go Super Sayin each time. Such a champ. Hope you and your family have a great new years.

[@AncientGameplays]

I wish the same to you! Happy new year and thanks for watching!

[@Wake-Up-Everyone]

The 1% lows are amazing on the max overclock. I'm sure AMD can improve the cards with future updates 😀

[@AncientGameplays]

That's a given. With time, these cards will get MUCH better in some games, even more due to Smart Access Memory being optimized

[@carrickdubya4765]

That's the only reason I see to oc since avg FPS does not seem as much improvement with only 5-10 fps. The Power Save settings seem like a pretty good balance

[@hasanbulut9193]

As always, best AMD overclocking video on youtube! Thanks for figuring it out and sharing with us.

[@FMK2531]

I had been experiencing lots of micro-stuttering with my Hellhound 7900xtx and this helped so much! Now I’m getting a stable 155-160 FPS on Warzone II in 4K high settings

[@Wolf89b]

Damn i've watched many guides about this, many good youtubers. But this is at another level literally. The way you talk and explain is extremely professional and beats any guide I've seen so far. Bro, thank you.

[@AncientGameplays]

Thank you for your words 💪💪

[@_N4VE_]

Man, I’m so glad I found your channel. So refreshing to find someone trustworthy and transparent about EVERYTHING you do. Helped me out so much on my first ever PC with the 5800x3d/7900xtx. Keep up the great content we’re all here for it! cheers from hawaii brotha 🍻 🤙🏽

[@Abu_Brandino]

Exactly my build too!

[@joancebriacolmenares6298]

Fr yesterday I build the same pc, such a beast😼

[@Einuhreins]

Great work explaining how rdna3 works! i got a used reference 7900xtx with the 110c hotspot problem, for a very cheap price. undervolting helped bring the hotspot temp down to 70-80c @320Watts and it performs the same as stock. If undervolting would not have worked, my cheapest solution would be a Alphacool GPU AIO 🙈

[@AncientGameplays]

Cool to hear 💪💪💪

[@bruhson1717]

No way! Can u write me your settings?)

[@Einuhreins]

@@bruhson1717 Fan speed:60-70% Max GPU Freq. 2400Mhz Min GPU Freq. 500Mhz Voltage: 1110mv Power target: -10% Memory Clock: Default (should be 2500) if unstable try 1120mv. I hope it helps. I found a deal on a used Alphacool Eiswolf GPU AIO so im not using the stock cooler anymore.

[@joely6699]

Got a 7900XTX Red Devil coming and this video was top notch, well done.

[@spyby5176]

Did you undervolt it? How much power did the card then draw and did it decrease performance by much. Just wondering because im thinking about buying the red devil 7900xtx (because of the good performance), but energy is pretty expensive where i live.

[@joely6699]

@Spyby Yeah I did have a play and got some good results, with the card power limit increased and the lowest undervolt / highest Mhz the card would pull north of 400watts. Problem is my card was problematic since new, it would get grey screen crashes with blue lines pretty regularly then it got to the point where it would do it non stop under any type of load. Had to send it back as my older Nitro 6900xt works fine.

[@spyby5176]

@@joely6699 which psu did you use because i want to get the red devil and a sfx sf750 from corsair but im not entirelly sure if 750W is enough ( Egors lab for example says 750W will be enough for partner models, 650W for reference designs)

[@joely6699]

@Spyby Nah man 750 won't cut it especially if you want to play with dome over clocks. Powercolors site recommends minimum 900w. I had an Asus Thor 850w and bought the same model but in the 1000w to be safe. Having said that the Thor power supply has the digital read out of the watts the PSU is pulling and it never was above 650w at full OC and undervolt.

[@joely6699]

@@spyby5176 I guess it depends on the rest of your system, I have a pretty beefy Asus ROG set up with a fair bit of RGB and run and 5900xt with PBO2 clock / undervolt on all cores. I've never seen my power draw on the PSU display go north of 650w no matter what I'm doing.

[@darrenjimenez7703]

I'm a first time in 10 years amd gpu owner and I currently own the 7900xtx. Thank you for your guides. Really helped me a lot.

[@ImLemmonn]

Crazy how the power saving settings had the best 1% lows. Cant wait for my 7900xtx to arrive. 1080ti, you served me well o7

[@gambit3904]

That power save profile made my xtx a very cool gpu but with such nice performance. Not even jealous of AIBs, I'll just have fun finding the lowest mV that runs stable here. Thanks so much!

[@AncientGameplays]

Glad to help :D

[@calebhenry4071]

Thank you so much I have the 7900XT Asrock Phantom OC and this video helped me so much with tuning it. Just built a gaming PC!

[@GTRPT]

Very very informative video. I myself never messed with the min. freq. slider but I'll definetly give it a fair try.

[@AncientGameplays]

💪💪

[@jxggxr_dxv]

Regarding RMA's in EU, we have it easy. Many retailers offer 3-year warranty and will refund entirely if they cannot replace the product. Repairing is not an option for a wide range of products. A few years ago I had to RMA an RTX card after 2 years and 8 months. In the meantime, while I had it, I've disassembled it numerous times for cleaning, pads change etc (none of the screws had any seal on it) - that didn't pose any issue for RMA. In 3 days I had a refund of what I paid because the card could no longer be replaced (out of stock). This is the best scenario tbf, I added 100 bucks on top of that and bought another top of the line card.

[@Quxer0721]

Interesting and I didn't expect this video to be this long and that packed with information. From your 2 examples I think I would go with performance per watt settings or power saving. Depends on how many fps I would get on my preferred games 120-144 would be enough, maybe even lock fps on those values. Thanks for the video, I will probably go back to it after I would buy new PC.

[@AncientGameplays]

Thanks for the watching and for the words. Always makes my day 💪

[@def6420]

DO THE PERFORMANCE PER WATT FOR 7900XT XFX PLEASE

[@zengrath]

following your guide and some quick tuning, got about a 600 boost in port royal score on my saphire 7900 xtx reference card, pretty nice. I will spend more time finding my limits soon, Thanks for this very clear video.

[@AncientGameplays]

Thank you as well

[@quicogil4565]

700mV at a max 2250 core is an ultra low power mode I discovered. Worst case scenario 88% of stock performance, mostly over 95% of stock, at 215-275W tbp depending on game or test. Great for silent operation on the reference card

[@AncientGameplays]

That's nice indeed!

[@antoniosantos6442]

Yay!!... Almost 100K!...well done!... Now carry on.👏

[@AncientGameplays]

5 subs to go haha. Abraço!

[@Fhyrne]

Thanks Fabio AMDJesus, you're doing great at teaching out the knowledge that has to be gained through experience in drivers and AMD adrenaline 😁

[@AncientGameplays]

I do what I can :D

[@mikebender6268]

Got to 32.9k graphics score in time spy thanks to this, then went to 34.3k with a bit more tweaking, thanks!

[@paulw7738]

Nice! Reference?

[@mikebender6268]

@@paulw7738 XFX

[@AncientGameplays]

You're very welcome :D

[@HitomiOokami]

Thank you as always for such a detailed, step by step vid with your reasonings and findings.

[@zak77702]

I just got this GPU about a week ago and have been looking into squeezing every little bit of performance out of it (and my CPU too) and have tried following a couple GPU tuning videos before this, but this is the only one that hasn't crashed my system. Thank you for going over everything and what it actually does, that helps me understand what's actually going on. I ended up just copying your settings and naming the profile "Ancient Gameplays Tune", but I still appreciated knowing what it was that was being changed. Love your accent btw 👍

[@MG0301]

So to me: 1. just choose the GPU Overclock and that’s will be fine. 2. Don’t mess with the VRam if you put it to high it crash immediately. 3. At the GPU Tuning part just adjust around 1050 or 1060 (at Voltage), 3050 or 3045 (at Max Frequency), default the Min and the Power Limit just go 15 or 10 then everything will be good. And that’s my OC what do you think

[@AncientGameplays]

I think the core is fine, but for most games like CS:GO, having a minimum frequency set is important. VRAM tuning is important as well as it delivers a nice performance boost

[@MG0301]

@@AncientGameplays oh ok, I heard some ppl if u put vram above the middle bar it’s will crash so it’s scare me But thanks for the tips tho, I just learn how to use AMD Adrenaline Software a few days ago (I switch from Nvida to Radeon). It’s look way more different from Nvidia but It’s got everything in one software

[@GTRPT]

@PLKay what I've noticed with vram is that it loses performance before crashing. For example my vram can be set as high as 2750 and not crash at all but it has less performance than at 2650, in my case it starts getting worse after 2720mhz.

[@MG0301]

@@GTRPT thanks for the info tho

[@DimkaTsv]

​​​@@GTRPT sheesh. On my 7800XT difference between VRAM bandwidth loss and random erroring and system crash-reboot is about 10-15 mHz. Basically almost no buffer zone, and games hit VRAM stability harder than specialized tool to test VRAM. Also i cannot get 2700 mHz. Neither did TechPowerUp with multiple samples. With FT i can seemingly be stable on 2600 set. But without FT i got reboot on 2670. Meaning for me FT is more beneficial than frequency gain. P.S., Oh, i see, they use really tight but different binning for 7700XT, 7800 XT and 7900XTX... 7700 XT = 2250 (then i am surprised they managed to get 2500-2550 OC on it) 7800XT = 2438 7900 XTX = 2500

[@AnthonySandoval-k2l]

Just got my Sapphire Nitro xtx yesterday. First stop i came was here, thanks for the great info!

[@brada3731]

and what you get with undervolting

[@asplmn]

I'm super impressed. My XFX Merc XTX hit 84fps in CP2077 @ 4k native ultra, and 119fps in RDR2 Ultra/TAA High/FSR off. AC Those are right up there with the 4090. Not too shabby.

[@AncientGameplays]

And it will get better, people just decided to hate these cards as they did initially with RDNA2...always the same crap

[@DKvariety]

Thanks..it helped me to avoid crashes playing cod mw3 on 4k play. Awesome!!

[@ruisilva4317]

Basically did almost the same settings on my red devil, I was not min maxing everything so these values could be even better: Min clock: 500 (left it there because I play some games where the card doesn't even go above 2000 because I'm using freesync premium) Max clock: 3000 (I can reach 3.3Ghz but the power draw shoots up and the performance gains are not justified) Voltage: 1100 (can probably drop a bit, all I know Is I get crashes in some specific games at 1050 and other games are stable so I think my lowest value is probably somewhere close to this later value) Memory: 2714 (can reach 2814-2864, did some tests seemed fine but still not sure needs more testing) Fast timings enabled (I'll do more tweaking in the memory later, will look into this as well) PL: +15 (Red Devil also has a max PL of +15 even though it has 3 power connectors) Overall got a performance uplift of 10%+ depending on the game. Card runs cool, but it is winter as well, even if I consider 20c more in summer you can't really have the total picture so will have to wait and check temps over warmer ambient. Overall card is very stable with the current settings, no crashes, no stuttering which makes me confortable this card has a future and copium for better drivers to really unleash its full potential. Great video have a nice evening :)

[@adammartin4906]

Very informative Fabio this will defiantly help beginners out a lot I know it helps me be jelly I don't have a 7900xtx lol JK I really do love my Red devil 6950xt its all I need!!!

[@AncientGameplays]

Thanks for always being here!

[@adammartin4906]

@@AncientGameplays no prob bro you always have good content so I'm always going to like share and comment for support

[@MrZelegor]

@@adammartin4906 Can i ask your system parameters with Rx 6950 Xt? I'm planing to buy this GPU, not yet got the money tho, but 4-5 months later i could use any information i can get. I would like to use my setup for 1440p/144hz gaming, but i'm not sure about the CPU, RAM, neither about the PSU. For the MB i was thinking about an Asus ROG Strix 570-F gaming. Monitor definitely will be a Dell S2722DGM.

[@adammartin4906]

@@MrZelegor asus x570 tuf plus gaming motherboard a Ryzen 9 5950x and of course a red devil rx 6950 xt and a m.2 ssd gen 4 drive with a 1000 watt power supply gold rated which its very important to have a gold rated power supply and its fully modular and I have the Cougar panzer max g case

[@MrZelegor]

@@adammartin4906 Thank you!

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

His excellent video on the Radeon software led me to download the driver only. Now my games no longer have problems!

[@AncientGameplays]

you must have some incompatibility there

[@pogokero]

Late to get the 7900 XTX, and at first I was upset because of the heat and power draw. However, your explanation and counter-intuitive settings helped me finally unlock the card's potential. I drew 100 watts less power for the same or better performance. Thanks for the great video!

[@pogokero]

@steweymacaroon7815 I have the reference model and I can offset voltage to 1130.

[@Saymriy]

@@pogokerowhat setting really impacts power draw in the adrenaline software

[@pogokero]

@@Saymriy I've had the card for almost 6 months now, and I found it best to limit clock speeds to 2900, overclock memory to 2564, voltage at 1130, and leave everything else alone. It's stable and doesn't go above 100 C, at least now in the fall with cooler ambient temperatures.

[@Shulcyo]

I reduced voltage on 7900xt model from 1100mv to 980mv. All stable

[@swordfishffm]

Muito ...muito ...satisfying as usual!!!

[@Greenalex89]

Fabio safed my ass with this one. I have the sapphire nitro+ which draws 420W unboxed. But my 850W PSU only has 2 8pin+6+2 pin cables and not 3 separate 8pin cables. I still tried it and my pc shut down loading Cyberpunk. Using the powersaving settings at 1120mV and 2300-2400MHz clock its at 270-300W draw and I can use the GPU normally. At least until I get a new PSU. Many thanks!

[@AncientGameplays]

Glad I could help!

[@thanjim1]

What were your fps and temps for both GPU and GPU hotspot? Thanks

[@TheFluffmcgruff]

Thank you for the great video, just picked up a aorus 7900xtx and it’s working well with your recommendations.

[@coolissimo69]

Great video as always Fabio.

[@AncientGameplays]

Thanks again!

[@aliyahboucher]

19:47 unexpectedly ruthless bars

[@Brakiri]

Awesome video. Just bought a 7900 xtx and 7800x3d and was worried about temperature and fan noise, but with undervolting and reduced powerdraw temps should be easier to manage 😊

[@madmikesdeathgaming8826]

I have the same components and they run like dog crap, hoping this video helps!

[@Wolf89b]

@@madmikesdeathgaming8826 i just upgrade to same components and it runs like Heaven.

[@dutch6947]

I hope you take a break. You've made alot of great content recently in a short space of time.

[@AncientGameplays]

Hey my man, thanks for the concern. I love what I do though haha. No issues here

[@packetcreeper]

Can't wait to refer back to this video once I pick up a Sapphire Pulse 7900 XTX card.

[@crgray77]

Video is super informative and I definitely appreciate your contribution. The only problem is that I feel you have a golden sample. I have not seen anyone else with a gpu/junction delta of 5c yet. This is not a dig against you at all…it’s just the majority of the cards I have seen are showing much larger deltas, limiting their thermal headroom. I have mentioned this to you before and you claimed sapphire was a better manufacturer. According to other sources (powercolorsteve), all reference cards come from AMD. I’m just hoping someone comes out with an actual fix for these cards. Whether it be mounting pressure, better thermal paste or getting rid of the convex cold plate of the vapor chamber.

[@allenrachal]

I noticed that too. Even at idle with the fans spinning my delta is 10c. he probably has a partner card.

[@AncientGameplays]

That delta is on idle haha, the usual difference is around 10-20C depending on the amount of load and tweak. Still, 20C is pretty normal

[@AncientGameplays]

I have the reference sapphire

[@cjpp78ytube]

@@AncientGameplays I have a powercolor reference model and I can't do +15 on power limit without it getting too hot , 110c+ junction temps. I have to under volt and keep power limit at 0. SO I'm stuck at the performance I can get within the power budget of 350watts for now.

[@BlueMax109]

@@cjpp78ytube silicon lottery

[@Skokan82]

Thank for making of this video. Now it little bit more clear how to undervolt my 6800xt and who knows maybe 7900xtx in the future 🙂

[@fabianhwnd6265]

thank you it helped a lot i also undervolted my 7800 x3d

[@cptmario]

And once again you nailed it, once again you proved us that you're simply the best. Happy holidays and keep up the good work. ❤️

[@AncientGameplays]

Thank you! Happy holidays

[@squalley]

0:03 that escalated quickly huh?

[@mammut6769]

thanks for this great turtorial. it works very well on my red devil xtx. i´ve tried your max oc settings and i´ve got a huge fps improvment. 😲👍

[@AncientGameplays]

Nice!

[@nicorobin3691]

I see uve mentioned the drivers changing what the lower end should be 500mhz now. I think it would be cool of u to make an updated tutorial since Starfield is coming out and a lot of people are getting new 7900s for that. But I'm being selfish 😅 Also, have u done any videos on UVing CPUs?

[@QuotedRut]

THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU MADE IT VERY SIMPLE

[@easybreeze1]

Thank you for this. Certainly great to get some benchmarks to see how saving power affects performance, will certainly be using these. I think I understand the voltage more now, as a percentage that you lower rather than an exact figure (is that possibly why it defaults to %), was confused why voltage never reached what I'd set it to (even though it would still crash). Personally with power limit at +15 and max at 2900 my junction temp was hitting over 100c but looking at your video it doesn't get anywhere near that. From my testing, one minute it's fine at around 80-90c but suddenly hits 105c when nothing changed - still wondering if my card is faulty. Thanks for all your hard work, it's much appreciated, great video!!

[@AncientGameplays]

Thanks for watching

[@allenrachal]

I would guess he doesnt have a reference card.

[@b0ne91]

My card is the same. It's a problem with the cards. We're basically the same as the people hitting 110 junction temps but ours are the ones that barely passed QC. Either need to lap the heatsink or try different paste like PTM7950 or a graphite pad.

[@jazz9fr]

@@allenrachal He does, you can see his unboxing

[@mertince2310]

Try getting a quality display cable. According to the amd subreddit, cheap display cables cause high junction temps.

[@umyboiblue]

Picked up the xt last week then Asrock cut pricing on the xt and the xtx, which put the xtx in my budget. Thanks for the video for these awesome cards. Mine had a max frequency of 3000 out of the box. I pushed it to 3200. So far so good.

[@essenceofsias]

Wanted to share - I have a sapphire reference XTX. Increasing the PL above stock will cause 110C overheating, so instead I did something similar to this video. I have PL set to -10% and voltage set to 1050mv (has been stable thus far). Clock settings I left alone (2950 Mhz stock). No heat problems, great performance. TIme Spy Graphics score of 29,700.

[@s13kuminachu]

Hi David, if you know your card has the overheating issue why not get a replacement? Would be peace of mind. I'm genuinely curious as my Sapphire Ref XTX is in the mail. Thanks.

[@essenceofsias]

@@s13kuminachu I still may RMA it. However, where do we draw the line for "defective"? It doesnt overheat at stock PL. Only above that does it spike in heat. Not only that, but I'm getting great performance with this card. So I'm torn.

[@s13kuminachu]

@David Cato ah I see. Fine at stock levels, only goes to 110c at higher power. That is a tough one but I may side more on others being being able to increase power without getting to 110. They should all perform the same at any level for this much money. Admittedly these products are near the limit out of the box. I game at 1440p and will be undervolting but i just dont think i would accept a "lesser" gpu. Especially if getting a 4k display down the road. Is your card vertical or horizontal?

[@TRXSH503]

Superstition went from 80fps avg to 130fps, THANK YOU!

[@critikalfade]

Pretty good explanation, thanks for this video man, keep it up!

[@austintse5719]

Thanks for this. All I want is to do is save power and money while getting around the same stock performance. The 7900xtx is fast enough already. I will try your power saving settings. I also like limiting my FPS too to save more power. Thanks 👍

[@legendofthes33ker]

Congrats for another helpfull video :) There has been some reports on very high junction temps for the reference models of the 7900 xtx, some even reaching 110Celcius. I was wondering... did you noticed a big decrease in GPU hotspot temps when undervolting, or does it stay pretty much the same delta between Stock, Max OC and undervolted?

[@AncientGameplays]

My temps are good at all settings but the UV does bring hotspot temps down

[@damara2268]

Those are quality control problems. Most probably the fault is in the cooler mount system which isn't providing optimal pressure. If your gpu reaches 110°C hotspot at stock settings and throttles down because of that you should get a replacement because you won't be able to fix that without limiting the GPU performance.

[@legendofthes33ker]

@@damara2268 yup, i also gathered that fact. I read somewhere that if the card is mounted vertically it won't reach such high hotspot temps, it clearly spells poor cooler mount. in those cases might be resolved with tensioning the screws a bit more. But haven't found any reports stating that it would fix it. It seems AMD isn't accepting RMA for those cards, stating that the temps are within spec. I don't have a 7900xtx reference board card, i'm planning on aquiring the Sapphire Nitro + Vapor-X 7900xtx. But i was curious has to know how many degrees it lowers the hotspot temp with undervolting.

[@HypNoTiXz]

VERY HELPFUL!!! THANKS SO MUCH 😎😎👍🏽👍🏽

[@robertmyers6488]

The minimum undervolt is interesting. I have the XFX Merc XT and I am able to set depending on the program down to 950 to 970 mvs. I have been mostly using 3D Mark benches. Also, I have the memory set between 2800 and 2830 MHz. I have a performance increase of about 17 to 18 percent. This might explain some of the price compression between the XTX and the XT. Thank you for doing this. I have also found that the 7700x is works better with the XT than the 7950x. It is easier to tune. More stable. Slightly better performance.

[@AncientGameplays]

Interesting. The normal XT cards have more OC potential indeed. Nice vram OC, I cant go that high sadly

[@HuntaKiller91]

7700X is always better for gaming Peak cpu is 8core these days Im sure the regular 7700 will be the deal for nxtyear I might swap my b660+12100f for b650m+7700 if it's $500 combo

[@mattv3237]

are you sure its stable in games? I never lowered below 1030 but it passed 3dmark but crashed games, like all of them except overwatch. Currently i have it at 1105 and its stable in every game

[@TuxThinks]

@@mattv3237 Same with my Merc XTX. I can get down to 1040 in benchmarks but I need 1105 or so to get stability across all games. Most games are stable at like 1085, but a few random ones like FFXV needed me to push it higher.

[@Arkronis80]

Similar for me. 3D mark stress test in Speedway via 2x20 runs at 2500 max and 2400 min with 1070mv, +15 PL, and 2700vram. 100% usage it never goes above 86°C TJ, and fans at 1900rpm max keeping it there. All stable. Go into Control, and then to the place I know that pushes 100% load as well(underneath Research where all the fungus crap is) and it crashes within about 30 seconds. That is until I push the vcore up to 1120mv and it is then stable again (testing in +5mv increments each time).

[@WiseGuy3683]

This was extremely useful! Thanks for this!

[@henry3873]

I noticed that when I lowered my Max Frequency that I could also significantly lower my Voltage. At 3000 MHz my 7900 xtx was stable at about 1070mV, however, I was able to lower Voltage all the way down to 700mV when my Max Frequency was set to 2350MHz. It has been stable in all the games and benchmarks I have tried so far! Could you look into testing out lowering Voltages after lowering the Max Frequency please? Edit: scratch that. Not completely stable, need to do more experimentation

[@ALph4cro]

Have you found the stable voltage?

[@henry3873]

@@ALph4cro I didn’t experiment much more but you could have voltage at 700mV with low-mid 2000s clocks in everything it just varied app by app

[@joeychizzel]

thank you very much for doing the research and testing and showing us your recommended settings. I do not know anything about overclocking/undervolting but your video keeps it simple and i appreciate it - THANK YOU!

[@brendameistar]

Thanks Fabio! i tried your 2400/2500mhz with 2700mem on 1130mv PL15 and its working perfectly. using cyberpunk as stability test and idling for like good 30 minutes now with no crash. so basically, 2600/2700 is stable at 1120v but 2400/2500 isnt stable at 1120mv, instead it requires 1130mv hope you can provide some insight on this.

[@AncientGameplays]

I do explain why that happens. Watch the gpu core part

[@brendameistar]

@@AncientGameplays will watch again!

[@arahimakzar]

Got mine today and glad to report its >90 junction temp, extremely stable at stock.

[@thepirate4095]

have fun with your trash card, I wonder how many months until drivers will actually be stable

[@arahimakzar]

@@thepirate4095 Already more stable than my old card. In my country, matches the competition at $700 less.

[@thepirate4095]

@@arahimakzar there's no way 4080 is 700 more dollars than a 7900xtx, not even in Europe is tha t big of a gap

[@thepirate4095]

@@arahimakzar in my country 4080 is cheaper than a 7900xtx and guess whay 7900xtx is out of the stock everywhere

[@AncientGameplays]

Same here

[@savagesanticryptogaming]

Nice work as always. 🎉🎉🎉

[@AncientGameplays]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@hardecore1978]

I just had a go overclocking my 7900xtx sapphire nitro and managed to get ....3000mhz boost ,1110 mv,2780 VRAM GPU temp around 50c-55c stable on bf2042,mw2.0, overwatch ,need to see if i can push bit more 😊

[@kaushikmondal1772]

Please make a dedicated video for the overclocking of rx 7900 xt

[@AncientGameplays]

Its the same mate 💪

[@kaushikmondal1772]

Thanks Bro....Your videos are awesome......great clarity for new PC gamers......Love your content.❤️

[@ukgunit001]

Excellent job ! No nonsense and bang on point ! 👍👍

[@AncientGameplays]

💪💪

[@rashoff]

One question I never understood is the 'will this break your GPU' question 'cause theoretically more or too much voltage would fry something, but not enough voltage would just make it not work or work well.. Maybe I'm kinda ignorant to the normal buyer but idk, undervolting never gave a connotation of breaking your GPU to me

[@realbeetlejuice]

this guy is the best, in my opinion

[@AncientGameplays]

💪💪💪

[@mehdiuchiwa4568]

The best vidéo of my week ❤

[@grandcanyon2]

i just got a 7900xtx loved this video.

[@sxsoutcast7651]

I gave up on the 7900 xtx. Just ordered an ASRock OC formula 6950 xt for $775.00. it seems to be as powerful as the 7900xt in most scenarios. So heck yea.

[@AncientGameplays]

Thats sad indeed. I guess you had a defective one. It can only be that

[@sxsoutcast7651]

@@AncientGameplays I couldn't get a 7900xtx. They are about as easy to find as a whale in the Sahara desert here in the US.

[@bucketsoflove656]

Thank you for the video, very helpful!

[@zackj1798]

This seriously helped me a lot 🙏🏽

[@elvertmack5039]

Thanks...cant wait to try them out.

[@sawdust8691]

Thanks. I'm new to PC in general. So, finding this video really helped. I wanted to try undervolting to bring temps and power consumption down since I heard you could do that and still run stable with little to no performance loss. Maybe even some gain. And this worked! With my 7900xtx, it runs almost 9 degrees Celsius cooler on the hotspot, using about 40-50 watts less in the couple games I tested under max load. And pretty much no performance loss at all! I think I can continue lowering the voltage. I reached 1110 mV with no issue so far. I might be able to get even lower. Thanks again. This was the only video I could find on this card that gave such great explanation

[@UnderdomeRiot]

Thank you Fabio! Now my Nitro+ 7900XTX is even more perfect! Merry Christmas!

[@AncientGameplays]

Thanks man! Happy new year

[@brada3731]

greetings, can anyone help me, I have this model sapphire nitro+ radeon rx 7900 xtx vapor-x 24gb, how can I reduce the power consumption of this model while maintaining good performance to some extent i wante power saving

[@Premises187]

1080mv is stable for me in all games. Timespy graphics 26,500. Maybe I'm not pushing my card as hard as you are

[@AncientGameplays]

Or you have a better sample, happens :D

[@Drejkol]

So what I did to reach 26k in 3d mark (5800x3d + 7900xtx) - turn on SAM, dont touch min/max frequency and just lower the mV by 10. Don't touch the power or fan speed, just go with the mV. I could go down to 1060 on my ref card but I wanted to leave some space for the card and stayed on 1100. Then add power to the max (15 or 30% depends if its ref or AIB) and run 3d mark again. If you see the gains then it's cool, if not then don't even bother with power. Then after Voltage and Power tweaks, try to lower max fan speed by 50%. Again, if the results are the same +/-5% it's cool, of not then you gonna have to life with that ps4-like gpu. At first without the sam on I had little over 20k in 3dmark. After the tweaks I get to 26k. That's almost 50% better performance (in 3dmark) just by spending few hours in adrenalin software

[@VelcroSnake93]

I was one of those not able to hit 2700 on the VRAM. It ran perfectly fine in games, but my PC frequently crashed while doing stuff in Windows. It took me a week to pin the issue down to the VRAM overclock, since the errors Windows was giving me made it seem more like random program and CPU errors. I was able to put it to 2614 though.

[@AncientGameplays]

Yeah, that can happen

[@barbosu6666]

Great work! Looking forward for 7900xt benchmarks/undervolt/oc

[@AncientGameplays]

Already here, lay an eye on the video section 💪💪

[@World_Shaper]

Thank you so much. New to this stuff.

[@AncientGameplays]

Glad to help

[@ebineau]

At last a man speaking in english that i understand. (i am latin).

[@jamie56k]

Very informative video, good job

[@AncientGameplays]

Thank you

[@TheMakk3]

Dropping a small knowledge bomb in the comments. I discovered that if your 7900 XTX has Samsung GDDR6 chips instead of Hynix, then your VRAM frequency is best left at stock. My 7900 XTX TUF with Samsung chips hard resets my PC at 2600MHz on VRAM. So if you want to overclock your VRAM, check if you have Hynix chips first.

[@AncientGameplays]

Well, It is just much easier to see if it crashes. If it does you know you can't go as far haha

[@Ich_bin_Loonytunes]

Thank you for the tutorial!

[@CamelMaestro]

I’m curious, why does the 7800XT have the minimum frequency kept at 500MHz but the 7900XTX we bring up the minimum frequency? Is bringing up the minimum frequency still the correct way to go about tuning the 7900XTX?

[@ofon2000]

Thanks for the video...I'm not gonna get one of these 'cause 1st the price and high power draw, but I especially appreciate the performance/watt tuning mode you put in the center space as far as my preferences go.

[@AncientGameplays]

Well, price is definitely high, but power draw is quite "normal" for a top tier GPU.

[@ofon2000]

@@AncientGameplays Yessir it is...I'm just saying that I'm gonna wait probably 5 years or so to get something of this performance because I like things to be efficient cost and power wise. For example my son has a 6600 xt and I have a 3060 ti and those give great performance for the cost and the power draw. Honestly the 6600 xt is the better of the two, I believe.

[@davidstanley5192]

awesome videos and tips. Thanks so much for sharing

[@AncientGameplays]

Thanks for watching!

[@kmered1]

Thanks for the information!

[@EngLit123]

which psi did you use while overclocking the gpu...I mean what wattage...and did you also overclock the 7700x on the same psu? Kindly Mention

[@GTduzIt]

This a good tutorial for the 7800XT? I know the numbers are different but the method?

[@AncientGameplays]

Steps are the same yeah

[@kevindoyle3130]

Thanks man will try these right away and see what's best for me going to be playing warzone at 4k hopfully at 144fps

[@AncientGameplays]

Thank you!

[@Cheeseypoofs85]

and remember, dont take the core clock too high or it will start to steal frequency from the ram and the ram speeds will bottom out and impact performance severely. not sure if its a bug or if its a TDP failsafe

[@garytrawinski1843]

I have an 7900XTX Powercolor Hellhound and the power limit is 15%.

[@AncientGameplays]

Interesting, thanks for letting me know. Still, the power limit goes above 400W, that I know

[@anthonybaker5199]

I believe you have the 2×8 ping connector. The cooler is better than the reference model. That is still a good card. 👍🏾

[@GeoBot_Gaming]

Thx for your time, new owner for the red team, subbed 👍

[@AncientGameplays]

Thanks 💪💪

[@Jmvars]

Is this applicable to 7900 XT? I don't mean the exact values but the general process?

[@AncientGameplays]

Yes