Is the ASRock Taichi 7900 XTX The Best GPU Bang for your Buck?

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[@jGRite]

A suggestion for the editor/graphmaker: please use green colors for NVIDIA red colors for AMD and blue colors for Intel that will be easier for us to read the graphs.

[@stephen1r2]

they need to be aware of colorblind watchers

[@jGRite]

@@stephen1r2 understandable. Maybe they could throw in some stripes or something.

[@Tential1]

@@jGRite yup. Perfect. Problem solved.

[@Spork888]

I agree

[@Monarky777]

Or at very least keep the colors the same between graphs

[@diebanane4239]

I'd be really interested in the performance gap to the other AsRock card: The 7900 xtx Phantom Gaming. It is also oc compared to the reference model, but cheaper than the Taichi.

[@TwistedMetalJerkzy]

Yeah id be interested in a review comparison of the top 7900 xtx cards, also the better 7900 xtx performance with a 12900k pairing 1440p gaming

[@spencercrump9241]

I believe the phantom has 2x8 pins instead of the 3x8 that the Taichi has which will drop the performance. The Taichi can use 500W with an increased PL under load. Each PCIe PSU cable can support 175W each which is 350W which is a pretty big difference in power consumption which can affect performance. How much performance depends on how efficient RDNA3 chips at handling the extra power.

[@diebanane4239]

@@spencercrump9241 seems like the other answer i wrote got deleted because of the link, but according to asrock on their own website, the phantom gaming also has 3x8 power. It is definitely the card I have planned to use currently, but im really sceptical of the low "thickness" (57mm) compared to other cards. A decent OC but not that large of the cooler should lead to pretty "high" (maybe mid-80s) temps combined with this power intake

[@K4nj]

@@TwistedMetalJerkzy better to pair amd parts together

[@hueyfoo]

@@spencercrump9241 The Phantom has 3x8 pins.

[@noenken]

I got a 6950XT Red Devil shortly after the 4090 release. When I saw the price / performance ratio on the new nvidia cards I was fairly certain that AMD would not have a lot of room to move up or down either ... and that turned out to be true. I'm gonna stick with this card for a while, best scenario this whole system (5800X3D, 32GB 3200 CL14, X470 Taichi Ultimate) stays just the way it is and in a few years I'll build my first RT machine.

[@seylaw]

While I also thought along this line, I tested a 6900XT for 700 EUR for a week. But I did return it as it wasn't worth the price in my eyes for my use cases, the newer cards offer even worse value. So unless a company offers some noticeable improvements in that metric and which I care about the most, I will skip this generation alltogether. And Nvidia doesn't seem to care about value at all, so Navi 32/33 are the only chips worth a look later this year.

[@Aremisalive]

And it's not like the 6950xt can't do ray tracing. It totally can, just stick to lighter titles for it. My 6950XT absolutely crushes Doom Eternal with ray tracing on.

[@Lennox032]

Pcie 3.0

[@noenken]

@@Lennox032 ... x16. Therefor irrelevant.

[@Lennox032]

@@noenken with lower end cards yes the difference is minimal, But high end cards difference in some games is 15% pcie 4.0 v pcie 3.0

[@WhiskeyInspekta]

I’ve never spent more than $400 on a card, but AsRock makes great motherboards. I’ve owned 2(both still work), and currently using one. So if I had to spend money on a expensive GPU I’d put my money on a AsRock product.

[@BornInArona]

You don't like to use an* right 😅

[@WhiskeyInspekta]

@@BornInArona this is A video about computer components..... Not A video about the english language. If you go on the search bar and type in "correct punctuation of the English language" you might find more people interested in that sort of thing.

[@WTP_DAVE]

I know there is controversy but i actually love my reference model, its built like a tank, its heavier then my ftw3 3080 and sags less.

[@pf100andahalf]

There's nothing wrong with the reference cards that have nothing wrong with them.

[@GreenTurts]

just picked up the taichi for 1100 on newegg! can't wait to get that in. i saw it originally at 1200 and agreed, but at 1100 when you have the red devil at 1070 or so, i thought this was a pretty fair deal while also avoiding any vapor chamber issues

[@tenkayruanaya2554]

how is the jugtion temnperature ,. ?

[@blacksheepshepherd]

Ex RTX 3080 user,.changed to RX 7900 XT, realised that I never did bother about any ray tracing functionality. Price was much better than Nvidia's.

[@az_tinkerer_gamer]

Ditto

[@S4_QUATTROPOWER]

I finally managed to get one in stock today I am so excited AMD FOR LIFE

[@therues7071]

I'm with you bro. I had the money to buy a 4090 but I honestly cannot stand Nvidia so I got this card. AMD for life bro. I could give a crap about Ray tracing. The performance cost for visuals you have to focus on the notice is not worth it.

[@Kylethejobber]

I'm with you two brother AMD for life yes I'm a fan boy I don't care. I will admit nivda dose make some good shit.

[@michaelthompson9798]

Can always trust Wendell to give a fair honest review ….. even with AsRock products. I feel AsRock has copped some fair criticism of the years for some substandard products, but as of late (current Gen mobo / GPUs) we’ve seen a massive increase in QC and general quality of products by outlets who’ve generally shunned them on independent reviews. AsRock keep going in this direction 💪🥰👍😇

[@walterc.6687]

Would an 850 watt power supply suffice for this type of card?

[@dereklang4451]

@@walterc.6687 750w psu recommended for this card. So yes, a good 850w more than enough.

[@Antonis24]

After watching your review I was thinking about buying this GPU. However a friend was traveling to the US and the XFX SPEEDSTER MERC310 Radeon RX 7900 XTX was selling for 1049 USD on Newegg, so I grabbed the chance and bought it. Looking forward to getting my hands on it and testing it.

[@HoboVibingToMusic]

Can't wait to see what the Sapphire 7900 XTX Nitro+ Will be like! ^^

[@Lennox032]

loads of reviews up of the sapphire 7900xtx, its a complete beast with a lightbar on it looks great, kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2HJh6V4gNmjq8U

[@Zordonzig]

That's what I want to see as well.

[@andyblakely7013]

That's the one I was planning to get, but this ASRock Taichi was in stock at Newegg and checked all the boxes for me.

[@dexter2433]

I still have zero regret for going with the 7900XT been solid and my 750w SFX psu has no problem powering it

[@Giljrg]

7900 XT is awesome isn’t it! After a nice under volt and overclock it is very good b4b at 899.

[@Netami1337]

Just today got my hands on 7900 XTX Red Devil, hopefully was a good purchase. Tomorrow should get 7950X cpu was going to wait for 3D version but got it on a promo for nearly 100$ less than i9 13900k. Might sell it later and get the 3D version if it turns out worth the money.

[@w0ody16]

Yeah I am waiting on those X3D versions as I feel like they will be insane for gaming. And the mobo+ RAM prices should go down later, too. For GPU 4070ti is too much to justify, but 7900XTX is looking good despite the whole GPU market being trash.

[@Frontline38]

Another important note is that the Referenz sadly only has 2x 8 pin. It seems to be too limiting compared to the customs with 3 x 8 pins. So... for watercooling, we are better off waiting for customs and watercoolers for those.

[@JS-be8ll]

I'm ranked in the top 10 of the synthetic benchmarks on a reference xtx. Increasing the draw beyond 400w makes little difference. The reference pulls up to 400w

[@Altrop]

Yeah there's a serious difference between the premium models with three 8-pin connectors and better cooling vs the models with two 8-pin connectors, lower power limit and lesser coolers. Even 7900XT cards are power limited by the 2-pin models! I bought the 7900XT 20GB Taichi, it has the exact same cooler as the Taichi XTX (awesome, overkill!) and even when overclocked to the brim drawing 400-405w it's obvious the card has more OC headroom but the power cap is the limiting factor. I got it stable at 1010Mv to squeeze the most out of it, since the only way to get higher clocks when you hit the hard power limit is by reducing the voltage. 1010mv is a great result compared to other models. The trick is to leave only a 100Mzh gap between min and max clocks, there's a long story behind this but it improves stability at lower voltages. With this overclock I outperform a stock 7900XTX. Above 400w the scaling of a 7900XT is bad though so it makes some sense. But for benchmarking, I wish I could have 50 watts more. :D

[@JMNovak1011]

Great video. I just picked up an ASRock 6950XT OCF for $700. Put a water block on it and used MPT. Getting 2.85-2.92 GHz on the core and 2400mhz memory. Thing is rock solid. Basically putting up numbers close to 4080/7900XT @ 4k

[@xAce8]

If only my buck is a bang..

[@Charles_Bro-son]

This Taichi version is about 1500,- spacebuckz in my country, still pretty pricey.

[@Clobercow1]

I want to see this overclocked even further.

[@chrisbullock6477]

You don't spend you money on a card like this to care about pulling 100watts more power for a couple hours a few days a week.

[@RANDOMNATION907]

I'm so glad that you give Asrock products a fair review. It seems like some other tech reviewers have a grudge against Asrock.

[@EbonySaints]

Asrock really just do it to themselves. I like them, but sometimes the company just can't take things in stride.

[@bumble3984]

I've had bad experiences with them in the past, but my recent experiences have been better. Small sample size, anecdotal, etc etc, but i was weary of them for a while due to a double motherboard RMA back in sandy bridge days.

[@Altrop]

Totally unwarranted imo, at least when it comes to their premium products. I've owned a 6800XT Tai Chi and a 7900XT 20GB Tai Chi now and both are amazing cards and overclocking beasts. The 7900XT Tai chi even comes with the exact same cooler as the XTX version which is total overkill (70c hotspot temps @ 400w overclock and only 50% fan speed), three power connectors and you can tell the power limit (400 watts) is the limiting factor in overclocking. If it could go 50 watts higher you'd be able to squeeze more out of it. But above 400w the 7900XT doesn't scale well so I kinda get it. *On top of that they are much cheaper than premium cards of other brands, and in some cases better. The Tai Chi cards are much cheaper and have better VRMs than for example Red Devils, and are on par with the Sapphire Nitro+ Vapor-X.* Idk about their motherboards but I can definitely recommend the Tai Chi GPUs. And in Europe they're actually only a tiny bit more expensive than the cheapest basic models, really good value. My 7900XT Tai Chi was only 30 euro more expensive than the cheapest basic reference design, total no-brainer.

[@welshinu]

They did a good job with the 6800 xt also

[@mathewstewart1692]

My Taichi 7900XT is stupid powerful (also 3x8 pin). Undervolted it, upped my mhz cap to 3150, power limit to +15, and I gained almost 20+ fps in Warzone/CoD, while staying in 50s, low 60s temp wise. Card was boosting to around 3050 mhz and was stable. However, AC Valhalla did not like going much over 2800 mhz so I capped it at 2850 and its purring like a new born kitten. Temps lower than stock, performance much better than stock, and card is relatively quiet. I have fan curve to max at 85% max and it doesn't go much over 75% while keeping this performance and temps. Amazing card. Cannot recommend enough. Added bonus, it's the best looking card of the 7900 series imo :)

[@ericmartinez5633]

thanks for this. i almost bought the sapphire nitro. but its a 17gpu phase and 3 phase for memory 20phase total, as tthis asrock is 18phase gpu, and 4 phase for memory 22 total. this has to be the best 7900xtx out.

[@mervyoung5397]

Great review! I just picked up this exact GPU to pair it with a Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU. Should be a beast of a card for my SIM Racing Rig!

[@BornInArona]

Good choice

[@ZerovalYT]

looking to get the same build this week hows your experience been!?

[@tomsun3159]

Big Plus for the NOT Reference Design triple Power Header instead the Reference double Header, which is on the edge (without ANY headroom). But i am missing the most important information the efficiency under partial load. i have the impression that the AMDs under full load are using less power, but if delivering the same performance (e.g. Framecapped) at a load between 30% and 80% the nvidias are much more efficient (e.g. in my favourite game you are hunting not for the high but for the stable FPS and for high 1% Low and for mostly stable0,1% Low, depending on what part of the Map (2012-2023) the complexity is very different an therefore the demand to the GPU so a simple limitatation of load is misleading on the old parts of the map i have 70 to 90 Watt inthe newest parts im GPU bottlenecked at 280W, ofcourse a 7900 XTX at the top would deliver more performance at 330W but what would it deliver where my old 1080ti is enough with 70Wm would it than be very inefficient at 200+W or would it also be very efficient and only sipp below 50W. i always miss the information in the reviews about mediocre load. you do drive your car in the very rare moments at full load, you do not drive above 200 mph on the freeway but mostly limited between 55 an 80mph depending on the state.

[@jamesleicher]

I got the 6800 xt Taichi, solid card

[@paulct91]

0:50 - That is bulletproof!

[@baumstamp5989]

if buying in the high end - depending on budget i'd say go either 7900XT / XTX or 4090. 4080 and 4070ti are bad value imho

[@adammills4099]

Its kind of a joke to name the video asking the question best bang for buck lol. if a top of the line card the best bang for your buck hell would have frozen over and pigs would be in the air. Thanks for the review L1 crew, looking forward to more on the lower end cards.

[@tim3172]

Who's going to tell Adam that the top-end AMD and Nvidia cards are *by far* the best value this generation?

[@adammills4099]

@@tim3172 is that true? if I'm honest I don't know the numbers before posting so I searched it up and I was still seeing the typical higher dollars per frame trend on the more expensive cards. 7900xtx hit a good spot in the list but still followed the trends. How do you mean they're the best value? its pretty dependant on the setup too, right? like a 1440p gamer doesn't get the same value from the 4090 as a 4k gamer might, as an example.

[@pf100andahalf]

@@adammills4099 7900XTX is better value than the 7900XT. 4090 is better value than the 4080. But the 4080 might be better value than the 7900XTX, or the other way around, it all depends.

[@SgtRock4445]

I got the AMD reference 7900xtx and haven't had any issues. It cost me €1143. This Taichi is €1499 overhere. Also wouldn't fit my Meshify C. Happy with the reference card.

[@zeoleen4603]

Do you have windows slow boot issue ? BcozI have with 7900xtx mba and no issue with Nvidia cards!!

[@SgtRock4445]

@@zeoleen4603 Slow boot? No.

[@jackmclendon6553]

I really like your commentary, need to keep the colors on the graphs the same for each model across all graphs.

[@ChairmanMeow1]

As recently as five years ago I considered Asrock a budget/garbage brand. They've done well!!

[@limbicbrain3748]

Just got mine. Wonderfully fast and quiet. No coil noise whatsoever. Got mine at Microcenter.

[@Altrop]

Bought the 7900XT Taichi 20GB for $850, *which has an identical cooler to the XTX version as well as three 8-pin power connectors* and am blown away by it. Overclocked to the brim, draws 400 watts, outperforms a stock XTX! With only a 70-75 hotspot temp and fans spinning at 50% too. If it wasn't for heating up my room you'd think my PC wasn't breaking a sweat. I'm sure the 7900XTX Tai Chi model is also great and it even comes in white for people who want that. Btw prices have dropped significantly, the 7900XT Tai Chi is $850, the XTX Tai Chi is $1050.

[@ronniekregar3482]

Yeah, the 7900XT has a ton of overclocking headroom. It's kinda crazy actually

[@abritabroadinthephilippines]

Thank you. I was just looking at thier MOBO both the black and also the white one and now I can have a MOBO GPU Combo. Shweet. Edit: Can't even find one in the UK for sale.

[@Zordonzig]

Would really really love for any of the big tech youtube channels to look at the Sapphire NITRO+ version of this card. Only Power Color and Asrock seem to get any coverage.

[@TheJonezky]

Any opinions on the cheaper Asrock Phantom Gaming 7900 XTX?

[@stevenbeaumont1698]

nice card love the screw in the b roll shot at the end hope its a spare .

[@wolfgangchristl9978]

Great points! To me the Taichis are one of the best models in the market.

[@TheDashazbot]

Hey man, great videos. Another reviewer (STS) did a segment on 7900xtx vs 4080/4090 and compared it between a 7700x and 13700x CPUs. He found some very interesting data on having a 3080ti starting point and "upgrading" to one of the previously mentioned cards but on different CPUs. So far he's the only one I've seen that's done that and it seems incredibly significant. There seems to be significant gains by going with the latest AMD GPUs with recent AMD CPUs. Making it much more cost effective to achieve nearly the same performance if not more with an AMD on AMD platform vs AMD on Nvidia. I'd love to see you do a similar video to help provide an additional perspective.

[@TexasJoe1985]

AMD needs to do more to undercut Nvidia's pricing if they want to take more market share. The price is just not compelling relative to what you're giving up by going with team red.

[@LucidStrike]

I suspect they need funding for R&D more than they need market share for now.

[@NulJern]

depends where you live i guess.. what are you giving up? Is it anything you even need?

[@lendldumadag]

Hey Wendel, the power draw you've been showing on the video, is it just draw from the card? Or is it the entire system?

[@Kylethejobber]

I love radeon i feel how AMD can get back into the game for there GPU side is they have to advertise way more for e sports and for streamers on twitch you never see ads on streamers channels.

[@Rogerraybemsleyjr]

nice....just added the taichi to cart tanks alot.

[@CaseJams]

Awesome review. Looks like perfect upgrade to my 6700 xt

[@blkspade23]

The problem is that the reference card is actually more appealing. They are the only ones at MSRP, they aren't ginormous, and the only ones so far that still have the USB-C port. If I have to give up those 3 things, I might as well just get an Nvidia card.

[@LucidStrike]

I mean, you don't HAVE to give it up - my launch day reference XTX is unaffected - but it remains a gamble for now, yeah.

[@javier3108]

What about the GPU, Memory and Hotspot temperatures under full load using Quiet or Performance BIOS? Temperatures are extremely important in a GPU, certainly for a very expensive and premium one.

[@Tee_eM_Kay]

I see Fractal North black, I upvote :)

[@jct0064]

I’d like to see the 7900 xtx aibs overclocked. My mba version is close to the card in this video in time spy extreme with a cyberpunk benchmark tested oc. That’s with pcie 3 and a 9700k

[@Tential1]

I prefer to downsample from 8k than Ray trace.

[@johnterpack3940]

Performance is probably the primary concern. But a review that ignores temperature and noise isn't worth much. These lesser factors can make the difference. The Sapphire Nitro, for example, is both faster and cooler than the reference model. That helps justify its expense. Having these details for the Asrock would help some of us determine whether the added cost was worth it.

[@StaySic4Ever]

Quite a good card. I'm curious to see Sapphire Toxic eventually, wonder how that one will turn out.

[@TheRatchet4234]

Sapphire make super good cards literally the AMD version of EVGA.

[@generalawareness101]

@@TheRatchet4234 Precisely. For Nvidia it was always EVGA for me for 20+ years then they left, but for AMD I never went wrong with Sapphire and never tried another brand.

[@d4rtarius]

I went through two reference designs with HOT SPOT temps issues, both had the vapor chamber issue; I decided to try a second one to see if I would get one with a good vapor chamber but no.. Since there were not AIB models available in the part of the world I am in, I decided to buy a Nvidia and went for the TUF RTX 4080 from Asus that was available at MSRP (I am sure that must be a mistake because the OC version was 300$ more. I didn't go for the RTX 4090 because that meant paying an extra 500-600$ just o get 22 to 25% more performance which wasn't worth it. But I am with you, huge disappointment with AMD's GPU. AMD is doing very well with their CPUs but their GPUs have been a huge disappointment to me. I hope this changes and AMD pull their act together; in the short time I have been back with AMD, I discovered EYEFinity and it is just amazing, it is great. To be able to select which game you want with it and it configures my 3 monitors alone and when I close the game it goes back to normal, it is a MUCH BETTER experience compared to Nvidia Surround.. Nvidia Surround really sucks, and on top of that sometimes it crashes trying to configure my monitor..

[@SpaceShortsYT]

You RMA'd your first Reference card and then were sent a second card with the same issue? I ask because I just RMA'd my 7900xtx...

[@d4rtarius]

@@SpaceShortsYT No. I was lucky enough to buy it from a store in Canada that offers 15 days hassle free return. So I returned the first one and got a second one. Unfortunately, I had the vapor chamber issue on the second one. If you RMA'd your card to AMD, hopefully they will double check and make sure they send you a good card with no vapor chamber issues. Hopefully you get this issue resolved ASAP! It is a nice card. I just got tired of having to wait for a RX 7900 XTX AIB to become available at a reasonable price.

[@puffyips]

Who was in charge of the graphs?!😂

[@hectorvivis3651]

Nice review! It seems impossible to find in France at the moment, sadly (well, it's not even like I truly have the money for it at the moment anyway). Sadly we don't see it on your testbench! Does the backplate is RGB-controlled, and can you change the color ? I'm curious because I have an all-black and blue LED for my rig that I deeply like, and I find it difficult to find a replacement for my Sapphire Vega 64 Nitro+ that would integrate as nicely (I'm quite sad Sapphire, my decade+ old supplier of great graphic cards, went for either metal or grey with hard red for their newest cards) Before being crucified by you guys on being concerned by looks, my PC will be the centerpiece of my room, a love letter to my passion and hobby, so I'd like it for my guests to have that little "wow" when they see it.

[@RogueWraith909]

I wonder how it stacks up against the Sapphire XTX... Haven't seen many reviews comparing the different XTX's to eachother.

[@nal_er]

Love your work! Will you please do an in-depth review on the ProArt Z790-CREATOR WIFI board for professionals? Is it stable with 128 Gigs of RAM as the 13900k has stability issues at 128 Gigs of RAM; does this board's new ram control tech solve this issue? Many serious VFX professionals and motion designers need 128 GIGs of ram, especially for After Effects. Example: Can we get stability on 128 gigs of ram if we lower the speed and turn off some of the silly over clock marketing ram features that make 0.0000001% speed difference in real world professional usage? Thank you! YOU SIR, ROCK!

[@ericmartinez5633]

im trying to decide between the asrock taichi, vs the sapphire nitro. both 3pins. both same 2680mhz boost clock, asrock requires 1000w, nitro says 800w. does that mean the asrock is better and will overclock better?

[@outtokill7]

Just got one of these yesterday. I do have a bit of coil whine particularly in Doom Eternal at 1440p since the game hits high framerates even at max settings with RT on with this card. I'm wondering if its my new Corsair HX1000i that is causing it. The reference 7900 XTX I had before refunding due to the hotspot issue also had nasty coil whine. Overall the performance and temps on the Asrock card are great!

[@gene081976]

Since you had the reference too and can speak from experience, what is the size difference between this card and the reference? Thickness, height, and length wise. Thanks!

[@outtokill7]

@@gene081976 The asrock card is massive. Quite a bit longer and is 3.5 slot.

[@gene081976]

@@outtokill7 Shucks! Thanks for reporting! Doesn’t look that big in the video… :/

[@outtokill7]

@@gene081976 You're probably best to try visualizing it with a tape measure or something and the dimensions from product pages. You can also compare other cards like Powercolor's Red Devil in other videos to the reference. They are similar sizes.

[@Giljrg]

You can’t make a graphics card that switches 300 watts and above at high frame rates silently, it doesn’t exist.

[@jtfernandez5594]

I really wanted one of these or the aorus on launch day. Alas they only had reference but I was fortunate to get one free of qc issues.

[@simongentry]

still a good buy in sept/oct '23 for 1440p non RT? i'm upgrading from a 1080ti. adobe premiere and starfield. great vid! it's $1060 at microcenter.

[@beeman4266]

I'm not sure if most of the 7900xtx's typically have more headroom or what but I got significantly more performance from undervolting. Going from stock 1150 (max) Mv to 980 I went from 2850mhz to 3050 and temps went down along with tdp. Fps definitely increased in games along with performance benchmark scores. I still don't really entirely understand how undervolting it manages to increase the clock, stability, and performance but I'm not complaining. My idle draw is still really high thought and sits at 100w no matter what I do, that's a tad high. I'd be okay with 50. I have an Xfx black edition for what it's worth.

[@joniqst]

Multi monitor? Try turning down hz on one of them to lower like 60hz , recently happened to me and 3080. Went from 100w to 30w

[@beeman4266]

@@joniqst 3 monitors. 165hz 1440p main and 2 60hz 1440p's off to the side. I've heard it's an issue with differing refresh rates between the monitors.

[@ronniekregar3482]

AMD has put out firmware updates for multi monitor idle power draw

[@beeman4266]

@@ronniekregar3482 Recently? I have to update my drivers to the most recent one, released in late April or so.

[@brett22bt]

I purchased mine yesterday with a $300 coupon discount code, so it ended up costing less than the cheapest 7900 XTX. I checked again today, and the coupon had expired, so I got it just in time.

[@PistolShrimpPimp]

Seeing this power draw is making me hope my 850w PSU doesn't dump ass while trying to push this thing

[@charlesalston7298]

Needs 1000 watt power supply. Total system draw for me is 575w

[@gsimmans]

for a complete newby what is required to get card to operate nicely on the current pop os. works well on win 11 thks

[@calebrasak6941]

Thinking of doing a whole AMD build for my next system. Although NVIDIA still beats AMD in most titles I appreciate where AMD is going and always love rooting for the underdog.

[@Brandon-cs8gw]

Nvidia just lost EVGA as a partner. Many people will turn to AMD now or buyup the rest of their 3090 series cards. Overpriced FE cards. MSI bullshit. PNY is mediocre. Gigabyte is trash. ASUS cards are always defective garbage. EVGA was the go to brand for many people. I wish this card was out when I built my rig, but it doesn't seem that it got any waterblock support yet. I just emailed EK as their website doesn't list any compatible blocks for this excellent card for the price

[@rapacewill]

What do you think of the AORUS Radeon™ RX 7900 XTX ELITE in comparison with the Taichi ? better warrenty, maybe better performance in cooling ? Thanks

[@rodiculous9464]

This card might not have the vapor chamber issue but it has the hot spot issue

[@coolGUGOclan]

excellent worck my friend can you made video taichi xtx vs nitro+ xtx if possible tuf xtx

[@iziigan_6782]

Thanks for the video, if you had to do ranks about 5 bests 7900XTX custom, what would it be please ? i need someone with knowledge to help me in my future gpu

[@JS-be8ll]

Love it, but just increase the power draw on a reference xtx and you will beat the result you showed here

[@qcsbuilds5708]

Are you planning on testing any 4K video encoding? Amd hinted at some SAM enhancements for AV1 and .264

[@4nanke129]

Sounds good but for me this review is incomplete in terms of noise level, temperatures and power draw. Please add these terms in the next tests.

[@puffyips]

Love your style love your info but god are those graphs bad!!

[@nunyobiznez875]

I did consider buying a 7900 XTX, and if the performance had been what AMD claimed it would be, I may have gotten one. This looks like a good card, but there's no way I'd pay $1200 for it. At that price, you might as well put up a bit more and just get the 4090, which is what I did end up doing. But even still, I'd get the 4080 over this card at $1200. I'd probably go for this card if it were under $1000 though.

[@andyblakely7013]

I considered the jump from 7900 XTX to 4090, but when you barely wanted to pay $1K for a GPU, paying $1,199 is forgivable by the spouse while $1,699 is like 700 more than the goal, and... I just couldn't bring myself to do it. (I used today's pricing on Newegg of this Taichi card verses the cheapest 4090 in stock sold direct from Newegg)

[@nunyobiznez875]

@@andyblakely7013 The cost of a 4090 is a difficult pill to swallow. But I still think the Taichi at $1200, would be even more difficult, at least for me, when a 4080 can be had at the same price and the reference 7900 XTX is only around $1000. But to each their own. Right now, it really feels like trying to find the GPU deal that sucks the least.

[@andyblakely7013]

@@nunyobiznez875 I definitely wouldn't pay a $200 premium for the Taichi if it was the same as the baseline reference model. The much better cooling system and additional power connector, dual BIOS, etc give me peace of mind worth paying more than the base model. Especially in light of the reference design vapor chamber defects. I'm not a 4K gamer and have no intention of upgrading to 4K since I've got a great gaming ultrawide at 3440x1440 (4,953,600 pixels vs 7,516,800 at 4K). If I was a 4K gamer I would lean heavier to saving up for a 4090. If I was rich and didn't care about price:performance I'd choose the ridiculously priced 4090. But in most cases the 4080 is a bit of a step down compared to the 7900 XTX, yet on average costs a couple hundred more. It has less VRAM, less memory bandwidth, and drivers without as much potential to improve today's scores. Even with an early driver base the XTX is squarely positioned between the 4080 and 4090 in rasterization power. One of the last driver updates dropped my jaw at how much 1% lows were improved; I'd never seen anything like it before. The card is a diamond in the rough and being refined in significant ways pretty quickly. I find myself in an interesting mind-state regarding Nvidia vs AMD. I'm a longtime fan of both companies, but a steady GeForce GPU user for almost 2 decades. I'm a huge fan of Nvidia's products and the industry's support for them. But at the same time I've come to despise the company itself in the last couple of generations. I like AMD as a company significantly better. They're the obvious underdog striving to match or beat their competitor in a higher weight class - Intel with CPUs, Nvidia with GPUs. There comes a point where the scores are close enough that you really want to support the underdog and simultaneously save a boatload of money. If you take away raytracing, the 7900 XTX is close enough to the 4090 that a $700 price difference between reference designs (and moreso the street prices) makes AMD the price:performance winner. Same with the 4080, but to a much lesser extent. Honestly AMD was hugely outselling the 4080 until the vapor chamber defect and lack of supply fueled a lot of movement to Nvidia. The product, minus the defect, was proving to be a clear win for them in actual sales metrics.

[@AquaStevae]

A little more is $600 dollars difference...

[@puffyips]

@@AquaStevaefr that $600 can buy a overpriced 4070 wait….

[@komitata1]

Asrock is the best gpu brand i got 6900 xt taichi and formula oc both are best 6900xt preforming cards

[@-MaxMax]

I never had Asrock card, thx for that info.

[@SpaceShortsYT]

What was the average Junction temp for this AIB?

[@Arokhantos]

If seen some one with asrock 7900 XTX aqua that had 110c hotspot almost which is a watercooled card.

[@Davis2920022001]

I have the sapphire Nitro 7900xtx Minimal gain for me to spend more money on 4090. I was amazed when I play DCS WORLD VR I cant hear the fans to were I look to see if they are working 😂🤗

[@Prophes0r]

"So you've resigned yourself to buy a $1000-ish graphics card..." Even though gaming is (was?) my primary entertainment, I'm sitting in my lab with two EPYC (Rome) servers, and I'm installing Optane drives into my SAN (Not a NAS. A SAN), I would never even CONSIDER spending $1000 on a GPU. Even when I was heavily into Machine Learning and had a server with 4x GPUs I would never have considered a $1000 GPU. (Gave the GPUs as Christmas presents in 2021 when they were unobtanium, and people were trying to build systems with ANY GPU.) We need NEW capable and affordable GPUs. $150 / $250 / $350 4-digit price tags for personal computer hardware is nonsense, not "normal".

[@000hitec000]

Need one more video with this Taichi

[@Brabant076]

I just bought this card for 1249 euros lmao, i couldn't wait any longer.

[@waynespires592]

Which amd 7000 series cpu would you recommend using for this gpu for gaming? I primarily play COD.

[@Knox420]

Just ordered a vapor x upgrading from a 1060😅 feels right

[@soulonr419]

Any change you can do a comparison with the Phantom version, is the Tiachi worth the €100,- more? What would be the best 7900xtx out there overall. I hear and read alot of mixed reviews. I am at the point of buying one, but I havent seen any good multiple test reviews yet on the web.

[@spencercrump9241]

IMO the Taichi is worth it over the phantom. The phantom has a lower power limit due to only 2 8pin PSU cables.

[@IrvinFontanes]

The phantom version (7900 xtx) I had for a week had hot spot temps reaching 104. Returned it and got the taichi. Was very impressed with the taichi compared to my xfx merc310 7900 xtx; however, the taichi had many QA issues. PCB was warped and the heatsink fins were ALL skewed. Returned the taichi and kept the xfx. -Taichi overclocked more than the xfx merc310 7900 xtx! ....not by much. -Taichi fans were quieter than the xfx merc310 7900 xtx.

[@2losersinbasement]

Don't buy the taichi.... Mine had a gpu hot spot of 98° when playing cyberpunk and had so much coil whine. I returned it and got a Sapphire nitro+ and its a night and day difference. Not to mention, if your overclocking, my taichi card was extremely unstable with a very slight OC and undervolt. This Sapphire card I've been able to OC like crazy and even bump the memory clocks to 2750 while achieving 3ghz+ in gameplay, and keeping the hotspot below 83°

[@oldschoolbeat1984]

Is this 600 watts from the wall or the GPU only? Also what temp are you getting?

[@Tufet]

Got an asrock phantom gaming oc 7900 xt. Good card? Didnt test it yet.

[@jimmy8x541]

to me it's pretty silly to discuss any gpu that's near $1000 as "bang for your buck" in this realm you are buying high end, for a high end monitor. you could have nearly the same experience with a $350 gpu on a 1080p screen.

[@pf100andahalf]

He's considering only the current gen cards. If you ask me the best bang for buck is the $450 3080 I got off of ebay, but that's not a current gen card so it doesn't count in the context of this video.

[@TemplePate01]

Yea it's just too expensive, hopefully my dieing graphics card can last until the next gen and I might be able to get this gen for cheaper, or perhaps even have saved up enough. This gen is amazing, the only reason I'd probably get next gen is ray tracing being substantially better.

[@s1nb4d59]

Happy with my Sapphire Nitro.

[@IRefuseToUseThisStupidFeature]

I like that wendel has the wood faced pc case. 👌 very nice

[@marcasswellbmd6922]

We have been hearing for months that the AIB cards would be the real version of The XTX and XT's..

[@achdubloedesau]

Those Deus Ex Charts look… wrong. Are you sure you did not mix up the bars for the 4090 and the XTX in 1080 and 1440p?

[@Noob_Lord_]

Which is better 1. Core I5 13600k + ASUS ROG STRIX B660-G GAMING ddr5 2. Ryzen 5 7600x + MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI DDR5

[@Sphoxros]

We need a Windows like OS, specific to gaming, without having to do a million reg edits to get it lolz.

[@shizo_n01z3]

It's only worth it, if it has all the X's in the product name.

[@goblinphreak2132]

Waiting for a brand to develop the "no frills" edition. No rgb. No childishish designs. No "ricer" design (car world reference) just a legit card. More industrial like the radeon vii was.... Great cooling and great overclocking. That's what i want. I dont spend all day looking at my pc, i actually use it. Same goes for cases. I dont glass everywhere I want holes for cooling. And i want at least 8 3.5 hdd mounts while still able to fit a full size monster gpu. Im so "done" with modern electronics. Its literally going the wrong direction. I can buy 16tb even 20tb platter drives but case manufacturers expect me to buy ssd only for extra storage. 20tb ssd storage for a fair price does not exist. Spend less than 300 for 16tb, the same 16tb cost in the 10s of thousands in ssd.... Way too much money.

[@IrvinFontanes]

Look into the xfx merc310 7900 xtx ....

[@goblinphreak2132]

@@IrvinFontanes xfx trash lmao

[@discostoo]

Not sure I can warrant forking over 1600 USD for this though.

[@PoptartFps]

You lost a lot of weight you doing OK? Or just doing proper diet. I hope it's the lather

[@mikeholes]

I just picked mine up just now