RX 6950XT vs RX 7900XT vs RX 7900XTX - The FULL GPU COMPARISON

[@AncientGameplays]

Guys, the cut in the first seconds of the video is due to copyrights, since WWE thought 10 seconds of video was too much lol.

[@anomonyous]

lmao

[@jlrockafella]

Test in Windows 10 instead of 11. You will get more fps for not having all that Microsoft Spyware bs .

[@octoman_games]

I got a 6950XT paired with a 5800X3D, Plays just about EVERYTHING maxxed out @4K/60FPS

[@AncientGameplays]

Great to hear 💪💪

[@LOOTLORD605]

L3 Cache Rejoice.

[@JustAGuy85]

@@LOOTLORD605 Right? It is STILL (June 2024) just KILLING it in games. The 5800x3D is SUCH a boss. And I've talked about this for nearly a year, now, but I'm STILL wanting to sell my 5900x and slap a 5700x3D/5800x3D in my rig. The main thing holding me back is that it "feels" weird going from a 5900x 12c/24t to a 5800x3D 8c/16t. While I'm primarily a gamer and enjoy pushing my CPU in things like video encoding (even though you an use the GPU, it's just that CPU encoding gives a higher quality image AND a smaller file, and it does it faster than a 5800x3D, or of course, even a plain 5800x. But STILL, the gains you get in gaming are just out of this world. I mean, a 5800x3D obviously blows my 5900x out of the water in 98% of games. 98% because once in a blue moon I enjoy playing BeamNG Drive with 70ish AI traffic vehicles just to put a load on the CPU. And I'm not sure how the 5800x3D compares to the 5900x while recording/streaming in games like BF5/BF2042. But, again, you can just use the GPU to record/stream at a very minor cost to performance. However, considering I do that once in a blue moon, too... I just need to get over the "feeling" of "downgrading" from 12c/24t to 8c/16t w/ 3D Cache. Right now you can get a 5700x3D For $195-$205 new. The 5800x3D is still going for $300-ish. Used 5900x's are selling for $220-$240. At this point, I am STRONGLY thinking of just selling the 5900x and slapping a 5700x3D in here. I mean, it's what? 100mhz, MAYBE 200mhz slower than a 5800x3D? And that makes me wonder, (I need to research), can I not use Curve Optimizer and PBO on the 5700x3D and get the extra 2-3 fps that the 5800x3D is likely holding over the 5700x3D? Because, look... the 5800x3D is already beating up on Zen 4 non-x3D CPUs in gaming and from what I've seen, the 5700x3D is just right there, minus 2-3 fps slower, than a 5800x3D. I just kept wishing for a 5900x3D since they made the 5600x3D. I see a 5900x as 2x 5600x's, anyways, but I reckon it's far too late to expect to see a 5900x3D lol. Last thing... I just feel like I've waited too long and now... I may as well build the next gen PC. IF I do that, I believe I'll just leave the 5900x in here because I wouldn't be gaming on this rig. It'd be a mult-purpose rig, one for offloading all my files onto it and letting it handle all the decompression with the 12c/24t (older architecture) and using it as a dedicated "bish" work PC + my dedicated HTPC + storage PC. But knowing me, in 3 years I'll still be gaming on this very PC with this very 5900x lmao.... regretting daily that I didn't go with the 5700x3D.

[@PyromancerRift]

I asked AMD to send me a 7900xtx. They asked me who i was and told me to get lost. I cried 3 days.

[@cheese_stealer8]

lol

[@danielainger]

At least you tried 😂

[@packetcreeper]

Back in January I went from a 1080Ti to a 7900XTX. I paid too much but I don't regret the purchase. It's an absolute beast!

[@sagittarius8143]

I went from gtx1070 to rx7900xt recently. The difference is massive. I think it will manage well for at least 5 years.

[@packetcreeper]

@@sagittarius8143 Nice upgrade! I'll bet that will last you more than 5 years.

[@exoticspeedefy7916]

Keeping my 6950xt until Radeon 8000 series! Should be worth the wait

[@RX6600XT-RDR2]

Man 6950xt is such a beast

[@exoticspeedefy7916]

@@RX6600XT-RDR2 Beats a 4070

[@pluschy7886]

I’m keeping mine for high FPS 1080p gaming. Do u think I’ll be good with it for at least 2-3 years at 1080p!

[@exoticspeedefy7916]

@@pluschy7886 If the Ps5 and Series X can last 5 years so can this card. You don't need to upgrade until the next console refresh.

[@bobert3513]

Unfortunately leaks claim AMD is having issues with the 8900xt and 8800xt and may cancel them and only do mid gen like the 5000 series.

[@GrafStorm]

I'm very happy with the 7900xt gpu, been using it for a couple of months now. I have a 6800xt on my other/backup system which is still very capable and enjoyable. Ty Fabio!

[@jamesherman3750]

This is a much more generational leap than Nividia and its 2080 Ti - 3080. Well done AMD. I will be sure going with them next gen. Dont care about RTX or DLSS

[@JamieR]

I've used AMD for a while now. It's definitely a better value proposition these days. Stability with drivers can be a bit wonky early in their life cycles, but it always smooths out. Hopefully Intel comes with some more options in all price ranges. Would be good with some more competition above the budget tier.

[@falcodarkzz]

2080ti - 3080 wasnt a leap tho, the 2080Ti was a 1200MSRP card, the 3080 a 699 one. It was 2080-3080, and that was comparable

[@riksanchez6667]

Just upgraded to the sapphire nitro - vapour RX 7900XTX (Now around £1k) from the RX 6800XT and am well chuffed. The difference is noticeable. Very very quiet card idling at 35 degrees, approx 55 Watts. The Sapphire looks incredible in a phanteks case although I had to slightly modify the case at the rear to clear the DP ports which sit a little too high. Great info as usual, keep up the good work.

[@AncientGameplays]

Enjoy! 💪💪

[@fluttzkrieg4392]

Damn, you've upgraded from an already decent card. I'm with an RX 580 8GB, so if I get the XTX, it'll be like another universe for me.

[@robertmyers6488]

For the most part, I find the 7900 XT is a sweet spot delivering most of the performance of the XTX at a better price with better 4K than the 6950. You really can't go wrong with any of them.

[@InternetListener]

to me the sweet spot in stock setup is somewhere between 7900 GRE (only China) and 7900 XT, but as an owner of a Radeon 6950 HD (flashed to be 6970 HD) I won't do the mistake again. I will buy 7900 XTX and underclock/undervolt it to similar levels of 7900/XT while having almost full die, almost full infinity cache and almost 100% high quality silicon. I'm sure 7900 XTX at 250W or little less is faster than 6950 XT (still almost no match in low res high FPS perfromance in optimized games) or even 7900 XT. At European prices 10% difference does not matter in my opinion...you better get the best and use it in the custom way you want... it's like going AM5, for all the expense or you go 8 core 7700X or you better save a lot of money go 5700x ddr4 and spend the difference in other areas or save it...having so many options so close in perfromance power or price can be confusing, but substantial leaaps in price/power/perfromance can be found...

[@chrisbullock6477]

Its a sensible upgrade, again for anyone using a quality 1440P or Ultrawide Monitor

[@DonaldHendleyBklynvexRecords]

Its because It literally falls in between the two cards in the product stack

[@robertmyers6488]

@@chrisbullock6477 7900 XT is a solid 4K card.

[@Angel7black]

@@robertmyers6488no. It has no legs and already a good amount of games it cant do max settings with RT off on. For 1440p the 6950X is already overkill for games with RT off, way more reliable driver and architecture wise, and the minimum you should ever do for 4K is the 4080/XTX realistically you shouldnt get anything but a 4090 but if youre happy with 4 medium settings in 2 years at 4K then go for it i guess.

[@josh4434]

I went 6950XT-->7900XTX. The XTX is an absolute beast. I'm super happy with the upgrade as an enthusiast. The 6950XT is the best of last generation and a fantastic card for the price, but the XTX is on a different level. I love it.

[@Sam-cq9bj]

AMD Sucks 🤮🤮 NO AI CAPABILITIES. STUPID GPUS. NO DLSS COMPETITOR. 😢😢😢

[@bogdan6959]

​@@Sam-cq9bj"AMD sucks". Nvidia sucks too "No AI capabilities". Oh no, what am I going to do without AI as a gamer? "Stupid GPUs". Every GPU this generation is stupid. "No DLSS competitor". Just because FSR isn't as good, doesn't mean it doesn't compete.

[@chiragnightfire]

@@bogdan6959 Well Said. Who needs DLSS or FSR when a casual gamer can get 60+ FPS (Ultra/1080p/1440p) in any game. I have 5700XT, no reason to upgrade, will wait until next generations arrive.

[@Vusha100]

@@Sam-cq9bj That's exactly the point. We don't want crap AI. We want raw performance. Who needs fake AI-generated frames that lies about your actual performance rather than provide it.

[@wtfskilz]

@@Sam-cq9bj Actually the 7000 series has dedicated AI cores. It will only be so long before AMD is using it to rebuild the image for upscaling just like DLSS. They are already working on the technology and it will only be available for 7000 and up GPU's. It's true NVidia pushed RT and AI forward, however AMD is hard at work in both these areas. If you like NVidia more, whatever my last card was NVidia, however there is no reason to be toxic. I'm very happy with my 7900XT purchase my last card was a 1070. There are pros and cons from both. One of the things that drove me crazy about the 1070 is the coil whine, 40 FPS and above I could hear it, I didn't even know what it was. I thought my card was defective, until I looked it up online. My 7900XT has 0 coil whine even at 800FPS. I can also play every game on the planet at 1440P with max out settings and raytracing native, because I hate up scaling all together and I get a very silky smooth experience and not all the bull crap stuttering that the 4070TI suffers from, because of it's lack of Vram, just go look at all the .1% lows for maxed out settings with RT on at 1440P and above resolutions. Trust me your whole thing about NVidia vs AMD is very diluted.

[@DeadlySins23]

Great comparison recently saw 7900 xt at 750 Euros starting to get close to a buyable price, got a 6800 xt from last year.

[@filipealves6602]

Sorry, something's not right with your opinion. 750€ is a great price for the 7900 XT, because the 6800 XT was always costing more than that for most of its life! 🤨 And then if you compare it to anything Nvidia is offering, the 7900 XT blows everything out of the water in the price-to-performance ratio, especially at 750€!

[@DeadlySins23]

@@filipealves6602 I aint saying i will buy it at 750 but something closer to 650 sure, prices are slowly coming down anyways. My 6800 XT was bought last november for 610 Euros btw.

[@syncmonism]

I was a bit surprised that the 7900 XTX was on sale for 800 USD recently. That's definitely a sign of things to come.

[@DonaldHendleyBklynvexRecords]

And very worth it!

[@_N4VE_]

Just bought a MSI trio XTX for $940, which is cheaper than what the XT was going for few months ago 💀

[@nathanielchapman7675]

Picking up my 7900XT reservation microcenter on Saturday! Definitely excited to swap out the 3070

[@AncientGameplays]

Major uplift!

[@RickNUMB]

Doing the exact same thing on saturday! RTX 3070 is shitting the bed on me as I mainly play AAA RPG's and that 8gb of VRAM is an absolute killer. Found the 7900xt at micro center for $699, and a free version of Starfield which I was going to get anyway. So theoretically it's costing me $629 and I already have someone that will buy my 3070 for $320.

[@nathanielchapman7675]

@@RickNUMB I got the same deal! Except I found an open box for $630… they apparently couldn’t find it when I arrived so they gave me a new one for the same price 😆 it also came with star field which the open box wasn’t going to come with. So I really lucked out!!

[@matthewbarrios1028]

I think giving my wife my old 6700xt and getting a 7900xt for $750 looks like a really good choice. I should be able to enjoy this card for quite a while. I play at 1440p with RT and I am always happy with the results my 7900xt give me paired with a 5800x3d and 32 gigs of ram.

[@AncientGameplays]

That a massive upgrade in the GPU side

[@Aigle662frileux]

Take the 7900xtx sir

[@Katjajaja]

Recently upgraded from a 2080 Ti to an RX 6950 XT while they were on sale for $580, Loving the performance boost for such little investment, only thing I miss is the NVENC encoding but c'est la vie, for the price it is amazing performance.

[@GraveUypo]

eh, amd's encoder ain't even that bad. at 4k 8mbps using hvec, a rtx 4090 scores 74 in a 0-100 quality test, and your gpu scores 66. it's not that big of a gap. even less so if you compared the same gen: a 3080 gets 71 points. i don't know what you're using it for, but i sometimes record clips to post on youtube, and at 20mbps even amd scores above 90, which is considered indistinguishable from source in motion, so i really don't care much for that. and i just record at a decent rate so it's better than youtube's codec, so i'll get the best possible quality when uploading so youtube can at least destroy something that looked good originally. btw arc beats everyone with 77 pts @ 8mbps 4k hvec.

[@emisunflowers]

I went from a 1080 to a 6950xt, such a huge difference! loving it :)

[@deneguil-1618]

@@GraveUypo Arc encoders are very impressive, the ray tracing too. being able to match or beat Nvidia's 2nd gen RT performance on their first attempt when it didn't even reach their expectations is not small feat. On top of that XeSS is also on par if not better than FSR so all in all Battlemage is looking like a very interesting prospect if they can reach they goals this time (which is 4080 performance on their flagship)

[@skywalker1991]

Rx7900xt or xtx encoders are on same level as nvenc now , Rx7000 gpus have 2x av1 encoders , rx6950 xt is good but I rather spend $200.00 more at this point to get newer improved rx7000 gpus . Nvidia technology is overrated , most people don't look deep enough to compare them , Nvidia is not that much better , it's just fanboys hyping Nvidia to roof , dumb fanboys

[@reviewforthetube6485]

On yall amd guys I'll give yoy credit. The fact that the 7900xtx is like 700-800 less then the 4090 is absolutely insane. Even I would choose the 7900xtx at that price over the 4090 lol.

[@AlienInSider]

I notice that most of the tests are mostly influenced by SAM, even more than by OC, that's why I think it's good to have the column "Without OC, with SAM" This will give an even clearer picture of the capabilities of these GPUs!

[@AncientGameplays]

Well, if you take the OC difference you have the stock + SAM results. Next time I retest GPUs I will work on that

[@AlienInSider]

@@AncientGameplays I'm a human APU user! And definitely in those games it showed, SAM, gives me a bonus! Well... Think! And the APU even behaves better, without OC! WHY!?

[@RockBandPlayer84]

What is SAM?

[@averagerin910]

@@RockBandPlayer84 smart access memory

[@EpisodicGamer]

I bought a brand new Sapphire Nitro+ Vapor X 7900 XTX on Amazon last week during Prime Day for 1038USD. I thought it was a great deal, also comes with Starfield Premium which i'd already planned on buying and make videos on. The performance uplift has been quite amazing. I began playing a lot of my older games at 4K 100+ fps just to enjoy the better experience.

[@afro__g5217]

Thinking about getting that GPU

[@teachhimself]

Grabbed myself an 6950xt msi gaming x trio for 630$ last week and i paired it with i7 13700k Both parts are oc, ram is 32gb 3200mhz, rebar is on It runs anything i throw at it since i want to game at 1440p and 1080p . I'm very happy

[@monkeh86]

There was a flash sale on 6950xt's in the UK today, 2 retailers had them at £520! I bought one so I am expecting to get it tomorrow and I am looking forward to seeing how it does compared to my 6700xt I am currently using 🙂

[@AncientGameplays]

Nice!

[@coltonwhite6528]

Made the same purchase and also upgrading from 6700xt! Can’t get here soon enough!

[@kavibaig8363]

Most I’ve seen have been around the £599 mark, which retailer was this?

[@monkeh86]

@@kavibaig8363 Scan dropped it to £520 yesterday and Amazon price matched them. Scan sold out in a couple of hours so Amazon put the price back up afterwards.

[@kavibaig8363]

⁠awesome find missed that one, would have made a good upgrade from my 3070

[@MrRednexus]

I have an RX 6700 xt on my i5 13400f cpu, should I upgrade or wait until next year?

[@nunopinho6231]

With the current prices….7000 series should be a no go. 6950XT does de job pretty well. Even a 6800XT. If the budget is not a problem, buy 7000. If you want the best performance for your money 6800xt or 6950xt. This prices are a shame.

[@AncientGameplays]

Prices aren't that bad though compared to previous gen

[@baxterwillers8589]

bought my 6950xt last week. Upgraded from a 3070 and best decision ever. Easy to overclock great software. Only bugs were in the first day setting everything up all works perfect now. Don't listen to people that talk about the software being worse and buggy. ITS MUCH BETTER!

[@fenwayandwrigley]

6950XT if you play at 1440p AND if you can find a sale, otherwise new generation. The 6950 is still an awesome card

[@NostalgicMem0ries]

respect for vince reveal austin promo legendary video :D so many memories ;) btw what i would like to see is gpw power draw comparisons graph, how much they differ and how much they similar, its so important during these increased electricity prices era and many still having 550 650w psus like me :D

[@Atem_S.]

6950xt is perfect for me now.. Not buying a new card until rdna4 upgrade. By the time they figure it out, in about 5/7 years, it will be worth it! DDR6 is coming out in 2026..Now it will be with the upgrade

[@circleofsorrow4583]

This is the upload I was waiting for. I got a 6950 a couple of months ago to replace a 1080ti, and it is great at 3440x1440. I paid 630 for my 1080ti and I paid 630 for my 6950. I wouldn't pay more, and from your results, I'm not missing out on anything.

[@AncientGameplays]

Thank you for watching!

[@InternetListener]

15:20 1080p: 220 FPS or 456 Mpixels/s; 1440p: 183 FPS or 675 Mpix/s; 2160p: 115 FPS or 954 Mpix/s the more resolution you add the more pixels per second can the 7900 XTX render. What do you think? Are we missing 240 FPS at 1080p? Or is just than Serial and Parrallel Computing or nonlinear algorithm perfromance in operations per second vs raw perfromance aren't just a limitation anymore? Nvidia cards can show even worse results...

[@allcarparebeautiful]

as the owner of several RDNA2 cards including a 6950XT, it was really a very interesting comparison 👌🏻 if I should choose a card that replaces my 6950 XT then clearly the 7900XTX😌 in this case probably the Sapphire Nitro+ Vapor X or the white ASRock model 😉😋 thanks for your effort and hard work fabio🙂👍🏻

[@josh4434]

I did that upgrade and it was definitely worth it. The performance uplift is insane in some games.

[@AncientGameplays]

Those are even faster, but consume more power haha

[@oleg7044]

I can recommend you the Sapphire Nitro+. I have it myself and i would say the best construction of 3rd party gpu i had from amd. Very stable construction (i doesn´t even use a bricket to hold it). My case and pcie slot itself is enough (as case i have the phanteks p500a drgb and motherboard asus dark hero x570) and because the back of the gpu is connected with the whole gpu, the back alone is enough (my opinion and what i can see since march). No bending so far (check after some time if the gpu changed position or not) and in my case rocketstable since day one. Also the thing is, that i overclocked it a bit (changed in the driver from 2850 to 3000 mhz, lowered voltage from 1150 to 1080) and decreased tdp (maximumm -10 %). So far no crashes etc. Will try to get as low as possible with the voltage. Some people got a good piece and could go nearly to 1,000 voltage. I also have the feeling that with the newest driver overclocking is "better/more stable").

[@flexvega4052]

Very good test. But it would be also very nice to see a Stock + Sam in the benchmark. Because not everyone is overclocking but we can see the difference between Stock + sam and oc + sam ☺

[@xouri8009]

Seeing European prices almost match US prices is kind of crazy (US prices are without tax, EU prices are final price)... havent seen that in a while.

[@AncientGameplays]

I know right?

[@silverwerewolf975]

And seeing lat prices even lower than first world? More than crazy xd (On use gpus at least xd)

[@eliann124]

Some One forgot That crazy point... The Euro costs1.3X times the USD Dólar... The really crazy was That time when 1USD=1Euro (Mid 2022)

[@ZeroSleap]

Well,here in greece we got over MSRP still for 7900 xtx.

[@andrebrait]

​@@eliann124what are you talking about? The Euro is $1.11 right now and, in the last 5 years, it never went above $1.23.

[@David-qt8bg]

I have a MSI 1070TI. I missed the recent sale on 6950xt for $570... I'm just waiting now.

[@AnUnlikelyAthlete]

If only I could have waited a month, bought my 6950xt at 650 while the newer cards were much more expensive. First team red card and I will say the great thing about the 6950 is that its been around a while and overclocking is pretty locked in with this card. I play in 4k with ray tracing off and all ultra all the time and do not notice issues. With Cyberpunk 2077 I am getting 90-120 FPS, picture looks great and plays wonderfully. I think I can be happy with this card for a few years.

[@miker3730]

I have a R9 5900x with a RX6950xt 32 gig ram DDR4 3200 and cyberpunk is installed on NVME PCIE 4.0 (7200 mbps) and I’m barely able to perform more than 40-55 fps on 4k ultra settings without Raytracing. How could you perform such performance? I need to know lol

[@stew8584]

It's about $400 difference between the 79XT and 79XTX where I am, so its an easy choice. So its goodbye to my GTX 1070. My last AMD Radeon card was the HiS HD 6850...Good video, Cheers.

[@AncientGameplays]

Thanks, but damn, $400?

[@justina3126]

Great video. Are you using the same over clock settings in the second and third bars on the graphs on the 7900xtx

[@AncientGameplays]

Yes, of course

[@aggregatecrab2989]

I have a 6900 xt (oc + sam), and I personally do think the upgrade is worth it. Typically if I'm going to spend $700-1000 on a new GPU then I am looking for at least a 50% upgrade (every 2 gens). The difference now is that in the current market the 6000 series is still holding a lot of value. Selling my card would get me about $500, which mean an upgrade to a 7900 xtx would "only" cost me another $500. $500 for +30-40% performance seems pretty enticing. Especially now that it comes with Starfield Premium! The only thing delaying me is that recently there was a sale where the 7900 xtx was selling for $800 in the US, I missed it but I'm hoping it happens again.

[@AMD718]

You'll get about 40% uplift now and probably close to 50% uplift by the time the rdna3 drivers get fully optimized. For $500 extra it sounds good to me. Well, it's exactly what I did 😊

[@nordskov55]

@@AMD718 depends on what card u Got my 6900xt pulls 2900mhz gaming and 2362mhz fast timing 2 ram Daily and g’ets 26000 gpu score. So in my case i might get 10% uplift vs a oc 7900xt definently not Worth it

[@AMD718]

@@nordskov55 oc to oc then, you'd be around 25% not 10%. Any decent XTX with mild oc will do 32k TS GPU. I can do 34k TS GPU with more aggressive settings, which is 30%. I've seen lots of 36k+ with the new aqua bios higher PL if you're going that route. But, no, at 26k you won't see a huge raster uplift vs stock / reference XTX. In ray tracing though it will be more significant. My daily port royal is 17.5k. with aggressive oc it's 18.3k. I suspect that's at least a 40% uplift for you.

[@nordskov55]

@@AMD718 7900xt oc is around 28000-30000 and 10% more then 26000 is 28600. No Way a 7900xt does 32500. My friend with 7900xt Stock is 25600 and oc 28000. We are on par in cod mw2. 4 fps avg difference. Both running 5800x3d 32 gig ram only difference is 6900xt vs 7900xt. (Not 7900xtx but xt)

[@AMD718]

@@nordskov55 who said anything about XT? The original comment and my reply were about XTX. XT is not a significant upgrade over n21.

[@mynameisblack-i9p]

Bro i have a problem .. i have rx 560 4GB gpu .. when i play gta v , valorant etc my games run fine with 60fps no stutter but when i play minecraft or fortnite .. my gpu clockspeed and memory speed drops to 300mhz and gpu usage to 0% and my game lags .. this is usually happen when something render like minecraft chunks .. when i stay still at same spot for a while when nothing is rendering .. clockspeed and memory speed comes back to 1612mhz and 1500mhz ... how can i fix it bro >??? .. please help i have been trying to solve this for 2months coz i bought gpu 2months ago

[@mynameisblack-i9p]

Also my specs are i5-3570 h61 lx rx 2 motherboard 16gb ram 1600mhz 500w psu 256gb ssd in which mincraft is installed 500gb harddrive Also the temps are so normal like for cpu its 75 degree and for gpu its also 75 degree max

[@BravenTyler]

Question, just got 7900xt and was wondering if I should keep my Ryzen 9 5900x CPU or go to the Ryzen 7 5800x3d to close the gap on CPU bottleneck. Mainly play fps titles, but going to 1440p 240hz with FSR. Any help is appreciated, as I'm seeing some weird trends. Also anyone having a stuttering issue in some titles? Apex Legends for one caps at 280hz at 1080p but it's not buttery smooth like other titles. Same with cod warzone but cod is terrible for everyone atm

[@AncientGameplays]

Sincerely? It is better in games, but with the current prices, maybe am5 is an option?

[@conrad5231]

got my first pc in december chose the 6950xt its a beast for the price very happy with it just need to oc it

[@heatherswanson9133]

I am keeping my 6950XT, no reason to upgrade since I do not really play newer games anyway.

[@bmwnut5521]

I am stuck between keeping my 6950 xt or upgrading to 7900xtx. Anyway, are you looking into doing a comparison again with the latest drivers? I want to see if newer drivers made and leaps in performance between the two cards.

[@AncientGameplays]

It would be the same more or less

[@upgrade1373]

Thanks again Fabio for your great work!

[@AncientGameplays]

Thank you as well!

[@Kringey1]

What overclock do you use with 7900xt please I’m begging you AMD Jesus and thank you for turning me onto amd coming from a 3060 and 11600k to a 7900xt and 7700x and I absolutely love it 😭🙏🏻

[@AncientGameplays]

Yooo, Watch the 7900 XTX tutorial I made, steps are the same :D

[@michaelborza734]

A well thought out and spoken look at what I am considering to buy next. Thank you for sharing.

[@vygantaspetrauskas911]

I had the same questions since I have ordered 6950 xt. What a perfect video to watch.

[@AncientGameplays]

thank you!

[@starlightHT]

Aconteceu me uma coisa que não devia ser possível. Ao trocar a pasta térmica (7900xtx) tive uma redução no consumo a ver youtube a passar de 58W para 33W e o consumo se mudar para 165hz no monitor desceu dos 100W para 55+ ou - . A diferença foi apertar os parafusos com um Blister/Vernier e deixar os parafusos mais ao menos 2.8/3mm.

[@AncientGameplays]

Verdade, isso faz zero sentido a menos que houvesse algum problema com esse cenário para começar... Qual o modelo da placa? De certeza que nada mudou nos drivers? Pode ter sido a ligação de display que estava com algum problema tb, logo enviando power de volta...quem sabe....

[@starlightHT]

@@AncientGameplays Não mudei mais nada.... Apenas mudei a pressão e pasta. Modelo é uma Red Devil Xtx. Mas se abrir o youtube no Edge volta os 58W de consumo a visualizar youtube. Não ficas preocupado com hotspo a jogares com 72ºC? Deve andar nos 100ºC. Os parafusos de hoje em dia são tão maus... Fiquei com um mordido. Foi buscar a 2900XT ao sótão para ver um dia troco o parafuso.

[@tobytoxd]

Thanks for your work! Still hard to decide between 6950xt at €600 and 7900xt at €800. Let's see if Black Friday (in 2 days) will help me ;)

[@AncientGameplays]

I would go 7900xt. It is even better now

[@tobytoxd]

@@AncientGameplaysLeaning towards it, too. Thanks for your opinion! In which regard, would you say, it is better now? Raw performance in gaming due to drivers? Or FSR and frame gen? Or Raytracing?

[@riannair7101]

I wanted to keep my actually psu (corsair rm 750w) and give up my rtx 3080 10 gb. So with that in mind i was buy one rx7900xt sapphire nitro+ vapor x ... and called a day! Very happy now with all those extra vram,performace,lower power consume and better vrr sync with my Dell s2721 dga!👍

[@AncientGameplays]

good to hear!

[@noohomrn3859]

I hope to you get RTX4090 to make video testing Rtx4090 on 40 games and focus at a newer games (with Rtx on and dlss off) ❤

[@tstager1978]

I went from Vega64 to 7900xtx and I love it!

[@buzzfroggis2550]

I am using MSI 7900 XT, guys, for 3 months to play in 1440p at 130+ FPS and high/ultra settings. It's awesome card. No coil whine below 2800 MHz, Hot spot T is below 80° always at 1550-1600-1750 rpm. I am happy that chosen MSI rather than Red Devil. But if you need large burst up to 3000 MHz, so buy 7900 XTX or card with huge radiator (Red devil, XFX...)

[@dunkdisord3r420]

Do you think jumping from 3070 to 7900XT is worth? I went ultrawide 2K and my 3070 is getting short and only DLSS is giving me some headroom

[@AncientGameplays]

Definitely a big upgrade

[@MrTeapot]

Thanks for your great videos on AMD, i have myself 7900xt and i'm very happy with it. Seems the xtx handles ray tracing better in comparision so im not missing out alot. The 6950xt is still a good choice though thats cool.

[@AncientGameplays]

Thank you for watching them :D

[@llllvllll2297]

Sad how "low" the FPS are on MW2 since they messed up so much the optimization with this game, in February it was easy to get above 200 frames in the bench....

[@HoodHussler]

Well…..my new 7900XTX is almost complete I hope it all works well because the entire build cost as much as a 4090 gpu 😂

[@AncientGameplays]

Then maybe you're cpu bottlenecked

[@HoodHussler]

@@AncientGameplays Lian Li Lancool 205 Mesh 7600X with NZXT T120 MSI B650I GAMING EDGE WIFI 32gb G.skill Trident Z5 NEO 5600 MSI MPG A1000G 1000W Gold 1TB NVME SSD 7900XTX Gigabyte Gaming OC I will be using the LG OLED C1 to play at 1440p

[@HaddBradd]

Im aware of this being a dumb idea but could you hugely undervolt the 7900XTX to see how efficient you can make it regardless of how bad the performance gets with different wattage stages like Overclock (you can choose how high you wanna go) Stock 250w 200w 150w 100w

[@pmarguijo]

Thank you for showing the stock vs oc and oc with SAM. That really exceptional forward thinking on your part. Keep up the great content 👏

[@AncientGameplays]

Thank you, lay an eye on my video section if you want to 💪

[@Davinmk]

what is sam?

[@TearsInReign]

​@@Davinmki had to look it up too. Its Smart Access Memory. "With SAM enabled, the system's CPU can access all of the data stored in the GPU's VRAM or video memory, instantly increasing the system's performance."

[@andrebrait]

I was not expecting OC'ing those cards to bring such high gains in some games. That's crazy. Why aren't they clocked like that to begin with? Power draw doesn't seem that high!

[@AncientGameplays]

It all about power limits. The performance difference is mostly due to Smart Access memory, not overclocking (as shown)

[@Decenium]

I find it really hard to see improvements with the newer cards, where AMD claims that 50% performance per watt stuff. Here im seeing a gpu doing about 165 fps at 240 watts and another doing 195 at 280 watts....really not that much of an impressive performance improvement.

[@AncientGameplays]

First of all rdna3 gpus show full board power, while the previous ones only show core power, so that misleads people. Still, they're claims were never reached, even in terms of overall performance

[@JonnyWSLY]

Fábio, já pisco hoje ? Foi mal não aguentei tive de fazer o trocadilho, vídeo top mano, sucesso pra ti !

[@mattm203]

6900xt here underwater, so I'm sitting at 6950 performance. I'm going to wait until next get. For me, at 1440p, an increase of only 32% in fps is not enough to warrant an upgrade. Hopefully next gen will yield a 50% increase, and then ill make the jump. As for now, the 6900 is more than fast enough for my use.

[@AncientGameplays]

Next gen will have at least 70% over the 6950XT I asume

[@mattm203]

@@AncientGameplays Fingers crossed lol. Hopefully some good games by then as well to help "justify" the upgrade haha.

[@mikem2253]

Shirt is highly relevant considering the special edition Spiderman PS5 console and story trailer announcements just posted on KZbin.

[@albertovilela9015]

Hello i have a 7800X3D for a monitor 34'' ips 21:9 UW QHD 3440x1440p 144Hz you recomend the RX 7900 XT ?

[@AncientGameplays]

that would be a great combo

[@albertovilela9015]

@@AncientGameplaysMy choise Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT i buy it today i hope undervolt works 😅

[@tre-ou5gt]

Ayyy fabio lookin swole 😎 great video!

[@AncientGameplays]

Ots just the shirt haha

[@5michael5]

Would like to see ultrawide comparison. That's what I use for the 6950xt. Was considering an upgrade.

[@AncientGameplays]

It stay in between 1440P and 4K more to the 1440P side

[@Justme-jp8ih]

I got a white 7900 xtx for 1054€ with starfield premium included

[@AncientGameplays]

nice!

[@JustAGuy85]

BTW I used your GVG mall code like 3-4 months ago and my copy is still running fine. It's legit.

[@AncientGameplays]

I know its legit my friend. I use them on my builds as well 💪💪 Wouldn't sponsor it if it wasn't legit

[@JustAGuy85]

@@AncientGameplays For real. I just always wondered about those sites. But if anyone else is wondering, they are good to go. I used a Windows 10 key for my Windows 11 build. Motherboard change finally ran my previous key out. You the man.

[@Jeremyspoptart]

Love your videos. I must say the 6950xt is compelling in 2023. Especially given the high price tags of newer GPU’s out there. FSR 3 (“WHENEVER”we get it) will really show ,for better or worse, the previous generation GPUs value.

[@krishnasamirdash3969]

Always support. You r awesome 😊

[@aj2188]

Really awesome videos thanks!! I currently have a i9 10850k @5ghz on all cores + 7900xtx and 64gigs @3400 ddr4. What do you think, is there a bottleneck on my cpu? Does it make sense to invest in a ryzen Processor? If yes, what would you recommend?

[@wezzla]

Depends on resolution and what titles you are playing. I have 6950 xt + 7600x. I was fine until I discovered Start Citizen and with that a CPU bottleneck. I will be upgrading to 7800X3D.

[@AncientGameplays]

There's definitely a bottleneck depending on the title and fps numbers. Sometimes very little, sometimes BIG. I would go for a 13600K if you like Intel

[@sanddc178]

Just got a 7900XTX for $900, tax included. Looks like it'll be a worthy upgrade over my current 6900XT since I want to 4k game more.

[@samserious1337]

Will you include IDLE and LOAD wattages into your benchmark suite? I've seen that RDNA3 has some problems with that (video by OptimumTech).

[@AncientGameplays]

It had n the beginning, it is now much better, at least for the situations I tested. I even made this video when they got release, but this is now mostly fixed. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGWUYoWlZ62An5Y

[@AMD718]

Excellent work, Fabio. Much appreciated.

[@Krenisphia]

A Plague Tale Requiem is also one of the best games I've ever played. Absolutely beautiful and heartwrenching story. And the graphics are stunning too.

[@345ifyhalo]

Very nice test, thanks for the hard work. Does your RX 6950 XT hold the 2600 mhz constant?

[@AncientGameplays]

Yes, as seen

[@345ifyhalo]

@@AncientGameplays thanks for your answer, but i only see a Split of the Frequency behavior. Still its awesome Performance :)

[@Jack_Sparrow131]

Fun Fact: RX 7900xt/xtx scale well with OC.. especially in 1% low, with around 12% better lows & 10% avg While old 6000 series cards mostly do not, they barely get like 5% in low 1% and 7% avg fps My conclusion is the different architecture of 7900 have slightly more delay.. so some OC solve the slight delay

[@Kyle_R_Wolfe]

i have the rx 6800 and i try to play my games at 1440p with higher refresh rates like 150 to 165 just because thats what my monitor can do. i got mine for a good price earlier this year for $375. with my card overclocked and using smart access memory i can play most games at around medium settings but i would love to have my games at the higher graphics settings and still getting the higher fps. someday ill be able to get that rx7900 xtx. thats the one i have my eyes on right now.

[@mrbill1357]

Great comparison, have a 6700xt might get the 7900xt.

[@Kizarat]

I have an RX 6700 XT but I'm thinking of upgrading to an RX 6950 XT for 1080p gaming while it's still selling brand new at a good price (XFX Speedster MERC319 model). I imagine it should last for years to come before I would need another upgrade. Do you think this is a good idea?

[@AncientGameplays]

As you see, the 6950xt destroys 1080P as long as your cpu handles it as well

[@Kizarat]

@@AncientGameplays I've got a Ryzen 5800X with 64GB of RAM. Was thinking of slightly downgrading to a 5700X because it runs cooler and I can install a smaller cooler on it.

[@limeisgaming]

will you test performance differences once the new bios updates that support higher ram speeds on am5 are out. eg. 7200 cl34 or 8000 cl38 ? since thats a 20-30% bandwith uplift Interesting video as always

[@AncientGameplays]

I can try at least I guess. I believe the differences won't be that much as the FLCK is maintained and timings will have to go up as well. A good tweaked system (on the timings part) can already achieve a good 20-25% boost in some games as seen here :D kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGauaYWdYtR3rbc

[@GuilleGaming4K]

Thanks Fabio your videos are great I liked and subscribed. I wanted to ask you if you can help me review what’s going on with my 7900XT, it seems like overclock doesn’t do anything. I have a Ryzen 9 7900X + 32GB of DDR6 6000 SAM Ram

[@spindragonkiller]

man! that "GVG Mall" classic voice!😂❤ my younger brother's 6600xt is cryin in the corner with these giants. but it holds itself up pretty decent.

[@AncientGameplays]

Hahaha

[@GoonyMclinux]

6600xt isn't a slouch and does pretty well for a $200ish card, I have one for 1080 and its awesome.

[@stanistheman12]

Nice man thank you!

[@AncientGameplays]

Thank you!

[@osirisestela3414]

Great video! thanks!

[@wezzla]

7900XT will carry the legacy of 6950xt an be the slayer of the 1440p space. I hope 7800xt will reign the price/performance space at 1440p. I still hope the developers at AMD will find the secret sauce to unlock RT to match team green.

[@45eno]

Just snagged a local used MSI Gaming X Trio 6950XT w/ retail packaging for $360. Gave my son my Asus TUF 6900XT. With both have locally purchased new 7800X3D ($340/260) paired up with them. I have no plans to upgrade unless a deal presents itself and I can sell what I have for little out of pocket. I was only $160 out of pocket to snag the 6950XT as I sold my daughters 6600XT for $200 today.

[@JOHNTECH112]

Is there any difference if we use an intel CPU? Is the performance boost only for AMD CPU + AMD GPU?

[@AncientGameplays]

IF the performance is on the same tier of this CPU (7700X) the performance boost will be more or less the same (with AMD GPUs having a slight advantage)

[@JOHNTECH112]

@@AncientGameplays thanks for the info!!

[@yodaspadawan6085]

If you buy a 6950XT you'll also get Starfield Premium Edition, which in my country Costs roundabout 100€ on Steam. 629€-100€= 529€ !Top Deal! Edit: Oh look 529 thats the Price of a 16gb 4060 Ti 😝

[@andreasfjellborg1810]

Just ordered a RX 6950 XT was about 300€ Cheaper than the 7900 XT and came with starfield premium. Rarely use my desktop pc so didn't want to spend the extra. Waiting for the new Lenovo Legion i9 instead as i'm often on the move so mainly game on my laptop...

[@sheffrespawnz7235]

I currently game on a 6900xt on my ultra wide Alienware oled monitor. The 7900xt looks like a good upgrade over my 6900xt.

[@MrEscalus]

Does "OC + SAM" means the 2900/2700 + SAM ? Or just +15% power + SAM? .. or +15% power + 2900/2700 + SAM? I'm sorry just being little confused

[@AncientGameplays]

Exactly the OC and PL + sam

[@MrEscalus]

​@@AncientGameplays Thank you Fabio ! Love your content, cheers !

[@morrowmike]

7900xt owner here. What are your settings/best settings for extreme and stable undervolt for power saving? I play everything at 1440p and lock my fps at 100 and I'd like to cut power use to 230-250w if possible.

[@AncientGameplays]

Hey, use my 7900XTX OC video, the settings still apply for both cards

[@cHaMp630]

Wouldn't a 7800x3d and or 13900k get far less cpu bottlenecks at 1080p and 1440p with these cards?

[@AncientGameplays]

There's virtually no bottleneck at 1440P here

[@Gatix92]

Letztens hatte ich noch die 6950 XT, aber die hatte einen Teil defekt, also habe ich mich dann für eine 7900 XT entschieden. Klar der Leistungssprung ist jetzt nicht soo groß, aber ich bin froh die zu haben

[@carlosclara4759]

I will stick with my asrock pg 6950 xt. Good card for 1440p .

[@sleazydzx]

So do you think a 2714 Memory clock speed is the sweet spot OC for the 7900s. I haven't messed around with the Memory speed too much on the OC.

[@morten3465]

7900 XTX dropped about 150 euros in my country and now you get the Starfield premium edition included, which I was 100% buying, so that's 90 euros more = 240 euros discount and pretty much same price as my old card, around 900 euro. That price won't be beat for 6-12 months, and then I'll have to pay for Starfield.

[@mattiapanico6732]

Could you please take a video on the 7900xt similar to the video posted on your channel about the big sister ? Thanks ❤

[@AncientGameplays]

The settings and steps will be basically the same, use that one :D

[@brzimtrco6142]

Hey man what do you think I should get? 600e is my budget thus I have opted for used market, I can buy a 3090 for 600e or 6900xt for 550e. I plan on playing at 4K and I most definitely will need to rely on upscalling, is dlss noticeably better than fsr? From my experience fsr is good at 4K in some games even performance mode is good, but I haven't seen dlss.

[@itsatrap4986]

6900xt

[@WyattOShea]

3090 is the better card if you plan on using rt/cuda in my opinion even though I have a 6900xt if both cards are similar pricing then get the 3090. Also to your question about DLSS I believe it's better fidelity than FSR but FSR on the latest versions of it close the gap considerably.

[@AncientGameplays]

I would go to the used market sincerely if I were you

[@xouri8009]

Honestly, unless you play 4K, I don't think upgrading 6950 to 7900xtx is worth it. at 1080p you get 23% boost in performance for a 50% price increase at 1440p you get 33% boost in performance for a 50% price increase at 4k you get 41% boost in performance for a 50% price increase personally, I would not upgrade this generation from a 6950xt to a 7900xtx, but I can understand if someone plays at 4K and have some money, I guess its not as bad. I like to get 50% performance increase for same price before upgrading, and we all know that the 6950xt price of $1000+ at release was only because of the bullshit cripto and whatnot. Also, these cards are getting into a lot of flash sales and limited promotions, pay attention and grab when they get a flash sale.

[@InternetListener]

don't re-evaluate your calculations in €. OR you may find yourself

[@xouri8009]

@@InternetListener on this cards, the price in € and $ is basically the same. €Euro includes tax already, Dollar does not. but yeah, I get your point, even between EU countries the prices change a lot.

[@WyattOShea]

I recently upgraded to 4k and still don't think it's worth the upgrade from my 6900xt. The only gpu that is worth the upgrade is the 4090 but that's way too expensive for me so I'll be waiting until next generation and hope that nvidia/amd make some great gpus for reasonable pricing.