This RX 7900 XT is HUGE! ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XT OC Edition 20GB GDDR6 Review

[@ALKtech]

Check out the written review for this graphics card here: www.alktech.co/articles/review-asus-tuf-gaming-radeon-rx-7900-xt-oc-edition-20gb-gddr6-graphics-card

[@Rakanay_Official]

How is the noise of the graphics card? is it very quiet? the Asus Tuf is supposed to be very quiet, one of the most silent costum models of RX 7900 XT (X)

[@ALKtech]

@@Rakanay_Official the fans are pretty quiet, but the card that I tested had quite a fair bit of coil whine - the coil whine was much louder than the fan noise!

[@Rakanay_Official]

@@ALKtech Was the coil whine very annoying? Or could you hear it a bit when you approached the graphics card? and can i use the HDMI and Displayport at the same time? Or will DP be disabled when HDMI is used? The manufacturers should really sit down to it, can not be that comes with every graphics card coil whine, there is something wrong with the quality control.

[@ALKtech]

@@Rakanay_Official I must caveat, I tested the card with an open-air test bench, so the coil whine was definitely audible even from around 30cm away. If I had used this card inside of an enclosed PC case, the coil whine probably wouldn't be that loud...but yes I do agree that this is something card manufacturers should look at a little more closely... Anyway you should be able to use both the DisplayPort and HDMI ports concurrently!

[@lightisgreaterthandarkness]

I just bought this card. My system is a water cooled(CoolerMaster PL360 Flux AIO with upgraded Mobius 120P argb high output fans) i9 12900k, 64GB T-Force Xtreem DDR4 OC'd to 4000Mtp/s RAM, Aorus B660M Elite AX MB, 850 watt Asus RoG STRIX 80 plus Gold PSU, 2 TB WD SN850X gen 4 nvme ssd, 2 TB Samsung 980 pro gen 4 nvme ssd, 2 TB Crucial MX500 SATA ssd, Windows 11 pro(goes with 12th, 13th and 14th gen Intel cpus because of the thread director) I am so excited to get this in my rig and start undervolting and overclocking it! I was able to hit record highs with my previous XFX RX 7800XT in undervoltimg and overclocking( beating rtx 3080ti gpus in rasterization, I can't imagine what I can do with THIS card! (goosebumps...)😂

[@ALKtech]

Nice, congrats on your purchase - did you get the 7900 XT at a good price? And I guess with your mobo, you could always gun for a upgrade to a 14900K further down the road to extend your PC's lifespan! Also out of curiosity, what PC case are you using?

[@kanayanfantv]

Still working great? Not dead?

[@lightisgreaterthandarkness]

@@kanayanfantv Absolutely Flawlessly!

[@kanayanfantv]

@@lightisgreaterthandarkness That's an amazing card. 1st time AMD? You mentioned undervolting, I do that on my 1070, but what about the AMD? I just bought one too and I'm looking foward by undervolt it. Thanks a lot

[@lightisgreaterthandarkness]

@@kanayanfantv Definitely not my first time AMD... I've had Radeon cards(used to be owned by ATI) since the ATI Radeon 9600XT, Radeon 9800XT etc. My very first gpu was a 3dfx Voodoo 5000... I still remember my dual Nvidia Titan X Maxwell SLi rig... I have a long history building gaming rigs, buying GPU's, overclocking etc... My last two generations of video cards going from past to most recent are; RTX 3060, RTX 3090ti, AMD Radeon RX 7800XT, AMD Radeon RX 7900XT. By a LONG shot though. the most powerful GPU I've had the pleasure to overclock to insane levels( I mean PLAYABLE/game stable insane overclocks) is the ASUS TUF Radeon RX 7900XT O.C. edition!

[@Betonoszlop]

I do have a crush for these unboxing stuff. The thrill of discovery i guess

[@sheperdofthebrahs]

Big enough to compensate for my insecurities, might aswell get one

[@ALKtech]

😂what's the specs of the rest of your PC?

[@AllyMind5Star]

I just bought one of these GPUs!!! I'm so excited. I upgraded my PC 3 years ago and bought a new power supply, new 500 series motherboard, AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and three new fans. If I have to upgrade my motherboard, I will be sad, but I will have to do what I have to do...

[@ALKtech]

Actually, have you considered getting a 5800X3D as a drop-in upgrade for your 3700X? A 5800X3D still packs a good punch today, and pairs very well with a RX 7900 XT IMO for 1440P gaming at pretty good graphics settings and FPS!

[@AllyMind5Star]

@@ALKtech I have not considered upgrading my CPU yet, no. I built this PC that I'm using specifically for the RX6800XT in mind. I bought the 7900XT thinking that I wouldn't need to upgrade anything at all...

[@ALKtech]

@@AllyMind5Star right I see. In any case, it's an option available to you should you decide to upgrade to a 5800X3D to get more FPS out of your 7900 XT!

[@FabricioBarcelos]

​@@ALKtech I have a problem to fit this huge gpu in my case with a sound card and a pci-e M.2 Now I looking for a big case to fit. Thermaltake cte c750 is no a option, mount in position will up to 100 degress hot spot Deepcool morpheus I think fit all my setup

[@ALKtech]

@@FabricioBarcelos is the issue also due to your motherboard's PCIe slot layout, where your sound card and M.2 cards are too close to each other?

[@XavierLie-p4o]

Excellent GPU, I've had it since launch. It is very silent, always cool. Very good performance, the OC frenquency regularly goes above the tech specs. Only downside, AMD raytracing is to forget for this generation once again.

[@Caddoshack]

Thanks for the review. Am considering upgrading from RTX3060 to this card. Have a R9 5900X 12core CPU. Am running triple monitors at 1080P, sim racing. Currently can only run low/mid level graphics on most titles, aliasing mostly the problem. Happy to hear thoughts on this idea

[@ALKtech]

Going from a RTX 3060 to a RX 7900 XT will be a pretty big step-up I'd say. How much is this card going for where you're from?

[@Caddoshack]

@@ALKtech 700 USD

[@Caddoshack]

Ended up with ASUS TUF 7900XTX, is going very well. Actually enjoying AMD Adrenaline software compared to nvidia, is easier to use.

[@ALKtech]

@@Caddoshack nice! Are you using the 7900 XTX with a 5900X, or did you do an upgrade of your processor as well?

[@Caddoshack]

@@ALKtech kept the 5900X, it is going well, cheers

[@GamingAorus]

Hello, I have a 5600X and a 1070. I would like to upgrade to a 7900XT with a resolution of 1440. Is there a bottleneck? Or should I upgrade to 5800X3D? Please advise, thanks

[@ALKtech]

Do you know the model of your motherboard? Is it something with the B550/X570 chipset? Reason why I'm asking is cos the older AM4 chipsets (e.g. X470 etc) do not support PCIe 4.0, which would impair the performance of the 7900 XT somewhat. That said, assuming you're on PCIe 4.0, a 5600X should perform just fine with a 7900XT for 1440p gaming on pretty decent framerates - while you might get a good FPS bump going to a 5800X3D, the price of the 5800X3D would be a major deciding factor for me in such a situation..

[@GamingAorus]

@@ALKtech Yes, the motherboard is B550 AORUS ELITE I'm playing 90% battlefield

[@ALKtech]

@@GamingAorus cool, in which case a 5600X will do just fine with a 7900XT - the B550 supports PCIe 4.0 so you won't be leaving any performance on the table in that regard.

[@Uasaxtele]

On the power supply the 8 pins are the 6+2 ones? Am new to building PCs and the power supply on amazon says 3x6+2 pin

[@ALKtech]

Yup that's right, the graphics card power connectors from a power supply come in a 6+2-pin configuration; you'll just need to make sure the power supply you're getting has at least three of these 6+2 PCIe power connectors, and at least 750W of power in order to support this RX 7900 XT graphics card!

[@Itstimetotilt]

I have a gigabyte p850gm 850w 80+ gold with r 7 5800x3d and this gpu is the psu good enough?

[@ALKtech]

Yup the Gigabyte P850GM's good enough for your setup!

[@paulkerry8915]

for people that don't know its about 3.5 slots you need :D

[@karkadeight]

I am considering this card for modded Skyrim, currently I have RX 5600 XT Sapphire and it's not doing great with so many mods, mainly the problem is lags - game freezing for 3-10 seconds when entering cities and villages with many addons. Hopefully the new graphics card will solve the problem. Would it make sense to consider XTX too?

[@ALKtech]

It all boils down to budget, plus what resolution you're intending to game at and of course, the specs of your current PC. Could you share what processor, motherboard and RAM you're using for your current build?

[@karkadeight]

@@ALKtech CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 3600 RAM - 16 GB corsair 3600mhz Motherboard - B450 Aorus Elite Power Supply - AORUS P750W 80+ GOLD Modular

[@xander4322]

If you haven't you should put the game on an ssd. it should help, if you have already then id say you might be cpu limited. since it is an older game and can be heavier on cpu

[@sirab3ee198]

I played Fallout 4 on a RTX 3080 12GB with 350mods with Wabajack and you still will have freezes and low FPS in some areas, that's due to the old Engine not system requirements. You will have a better experience overall with a new GPU but you cannot get rid of all the drops and choppiness.

[@Yaenu1093]

@@karkadeight Out of curiousity, what became of this? Did you end up upgrading your GPU? Because honestly, it might not necessarily be the GPU that's limiting you. Or was it?

[@KawawaPapa]

why this card need 3x 8pin power cable? is it because OC ? I saw Gigabyte card it's OC as well but only 2x 8pin power cable

[@ALKtech]

I suspect its just ASUS trying to provide additional power headroom for more stability, and also for end-users to perhaps do a bit more overclocking on their end...

[@Silvest3r]

Gigabyte OC version has 2 x 8 , but it still draws near 400w on heavy load.

[@SerdceDanko]

Thats one nice card

[@eugenegrindfor5090]

should i go with this cpu with a rx 6950xt or rx 7900xt? i feel like the difference on fps will be the same as a major bottleneck?

[@ALKtech]

How's the pricing for both cards where you're from, and you intend to game at 4K/QHD resolution? You'd get FPS improvements with the 7900 XT over the 6950 XT, but the performance gulf isn't really that wide at least from what I've seen of benchmarks floating around on the web. With regards to CPU bottlenecking, unless you're intending to do extremely high refresh rate gaming at 1080p, my take is that the 6950 XT or 7900 XT will do okay with the 5600. That said, if you have the budget and are still set on the AM4 platform, the 5800X3D would be my CPU of choice...

[@eugenegrindfor5090]

@@ALKtech yea i think i will go with the 6950xt the price for it is 740£ and the 7900xt 900£,but indeed i do not have a 4k monitor i have a ultra wide 3440x1440p and i thought that they also make monitors this size 4k. but apparently only 32in,27 or the ones that are ultra wide are 44 inches thats too much or too small for me.

[@ALKtech]

​@@eugenegrindfor5090 £160's a pretty big price difference between both cards in my opinion. I'd go with the 6950 XT too. You should do just fine since you'll be gaming at 1440p-ish!

[@hababacon]

I went with the 7900XT XFX OC edition. I had $125 in gift cards and the 6950 XT at the time cost $800. You get 15% better rasterization performance, and maybe 40% better RT performance if that's important to you. With tax and gift card, my 7900XT OC was $823, a price I felt comfortable with.

[@finraziel]

Looking at this card as Asus is offering a cashback on it... but, I'm worried it will not fit my case (Original O11 Dynamic). Not in length what everyone is always focussing on, that's fine... no, in width, or height, depending on how you look at it, how far it sticks out of the motherboard. It's 18 mm higher than my current videocard, and I have about that also left between it and the glass sidepanel, so it might just fit, or it might just not :|

[@ALKtech]

Mmm, I'd have thought that the O11 Dynamic should be pretty roomy and wide...haven't had the chance to handle one in any case. If you're looking at getting this card and it doesn't fit, perhaps getting third-party L-shaped PCIe power adapters might help?

[@finraziel]

@@ALKtech I ordered it from Amazon because I know they'll take it back no questions asked and no costs to ship back if it doesn't fit. Mounting it vertically may not be a bad idea either though, may look into that... It should arrive tomorrow so I'll report back just in case anyone else comes along with the same question.

[@finraziel]

Lol I just saw in the email that youtube sent that you actually said something else than what I thought :P must not have been all the way awake this morning when I replied... The power adapters wont be an issue I think because the receptacles to plug them into are sunk into the card and not all the way on the top, so I don't think they'll stick out. Good thing though that I misunderstood because I think if it doesn't fit then a vertical mounting kit should solve it. And yeah, the base O11 dynamic actually doesn't have that much clearance because the mainboard is raised to allow room to have the psu behind it. Bigger air coolers can be a problem in them too. Anyway, DHL will bring it somewhere tomorrow.

[@ALKtech]

@@finraziel I might have edited my reply for better clarity, can't remember too as it was early in the morning 😂Anyway, fingers crossed that the card fits without a hitch - always assumed from photos that the O11D should be pretty spacious...

[@finraziel]

So it fits :D just barely... Now the wait is for a new PSU, because my old 650W did not take kindly to me trying to land my spaceship in starfield (and first crashed to desktop, then tripped the OCP on the second attempt... so no gaming on it until the new PSU arrives). Had hoped because it's a seasonic prime titanium that it might have handled it, but I guess not. It really is a beast though! What a card...

[@dtzero0]

I love my 7900xt. Yes, it's not as powerful as the XTX and often gets overshadowed by it, but in all honesty, who gives a flying fuck.

[@Silvest3r]

OCing this card with waterblock cooling can achieve very near XTX's perfomance.

[@willroberts2773]

Your cpu is holding this card back massively

[@JamieReynolds89]

Will a 5800x3d hold this GPU back?

[@RedSon077]

@@JamieReynolds89 No, it's a good CPU for this card

[@abesorilla5848]

@@RedSon077what about 7800x3d?

[@RedSon077]

@@abesorilla5848 it's perfect

[@Hypersport_]

@@abesorilla5848that is more than enough

[@eugenegrindfor5090]

why does it have such low frames on fortnite?

[@ALKtech]

I've turned up all graphics settings to the max and enabled hardware ray tracing - I'd think the hardware ray tracing bit would have knocked the card back by several frames as ray tracing has never been AMD's strong suit...

[@eugenegrindfor5090]

@@ALKtech still its fortnite it should run 4k 140fps+

[@ALKtech]

@@eugenegrindfor5090 correct me if I'm wrong, but I think 4K 140 FPS+ would have been pre-Chapter 4 while Fortnite was on the older graphics engine right? Since they've moved to Unreal Engine 5.1, the game's become a pretty demanding title when all graphics settings are tuned up to the max! It looks real gorgeous now though...

[@eugenegrindfor5090]

@@ALKtech perhaps

[@BatteryAz1z]

with a ryzen 5600 and below average ram, he is cpu bottlenecked in many cases.

[@megamew4220]

Did you experience severe bottlenecking at 1080p?

[@ALKtech]

I didn't try gaming at 1080p with this combo unfortunately, though I'd think that there should be some bottlenecking indeed. Given the specs of the 7900 XT, I'd think that 1440p would be the sweet spot for such a pairing...

[@yip2454]

Yes but depends on game. Tbf. Im using my 7900xt with 5700x

[@Wydluxe]

Would you know the best cpu to use with this for 1080p?

[@bobbycasler8370]

@@Wydluxe why would you used this gpu at 1080p? kinda pointless since you'll just hit the engine cap with most games. sounds like you need to upgrade your monitor instead of gpu

[@foaley77]

@@yip2454 I just bought this card so should get it next week I have a 5600X would a 5700x make much difference do you think ?

[@WarAnWaar]

That's low temperatures 🦾 I will buy from Asus not from sapphire.