XFX Mercury Radeon RX 7900 XTX Magnetic Air Gaming Graphics Card Review

Josh shares his thoughts on the latest XFX Radeon RX 7900 XTX card, which features MAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY.
You can view the card on the XFX website by following this link (not affiliated): www.xfxforce.com/shop/xfx-mer...
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
04:54 The XFX Magnetic Gaming card
09:05 General thoughts about AMD's Radeon RX 7900 XTX GPU
10:50 Thoughts about the XFX cooler and fan design
12:53 The included stand - does it measure up?
15:18 Performance
17:50 More about those magnetic fans
19:39 Final thoughts
Disclaimers: Josh was sent the review sample by XFX, but this is not a sponsored video and we were not compensated for this review. The opinions in this review are those of Josh Walrath, esteemed magnet enthusiast.

[@RiftRavingRogue]

I have their RX 480 with swappable fans. Still in use today. I love the swappable fans and think it should be standardized for gpus.. and even maybe chassis fans. Being able to pull them from their housing would make case cleaning so much faster and convenient.

[@Wayofthelao]

Nice job , never thought about getting an xfx card

[@philipmitchell7660]

If you choose Radeon, xfx is the wise choice

[@cee128d]

I've had numerous XFX cards over the years, dating back to the ATI days. I've never regretted purchasing any of them unlike some lesser brands. These days it's either XFX or Sapphire AMD cards for me (unless EVGA decides to start releasing AMD cards).

[@LongPeter]

The editor is sassing Josh so hard 😂

[@pcper]

You would too if you watched the full version of the video he sent me.

[@DJ_Merkury66]

@@pcper Why did he get drunk before he recorded this?

[@tindo]

XFX designs always look great

[@swizzler8053]

Always clean.❤

[@philipmitchell7660]

Not finished watching yet but xfx are the longevity king. On my second xfx card 6800xt. They rock and just work. End of.

[@halistinejenkins5289]

excellent review sir. love the idea of easily replaceable gpu fans. not really sure why it hasn't caught on more than it has already...

[@JamesSmith-sw3nk]

Great video. When I got my 4090, I mounted it vertically because physics are real. I watch a couple of repair channels and between seeing cracked video card pcb's and broken pci-e slots on motherboards, I figured it was the wise thing to do.

[@realmccoy220]

that Merc 6800xt is my dream card. currently on my XFX 6600XT dual version.

[@HypnoticSuggestion]

One of my favorite cards ever was a 4890 I got at best buy for $199. Completely insane and supported DX10.1 which was nice in Stalker COP. But sadly the fan died and I just couldn't manage to replace it.

[@brumby92]

I remember the xfx 480 had removable fans. Great idea to be able to replace them.

[@nickvirgili2969]

All my amd cards oddly enough are xfx, always loved em for some reason.

[@Abrasive-Heat]

I love this for serviceability. A lot easier to get dust and gunk out.

[@frozenflame8319]

we have had these for a loong time as case fans , finally someone put them in a gpu with a quick detach attach system similar to the ones in sapphire cards like the rx 480 back in 2016

[@kaisersolo76]

Thats a beautful card. best i've seen. its a chonker. nvidia will be giving xfx a call for that cooling system

[@nickvirgili2969]

Got my 6950 xt, sitting inside right now.

[@wizpig64]

looks great, i'll wait for the next gen tho

[@GhostMan2013]

Still using my XFX R9 295X2, a 500W beast😂

[@Gregregorovich]

Sapphire started doing replaceable fans with the 400 series, so maybe it's at least partly a patent issue? Though they were (and probably still are?) held in with (a?) screw(s?) (each?). The magnetic power/ground/tach/PWM ring... Presumably that just means it doesn't need to be lined up? It is rather cool :b I think with EVGA cards it was possible to see the speed of each fan, and as there are 4 contacts on these fans it would be possible to see the speeds if it's implemented in software, whether that be XFX's own, MSI Afterburner or AMD Adrenaline... But are they?

[@cr-pol]

nice small box. Did Josh get new eyeglasses?

[@joshwalrath9518]

Nope. Same as I have had for a while now.

[@JahonCross]

Is thier a rx 7900xt version as well?

[@tigerbalm666]

I has the 5700 XT...but why so dam long, XFX???

[@InstantCasette]

But what burger ?!

[@Money-Fast-Plan-a]

Your determination fuels success! 🔥 -- "Believe you can and you're halfway there.."

[@SaperPl1]

Looks like an overcomplicated solution to a simple problem of making the whole shroud of the card easily removed to be able to clean fans from the bottom and get accumulated stuff out of the radiator.

[@joshwalrath9518]

Well you are no fun, where is your sense of adventure and trying something new? I mean, air conditioning was expensive and clunky at first...

[@neogeo6464]

Now if Josh's mic and stand only had the same magnetic tech he could clean the back of his mic and stand 😅

[@kommandokodiak6025]

ducted fans josh!

[@kommandokodiak6025]

joshtekk crew sound off!

[@acubley]

It's a shoe box!

[@delatroy]

Cursed hydrodynamics at it again 😩