No I wouldn't, because it won't fit in my NZXT H1 V2. Even if it would fit actual AMD 7900xtx reference version from AMD website is just fine, and it's the one I got.
Been running this card for about a week and I love it! Had some kinks moving from a 3080 ti but overall it’s been quite a leap considering my old card funded most of my purchase
The performance for the price is worth it. The 4080 is a good card and has superior ray tracing, but the 7900 XTX can stretch its legs more in standard rasterization which are 95% of the game I play.
hey, Im considering buying this piece as the cost of it is the same as Sapphire Nitro+ RX 7900XT for example in germany so I was wondering if you are satisfied with it ? Is it quiet under load and is the coil whine too high ?
@@SkillerWolfCFM can't hear anything. My pulsation heating / AC makes more noise and a plugged fridge would drown the PC noise. Except if you have a dead silence room I highly doubt you could hear it. Even under load (when you usually have headphones or volume on anyways...)
@@phd_gaming5010 great, I don't care much about how the GPU looks so I guess because it's even cheaper than some XT versions, Ill totally buy it. Thanks
@@phd_gaming5010 hey I forgot to ask, does the Merc 310 have support bracket in the package ? Asking so I would know if I should buy the bracket if its not in the package. Thanks for the answer in advance
great review, thanks! I love the XFX industrial design, so unlike the tired and overdone "gamerz" aesthetics. Hope more card manufacturers will follow their lead.
I have this card. You can do better on undervolt. I have 1070mv fully stable and memory at 2750. I am consistently boosting between 2850-2950. Almost always above 2800. My boost is around 12-15% higher than reference.
@@tmkongen I have tested 3 7900xtx. They were all stable at 1070. It’s more likely the reviewers just go for the safe voltage rather then investing time to tweak it more. One refererance and 2 merc all fully stable at 1070mv. Ofcourse merc does way better dude to more power and cooling capability when it comes to sustained clocks.
I also have thisa card and its not stable on 1090 for gaming and crashes after an hour. Silicon lotery really. My 5800x3d its -30 on all cores and stable but the card stuggles
@@wateryevents960 ?? I think only the XTX had that issue and only some which were defective. If you've got the XT I think you're fine. Mine is a good AIB model, so no issue either way.
I just care about raster and my mercs 6800 xt and 6950 xt have served me well, I willd definitely get this one. Also in Mexico the 4080 is almost $1600 compared to the $1000 7900 xtx
For $1600.. U can get DDR5 + B650 Mobo + RX 7900XTX Funny how Nvidia regional pricing are horrible in some countries.. Here in Middle East, the cheapest 4080 is like $1400 ($1600 w/Tax)
I like this card because it has no RGB Garbage, has superior themals compared to all 7900 XTX cards including the Nitro+ and its Industrial Design featuring a super cool looking Metallic Silver Backplate which i personally love, its just built to destroy those Hotspot Temperatures 🤩
@@pseudonymn the nitro+ i dont like leds, but Sapphire have swappable fan, reference level BIOS 2 with ten degree lower, less noise, Power BIOS 1 with higher clocks, see techpowerup comparison, XFX made me mad with the backplate and no BIOS 2 like Sapphire, but Sapphire dont match with my blackout setup (noctua dh15 dark hero, I need a blackout card 😔😔😔, any ideas?
@@thiagodelgado3128 hey does this card will impact huge on my electrical bills lets say i do light gaming like Fortnite 3-5 hours a day then Netflix 10-15hours Netflix per day ? do you think AMD gpu's will impact more than Nvidia, some people are saying Nvidia draws less thus Nvidia is clear winner
@@officialyashvirgaming NVIDIA Will impact much more, If you overclock them impact Will bê the same, but get less than 10% of performance achieven 400w dont worth tô me,
Thank you for very good content! I'm glad I got this card for 1200€. Here the price difference to the RTX 4080 models is a whopping 300-450€ which I don't think is worth paying for equal or slightly worse rasterization performance. The AMD reference model was only 50€ cheaper as well. I feel like this was the perfect middle ground option to choose with 4070ti and 7900XT prices here being only 100-150€ less. I needed a new gpu now to replace my aging GTX 1070 which has been in pain with my 3440x1440 100hz monitor for a long time already. This card will surely serve well for many years to come.
@MrvideogameBr Apologies for the late reply. I’ve been very happy with my card. It’s silent and have had no issues. I assume you’re referring to the higher idle consumption when using multiple higher refresh monitors. It’s caused by the memory clocks going up even in idle in that situation (or so I recall). I’m only using one monitor so I haven’t had anything abnormal with my card.
I got this card for both performance and the aesthetics. I love the professional workstation vibes this card gives over the typical 'gamer rgb' looks. The silver backplate also fits well to my silver white motherboard. No matter how the manufacturers make their cards there is always going to be both love and hate towards the looks of it. I find this card elegant and I'm glad it also performs well.
I have the same card and i tested the oc/uv And these where the best settings with a 10 fps boost Everything else i tried didnt do much, tried it with amd software and msi afterburner 2900/3000 mhz Undervolt 1100 Increase power limit to max Vram oc to fast timing And increase to 2730 mhz
I did undervolt more but anything lower 1090 and i started to loose performance, the settings i got were the max fps i was able to squeeze out of it, but if i was concern about heat and energy draw it would make more sense to undervolt to your settings, which the card still performs well, but if you want max fps those were my settings
I just got this card. My hot spot hits 86c while the core 67 at full load. Mine constantly reaches 3000mhz on the clock while gaming. Those fans are loud though. Can't wait till I get my waterblock
I like waiting for driver development and price drops before buying top tier GPUs after launch (When I bought my Gigabyte RX5700XT I waited about the same time for the Rev. 2 OC'd version to roll out), I pulled the trigger on this card a few days ago and am waiting for delivery right now. Never used XFX before ;but they look really well built.
So here is a funny story. I have one of the reference cards that hit 110C when mounted horizontally. However due to a fluke and basically winning the silicon lottery i have noticed that when I mount it vertically it seems to have excellent cooling. It will boost to clock speeds up to 2800mhz while staying around 80c on the junction at 60% fan speed all day. It manages this whitout an overclock or undervolting as well. So after some deliberation I have decided to not RMA the card and to live with a sideways PC instead. I understand that reselling the card as it is will be a problem, but I never do that anyway so ...🤷.
I bought a XFX 7900XT 310 Speedster on sale for $705. I love the card, but its fucking massive. It wouldnt fit in my case, so I had to get a PCIE4.0 extension Cable and then 3D Print a Stand for it to sit outside of the computer. It was pretty hilarious as first, but now I love it, because having the card outside of my case has lowered thermals on both my CPU and GPU. And since my PC sits behind my monitors on a desk, its not an eye sore either. TL;DR - Stize of this card is an issue, but if you can accommodate it, its a beast.
It's fairly interesting how much the 7900XTX cards vary in terms of overclocking potential, seeing your card only reached a bit above 2.8 GHz while other people are hitting 3 GHz with relative ease. Either that or it comes down to patience for dialing in an optimal setting. After all, lower hotspot temps are king with last-gen and current-gen RDNA cards, since those dictate the amount of boost clock you're getting. So running higher fan speeds can result in decent gains.
I have the same card he reviewed and its not quite that simple. Regardless of the Undervolting/Overclocking, I have experienced a wide array of GPU clocks from game to game. There's no rhyme or reason and I think its mainly because of the way the AMD Adrenaline software/drivers are handling the settings being fed to it. I have some games where it has no problem hitting 3,000mhz on the GPU clock with a 2,700 Mem clock. And other games, like COD MWII it will not go above 2,850Mhz. The speeds vary from game to game.
@@compaholic83 As RX 6800XT owner.. Yes.. RDNA3 is nearly the same as RDNA2 when it comes to frequency In some Games I get like 2350MHz, while in some others I can get 2500MHz But be warned.. higher frequency doesn't always translate to higher fps.. Undervolting helps with frequency.. but getting less volts because of the udervolting results in slightly lower performance Just like AMD CPUs.. reducing the volts too low might lead to higher frequency.. but at costs of slightly lower performance
Quite a few factors that come into play. Cooling is the biggest as well as your power limits and silicon lottery. I have a 6950XT that on air would max out at around 2830mhz and after the hot spot gets toasty enough frequency would be 2680s-2790s. Put a water block on it stays dialed in at 2875mhz +/- 15mhz.
I managed over 3000mhz fairly easily. 1070 mv puts me around 3050 peaks. It boosts higher and can go down to 970mv but it gets a little unstable in games so I just leave it at 1070.
I just got mine yesterday, benches and performs as it should, but there is weird web browser lag sometimes. Scrolling and video playing when multitasking, kinda odd coming from an nvidia card. Also, It's huge. You did not emphasize that enough. You should really use the support brace that comes with it and that will make the card much longer than specified. The support brace is not so much for card flex as much as it is for motherboard flex. It's meant to keep your motherboard from taking weight stress. I had to get a new case and completely rebuild my machine (took 3 hours), but it's running so cool and quiet I'm beginning to become enamored with it. It's a great price right now and a really good deal, just know what you're going to deal with.
Nearly two years later and I am FINALLY upgrading...and I managed to score this exact card, open box + extended warranty - for $725. Upgrading from a 6800XT and hoping this will last me a bit. /fingers crossed :D
Just picked this card up from Amazon for $1049.00. Was at $1276.00 for a bit but was waiting for it to drop. For the $1050 price, IMO, it is hard to beat for performance and the costs for everything else right now. Will be putting AlphaCool water block on this once they release it. I'm upgrading from a Vega 64 and gamming at 3840x1600 on a 38"ultra wide.
To those who just saw this I went back to Amazon and the price jumped back up to $1279 right after I bought it. It is shipped by Amazon so lets see if I get it, LOL!
nice. i got it for 1300 $ but thats because in europe we have 21% VAT on everything but still its the best price on the market at the moment. will pair nicely with 7900x
@Mr Video Game my XFX card is perfect. i dont think gpu is making a big difference on my electric bill. go for it and dont worry. i can only speak for XFX card. not reference version
@Mr Video Game A little noisy, and the electricity bill will go up if you keep your PC on as the idle is a bit high. other than that this card put nvidia to shame
Has anyone else been having issues with the drivers? When I try to boot I get green and white screen tearing before it reaches the OS (win 10) If I try to enter bios (650m motor wifi (MSI) It does not respond and stays permantly glitched until powered off. Tested old GC works fine with w/&w/out AMD Ard. NO drivers & this issuse does not happen with bios; both AMD Adr. (Latest 2) cause the bios issuse satated above
i just changed out my thermal pads with 15W/ m.k pads and a 13 W/ m.k PTM7950 pad for the GPU core and my Hotspot sits at 45c on idle and the card can play all my games now and the fan does not vamp up on certain graphic demanding areas anymore. Quality pads make a differnece
Got one of these myself and just popped on rage mode in the Adrenalin software and it also hits over 2800mhz and yeah gets close to the 400w mark as well.. Still been 100% stable like that.. but might play around with trying to under vault it a bit.. but yeah I also had their 6900xt black edition and this is a lot better..
Excellent review. Very detailed, clear, and thorough. I believe the $100 over the reference is worth it for the additional cooling and OC potential while maintaining low fans rpms. Can I ask what wattman values you used for the OC? Min/max mhz, undervolt, mem frequency, fast timings or standard? +15%? Thanks.
In Germany it is to date only 50€ over the MSRP with 1199. The Hellhound model was already 100€ below with 1050€ (thats here the MSRP of the 7900XT :D the XT OC models are alread by 960 €)
I just ordered mine today and getting a free copy of Starfield too. Mine doesn't come in til Thursday though. Looking forward to upgrading from a 6950xt
Same here man. I’m between the 4070tu tuf gaming one, or this card…. Which one is better ? Based on price I’m assuming the 7900xtx. I was looking at the 4080’s as well but they are like 300 more… but out of what I’m willing to spend
In Germany the hellound 7900xtx was 100€ below MSRP of the AMD model. The XFX is roughly 50€ more then the 1149€ MSRP with 1199€. I think AMD is pushing their prices down, or the retailers are doing it. Nvidias Cards on the other hand are not rly getting cheaper and staying at 1350-1400€ :(
I just ordered one, $960 as of today (11.16.23). That puts this model in the lower half of the 7900XTX pricing right now. Can't wait to get it, I'm upgrading from a 6800XT, the part that's a severe bottleneck for me in the main game I play. This will be my first XFX card since my Crossfire 7770's back in the day.
I ordered it yesterday at $940. Currently have the same version of the 6800XT but building a new system with this. Really disappointed it didn't go back to $900 or lower this week, but $940 with Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora isn't bad.
It’s not going to if you have a high res monitor. Future driver updates suppose to tweak the power usage there more. So that will likely fix it I think. It depends on power usage at desktop and that depends on refresh rate of your monitor.
Just ordered this card for $969, which is on the lower end of pricing for 7900 XTX's. Looking forward to trying it out, after I relocate my CPU radiator from the front of my case to the top. LOL
This card is almost exactly the same size as my XFX Merc 319 6900XT. I didn't even have to adjust my bracket. Plug and play, except I had to add a power cable.
For only 784, I highly recommend the Power Color Red Devil 6950 XT. Unless you care about ray tracing, there's just no reason to spend over a grand on 7900 XTX
Got this card on sale for 1045. Pairing it with 7600x 1000w psu. Msi tomahawk atx b650. I play 4k only. It's going to kick noob vag. I do wish it was black white instead of black silver/greyish. But still love the look. I'm doing black white blue (grey) build. I have other grey aesthetic so it actually perfect. going to oc this bad boy to around 2750 +
Which bios was this tested with? The quiet, or the higher performance bios setting? It has a dual bios, with slight different power allowances, and difference fan slopes.
Great review, but you dont underclock to "maintain stability", you underclock to stay within the powerlimit. Because that is what in the end limits this model.
I can run Starfield ultra max everything borderless fullscreen FSR 2.1, VRR, Vsync on a 45" LG ultrawide OLED 80+ fps, seamless looks like a movie. I love this card
On Adrenaline software I increase the power +15% and I pull 435-455 watts with 100% utilization. I have a 1200 watt corsair RM1200x@@officialyashvirgaming
i have that, and i have an issue with the hotspot, while playing bg3 or starshiptroopers extermination, it reaches 110"c, even when i change the thermal paste and thermal pads, an artic mx6, and am using a dvi cable 2.1
great review. if AMD does a good job with their FSR3 release next year, this would be a great upgrade from my 4070 TI. Frame generation on that card has been super dissapointing.
The XFX is one great card, but I do have one big complaint. In all the advertising, and details on the website, and 99% of the videos on this card (including this one,) completely ignore the large additional length that the anti-sag bar adds to the already long card. 344mm my ass, with the absolutely needed support bar, the total length is 375+mm. This additional length causes the card to not fit in several popular cases, including the Be Quiet 500DX. I was prepared, and it just took 5-7mm to be ground off the end of the brace, but I'm certain that there are some very disappointed gamers out there who read a card length of 344mm and thought they were good.
@@r3tr064 The card fits, but if you want to use the brace it comes with, you either need to grind off 5-7mm from the pointy bit of the brace, or you can only have a single fan in the front
Just got the XTX Merc 7900 XT and its good. However, I would expect a bit more than 160 average fps in Warzone 2 with a 7600x CPU at 1440p, or are my expectations just too high? (Couldnt find a XTX and I upgraded from 5700 XT).
I have the XFX Merc 7900 XTX and at 1440P with lowest settings, FSR 1.0 set to quality. COD MWII benchmarks 290-295fps with the highs peaking around 360fps with a AMD 5950X.
Now AMD/Retailers just needs to lower the Price :) 1500€+ is far from a Deal. For 1100€ Retail Price I'll take it. And even that is far from a good Price imo. Or I pay 799€ Retail for a XT. That would be an acceptable Deal for me too. Thanks for the Review. It's a great Card with a fair 100€$ Price over MSRP. Good Job, XFX :)
This was my first choice. Sadly, my order was cancelled due to an error and high demand, so I got a 4080 and I'm not regretting. Can't go wrong either way. Yea it's expensive, but it's a step up from the 3070.
Hitachi thermal pad... put paste on the pad it will be messy but thats OK.. put it back together and you will get 2c to 5c junction 6900xt proven 3.2 to 3.4ghz in high FPS required and 2.8 to 3.1 on advanced simulations
I never understand why people reviewing the newest fastest supercomputer-like GFX card out, are concerned about "Overclocking" it, to get maybe 2% more. It's stupid fast already.
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Would you pay extra for a card like this?
No I wouldn't, because it won't fit in my NZXT H1 V2. Even if it would fit actual AMD 7900xtx reference version from AMD website is just fine, and it's the one I got.
It's way too long. I would pick the sapphire one over this one. Keep up the great work bro and stay safe.
No because then it starts to get close to 4090 fe price
Been running this card for about a week and I love it! Had some kinks moving from a 3080 ti but overall it’s been quite a leap considering my old card funded most of my purchase
The performance for the price is worth it. The 4080 is a good card and has superior ray tracing, but the 7900 XTX can stretch its legs more in standard rasterization which are 95% of the game I play.
Just got this card last week. It is a monster and I do not regret going team red this gen. I was coming from a gtx 1080 so the gap is very impressive.
hey, Im considering buying this piece as the cost of it is the same as Sapphire Nitro+ RX 7900XT for example in germany so I was wondering if you are satisfied with it ? Is it quiet under load and is the coil whine too high ?
@@SkillerWolfCFM can't hear anything. My pulsation heating / AC makes more noise and a plugged fridge would drown the PC noise. Except if you have a dead silence room I highly doubt you could hear it. Even under load (when you usually have headphones or volume on anyways...)
@@phd_gaming5010 great, I don't care much about how the GPU looks so I guess because it's even cheaper than some XT versions, Ill totally buy it. Thanks
@@phd_gaming5010 hey I forgot to ask, does the Merc 310 have support bracket in the package ? Asking so I would know if I should buy the bracket if its not in the package. Thanks for the answer in advance
@@SkillerWolfCFM it does (the kind that support the GPU for the full length and not a vertical arm). But I'm not even using it and have no sag
great review, thanks! I love the XFX industrial design, so unlike the tired and overdone "gamerz" aesthetics. Hope more card manufacturers will follow their lead.
Except XFX is having quality control issues with this card. Much higher reports of failures. Not to say you can't get a good one, just beware.
Nice mess up about 11:05 🤣 as always great vid 👍
How did I completely miss that? 😂
"At 100 % gpu Yo Eat Ute Lee Se FFe Fack xD"
Another strong entry from XFX. The Merc 319 was excellent and this one is no less impressive!
I have this card. You can do better on undervolt. I have 1070mv fully stable and memory at 2750. I am consistently boosting between 2850-2950. Almost always above 2800. My boost is around 12-15% higher than reference.
That's down to silicone lottery and will vary from card to card....
@@tmkongen I have tested 3 7900xtx. They were all stable at 1070. It’s more likely the reviewers just go for the safe voltage rather then investing time to tweak it more. One refererance and 2 merc all fully stable at 1070mv. Ofcourse merc does way better dude to more power and cooling capability when it comes to sustained clocks.
Hello mine always crashes under under 1090. Can u pls explain tge settings for all in writing thanks in advance
@@Gamer4lyfe84 My Merc 310 XTX is unable to do 1070 as well. It will handle 3DMark fine, but the RDR2 benchmark is brutal.
I also have thisa card and its not stable on 1090 for gaming and crashes after an hour. Silicon lotery really. My 5800x3d its -30 on all cores and stable but the card stuggles
The decal on the fan creates a spinning "x" pattern when the card is on.
An upgrade over the swastika that the rx 6000 reference models made
I have the XT version of this and love it. Very powerful and runs nice and cool!
Hi is this card good with ryzen 7 5700x ?
@@adamblackl Sure.
Im planning on pairing with my 11700k, but my case Cooler Master NR600P wont vertical mount, will that matter for thermals?
@@wateryevents960 ?? I think only the XTX had that issue and only some which were defective. If you've got the XT I think you're fine. Mine is a good AIB model, so no issue either way.
@@iancurrie8844 I think your right, and it looked like it was just the AMD reference cards. Im looking at getting the Merc310 XT Ultra. Thanks
I just care about raster and my mercs 6800 xt and 6950 xt have served me well, I willd definitely get this one. Also in Mexico the 4080 is almost $1600 compared to the $1000 7900 xtx
For $1600.. U can get DDR5 + B650 Mobo + RX 7900XTX
Funny how Nvidia regional pricing are horrible in some countries..
Here in Middle East, the cheapest 4080 is like $1400 ($1600 w/Tax)
Literally got one yesterday. I love it 😀
I like this card because it has no RGB Garbage, has superior themals compared to all 7900 XTX cards including the Nitro+ and its Industrial Design featuring a super cool looking Metallic Silver Backplate which i personally love, its just built to destroy those Hotspot Temperatures 🤩
Iam afraid that Sapphire card is better
@@thiagodelgado3128 Which one, the nitro or the pulse?
@@pseudonymn the nitro+ i dont like leds, but Sapphire have swappable fan, reference level BIOS 2 with ten degree lower, less noise, Power BIOS 1 with higher clocks, see techpowerup comparison, XFX made me mad with the backplate and no BIOS 2 like Sapphire, but Sapphire dont match with my blackout setup (noctua dh15 dark hero, I need a blackout card 😔😔😔, any ideas?
@@thiagodelgado3128 hey does this card will impact huge on my electrical bills lets say i do light gaming like Fortnite 3-5 hours a day then Netflix 10-15hours Netflix per day ?
do you think AMD gpu's will impact more than Nvidia, some people are saying Nvidia draws less thus Nvidia is clear winner
@@officialyashvirgaming NVIDIA Will impact much more, If you overclock them impact Will bê the same, but get less than 10% of performance achieven 400w dont worth tô me,
Thank you for very good content! I'm glad I got this card for 1200€. Here the price difference to the RTX 4080 models is a whopping 300-450€ which I don't think is worth paying for equal or slightly worse rasterization performance. The AMD reference model was only 50€ cheaper as well. I feel like this was the perfect middle ground option to choose with 4070ti and 7900XT prices here being only 100-150€ less. I needed a new gpu now to replace my aging GTX 1070 which has been in pain with my 3440x1440 100hz monitor for a long time already. This card will surely serve well for many years to come.
It is €800+ now wtf €1200?
@@nehcooahnait7827 XTX, not XT. Where can you find a new one for under 1000€ even now? Also this was over 5 months ago, shortly after the release.
@MrvideogameBr Apologies for the late reply. I’ve been very happy with my card. It’s silent and have had no issues. I assume you’re referring to the higher idle consumption when using multiple higher refresh monitors. It’s caused by the memory clocks going up even in idle in that situation (or so I recall). I’m only using one monitor so I haven’t had anything abnormal with my card.
@MrvideogameBr That's a great deal then! At the time of purchase the RTX 4090 was at least 800€ more expensive so it was a no go for me.. ^^"
@@mianoire What are temps?
I think this is the card that was made for people who prefer performance over aesthetics. I'm one of those. :)
I like the look of it, tbh.
I plan to paint the backplate. Not a fan of the color. But other than that. It's good.
I got this card for both performance and the aesthetics. I love the professional workstation vibes this card gives over the typical 'gamer rgb' looks. The silver backplate also fits well to my silver white motherboard. No matter how the manufacturers make their cards there is always going to be both love and hate towards the looks of it. I find this card elegant and I'm glad it also performs well.
@@mianoire Best cooling on an XTX I have seen. Other than Water cooled
@@mianoire Well, I don't miss RGB either. :)
Would be cool to see a review on the XT version of this card!
the XFX RX 7900 XTX XT?
@@pliat 7900XT 😂
I got a review for you....
Buy the XTX.
@@technewsfortechnoobs It is a no brainer, more performance and VRAM for not much more money.
@@ricsim78not in Europe; xtx is quite more expensive.
I got one too. Absolutely love it! keeps cool and love using it with blender and resolve video work.
I have the same card and i tested the oc/uv
And these where the best settings with a 10 fps boost
Everything else i tried didnt do much, tried it with amd software and msi afterburner
2900/3000 mhz
Undervolt 1100
Increase power limit to max
Vram oc to fast timing
And increase to 2730 mhz
Try undervolt to 1075 or 1070. All my 3 cards that I tested were fully stable at 1070mv.
@@NetworkNinja84 can u make a video of your settings.
I did undervolt more but anything lower 1090 and i started to loose performance, the settings i got were the max fps i was able to squeeze out of it, but if i was concern about heat and energy draw it would make more sense to undervolt to your settings, which the card still performs well, but if you want max fps those were my settings
With all this variance in OC results, I do think a second iteration/stepping of the silicon will bring much better and consistent results.
I just got this card. My hot spot hits 86c while the core 67 at full load. Mine constantly reaches 3000mhz on the clock while gaming. Those fans are loud though. Can't wait till I get my waterblock
Cards got more ex's than Leonardo Di Caprio
Love the video and my XFX Black Edition. Also got a good laugh @11:04 😅
I like waiting for driver development and price drops before buying top tier GPUs after launch (When I bought my Gigabyte RX5700XT I waited about the same time for the Rev. 2 OC'd version to roll out), I pulled the trigger on this card a few days ago and am waiting for delivery right now. Never used XFX before ;but they look really well built.
Just did the exact same just now. How are you enjoying the XFX 7900xtx? It seems AMD has been solid on their driver updates lately
I couldn't be happier! The temps and performance are awesome.@@ldope3904
So here is a funny story. I have one of the reference cards that hit 110C when mounted horizontally. However due to a fluke and basically winning the silicon lottery i have noticed that when I mount it vertically it seems to have excellent cooling. It will boost to clock speeds up to 2800mhz while staying around 80c on the junction at 60% fan speed all day. It manages this whitout an overclock or undervolting as well. So after some deliberation I have decided to not RMA the card and to live with a sideways PC instead. I understand that reselling the card as it is will be a problem, but I never do that anyway so ...🤷.
Just picked it up on sale for $944
You do really nice work. Great review.
I bought a XFX 7900XT 310 Speedster on sale for $705. I love the card, but its fucking massive. It wouldnt fit in my case, so I had to get a PCIE4.0 extension Cable and then 3D Print a Stand for it to sit outside of the computer. It was pretty hilarious as first, but now I love it, because having the card outside of my case has lowered thermals on both my CPU and GPU. And since my PC sits behind my monitors on a desk, its not an eye sore either. TL;DR - Stize of this card is an issue, but if you can accommodate it, its a beast.
@3:32 - After you mentioned it, I can't unsee it. I will print some silver color stickers and replace the stock ones.
11:03 Did no one notice this? LMAO
It's fairly interesting how much the 7900XTX cards vary in terms of overclocking potential, seeing your card only reached a bit above 2.8 GHz while other people are hitting 3 GHz with relative ease. Either that or it comes down to patience for dialing in an optimal setting. After all, lower hotspot temps are king with last-gen and current-gen RDNA cards, since those dictate the amount of boost clock you're getting. So running higher fan speeds can result in decent gains.
I have the same card he reviewed and its not quite that simple. Regardless of the Undervolting/Overclocking, I have experienced a wide array of GPU clocks from game to game. There's no rhyme or reason and I think its mainly because of the way the AMD Adrenaline software/drivers are handling the settings being fed to it. I have some games where it has no problem hitting 3,000mhz on the GPU clock with a 2,700 Mem clock. And other games, like COD MWII it will not go above 2,850Mhz. The speeds vary from game to game.
@@compaholic83 that's also good that you can make oc profile for every game. Automatically loads the profile when you launch the game.
@@compaholic83 As RX 6800XT owner.. Yes.. RDNA3 is nearly the same as RDNA2 when it comes to frequency
In some Games I get like 2350MHz, while in some others I can get 2500MHz
But be warned.. higher frequency doesn't always translate to higher fps..
Undervolting helps with frequency.. but getting less volts because of the udervolting results in slightly lower performance
Just like AMD CPUs.. reducing the volts too low might lead to higher frequency.. but at costs of slightly lower performance
Quite a few factors that come into play. Cooling is the biggest as well as your power limits and silicon lottery. I have a 6950XT that on air would max out at around 2830mhz and after the hot spot gets toasty enough frequency would be 2680s-2790s. Put a water block on it stays dialed in at 2875mhz +/- 15mhz.
I managed over 3000mhz fairly easily. 1070 mv puts me around 3050 peaks. It boosts higher and can go down to 970mv but it gets a little unstable in games so I just leave it at 1070.
I just got mine yesterday, benches and performs as it should, but there is weird web browser lag sometimes. Scrolling and video playing when multitasking, kinda odd coming from an nvidia card. Also, It's huge. You did not emphasize that enough. You should really use the support brace that comes with it and that will make the card much longer than specified. The support brace is not so much for card flex as much as it is for motherboard flex. It's meant to keep your motherboard from taking weight stress. I had to get a new case and completely rebuild my machine (took 3 hours), but it's running so cool and quiet I'm beginning to become enamored with it. It's a great price right now and a really good deal, just know what you're going to deal with.
The XFX 7900 xtx import is one of the cheapest XTX cards in UK, just bought one from Amazon for £890 including delivery.
Ended up picking this baby up for 979 plus tax from Amazon super excited
Just got one today - everything was advertised with the aluminium style shroud, though unboxing mine it was black!
Nearly two years later and I am FINALLY upgrading...and I managed to score this exact card, open box + extended warranty - for $725.
Upgrading from a 6800XT and hoping this will last me a bit. /fingers crossed :D
11:04 relatable
now to make sure it fits.
at 11:03 "utilization" really tripped you up huh 🤣 JK! Great review. It pushed me to get this exact model because the temps are amazing!
In Germany the hellound 7900xtx was 100€ below MSRP of the AMD model. The XFX is roughly 50€ more then the 1049€ MSRP with 1199€
11:02 thanks for keeping that in had a nice laugh :)
I wanted the 4080 but ended up with an 7900 XTX. It was a $300 difference
is 7900 XTX on par with RTX 4090 on 1080p or not ?
It's not easy to find the RTX 4080 at 1200 either. Most models are 1300 USD or more.
I don't have a rtx 4080, but the local computer stores in the Bay got a lot in stock for 1250. MSI gpu
They're in stock at best buy.
Just picked this card up from Amazon for $1049.00. Was at $1276.00 for a bit but was waiting for it to drop. For the $1050 price, IMO, it is hard to beat for performance and the costs for everything else right now. Will be putting AlphaCool water block on this once they release it. I'm upgrading from a Vega 64 and gamming at 3840x1600 on a 38"ultra wide.
To those who just saw this I went back to Amazon and the price jumped back up to $1279 right after I bought it. It is shipped by Amazon so lets see if I get it, LOL!
Got it for $1000. It was used like new so my guess is someone bought it and returned it right after. I have full warranty still and it works perfect
nice. i got it for 1300 $ but thats because in europe we have 21% VAT on everything but still its the best price on the market at the moment. will pair nicely with 7900x
@Mr Video Game my XFX card is perfect. i dont think gpu is making a big difference on my electric bill. go for it and dont worry. i can only speak for XFX card. not reference version
@Mr Video Game A little noisy, and the electricity bill will go up if you keep your PC on as the idle is a bit high. other than that this card put nvidia to shame
Will you be doing a review on Nitro +?
11:05 omg killed me 😂 love it subscribed
Has anyone else been having issues with the drivers?
When I try to boot I get green and white screen tearing before it reaches the OS (win 10)
If I try to enter bios (650m motor wifi (MSI)
It does not respond and stays permantly glitched until powered off.
Tested old GC works fine with w/&w/out AMD Ard.
NO drivers & this issuse does not happen with bios; both AMD Adr. (Latest 2) cause the bios issuse satated above
A good method of reviewing, super informative, and enjoyable.
aww luv the review now i am confused whether to buy the 4080 or this card Diammmm...good job once again
i just changed out my thermal pads with 15W/ m.k pads and a 13 W/ m.k PTM7950 pad for the GPU core and my Hotspot sits at 45c on idle and the card can play all my games now and the fan does not vamp up on certain graphic demanding areas anymore. Quality pads make a differnece
Got one of these myself and just popped on rage mode in the Adrenalin software and it also hits over 2800mhz and yeah gets close to the 400w mark as well.. Still been 100% stable like that.. but might play around with trying to under vault it a bit.. but yeah I also had their 6900xt black edition and this is a lot better..
@MrvideogameBrit is as noisy as every gpu on max rpm, it is powerhungry so better limit FPS for better wattage
Excellent review. Very detailed, clear, and thorough. I believe the $100 over the reference is worth it for the additional cooling and OC potential while maintaining low fans rpms. Can I ask what wattman values you used for the OC? Min/max mhz, undervolt, mem frequency, fast timings or standard? +15%? Thanks.
In Germany it is to date only 50€ over the MSRP with 1199. The Hellhound model was already 100€ below with 1050€ (thats here the MSRP of the 7900XT :D the XT OC models are alread by 960 €)
So far happy with mine, got it for $920 plus a free copy of Starfield. It was this or a 4070Ti for $800, so I think this is a way better deal.
I just ordered mine today and getting a free copy of Starfield too. Mine doesn't come in til Thursday though. Looking forward to upgrading from a 6950xt
Same here man. I’m between the 4070tu tuf gaming one, or this card…. Which one is better ? Based on price I’m assuming the 7900xtx. I was looking at the 4080’s as well but they are like 300 more… but out of what I’m willing to spend
This card is huge but it fits in my corsair 2000D perfectly.
In Germany the hellound 7900xtx was 100€ below MSRP of the AMD model. The XFX is roughly 50€ more then the 1149€ MSRP with 1199€. I think AMD is pushing their prices down, or the retailers are doing it. Nvidias Cards on the other hand are not rly getting cheaper and staying at 1350-1400€ :(
Great review! I just got this card. I love the sleek design really looks premium and has a solid build quality. The cooler performance is great too.
@Mr Video Game It's not loud from my experience but power consumption is high. It has gone over 500w many times.
@Mr Video Game yes it has power spikes.
I just ordered one, $960 as of today (11.16.23). That puts this model in the lower half of the 7900XTX pricing right now. Can't wait to get it, I'm upgrading from a 6800XT, the part that's a severe bottleneck for me in the main game I play. This will be my first XFX card since my Crossfire 7770's back in the day.
It is $940 today lol, lmk how it goes. I am thinking about buying it.
@@swaybul I should get it today, so we'll see.
I ordered it yesterday at $940. Currently have the same version of the 6800XT but building a new system with this. Really disappointed it didn't go back to $900 or lower this week, but $940 with Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora isn't bad.
11:00 - Awesome stuff :)
Just ordered this card at £939 which is much more of what it should cost as of august 2023 Cheers
Thank you for the laugh, needed it tonight. :)
I like the brace it came with for extra support
Can you post the overclock/ undervolt in writing. I have the same card and im having a hard time to adjust it. Thanks i just subscribed.
I have this card and cannot get the fans to zero stop. The AMD software does not do it. Anyone know how to do this?
It’s not going to if you have a high res monitor. Future driver updates suppose to tweak the power usage there more. So that will likely fix it I think. It depends on power usage at desktop and that depends on refresh rate of your monitor.
@@NetworkNinja84 I see. Thanks. I'm running a 4k 144hz monitor
Just ordered this card for $969, which is on the lower end of pricing for 7900 XTX's. Looking forward to trying it out, after I relocate my CPU radiator from the front of my case to the top. LOL
Forget to edit out 11:05 or something?
I keep mine at 2800-2980 with adjusting adrenaline software. I’ve not undervolted much but it def beats that base clock all the time
How is this card basically matching the 4090 in everything shown?
This card is almost exactly the same size as my XFX Merc 319 6900XT. I didn't even have to adjust my bracket. Plug and play, except I had to add a power cable.
For only 784, I highly recommend the Power Color Red Devil 6950 XT. Unless you care about ray tracing, there's just no reason to spend over a grand on 7900 XTX
With my merc, I get to 2900mhz at 1090v, played cyberpunk for about 3 hours and no crashes
Got this card on sale for 1045. Pairing it with 7600x 1000w psu. Msi tomahawk atx b650. I play 4k only. It's going to kick noob vag. I do wish it was black white instead of black silver/greyish. But still love the look. I'm doing black white blue (grey) build. I have other grey aesthetic so it actually perfect. going to oc this bad boy to around 2750 +
Anyone remember XFX Thick boi (Thick 3 from 2019) ? I hoped they bring that back
At least they gave us a Thick backplate this time Lol
The best XTX cards are usually dummy thicc. I have a XTX Nitro+ and it's massive.It's _just_ under a 4090 in terms of size.
Which bios was this tested with? The quiet, or the higher performance bios setting? It has a dual bios, with slight different power allowances, and difference fan slopes.
The center of those fans would look good with a hypnosis spiral sticker
Great review, but you dont underclock to "maintain stability", you underclock to stay within the powerlimit. Because that is what in the end limits this model.
Not sure if I understood correctly, but was it stated in the video the anti-sag isn't really needed?
I can run Starfield ultra max everything borderless fullscreen FSR 2.1, VRR, Vsync on a 45" LG ultrawide OLED 80+ fps, seamless looks like a movie. I love this card
how much is your power draws ?
On Adrenaline software I increase the power +15% and I pull 435-455 watts with 100% utilization. I have a 1200 watt corsair RM1200x@@officialyashvirgaming
just bought this card. im gonna see how high it can clock at 750mV. better to keep it cool as this card im expecting to keep for 6 years.
Overall I think it's a solid buy. I managed to get mine for $1,100. Even at $1,200 I think it's worth the cost.
Found for $1400 but yea here is much more expensive in Georgia country....
Just scored a brand new one for $800 super stoked , now watching videos on how it performs until it arrives 😁
Just bought one
i have that, and i have an issue with the hotspot, while playing bg3 or starshiptroopers extermination, it reaches 110"c, even when i change the thermal paste and thermal pads, an artic mx6, and am using a dvi cable 2.1
I just this card and a 4080 and I cant wait to try both of them. Im upgrading 2 gtx 980s, so this should be a huge upgrade for gaming.
great review. if AMD does a good job with their FSR3 release next year, this would be a great upgrade from my 4070 TI. Frame generation on that card has been super dissapointing.
54C at 1500 RPM? That makes it better than Sapphire's design right?
The XFX is one great card, but I do have one big complaint. In all the advertising, and details on the website, and 99% of the videos on this card (including this one,) completely ignore the large additional length that the anti-sag bar adds to the already long card. 344mm my ass, with the absolutely needed support bar, the total length is 375+mm. This additional length causes the card to not fit in several popular cases, including the Be Quiet 500DX. I was prepared, and it just took 5-7mm to be ground off the end of the brace, but I'm certain that there are some very disappointed gamers out there who read a card length of 344mm and thought they were good.
So it doesn't fit 500dx pure for sure??
@@r3tr064 The card fits, but if you want to use the brace it comes with, you either need to grind off 5-7mm from the pointy bit of the brace, or you can only have a single fan in the front
Sorry if this has been answered before but can you remove the black cover to paint it? It looks like based on the video that its relatively easy
Guys ı have a question to who have Xfx merc 7900xtx black.
What is max gpu temp on full load?
Any chance you will be able to review Gigabyte gaming model and also Aorus model?
Do you think it performs better the the red devil variant?
THANK GOD NOT FOR NOT OVERHEATING. I'M PURCHASING THIS ONE. THANK YOU.
Just got the XTX Merc 7900 XT and its good. However, I would expect a bit more than 160 average fps in Warzone 2 with a 7600x CPU at 1440p, or are my expectations just too high? (Couldnt find a XTX and I upgraded from 5700 XT).
I have the XFX Merc 7900 XTX and at 1440P with lowest settings, FSR 1.0 set to quality. COD MWII benchmarks 290-295fps with the highs peaking around 360fps with a AMD 5950X.
Now AMD/Retailers just needs to lower the Price :)
1500€+ is far from a Deal.
For 1100€ Retail Price I'll take it. And even that is far from a good Price imo.
Or I pay 799€ Retail for a XT. That would be an acceptable Deal for me too.
Thanks for the Review. It's a great Card with a fair 100€$ Price over MSRP. Good Job, XFX :)
This was my first choice. Sadly, my order was cancelled due to an error and high demand, so I got a 4080 and I'm not regretting.
Can't go wrong either way. Yea it's expensive, but it's a step up from the 3070.
I own a 3070 right now as well. What's your CPU? And how big of a performance (Fps) increase have you seen?
How quiet is it ? Particularly for 1440p. ( my gigabyte3060ti sounds like a jet engine )
@@Rayne113 don't bother and don't get caught in the hype, these cards are brutally overpriced and not worth it from a 3070
B&H screwed me too
@@Rayne113 I upgraded to a 4080 Fe from a 3070 and it gives over double fps increases in all games native 1440p. Paired with a 11700f and 32GB ram.
Hitachi thermal pad... put paste on the pad it will be messy but thats OK.. put it back together and you will get 2c to 5c junction 6900xt proven 3.2 to 3.4ghz in high FPS required and 2.8 to 3.1 on advanced simulations
i drove the 30 series and 6000 series
thx for your job, god bless you
1:22 to skip ad nonsense don’t pay TH-cam premium for ads😂
I never understand why people reviewing the newest fastest supercomputer-like GFX card out, are concerned about "Overclocking" it, to get maybe 2% more. It's stupid fast already.
please review the msi 7900 xtx trio classic.. a lot of people are waiting for the review
Is this the best card for the 7900xtx?
Does anyone know how to turn off the "XFX" light on the card? Really annoying if the PC is running over night for a project.
What are the DP 2.1 and what is the 1.4 ??
So which model should I buy the pulse or the xfx?
i heard the pulse is not that great in terms of cooling and users been facing crashing issues while gaming.😆