AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Video Card Review

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By Brent Justice
9
OVERALL SCORE

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Test Setup

Please read the information on our GPU testing procedures and methodology here.  Note that our GPU Testing Bench has been upgraded to the AMD AM5 platform and a Ryzen 9 7900X CPU with DDR5 is being used.

System Setup Table

System Setup

We are using the motherboard’s current default BIOS settings on the latest release BIOS. We have enabled PCI-Express Resizable BAR in the motherboard BIOS.  This means we are utilizing Resizable BAR on NVIDIA GPUs and AMD Smart Access Memory on AMD GPUs in all our testing.  We have enabled EXPO I in the BIOS for the memory.

We are using a fresh install of Windows 11 Pro with the latest Windows Updates, including the 22H2 Fall 2022 update. We have the latest drivers installed including the latest chipset drivers from AMD.  We are using the “Best Performance” power profile in Windows Settings.  Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling is ENABLED in Windows.  VBS is DISABLED and Game Mode is ENABLED.

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REVIEW OVERVIEW

Gaming Performance
7
Power Efficiency
10
Build and Cooling
10
Price Value
9

SUMMARY

We reviewed the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, putting it up against the competition at 4K gaming, 1440p gaming, and Ray Tracing at both resolutions, and FSR performance. We are impressed by the build, cooling, and efficiency of the video card. It packs a lot of performance into a power-efficient and cool package that can fit in any space and is an easy replacement for current video cards. Its raster performance is strong, but it does lack Ray Tracing oomph, we also were hoping for a little more uplift versus the previous generation. It has a more appealing price point than the competition, but we feel that its naming scheme and price point might be slightly mismatched, but overall it holds a very tight advantage in value versus the competition.
9
OVERALL SCORE
Brent Justicehttps://www.thefpsreview.com
Former managing editor of GPUs at HardOCP for 18 years, Brent Justice has been reviewing computer components since the late 90s, educated in the art and method of the computer hardware review, he brings experience, knowledge, and hands-on testing with a gamer-oriented and hardware enthusiast perspective. You can follow him on Twitter - @Brent_Justice You can sub to his YouTube channel - Justice Gaming https://www.youtube.com/c/JusticeGamingChannel You can check out his computer builds on KIT - @BrentJustice https://kit.co/BrentJustice

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We reviewed the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, putting it up against the competition at 4K gaming, 1440p gaming, and Ray Tracing at both resolutions, and FSR performance. We are impressed by the build, cooling, and efficiency of the video card. It packs a lot of performance into a power-efficient and cool package that can fit in any space and is an easy replacement for current video cards. Its raster performance is strong, but it does lack Ray Tracing oomph, we also were hoping for a little more uplift versus the previous generation. It has a more appealing price point than the competition, but we feel that its naming scheme and price point might be slightly mismatched, but overall it holds a very tight advantage in value versus the competition.AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Video Card Review
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