Power and Temp
To test the power and temperature we perform a manual run-through in Cyberpunk 2077 at “Ultra” settings for real-world in-game data. We use GPU-Z sensor data to record the results. We report on the GPU-Z sensor data for “Board Power” and “GPU Chip Power” when available for our Wattage data. For temperature data, we report the GPU (Edge Temp of the GPU or Package Temp) as well as Hot Spot (Junction Temperature) when available for our temperature data.
NOTE – As we mentioned earlier, we are using GPU-Z version v2.51.0, which does not currently support Radeon RX 7900 XTX. Therefore it does not currently report board or GPU power Wattage, so we do not have that information in this review. We will update our review with those results when we can, but we can report the temperature testing.
Temperature
It was no secret that AMD’s last generation video cards ran hot, the Radeon RX 6900 XT is the hottest running card on our graph at 83c GPU temp and 98c hot spot. Well, the new AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is a huge improvement in temperatures. The GPU only ran up to 66c and the hot spot at 88c. That’s a 20% reduction in GPU temp and a 10% reduction on hot spot temps. At those temps, it runs on par with the GeForce RTX 4090 FE with its massive cooler for GPU temp. On hot spot it’s about on par with GeForce RTX 3090 FE. It runs cooler than every video card on GPU temp except for the RTX 4080, which uses an overkill cooler.
We did experience the back and top of the video card getting quite hot, however. The backplate, as we mentioned, helps to dissipate heat. Using a temp probe we found the backplate to get up to 56c in some places, and the top of the video card got as hot as 60c when pushing a game for a long time really hard. These are pretty hot surface temps, especially on the backplate. It does show that the backplate is helping to aid in cooling, but it also shows us you want to have good case airflow because all this heat is dumped inside your case.
GPU-Z Sensor Data
According to GPU-Z the fan speed increased up to 65% at these temperatures, or 1739RPM. The GPU Voltage was 0.916V.
Discussion (19 replies)
Join Discussion →Pretty much what I expected. On par or better than the 4080 at rasterization. But gets stomped to death in ray tracing.
Still...for raster workloads it's a bargain.
Now it's just a waiting game for EK to make water blocks for the OC non-reference cards.
Yup - no surprises, which I think is good because I had pretty high expectations to begin with and it pretty well met them.
Now to see how availability and the scalpers play out.
Also can’t wait to see what the power data shows.
Great review thanks
Seems better then my 3080 now to see European prices.
Very nice this card is something to be excited about. ESPECIALLY with AMD's 'Fine wine' methodology to their drivers.
Ray Tracing. 4K is for Ray Tracing.
price is acceptable, but why is the XT even a thing at 899? It wont sell.
Too bad AMD cant figure out how to do more for RayTracing......
Considering they are pretty much on par with 3090's for RT performance that isn't bad. The question is did they revise their RT processing ability to make it stronger and just haven't been able to properly flex it in drivers yet?
I'm perfectly fine with slower RT performance myself - it isn't an important feature. By the time I actually care about RT we will probably be 3+ generations removed from today's cards.
If it's anything like the 5000 and 6000 gens of XT and XTX -- the XT would overclock to darn near the same performance level as the XTX for a few dollars less, and that made it a pretty attractive option.
I don't run RT in any game other than CP2077. I'm an FPS wh0re. So rasterization performance is king in my court. The 7900XTX gets it done for an attractive price....hopefully. LOL We'll see what the AIB OC cards come in at. I have a feel that those with 3x 8 pin power are going to be overclock beasts so long as you can keep them cool. Well, dangit, I watercool all the things. So, we'll see.
I never thought I'd see the day where a $999 card would be considered a bargain... :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
I did expect more from the XTX, sure it beats the 4080 at 1080p and meets or beats it at 1440p, but it looses at 4k for the most part and this is where this card should shine. And that's not even taking DLSS2.x and 3.0 into account.
Not a bad card by all means, but I really hoped for a real RTX4080 KILLER, you know? that card that's been promised generation after generation, but has yet to come.
Refreshing review, nicely done. Very modern RT titles that had exposer to RNDA2, current gen consoles, FarCry6 and Spiderman does very well with RT. Older mostly driven Nvidia RTX titles, DXR 1.0 era takes a significant hit.
Point is RT performance is also heavily dependent upon how programed or optimized for. I don't think AMD rt performance is as powerful as Nvidia's but also think it may not really be that far behind. Newer games will show this or not.
Very tempting buy for a number of reasons.
Maybe I'm looking at the wrong numbers, but the XTX beats the 4080 in every single rasterizing benchmark FPSR threw at it with just one exception: When upscaling is used and DLSS is available and FSR is not (Watch Dogs)
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It's not beating a 4090, but it's certainly knocking on the door there. But the 4080? Yeah, the XTX has is beat, until you turn on RT.
Even looking at RT - you are still at 3090/Ti levels, which even just that still costs more than the XTX MSRP.
I have to say I'm not looking at just this review benchmarks, but what I've seen in other reviews.
One thing is for sure, nvidia will have to reduce the price of the RTX4080. $200 for the "nvidia tax" is just too much even at that price range.
Its clear people were waiting for the 7900XTX release and it may have payed off one way or the other.