SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Video Card Review

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Test Setup

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System Setup

We are using the motherboard’s current default BIOS settings on the latest official 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 of our testing.  We have enabled DOCP in the BIOS for the memory.

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

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REVIEW OVERVIEW

Gaming Performance
8
Power efficiency
8
Build and Cooling
8
Price and Value
9

SUMMARY

This review is about the SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT video card. Overall this is a card positioned in the middle of the product stack from SAPPHIRE. Gaming performance is great in raster performance and is good at 1440p with FSR. This is a custom-build from SAPPHIRE which has cooling that is more than satisfactory, though the fans can be on the noisy side on automatic, compared to the reference card. Currently, the price is identical to the competition and the reference AMD model making it a strong consideration in this category of video cards.
Rick Patterson
Rick is an avid gamer that enjoys the latest and greatest video cards in his rigs. For the past few years, he's shared that expertise with The FPS Review's audience as a GPU reviewer.

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This review is about the SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT video card. Overall this is a card positioned in the middle of the product stack from SAPPHIRE. Gaming performance is great in raster performance and is good at 1440p with FSR. This is a custom-build from SAPPHIRE which has cooling that is more than satisfactory, though the fans can be on the noisy side on automatic, compared to the reference card. Currently, the price is identical to the competition and the reference AMD model making it a strong consideration in this category of video cards.SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Video Card Review