ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7700 XT OC Edition Video Card Review

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By Brent Justice
9.3
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 Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU and AM5 platform.

ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7700 XT OC Edition System Setup Table

Note that we have the 1602 BIOS installed, which uses AGESA version Combo AM5 PI 1.0.0.7c. 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 “Balanced” 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
10
Power Efficiency
8
Build and Cooling
10
Price Value
9

SUMMARY

We reviewed the ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7700 XT OC Edition Video Card and tested it at 1440p, with ray tracing, and FSR in games. The ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7700 XT OC Edition Video Card provides exceptional performance compared to the competition, with faster native performance, and Ray Tracing with upscaling providing a great 1440p experience. The ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7700 XT OC Edition Video Card is built TUF, and carries the ASUS brand well with exceptional cooling and a quiet noise profile. With maximum performance out of the box, the small premium is worth it.
9.3
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 ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7700 XT OC Edition Video Card and tested it at 1440p, with ray tracing, and FSR in games. The ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7700 XT OC Edition Video Card provides exceptional performance compared to the competition, with faster native performance, and Ray Tracing with upscaling providing a great 1440p experience. The ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7700 XT OC Edition Video Card is built TUF, and carries the ASUS brand well with exceptional cooling and a quiet noise profile. With maximum performance out of the box, the small premium is worth it.ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7700 XT OC Edition Video Card Review
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