Power and Temperature
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.
AMD claims the Total Board Power of the Radeon RX 7700 XT is up to 245W, for the reference spec. The ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7700 XT OC Edition only pulls 233W, and this is with a factory overclock, so compared to the reference spec it’s very good and the power is not out of control. When we overclock it, power increases by 22% to 284W. We did not see any performance gains this high, so you are having to pull more power, for the performance improvement. Comparatively, the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB uses much less power, but it is a lot slower as well in performance.
The custom cooling on the ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7700 XT OC Edition does an incredible job at keeping the Radeon RX 7700 XT cool. At default settings, with a factory overclock, the ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 7700 XT OC Edition only has a GPU package temperature of 54c and a Hot Spot temperature of 76c. These are incredibly cool temperatures. In fact, it beats the package temperature on the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB and actually runs cooler! When we overclocked the video card, we did not need to change the fan speed, we left it on automatic. On automatic, the GPU temp went down a little because the fans spun up to a higher RPM automatically, and the Hot Spot rose to just 78c.
GPU-Z Sensor Data
In the GPU-Z screenshots above you can compare the default readings (left) with the overclocked readings (right). We can see that the Board Power did increase from 233W to 284W when overclocked and that the GPU Voltage actually did increase also, automatically. It went from 1.041V to 1.132V giving us a little more stability automatically at the higher clock speed and explains why the Hot Spot temperature increased. Leaving the fans on default automatic settings, they operated at only 35% at default and rose up to 39% automatically when the video card was overclocked. It stayed very cool and very quiet.