AMD RX 7900 XT Review

1. Introduction2. Meet the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing6. Assassin's Creed Valhalla7. Cyberpunk 20778. Days Gone9. Dying Light 210. Far Cry 611. Forza Horizon 512. God of War13. Horizon Zero Dawn14. Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered15. Red Dead Redemption 216. Resident Evil Village17. Total War: Warhammer III18. Performance Summary (12-Game Average)19. Cost Per Frame Analysis20. Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 207721. Ray Tracing: Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered22. Ray Tracing: Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition23. Ray Tracing: Resident Evil: Village24. Clock Speed25. GPU Temperatures26. Acoustics27. Power Draw: 1080p28. Power Draw: 1440p29. Power Draw: 2160p (4K)30. Performance per Watt: 1080p31. Performance per Watt: 1440p32. Performance per Watt: 2160p (4K)33. Total System Power Draw34. Overclocking35. Closing Thoughts36. View All Pages

The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT ships in a compact black box. A semi-obscured image of the graphics card is visible on the front, while AMD highlights the Adrenalin software on the back.

Inside, we find only two small pieces of documentation – a quick-start guide and an invitation to sign up to AMD's community forum.

Taking a look at the graphics card itself, I think it is immediately clear that AMD has really stepped up its game with the 7000 series. Yes, the overall design is more of an evolution of the RX 6000 series, rather than a revolution, but the all-black aesthetic is very alluring in my opinion and is much cleaner-looking than the previous black and silver design.

The shroud is also incredibly well built, manufactured with an aluminium alloy, with three 80mm fans sitting within the shroud. Unlike the RX 7900 XTX, there are no RGB LEDs on the RX 7900 XT.

Meanwhile, much has been made of the size of AMD's reference cards, with the RX 7900 XT measuring 276mm long, 135mm tall, and 2.5 slots thick (approx. 50mm). That means it is slightly shorter than the RX 7900 XTX, while it's also smaller in every dimension when compared to the RTX 4080 Founders Edition, which itself

The front side of the card is left fairly bare, with the aluminium finstack occupying most of the space. A full-length metal backplate can be seen once the card is flipped over, with the Radeon branding printed in grey text towards the I/O bracket.

It's also noteworthy that AMD has opted for two 8-pin PCIe power connectors. Of course this was not a last-minute decision in response to the controversy around the 12VHPWR connector, but it does mean no new cables or adapters are required.

For display outputs, AMD has made the switch to DisplayPort 2.1, offering two full size connectors and DP 2.1 functionality over the USB-C port as well. We also find a single HDMI 2.1 output.

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