RX 7700 XT Revisit – ft. Gigabyte, PowerColor & Sapphire

The Gigabyte RX 7700 XT Gaming OC ships in a black box, with a futuristic-looking image of some sort of cyber soldier on the front. On the back, the company highlights a few key features of the card and the Windforce cooler.

If you saw our review of the RX 7800 XT Gaming OC, then you will be very familiar with the 7700 XT model, as it appears to be the same cooler and shroud design. The shroud is almost entirely black, with just a couple of grey accents, while it features some circuit board-style traces and other design elements to add some visual interest.

It's obviously sporting a triple-fan setup as well, part of Gigabyte's Windforce cooling solution. Each fan measures 90mm in diameter, while the central fan spins in reverse, a common feature designed to reduce airflow turbulence.

In terms of the dimensions, the Gaming OC measures 302 x 130 x 56 mm, so it is identical in size to the 7800 XT model.

Flipping over to the backplate, this is a full-length design that is made of a grey metal. We can see the Gigabyte logo printed in white, while there is a very small cut-out right at the end of the card to allow some air to pass straight out of the heatsink – but as this is so small, I'm not sure it will do a whole lot for cooling.

A BIOS switch is located to the left of the two power inputs. This offers a choice of the OC or Silent modes – both offer identical power and clock speed targets, the only difference is the fan curve.

The front side of the card is home to a glossy plastic section, with the Gigabyte logo housed within it acting as the only RGB zone on the card. This uses a rainbow-style effect out of the box but can be configured using Gigabyte Control Center software.

We can also note two 8-pin power connectors as expected, though for display outputs we have 2x DisplayPort 2.1 and 2x HDMI 2.1, so that's an extra HDMI port (and one less DisplayPort) than the typical configuration.

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