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

The PowerColor RX 7700 XT Hellhound ships in a mostly black box, but with the Hellhound logo dominating the front. AMD Radeon branding is positioned in the bottom left corner. On the back, PowerColor highlights various key features of the card, as well as system minimum requirements.

Once more, if you saw our review of the PowerColor RX 7800 XT Hellhound, then the design of this RX 7700 XT model is going to be very familiar to you. The shroud is made of dark grey plastic and doesn't feature any raised sections or sharp angles, giving it a fairly stripped-back appearance that I think works well.

The three fans grab your attention, too, with their translucent fan blades, designed to amplify the LED lighting (as shown below). Interestingly, the central fan is smaller than the outer two at 90mm, while the others measure 100mm across. The central fan also spins in reverse, a now-common feature designed to reduce airflow turbulence.

In terms of its dimensions, the Hellhound measures in at 322mm x 134mm x 50mm, making it identical to the 7800 XT model.

The front side of the card is left very open, allowing a good chunk of hot air to escape from the heatsink. As for the backplate, this is made of metal and spans the length of the card, but with four small cut-outs towards the end to allow air to pass through the heatsink. We can also note the dual-BIOS switch positioned next to the I/O bracket, giving users a choice of either the OC or Silent modes, and we test both later in the review.

There's another switch next to the power inputs, and this controls the LED lighting. You can either set it to Ice Blue, Amethyst Purple or completely off. I did question this choice in my 7800 XT review, but judging by the comments on our YouTube video, plenty of readers love the idea of a hassle-free way to control the LEDs, while no software is required either. I personally think RGB control would look even better, but I can see the appeal of this simpler approach

Elsewhere, we find two 8-pin power connectors, while display outputs are standard, with 3x DisplayPort 2.1 and 1x HDMI 2.1.

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