AMD has today released the Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs starting with the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and Radeon RX 7900 XT.
Stock was, as expected, very limited. I won't go over every single bit again, which I covered previously but to reiterate some of what to expect from these cards:
- AMD RDNA 3 Architecture – Featuring an advanced chiplet design, rearchitected compute units and second-generation AMD Infinity Cache technology, RDNA 3 architecture delivers up to 54% more performance per watt than RDNA 2.
- Chiplet Design – The world’s first gaming GPU with a chiplet design delivers up to 15% higher frequencies at up to 54% better power efficiency.
- Generational Uplift – The flagship AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX delivers considerably higher 4K performance than the Radeon RX 6950 XT.
- DisplayPort 2.1 Support – The industry’s only high-end gaming graphics cards to support DisplayPort 2.1 technology with UHBR 13.5, enabling high-refresh 4K (up to 480Hz) or 8K (up to 165Hz) gaming on next-gen displays.
Going by some Linux benchmarks Phoronix did, it seems like a pretty nice set of cards. Although, they didn't have the NVIDIA 4000 series to test against, but at least it shows AMD is a clear winner against even the 3090, which is good news for me as I have an NVIDIA 2080 Ti and I was lucky enough to beat the crowds at Overclockers to bag a Radeon RX 7900 XTX as a personal purchase (I rarely get sent any hardware). Update: correction, no 7900 XTX for me as Overclockers UK over-sold on it.
You can find some other reviews by the likes of JayzTwoCents, LinusTT and Hardware Unboxed.
Want to find where to possibly by one when they're back in stock? Check the AMD website, although they weirdly don't list the UK, apparently we no longer exist. For people in the UK you can try the likes of Scan, Ebuyer, Overclockers.
For me it's especially exciting, as I haven't had an AMD card for a good 10+ years so it's going to be a whole different world. I'm looking forward to seeing what open source graphics drivers can do.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
TheRiddick Dec 14, 2022
I'll wait until late January before thinking about a XTX again.
Last edited by Shmerl on 14 December 2022 at 12:10 am UTC
ripper81358 Dec 14, 2022
Quoting: ShmerlYeah, I've seen some reviews about coil whine. I hope Sapphire Pulse models are going to be better. Nitro+ ones are a bit too power hungry.
I have a Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6700XT which is affected by coilwine too. More or less coilwine is an ongoing problem with GPU'S especially for the latest generations of both Nvidia and AMD. Even the more expensive series like the Sapphire Nitro series do create audible coilwine. In my case the coilwine gets audible in games where the GPU renders in the higher FPS register 100 FPS or more.
The Radeon RX 6700XT is my second AMD GPU, i used an Radeon RX 590 before. Out of the box compatibility with linuxbased desktops, easy to handle updates of the userspace drivers (MESA ) and fast fixes on the gamingfront (Steamplay/Proton) are the major sellingpoint for AMD GPU'S on linux.
However users that need good support for Videoencoding or GPU Computing are clearly way better of with an Nvidia GPU.
Last edited by ripper81358 on 14 December 2022 at 7:40 am UTC
Not to be picky but
QuoteStock was, as expected, very limited.
Gibbo on OCUK (Where you got yours from) stated he had a 1000 + reference cards + the AIB's so good deal more than the 4080 had tbf.
What he didn't expect is to sell the lot in 20 minutes
He reckoned around a few 100 at most. I certainly didn't think they'd be that popular given their performance.
Quoting: TheRiddickI WAS going to get a reference card but decided against it. They have pretty big limits and some coil whine issues.
Any GFX card from any supplier can suffer from coil wine . It's the luck of the draw unfortunately
StalePopcorn Dec 14, 2022
Last edited by StalePopcorn on 14 December 2022 at 3:27 pm UTC
Quoting: pete910@liamIf I'm putting my payment details into something that even right then says it's in stock, I expect it to be in stock. They've now announced today they oversold it.
Not to be picky butQuoteStock was, as expected, very limited.
Gibbo on OCUK (Where you got yours from) stated he had a 1000 + reference cards + the AIB's so good deal more than the 4080 had tbf.
What he didn't expect is to sell the lot in 20 minutes
I certainly didn't think they'd be that popular given their performance.
Quoting: Liam DaweYou would think that if something wasn't in stock they'd, like, say it wasn't in stock.Quoting: pete910@liamIf I'm putting my payment details into something that even right then says it's in stock, I expect it to be in stock. They've now announced today they oversold it.
Not to be picky butQuoteStock was, as expected, very limited.
Gibbo on OCUK (Where you got yours from) stated he had a 1000 + reference cards + the AIB's so good deal more than the 4080 had tbf.
What he didn't expect is to sell the lot in 20 minutes
I certainly didn't think they'd be that popular given their performance.
As to oversold, well, seems like practically everything is oversold these days. Hype galore.
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