Is the 7900XT Still Solid in 2025

Hello, is the 7900xt still a solid 1440p/4k GPU, I wanted to play 1440p games with high refresh, and I was asking whether the AMD Driver situation has increased and which specific model would be best. Saphire, XTX, or Asus, which one is the best based on your experience? I don’t wanna have to spend so much money on an NVIDIA Gpu only to get limited VRAM and priced to high in terms of performance.

I’ve got a powercolor hellhound 7900xt, it’ll run a 144-165hz 1440p screen happily in the games I play (FFXIV, Helldivers2). 240hz screens on up is going to be game dependent and/or your choice in visual settings dependent (i.e. you will have to drop settings to get there).

I can’t speak to the drivers on Windows, but it’s been fine on linux for the year and a half I’ve been running it.

Generally speaking, though… Sapphire and XFX are amd-specific vendors, asus isn’t. From that you can infer something about how much they might care or not care about making a good AMD card vs. shoveling something out the door when they’ve also got nvidia cards to build, too.

The real question to ask is which cards will fit in your case, with whatever your CPU cooling solution is. I’ll admit to making a mistake trying to shove the hellhound into a fractal north - it fits, but it’s not deep enough to fit that plus an AIO without doing some questionable things on mounting and airflow patterns (and resulting extra noise from the turbulence when fans get busy). YMMV.

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I’m still pretty happy with my 7900xtx, although it did get reality checked just a little when I got a 4k 240hz monitor and I have wondered a couple times since then if it would have been better to go 1440 (coming off a 144 hz 1080p).

I just tried looking up current prices to see if paying for the extra “x” might be worth it, but seems like supply has dried up?

I have a 6750 XT and I’m happy with the driver situation in Windows 10. Most of the various manufacturers have several model with different price points. They distinguish themselves by level of factory overclock and the cooling solution. Some models also have a second BIOS. Other brands to consider are PowerColor and Asrock. The latter has at least one 7900XT model, which is on the cheaper side.

On the whole though, you might be best off to wait until (end of?) March, when the RX 9000 cards will be released. They should have better ray tracing and the price point might also be better. Rasterization performance for the 9070 XT is currently guessed to be between the 7900xt and 7900xtx, but we need to wait for reviews. If nothing else, the 7900XT should become cheaper then.

I’ve had most exposure, with Sapphire / XFX builds
… Getting my hands, on a Powercolor 7800XT soon

I have an XFX 7900xt and it’s been running fine on windows. I’m not sure how the XFX compares size wise, but I also had fun getting it to fit in a North along with an AIO. :smiley: They both fit if you mount the AIO at the top, but unfortunately, the XFX support bracket is too long for the North unless you take out a front fan.

I’ve had good luck getting 4k/120 out of it but I’m also not playing the latest AAA titles. One thing to keep in mind is that both the 7900xt and xtx have larger amounts of vram than any of the new generation of gpus. And yes, I’m not counting the 5090.

thank you everybody for the info, srry I couldn’t reply sooner, I see people have been choosing a distro of linux instead of windows, a reason why? Is it all the bloatware and crap?

Except in scaling quality (subjective) and Raytracing, the 7900XT is pretty competitive at 1440p and a solid pick for 4k.

I’ve been running linux for years and in that time run probably a dozen different distros as my needs and tastes change. My desktop, etc are all linux.

The 7900XT rig is on windows because it’s primarily for couch gaming and the tv is the only monitor I have that supports higher than 60.

Ya gotta get what works for you. I use windows for simracing, and linux for everything else.