So I have decided to switch my RTX 2080ti out with an RX 7900XTX.
I am skipping the 9070XT, since the raw performance, and extra RAM of the XTX are some of the reasons.
Ray Tracing & FSR4 are not important to me as most of the games I play aren’t taking advantage of these techs anyway.
Questions is which of the cards are the best, in regards to performance (every FPS counts ) and which has less coil whine, fan noise, and best temps?
This is very good place to start looking for specific GPU models and reviews if TechPowerUp has done any. Their reviews aren’t perfect, but definitely can provide a good idea of where each card stands.
I don’t think you’d see a meaningful performance difference stock between any of the cards you’ve posted.
On the other hand… I do wish to hear how it will go for you.
For this one. I am starting to get an impression that all gpu’s (same model, differrent vendors) “coil whine” equally. There is only the matter of the sound muffling, which occurs by the help of the heatsink+fans.
My MSI 2080Ti had zero noticeable coil whine, but then I replaced the cooling for a watercooling block. Realized the whine was there all along… I simply didn’t hear it since the system had fan whitenoise.
He he
I have switched between ATI/AMD cards an Nvidia a couple of times through the years
I’ve had both Intel, and AMD systems, though mostly AMD.
I build my first PC with a Pentium (75 Mhz if I remember correctly) and then a 166Mhz Pentium with MMX) then over to AMD for many years until I wanted to try an Intel system again (12700KF).
My 2080ti FE does not seem to have coil whine, at least nothing I have noticed before.
The first PC I(my family) had was a 466Mhz or something
But the ‘traitor’ was for me also having a 2080ti
Thing is(unless there are explicit examples), the coil whine isn’t a ‘every day scenario’. I play Path of Exile (diablo like), and there is a specific graphics option, which enables some specific processing. That one brings the coil whine (and a bad one). So I basically turn down that option, and have ‘none of that’.
But, like I said, I still can say that I have doubts about one vendor 2080ti not having coil whine, while asus having it. It’s a thing where you need to buy both of them, find a scenario where one whines, and plug the second one.
The prices on the 7900XTX didn’t drop enough for my wallet.
So it should be arriving in a couple of days.
I saw the video from Hardware Unboxed where new AMD drivers have given a performance boost in several games to the 9070XT.
So I hope that future drivers can coax more out of the card in the time to come
Let’s see how STALKER2 performs with the card on 3440x1440 resolution
I didn’t follow it super closely since I’m not in the market, but isn’t the 7900xtx generally faster than 9070xt? With more vram to boot? Or was it a cost thing? I’m not tracking because it’s just depressing, but my understanding is the new gen cards are going for like 50% over MSRP. I felt bad buying my 7900xtx (sapphire branded reference design) for 5% over MSRP as shortly after launch as I could snag one.
I was on the fence regarding holding out for price drops on the 7900 XTX. I was looking for the Nitro + Vapor-X from Sapphire. But the prices were stagnant.
The 7900XTX has more horsepower when it comes to rasterization, and more VRAM, but what won me over was the video from hardware unboxed where driver updates gave the card better performance in quite a few games.
Also most of the comparison tests I saw the difference in performance was not enough to warrant the almost 200$ price difference, often it was 4-10 FPS in most games.
I guess that AMD will optimize for the newest gen card in the future.
I just received it this afternoon, I have just installed in the PC, installed drivers, and played Fallout London for 30 minutes.
Looks good in the case though
The graphic card support is one I bought in the Danish Ebay (Den Blå Avis) it is 3D printed, works well, and is solid, it can be height adjusted.
I did not install the plastic back-plate, I think it will insulate more and trap heat more than when left off.
9070 XT is essentially sidegrade to 7900 XTX, since AMD decided to not not offer halo model in this generation.
But its still very good contender vs 7900xtx:
~~ 90% of raster performance
~~ 120+% RT performance
FSR4 support which is visually much better than FSR3
~~70% price
As someone who upgraded from 2070S to 7900XTX, I regret not holding out longer, 9070 would be better choice. Even for 4k gaming. Its not bad, but 9070 is overall better choice.
Mainly because of FSR3, it was definite downgrade from DLSS and v4 fixed that mostly.
20/24 GB of vram is not a gamechanger as people think it is, but its definitely nice to have. It will have no performance impact unless you ran out, and most current games barely leverage 16GB even on 4k.
FSR 4 can be theoretically ported to 7000 series, but at much lower performance due to lack of RDNA4 implementation specifics it leverages. Some modder already tested it on cyberpunk I think.
TLDR: 7900XTX is good choice only in very specific scenarios (OP is one, no FSR usage) or if available under massive discount.
Well I guess it makes sense to me why I thought 7900xtx was clearly better as I don’t give a single scottering fuck about ray tracing or upscaling. So I guess it leaves it all down to market shenanigans. At one point the xtx had reached well under 900 hadn’t it? Maybe even cracking into the 7’s? Without paying super close attention I was under the impression the price was almost a wash between the fake msrp of current gen and what i thought was below msrp of last gen (amd specifically).
Well try upscaling out again, its essentially leaving free performance* knob off. As long as its implemented correctly. Hence the FSR4 >> FSR3, older generation upsampling created ugly motion artifacts in some scenarios.
Upscaling part of DLSS/FSR/XeSS is very good perf hack, frame generation is not very good though.
Well it can outright tragic in some cases (FSR framegen and cyberpunk) and should never been made part of default marketing claims (nvidia cough cough).
Raytracing is still implemented way too early for good performance, but stunning when executed correctly.
Its very likely that most real world performance gains in future will be made through smarter upscaling, not raw rasterization. Smart approximation is always cheaper that pixel perfect computation. If its good enough, then its good enough like all perf hacks.
US$ 900 before tax? Mostly not where I am, though a few XTXes were briefly marked down to ~750 for parts of last fall. Now they’re 1100+ with entry level 7900 XT for ~750. Neither’s particularly attractive with 9070 XT around US$ 750-850.
Nope, not and never will be interested in “ai” guessing what should be on my screen. When the day comes where that’s not optional anymore, well I guess maybe I’ll finally be able to break my gaming addiction.
The 7900XTX are still around 1100 to 1200$ (USD). here in Denmark, so moneywise the 9070XT is a better choice. I haven’t had any long gaming sequences yet, but so far the card is cool and quiet, and no coil whine. I have it capped at 100 FPS, since my monitor is a 100Hz monitor.
) and which has less coil whine, fan noise, and best temps?
