I own a Powercolor Hellhound RX 7800 XT, very happy with the performance of the card. Got it undervolted @ 1050mV, in 99% of games the fps is >100. Running 1440p at 144Hz, love this so far. Temperatures are awesome and do not get above 56 degrees.
I’ve got the Hellhound as well. It’s great! I bought and returned the Pulse and Merc models, both of which had noticeable coil whine in my system starting around 80-90 fps then finally settled on the Hellhound, which still has a tiny bit but much less so I’m happy with it.
@@doctorvengeance1 My 7800 XT makes the driver crash with the fast timings enabled. I did not adjust the power settings from stock and only gave an undervolt at 1050mV. Do I need to adjust other settings to make fast timings work?
Undervolting on new AMD cards is great, because you typically get more performance with lower temps and noise because you just boost higher under the same power budget. How much depends on the silicon lottery basically, but I recommend everyone to basically just turn down the voltage percentage scaler until you crash a benchmark immediately, and then turn it up ~5%. You can find the sweetspot more accurately (depends on thr load too) but you should be stable like that. If you still get crashes just turn the dial 1% up at a time until it doesn't.
I switched from a 3060 to a 7800 xt, been loving it. More of a competitive player over ray tracing so I just appreciate the raw performance of the 7800 xt. Price per frame is like half the 4070 especially when I got mine on a Black Friday deal, a xfx Merc 319 Radeon RX 7800 xt with a 3 year warranty and I got a free game with it. And I only paid, 500 no tax in nh at that time when I got my card 😅 very beefy card if you go the other manufacturers route so make sure you take that into consideration. Actually didn’t even install mine right away until I ordered a cooler master v3 vertical mount for my ATX case cause for example the OC xfx card is literally massive. Nice build quality over the regular stock Radeon, with the sales always happening with amd I wouldn’t recommend getting the base card. My xfx card stays cool and quiet and it may not be like in your face with rbg, but it does what I need it to do while looking sleek and cool with the all black and silver feel with the xfx white logo.
Awesome video! Man I know that took a great deal of time to run all those various tests, compile, edit, etc - and it is greatly appreciated!!! Keep on ERockin' ;)
@@mannydcbianco Thank you. I think for the money it may be the best card out there. I am a fan of performance, and I think ERock's video checked a lot of boxes! 😀
@@RKBenchmarker I am inclined to agree. At the very least it's the easily best value in the current generation of graphics cards, and that's coming from someone who recently bought a 7900 XT and is absolutely loving it. There's always going to be the argument that the 7800 XT is barely faster than the 6800 XT - and it's 100% true - but power consumption is down _a lot_ and the 7800 XT will most likely see driver support and game optimizations at least two years beyond the EOL of the 6800 XT. And it has AV1 encoding for streamers and content creators. Even non-streamers can benefit from the AV1 support if/when they sell the card a few years down the line, because even if they don't care about AV1 a future buyer might, and that's going to make the card easier to sell at a slightly higher price.
Wow man, thank you! Great video! I'm probably getting the 7800XT soon soo, I had to watch this :D Thank you for all the tests, that was very nice and I like to see all of those kinds of test. When I get it, I will definitely undervolt it. Thank you again for a great review. :)
I have the gigabyte version of the 7800XT. It runs very cool, but temperatures don’t really see much of an improvement with the undervolt, only the wattage which I reduced it by about 50W on most games. To me that’s a win alone. Great video!
@@ErockOnTech Of course, I don't know what my silly ass was thinking... anyway, I think since I can't undervolt my card much, I can't see a difference in temps, but I just get higher clock speeds. I envy those who can undervolt below 1130 mv
Really great video! Honestly I was surprised to see the UV vs. OC settings. Maybe AMD should take note and just set this card to this UV by default to better compete vs. the 4070 in terms of power draw. Edit: I just got inspired by your video to try and Undervolt my 6900 XT Limited and I can't believe I didn't do this sooner. Playing CP2077 RN and basically the benchmark test went from 1.200V@341W -> 1.050V@267W with a ~2 FPS average drop for CP2077 (getting about 100 FPS on 1440p Ultra no-RT native) just by dropping the max frequency from 2700 to 2560. There's clearly some hidden algorithm with AMD here so there's more testing to go but man, you just saved me a ton of money and heat!
AMD knows that very well but they have to play it safe for the average consumer. hence they pick voltages that work for every GPU they're selling. there were GPUs in the past that ran near their limits and had issues, why would anyone risk that?
I have just started watching your videos, and they are really high quality!, hopefully we can continue getting this quality content or even better congrats for the effort.
Great video, thanks for the info I'll be able to look back on it 6 years from now when I'm able to afford one and see what I'm in store for, lol. In all seriousness thanks a lot and I appreciate the time and effort you put into bringing us this great data. #StayFrosty my friend.
I build and rent plus sell pc for small business and your video have really help me alot was deciding either to buy 7000or just choose 6000 series gpu because team green is very selfish with your time pf work and dedication inhave seen where to spend my money thanks alot vro good work.
Dude great vid here. The 7800XT is the replacement for the 6700XT. The 6700XT MSRP was $480 vs $500 for the 7800XT. Basically the same MSRP 3 years later and 47% faster. Think about that. We all know at this point AMD moved names up a peg in error. 7900XT is the 6800XT replacement when priced at $800 and below. 7900XTX is the 6950XT replacement at $900 now. The ONLY reason 6800XT was close to $500 was to clear them out. Everyone understands that now. TLDR on the 7800XT? It's your upgrade from the 6700XT or RTX 3070. AMD should NOT have moved names up like that. Stupid move but the cards are great.
Dude. Your name clearly tells me your position here lol. Look AMD did a scummy move by naming it the 7800 XT. They shifted the product stack exactly like Nvidia. It’s scummy. It’s confusing. If they don’t want it compared to a 6800 XT, then maybe they shouldn’t have named it a 7800 XT. 🤔 I know it’s a crazy thought. But I think you can see where I’m coming from if you really think about it. Also, as a side note, even from the 6700 XT, I don’t think those users should upgrade. Just sit tight with your current and still relevant hardware. Also, the majority of the video is not even about the 6800 XT comparison. That was a couple of lines. Yet, this morning, all you guys only want to talk about is how the 7800 XT is a 6700 XT replacement. Are you guys in a group or something? lol what the heck man? Thanks for the view and comment.
@@ErockOnTech Ya I said it was stupid of them to change all thier naming and I agree it is scummy. My name has been the same for a long time LOL. Long before I was buying AMD cards. And I build 6 or 7 systems a year for people and half of those are nVidia so... ya. I am only ever about best bang for the buck.
I purcased It and paired It with my i7 4790k and 1440p max detail In Overwatch 2 I am getting my 165fps +- for my 144hz monitor. Its all what I asked for and what I got, great GPU 👌👌
Just bought the XFX Speedster MERC319 RX 7800 XT for $493 from Amazon's Black Friday sale with an employee discount. That's a steal! And now it’s back to $539.
He said it, this card simply isn't for 6800xt owners moreover, the way things worked out, you can't get buy a more powerful gpu around this price point no matter which camp you look at unless you are willing to buy used. It is a wonderful card for someone like me that upgraded from a 1070ti. Not gonna lie though.... It may get sold if the 4070 super is actually released on AD103 and doesn't cost 800 Dollars.
One thing I’ve personally done to cut down trial and error is to Auto OC/UV then take the values and manually combine all three results with max power slider and a bit more voltage
What about overclock + under volt? I did this on my rx6800. I don't understand how the undervolted GPU runs at lower frequency yet presents more FPS. Shouldn't the lower temps result in more time in boost frequency?
Great video man, love the benchmark overload, and the organization of the video. I do agree that if the two cards are on the table, definitely just go with the new one. That being said, I also agree with you that the card isn't super exciting vs the 6800XT. I am glad you mentioned it.
Thanks man for watching and commenting! I do appreciate it! Yeah you know how we have to be careful when talking about AMD GPUs lol. It shouldn’t be that way sadly. But it is. I’m surprised the 6800 XT is still listed for $500 currently. That makes no sense to me.
@@ErockOnTech Eggshells for sure. Yeah it's surprising, I wonder if they have very low stock on those 6800XTs in particular. Intel does that same thing sometimes, you'll see older CPUs pricing through the roof, AMD usually holds stock longer and heavily discounts it. I bet they left the 6800XT price to help move the 7700XTs.
@@techwandoUS Yes, or so I hear. But I don’t think that’s saying much lol. Honestly, I’ve just wanted to try Intel. All I’ve used is AMD Ryzen. So I need some Intel experience. I figured why not start with the “latest and greatest?” Lol.
Excellent Vid. I'm going from a GTX 1080 to the RX 7800 XT - and from this vid - I can say it's probably gonna blow my mind. LOL Have to give kudos the the GTX 1080 though - it served me well for 6 1/2 years. For the most part, with a few exceptions - I could play almost everything at full or close to full blast (minus RayTracing of course). My 7800 XT should be arriving tomorrow, can't wait.
If you overclock too much on core with too much voltage, it underclocks your memory. This is because of the power limit. That's why you have some weird results.
That exact issue was at launch and was fixed with an update. The reason for some of the "weird" results was because of the game itself causing the know issue (such as the OC gpu having a lower wattage usage than stock). In the OC, the mV was left at default so he was strictly testing OC vs UV.
Am I the only one that wants a t shirt that says “As you can see”? Lol 😂 by far my favorite erock line! Great video! I agree with your final thoughts. No the 7800xt not this big leap but if you are coming from 5000 or even lower end 6000 amd GPUs this a really great upgrade from the price so we love to see that.
I’m getting one to play 4K 120Hz Call of Duty on my 50” TV. Got a Ryzen 7 5800X with 32GB DDR4 3200Mhz. Will run the game on High/Medium settings but will use FSR if need be.
I opted for the ASUS TUF version of the 7800XT since it is rated as the most cool & quiet running 7800XT under load. It's pretty chunky sized though. Using it in my new 1440p build, paired with the 65W Ryzen 9 7900 12C/24T CPU (using the DeepCool AK620 Digital CPU cooler instead of the mediocre stock AMD Wraith cooler).
quick blunt comment. i enjoy your relatability and i am a new sub. i run a i7 14700kf with a reddevill 7800xt, ive had a 4070 super and a 4080 super in my rig, i love the 7800xt for the raw value to performance on 1440p gaming, i really like the quick informational logic you use and im here for future videos. ive been thinking of switching my cpu to amd what would you consider a fair trade or upgrade??? i7 14700kf msi pro z790 p wifi MSI 850 pcie5 psu corsair dominator 6200m/t 32gb ram phanteks aio, d30 fans 2tb msi m.2
I bought the Pulse Version of the card and replaced the 6700XT Pulse. I also have the Phantom Gaming 6950XT so I have compared them all and the performance of the 7800xt Is very Impressive for me. I would say it's around 7% under the 6950xt and about 10% higher than the 6700XT . I must say my 6700XT is a Golden Silicon as it runs better than any benchmark I have seen online by about 8% so your mileage will vary, I have not tried 4K yet as I just got a 4K monitor. Conclusion for me is for the 500-525.00 you cant beat the 7800XT and should be set for 3 years no problem.
7800xt is more like 30% or more faster than rx 6700xt in games. I know how much is faster than rx6800, own both 6800 and 7800xt and 6700xt is quite slower than rx6800 with proper cpu like 5800x3d.. I can set my 7800xt to run over 3ghz for 1080p benchmarks but in games those settings will never work so its not really relevant..
does any one here have any info for the Hellhound RX 7800 XT for the Sizes of there Thermal Pads? i been to and fro and nothing to be seen. Thank you for sharing
great video. loved the undervolt testing. Wished there was 4k footage though with demonstrations as to why you don't recommend it as a 4k card. I'm looking for a 4k card for an MMO with high detail characters with lots of flashy korean avatar accessories and I don't want it to bog down. (black desert online) Dunno what to pick
Don't listen to him about the 4k. With FSR turned on at quality and ultra settings this card will excell. I run a Sapphire 5600 XT with FSR balanced in cyberpunk 2077 and am around 30-60 fps. You will need to watch a settings video on youtube to find out which settings you can free with no cost and which actually decreases performance. And I do play on a TV, flasgship samsung Q90T 55', you will have no problem running 4k with this card. To be completley honest the HDR matters more and HDR is fps agnostic, but is depended on the quality of your monitor/tv.
@@mattiasolsson2354 nice. I'll be using a 4k TV and a 1440p monitor in tandem, so it looks like I should be okay. 'still have to build the desk and stuff though heh. thanks for the reassuring comment.
I bought a 7800XT on 1st Feb, not had a chance to use it yet as I am waiting for the wife to buy me a 1440p monitor and a keyboard, but I have come from an ACER nitro 5 gaming laptop which I have been playing on for 4 years, I can’t wait to start playing on my new set up :) anything I bought was going to be better than my 1660Ti mobile GPU in my laptop, I sadly couldn’t justify the £100 - £300 uplift for the 4070 Super or 4070Ti Super respectively. Will definitely look at undervolting options and a custom fan curve for better power and thermal performance :) I managed to pick up my Sapphire Pulse 7800XT for £489.98 here in the UK
Can you help me decide between the 7800 XT and the 4070? I’ll be using it for gaming and game development in UE5. I’m a beginner with 3D games and modeling, and I’m unsure about which one to pick. The 16GB VRAM on the 7800 XT seems great for future-proofing. If I were to use ray tracing at a medium level while making games, would the 7800 XT be able to handle it? I'm just a bit confused about what to buy.
The problem here is AMD's naming scheme. In reality, 7900XTX should be 7900XT and everything follows suit. So 7800XT should actually be 7700XT and it reflects with the performance. 7900XT should be the 7800XT which is the successor of the 6800XT. One possibility is so that they can sell it at a higher price while making people think they are selling it at lower. 6800XT MSRP at launch is $649; 7800XT MSRP at launch is $499. Now if you think 7800XT is the successor, it would give the illusion that AMD lowered it's price. But if you look at 7900XT which should be the actual 7800XT, it's $899.
Was going to get rx 7800xt becuze 7900xt cost +300€ more in Sweden, end up with rx 6950xt overclocked it to 2550-2750Mhz ay 1100mV fan curve at auto and hit 365W at 72C temperatur goes 23800 points in time spy run have same score as rtx 4070ti.
I do recall you said you wouldn't use this for 4K, and I agree to an extent... but I would confidently recommend this as a bare minimum for 4K, where I don't think I can say the same confidently about the 6800xt. They do tend to mature in drivers over time, as you referenced with the 6800xt. I really don't understand either hardware company cutting power in a stack shift, you'd think they'd try to do the opposite. 🤣
Yeah and 4K is hard to gauge because if you're running Halo The Master Chief collection, for example, you can max that game out at 4K and run a locked 120 FPS on a 3070. So clearly in that regard, a 7800 XT is a 4K card. But I wouldn't use it for 4K in CyberPunk for example. So as with all things in the PC space, it depends lol. But 4K is demanding in general. I really do believe 1440p is the sweet spot.
@@TheRealDlo I'm not really sure what to say here, because it's not an entry card at any level lol. The 6900/6950xt does 4k just fine... like most cards with the exception of CP77, which can even to this day cripple a 4090 with path tracing. Speaking of which, are we excluding nVidia? Because I've got a 3080ti that says it's a 4k60+ card on every title I've thrown at it, including CP77. Even as biased as UB is against AMD, they aren't claiming a 3080ti beats a 7900xt... so I don't agree in the slightest either. I'm not saying I'd recommend the 7800xt as *_the_* card to get for 4k, as Erock says... and I agree... its' niche is clearly 1440p. It is also the bare minimum in *my* opinion, that you can buy from AMD in this gen, and game respectably at 4k. It can be two things at once, after all. lol
Was considering 6700s, 6750, 6800s, 3060 12gb, heck even Arc A770 16gb to throw into my rig- the main limit is I DON'T want to replace my 650w power supply so 6800xt is a stone too far. Just found a used 7800x reference design for 370 that I just could NOT ignore. It may stress my power supply BUT I'll undervolt it from the start and see how that goes. worse case scenerio I can flip it on ebay for 420ish (hopefully it works and in tact... Amazon Warehouse just said 'very good' so I'm a little worried maybe a fan is missing a blade or doesn't work :/ if the card itself doesn't work I'm betting on them taking the return? hopefully?).
Hey man I have a 7800xt and thinking of getting a 49” 5120x1440p do you have any idea what fps will I be getting on average? I play rpg games, sim racing and some fps games
Hey Erock, I love your take on GPU's and look forward to your growth in YT. Can I try these overclock/undervolt on my reference 7900 xtx? Trying to bring the temps down like you did here and a little more performance doesn't hurt. Thanks
Appreciate this content, I purchased Sapphire Pure on my first build but I thought I’d be able to do 4k games (no online shooters, just single player games). You didn’t even address it and the internet hasn’t had any news I could find since early December… only thing I need is a monitor. Thinking if I want 4k I’m going to have to return this card and get a 7900xt. Am I wrong?
there's also now a RX 7900 GRE. Supposedly something in between the RX 7800 XT and the RX 7900 XT. you pay more but it doesn't quite get the job done 🤔 Ultimately i went with the RX 7800 XT for midrange gaming on 1440p 180hz IPS monitor. 4080 would be nice if the price was close to a 7800 XT but it isn't. so pass.
In fact the 7900 GRE performs exactly at where it's priced and trades blows with the 4070 ti Super, often beating that GPU in some contexts. If you just bought the 7800 XT and have another $50, take the card back and get a 7900 GRE.
Great video! Thinking of buying this soon and I'm very curious about undervolting and reducing power draw since I'm using a 650w PSU. It's amazing to see how you can reduce power draw by 40-70 watts and still keep the performance at around stock levels, because the power draw was my only problem with the GPU.
I need a honest opinion here, is it ok to pair the 7800xt with a 5600x for 1440p gaming or should I look into upgrading to a 5700x3d?, I wish I could just really pair it with the 5600x but want to avoid stutters due to possible higher than normal bottleneck.
@ErockOnTech Sorry for bothering you but i'm between Nitro + or Sapphire Pulse version of this Card. I want to play in 1440p while not consuming much power so i have no intention to OC at all. Do you think Pulse will be enough ?
I’m watching many different uploaders talking about this card. Thank you for the video. However one criticism… I feel it’s a bad move to charge for a discord invite. That just says it’s a community I don’t want be a part of. I probably wouldn’t anyway, I don’t like discord, but to charge for discord access just seems like a bad move to me
Just grabbed an AsRock Steel Legend 7800 XT for my sons build, pairing it with a 7800x3d so he should be able to upgrade to a discounted 7900xtx in a year or so without changing anything else because most other parts are on the high mid range or high end side. Just couldn’t justify the additional $400+ for the 7900 xtx at this time. Even $200 for the 4070 ti super or 7900 XT just doesn’t seem like it’s worth it tbh… I could care less about RT and he’s 12 and just dying for a gaming PC. 😂
I got a RX6800 for $430 and that's counting new with a 4year warranty and taxes so yea I'm happy with it I was going to wait for something like a 4070 but to many sketchy things going on with Nvidia 4000cards scared me into going AMD this time I got the Asrock RX6800 to replace my old 3080-10GB that died overall I'm really happy I play at 3440x1440p and basically 95% of game's run at max or near max setting around 80-90fps on average hell I can even use RT with FSR at quality and still stay above 70fps in most game's and it's crazy cold with a near max overclock that the software lets me have it barely ever gets to 60c and I have 4cheap $25 case fan set for cooling so far I love it. So far the only game's I've been forced to use Upscaling to stay above that 60fps mark is UE5 game's so far everything on UE5 just do terrible for me. My cpu is the 5800x3d.
Which version of the 7800XT do u recommend? Ik there is a sapphire nitro, pulse and pure version as well as a gigabyte version, hellhound, powercooler, ASrock, Asus versions
ATM looking for an Upgrade from my gtx 1080. CPU is 5800x. Would be the x 7800xt better or the 4070? Im not the guy who needs rt and fancy stuff. Here in Germany you get one around 550 Euro. RTX 4070 about 600 Euro.
Rx7800xt is a better choice for raster performance. On the other hand Upscaling technology and power efficiency nvidia has the upper hand . But 7800xt has more vram memory and better value for money
overclock vs undervolt... I mean, crank the voltage down to stable then push clocks and aim for a certain temp.. LOL I have a r9 fury and AMD dropped support for it.. which sucks because it's still plenty of card considering what I paid for it. I'm watching prices through cyber monday.
Quality content as usual. If i want high fps 1080p gaming? Should i aim for something like a 6750xt to pair with a 5800x3d or should i go for more gpu power than that? Im a competitive kinda fps player, thanks!!
I have a 650W power supply for the identical card and a identical build you have, do you think that I can Overclock my gpu with this power supply or should I wait to OC and get a much more powerful power supply?
Very nice detailed video of the Navi 32 XT, although it's not a Navi 21 XT , AMD kind of messed up the naming of their cards if it comes from the GPU being used, the actual successor of the RX 6800 XT is the RX 7900 XT the 6800 XT uses the Navi 21 XT as where the 7900 XT uses the Navi 31 XT. The 7800 XT uses the Navi 32 XT GPU and this is the successor of the Navi 22 XT GPU which was using for the RX 6700 XT and later RX 6750 XT as well. the 7900 GRE uses the Navi 31 XL this should of been the RX 7800 as where the Navi 21 XL was used for the RX 6800. so yea AMD kind of messed up the names which lead to a whole lot of confusion on what something really is. either was as a 6800 XT user myself I still recommend the RX 7800 XT as a good card to get for around the 500 a 550 USD mark. if VR and AV1 encoding is your thing the 7800 XT does very well here, even so the 7900 XT would be my choice for this kind of workload
I don't understand your numbers at 13:20, your clock speed is significantly lower with your undervolt settings, it shouldn't yield better frame rate, are you sure the settings are a 100% match?
I bought 2 sapphire nitro+ 7800xt for my gf and I and mine was a bust, it goes up to 68c while hers goes to 52c while we play the same game, same pc basically (h9 flow, 10 fans, same push/pull) gonna return it to microcenter before return window
The whole debate about what GPU can game at what level comes down to what games one wants to play. Are the 6800XT and 7800XT capable of 4K gaming and high FPS with full-on settings? Yes, unless you insist on playing the most demanding games (the ones on which RU-vid testers always to seem to focus). I play FFXIV, a ten-year-old game on a custom engine, at 4K native maxed out on a 6800XT / 13700X system, both stock. I almost never see less than 100FPS of glitch-free game play. So for me, the 680XT is a 4K card.
This man gets it. It's a ridiculous thing to say you can't game at 4k with this card. With FSR balanced I get 30-60fps on Cp77 with a Sapphire 5600 XT and curated settings.
I understand where you are coming from, but these tests need to match current hardware with current titles to give a reasonable expectation to viewers. Sure, you can run older, less demanding titles perfectly at high resolutions with older or less powerful hardware, so it goes without saying that this card can run csgo at 4k. It is more relevant to see the limits where the hardware starts to struggle to properly assess its capabilities wouldn't you agree?
@@qtrg5794 Yes, it is relevant, but I would say it's just equally relevant, not more. We still need to see how various hardware performs on older titles because games don't always scale linearly. Reviewers tend to rank GPUs as 1080p, 1440p, or 4K cards based on how newer games play on them, largely because the entire industry wants us all to buy those newer games that require more powerful hardware which drives in turn demand for that hardware. The new titles, therefore, get talked about. A lot. If I were on the selling side of PC gaming, I'd do the same thing. But I'm on the buying/playing side, so my perspective is different. No reviewer is going to call a 6700XT a 4K card, but for the game I play most, it can probably achieve 4K maxed at 60 FPS. But we don't know for sure unless somebody tests that scenario. Of course, nobody can test every game on every hardware setup, but many reviewers actually _do_ test new hardware on popular older titles. GN even tests on FF14! And that's what we need to keep seeing because without it we will struggle to maintain our perspective. We need reviewers to be more "cautious" about slotting GPUs in the 1080p, 1440p, and 4K pigeon holes.
need advice: Im playing on 1440p with 170hz monitor I have r5 5600x with pbo all cores -20 and it hits 4.7ghz would I be cpu limited with that cpu with rx 7800xt red devil version also I have power supply of corsair cx 650m and for all rx 7800 is recommended 750watt but my cpu have low tdp of 65w so if I use undervolt option like u showed would I be good to go without issues or not?
7800 XT and 3080 are very similar performance for regular graphics. It wouldn't be an upgrade. And for Ray Tracing, it would be a downgrade from a 3080.
@@ChitonIV Yeah. I'm starting to realize that now. It would be a bit of an upgrade for vram and better power consumption. But that's about it. Which is why I was considering it since it seems some people act like the end times are coming if you have a GPU with only 10GB's of vram.
Providing all my prebuilt equipment can handle without bottlenecking how difficult is it to remove my 4060 and replace it with a 7800xt? Any help or video recommendations appreciated, im a pc complete nooob but now in my 50's have a little coin to spare. Id love to build a pc but im pc stupid at this point.
It's extremely easy probably the easiest part to replace. If you actually still need help I can help ya out. It's hard to explain over text but there's usually a clip holding the GPU to the motherboard. It needs to be pushed down then pull on the card and it should just come out.
I looked at the 6800 xt and 7800 xt, then bought a 6800 non-xt and under-volted it to reduce coil whine. If I really wanted, I can overclock my new 6800 and get performance roughly around its xt model, but that makes the coil whine loud and obnoxious so I won’t. So far, the drivers have been better than nvidia edit: after undervolting (97% clock speed, 92% voltage) the card pulls around 150 watts at most compared to its stock 200
I dont know which one i need to chose 4070ti ore 7800xt. I had a amd gaming laptop whit nvidea gpu but evrytime i update my gpu after the windows update it gave me problems... im scared if i go for 7800xt i wil get same problems..
Though the card is not truly a 4k card, it can run 4k with some in-game settings adjustments. Many CPUs, the 7800x3d foremost among them, pair nicely with the 7800 XT :)
it's not the games that can or cannot take an overclock, it's the overclock that is unstable to run that game. which just means it's an unstable overclock. also cards are not "meant" for a certain resolution, because performance requirements change all the time and from game to game. they simply deliver stable and reasonable fps at certain resolutions and details.
