AMD is launching the Radeon RX 7900 GRE worldwide at present in an try to compete with Nvidia's RTX 4070. This new GPU is priced at $549 just like the RTX 4070, however presents higher efficiency and 16GB of VRAM as a substitute of simply 12GB.
The RX 700 GRE was beforehand restricted to the Chinese language market, designed primarily for 1440p gaming. Now AMD is opening it up worldwide in an try to offer stable competitors to the RTX 4070. The RX 7900 GRE is round 11% sooner than the RTX 4070 at 1440p, making it one more choice to pair with the most recent pace massive. 1440p OLED displays are presently hitting the cabinets.
The $549 RX 7900 GRE arrives simply weeks after Nvidia slashed the value of the RTX 4070 after launching the $599 RTX 4070 Tremendous. AMD's RX 7900 GRE even trades blows in some video games with Nvidia's RTX 4070 Tremendous, so this card will undoubtedly put worth stress on Nvidia's $549 RTX 4070 and even its personal RX 7800 XT AMD's $499.
Hardware
AMD is leaning on its board companion's design for the RX 7900 GRE. We examined XFX's mannequin, which is predicated on AMD's reference design. The cardboard has a three-fan format that’s extremely lengthy at 13.2 inches. Sure, it's longer than an RTX 4090, so positively verify to ensure your case can squeeze it.
Whole card energy is 260 watts for the Radeon RX 7900 GRE, 60 watts greater than the full card energy of Nvidia's RTX 4070. AMD recommends a 700-watt energy provide for this card, which is once more larger than the 650-watt advice for each the RTX 4070 and 4070 Tremendous.
The RX 7900 GRE comes with three DisplayPort 2.1 outputs and a single HDMI 2.1 port on the again. Whereas this GPU received't put out the sorts of excessive 4K framerates you'll must reap the benefits of DisplayPort 2.1 at 4K (as much as 480Hz) with HDR enabled, it's nonetheless good to see that AMD continues to future-proof Radeon playing cards. . Nvidia solely presents DisplayPort 1.four on its 40-series GPUs.
AMD can also be sticking with the tried and true eight-pin connectors right here. You don't have to fret concerning the newest 12VHPWR energy connector or pesky adapters, as there are two eight-pin connectors on the RX 7900 GRE.
Among the finest hardware facets of AMD's RX 7900 GRE is its 16GB of VRAM. It runs at 18 Gbps, slower than the 21 Gbps on each the RTX 4070 and RTX 4070 Tremendous. However AMD opted for a 256-bit reminiscence bus on the RX 7900 GRE, so the reminiscence bandwidth is 576 GB/s as a substitute of the 504 GB/s discovered on the RTX 4070 / 4070 Tremendous.
1440p benchmarks
For 1440p testing, we paired the RX 7900 GRE with AMD's newest Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor and Samsung's 32-inch G7 monitor. This monitor can assist as much as 240Hz, so it's excellent for prime refresh fee gaming at 1440p.
We put the RX 7900 GRE head-to-head with the RTX 4070 and a set of different Radeon and GeForce playing cards. We examined a wide range of video games at excessive or extremely settings, and the RX 7900 GRE was in a position to hit 100fps or extra, making it an excellent 1440p GPU.
The RX 7900 GRE is about 11% sooner than Nvidia's RTX 4070 at 1440p. Loses solely in ray-tracing efficiency in Watch Canines: Legion as there isn’t a assist for AMD's FSR upscaling expertise on this explicit title. In any other case, the 7900 GRE comfortably beats Nvidia's RTX 4070.
Even in Improved Metro Exodusworking at each extremely and excessive settings, the RX 7900 GRE simply outperforms the RTX 4070 and even comes near matching the RTX 4070 Tremendous. Improved Metro Exodus it's demanding even by trendy requirements, particularly at these excessive settings.
General, although, the RX 7900 GRE loses out to the RTX 4070 Tremendous in most titles, however it's a really small hole contemplating you're paying $50 extra for Nvidia's newest GPU. That further $50 might be value it when you're considering utilizing DLSS or any ray-traced video games, as AMD's newest FSR three expertise remains to be solely supported for a couple of video games, and DLSS remains to be a lot better than FSR 2.
4K benchmarks
We paired the RX 7900 GRE with the 31.5-inch Acer Nitro XV2 monitor, which is able to as much as 144Hz refresh charges. The RX 7900 GRE isn't a card I'd advocate for 4K gaming, however with the 16GB of VRAM on board, it might provide entry-level 4K assist when you're prepared to drop the settings.
On common, the RX 7900 GRE is 14% sooner than Nvidia's RTX 4070 at 4K. That's a cushty hole and makes it extra tempting for 4K, particularly if you have already got a 1440p monitor and are considering of upgrading to 4K quickly. Nvidia's RTX 4070 Tremendous actually closes the hole on the RX 7900 GRE at 4K, nonetheless, profitable in most assessments.
AMD has FSR three to enhance 4K body charges by utilizing a mixture of temporal upscaling and body technology. Whereas there aren't sufficient video games to assist this but, AMD has additionally launched Fluid Movement Frames, which brings body technology to all DirectX 11 and 12 video games.
We haven't had sufficient time to include Fluid Movement Frames (AFMF) assessments into our full RX 7900 GRE benchmarks, however some early assessments in Forza Horizon 5 and Murderer's Creed Mirage confirmed nice promise for improved body charges at each 1440p and 4K.
Conclusion
The RX 7900 GRE is a superb 1440p card at $549. It comfortably beats Nvidia's RTX 4070 on the identical worth, and even comes near the $599 RTX 4070 Tremendous. The 16GB of VRAM even offers you room for 4K gaming at decrease settings, or simply the peace of thoughts that you just received't have any points when you flip up the graphics settings, even at 1440p.
I've already seen video games like Diablo IV and The Final of Us Half I exceed 12GB of VRAM utilization at 1440p, so there's positive to be extra this 12 months and past. This makes 16GB of VRAM at this efficiency goal that rather more important, until you're pleased to surrender barely on graphics settings.
The RX 7900 GRE exhibits that Nvidia's RTX 4070 and even AMD's Radeon RX 7800 XT are a bit too costly. AMD is releasing the RX 7900 GRE worldwide in the identical manner it does a lot of its different playing cards, with playing cards out there from Acer, ASRock, Asus, Gigabyte, PowerColor, Sapphire and XFX.
If the $549 price ticket holds, then it's sure to place stress on Nvidia to reply, as the mixture of Fluid Movement Frames and the RX 7900 GRE's 1440p efficiency is a really tempting mixture for anybody seeking to improve to 1440p.
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