Tearing Apart the AMD RX 7900 XTX Reference GPU

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We're tearing down the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX video card to look at the GPU directly. This one is the AMD reference / stock design that's hitting the market alongside a small sampling of partner models. This disassembly of the AMD 7900 XTX gives a look at the thermal pads, the component spacing, some of the electrical design, and a lot of the cooler design. For our review on the card itself, check out our separate video on the channel. That review includes benchmarks for gaming, pressure distribution, and more for the 7900 XTX vs. the RTX 4080 and RTX 4090. We'll have a separate video reviewing the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT as well.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - The AMD RX 7900 XTX Video Card
05:00 - Starting the Tear-Down
07:05 - Removing the Cooler
12:32 - Pulling the PCB off the Cooler
15:45 - Looking at the VRM & PCB
17:45 - Package & Die Size
18:35 - Unused Spots on the PCB
19:15 - Tearing Into the Cooler
20:50 - Not a Sophisticated Cooler
22:00 - The Fans
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@GamersNexus Жыл бұрын

We did the review with full thermals, fan behavior, mechanical tests, etc. over in this video! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jctnZMiJ3LGzdKs.html

@mariusvoicu683 Жыл бұрын

and as always, they pull the bate and switch, apparently all reviewer cards are Sapphire which had almost 0 availability, have you had the chance to look at the other AIB´s

@unpacker9521 Жыл бұрын

Has repasting the GPU reduced thermal? Some people are having junction temperature at 110 and throttling.

@marcingawlicki Жыл бұрын

Is it really true that AMD reference 7900xtx and 7900xt are made by sapphire?? And when finally they release custom version could you test it. Thank you for your awesome work. Greetings

@tumppi3 Жыл бұрын

Steve, you guys really need electric screwdriver in GN set ;) Thanks for the teardown and thermals really nice as always, keep it up!

@ESGamingCentral Жыл бұрын

any plans to do the same, but with the defective cards? 110 degree

@Zosu22 Жыл бұрын

This is definitely my favorite reference design look of any AMD card to date.

@rct999 Жыл бұрын

It looks ugly to me. Glossy black plastic? Really?

@Jmvars Жыл бұрын

@@username8644 its subjective

@Jose-sz5bs Жыл бұрын

Ubuntu you are my favorite linux-based operating system

@Ideasquevalelapenadifundir Жыл бұрын

who asked

@jojyyo104 Жыл бұрын

rx 6900 xt was much more beautiful in silver !!

@JohnMuz1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve

@JohnWiku Жыл бұрын

Steve thanks

@zetsubou3704 Жыл бұрын

Shanks Tteve

@VL125 Жыл бұрын

Back to you Steve

@robinhughes7887 Жыл бұрын

Ty stv

@deconstructeddad2628 Жыл бұрын

Phtanks Phteve

@quonslecn7755 Жыл бұрын

Not sure if it's new, but really liking the white backlit table! Keep up the great work GN Crew, really appreciate it!

@Aleph-Noll Жыл бұрын

yeah it looks awesome!

@wicksleysnipes1476 Жыл бұрын

Noticed that too. My OLED poppin’.

@amunak_ Жыл бұрын

Don't think it's new, Steve usually has the modmat under whatever he's doing.

@DarkReturns1 Жыл бұрын

@@wicksleysnipes1476 ikr, and this isn't even in HDR lol

@mehutolkki3232 Жыл бұрын

Its nice that the fans are attached to the shroud bracket thing instead of the heatsink, that way you can easily deshroud the gpu and use regular fans such as Noctua NF-A12x25's to keep it cool and quiet without bending anything

@waffle911 Жыл бұрын

Custom 3D printed fan mount shroud, an interesting idea.

@pauljeffs7 Жыл бұрын

Or Phanteks T30's if you want the best 🤫

@Reirainsong Жыл бұрын

Except that the shroud is secured by screws inaccessible without removing the PCB, which might be an issue due to fairly exotic thermal interface materials that would need to be replaced with equivalents.

@TLM-Nathan Жыл бұрын

@@pauljeffs7 Arctic P12*** fixed it for you

@Ben-Rogue Жыл бұрын

@@TLM-Nathan be quiet! Silent Wings PRO more like it

@aliancemd Жыл бұрын

I like this table and the general lighting, very good visibility of everything on the card and no clutter.

@mexicanhalloween Жыл бұрын

In the future would you please measure the PCB dimensions? This is useful for those of us who intend to water cool or otherwise not use the stock cooler and it's difficult to find these dimensions.

@lemondrop201 Жыл бұрын

The inclusion of the AUB0812VD-00 DC12V 0.45A fan reference number was a pro gamer move.

@crazedw00kie Жыл бұрын

I feel that the thermistor is more for AMD to collect data on average case temps. Every Radeon update asks for your anonymous data to be sent. The knowledge of the average user is far more valuable to them than it is to you

@OscyJack- Жыл бұрын

Interesting thought

@concinnus Жыл бұрын

Probably, but it still would have been more accurate at the shroud.

@crazedw00kie Жыл бұрын

@@concinnus Maybe. This setup gives you a more accurate temp for what the heatsink is feeling with the airflow as opposed to static air. There are many reasons this might be beneficial and serve multiple roles as opposed to just case temps.

@BelowAmbient Жыл бұрын

put the tinfoil down son

@concinnus Жыл бұрын

@@crazedw00kie As they are, they can't tell the difference between a case intake that's choked off and a card that's choked up against glass on a vertical mount. But with an intake sensor, if you can assume the exhaust is consistent, you can discern where it's choked -- and also figure out "what the heatsink is feeling" given the power, fan speed, inlet temp, and heatsink modeling. So I wouldn't be surprised if they do actually have a good inlet sensor as well, on one of the outer PCBs.

@Jamesified Жыл бұрын

thanks for all the hard work you and your team does for each video!

@YaviOld Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great work, and also on the "light table". Looks well~

@ah64Dcoming4U Жыл бұрын

I like the simplicity and matte black theme. Even the red fins add a nice touch. They could improve it with a flat fin profile and fan assembly like evgas ftw

@boozinncroozin Жыл бұрын

Steve you never cease to amaze me. At least you disabble things :) Thanks sir.

@vulgartrendkill Жыл бұрын

excellent work as always folks, thank you for all the effort you consistently put in to your videos!

@longjohn526 Жыл бұрын

I like that each output jack has it's own screw so it's never going to have broken/dodgy solder joints from plugging and unplugging monitors

@EikeSky Жыл бұрын

If I were AMD, I would be breaking EVGA's door down with requests to partner. EVGA in the AMD space would be a game changer, no doubt.

@bits2646 Жыл бұрын

Nice! Love teardows and technical analisys and deep-dives. Thanks for sharing!

@afireinaleo1771 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for tearing into the fan hub also! I want to mod mine when I get mine by painting it so it's nice to see before I buy it.

@halrichard1969 Жыл бұрын

This is actually so much better than the review. Oh, the review was probably the most informative we will see, but the "nuts and bolts" seem so much more interesting. Carry On Steve.

@EP1CS0LD1ER Жыл бұрын

Excited to see you review/breakdown the nitro+ from sapphire, always love their cards, excited to get my hands on one and see how it performs, at just 100 more usd retail than reference too

@beltfedfanatic Жыл бұрын

good content and information. much thanks to you and the team Steve

@jameswatson272 Жыл бұрын

Just watched(again) your tear down of the 7900 xtx. Since I got my waterblock from EKWB today. Thanks for the teardown it was helpful. You will be happy to know that EKWB's backplate uses thermal pads to use the backplate as a heatsink.

@smokeyninja9920 Жыл бұрын

I've been looking forward to this video. Thanks Steve!

@anarekist Жыл бұрын

the studio lighting is awesome!

@leviathanpriim3951 Жыл бұрын

cool to see the illuminated table used like this

@paco1669 Жыл бұрын

That table is great for this! Thanks for the video!

@charlesballiet7074 Жыл бұрын

I honestly love the design of this card the shrowd and angles are smart and feel flowing. and the red accents are smart and subtle. a very mature yet stylish look

@ThatKoukiZ31 Жыл бұрын

Aw man now that you pointed it out I kinda want a red PCB, like the old times. Maybe an AIB card will have it and a cool design? Heres hoping!

@RNG-999 Жыл бұрын

AIBs don't make the PCB. They make designs based on how much their want to spend on manufacturing their specific SKU's PCBs, like how many capacitors or how many phases, but AMD does all the work in-house.

@gorjy9610 Жыл бұрын

@@RNG-999 AIBs do make PCBs, even with reference design AMD only sell them GPU and probably memory as kit to them.

@johnscaramis2515 Жыл бұрын

@@RNG-999 Not sure about AMD, but at least Nvidia cards have different PCBs compared to the FE. AMD provides a reference model, that tells me that AIBs can stick to the same PCB design (to keep costs low) or make their own PCB.

@mjc0961 Жыл бұрын

@@RNG-999 AIBs absolutely make their own PCBs.

@marioawe9990 Жыл бұрын

Sick lighting bro 🔥

@jfruelas1 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks for always doing these.

@Fezzy976 Жыл бұрын

We need a test with thermal pads added to the backplate!! :D

@Daedy Жыл бұрын

The backplate being bare notwithstanding, would it be possible to add thermal pads to it as a quick and easy user mod/add-on to aid thermals?

@ffwast Жыл бұрын

Looks like it.

@cleanshavedad Жыл бұрын

The lighting on the set looks good guys.

@ericsscheller Жыл бұрын

I would be curious to see you rebuild the card to see what you'd do to get better thermals.

@abdulhkeem.alhadhrami Жыл бұрын

Would be cool to add one section of the video to show shroud only removal for cleaning the fins and fans!

@w0nd3rlu573r Жыл бұрын

4:40 If I can make a suggestion - there are plastic calipers on the market. With them you can measure the components without any sort of risk for damaging the product.

@Justifier Жыл бұрын

Ty for measuring the fans :) important info for us who intend to fan swap if possible

@Oregon.ore_gone 9 ай бұрын

I used this to paint my reference card! THANKS!

@langam7017 Жыл бұрын

What an interesting cooler design. Isn't it usually a vapor chamber + heatpipes? I've never seen just a huge, full cover VC with fins on top. Makes sense that they couldn't punch holes for the inductors, then.

@jens468 7 ай бұрын

Do you need to replace the thermal putty on the VRAM when you repaste this card ? I can't find any info on wether it is reusable or not online.

@daktus05 Жыл бұрын

im ill and this is gonna make my day so much better :D

@WildRapier Жыл бұрын

Nice teardown...do you think they used enough screws? At least it's well constructed!

@blue-steel7177 Жыл бұрын

I miss the external vent cards. Used to have 2 140mm fans blowing up from the bottom of my case right into the card that ten exhausted outside the case. Then I would have the front fans also blowing forward and the graphics card size would kinda create a natural block where half the front fans just blew into the upper part of the case and either out the rear fan behind the cpu or up and out the top fans.

@exoticspeedefy7916 Жыл бұрын

It just wasn't verry efficient for todays cards, you get more airflow out over the fins as they are now with side extraction, compared to the smaller space it has to exhaust from over the fins out the back

@blue-steel7177 Жыл бұрын

@@exoticspeedefy7916 I think with the ability to move where actual pci-e cards go in a case with cabling they should just redesign cases so the cards have their own section of the case. Kind of what they did with power supplies

@AceStrife Жыл бұрын

Side fans on cases. No GPU has been as cool as it was in my HAF-X. RIP trends that were actually useful.

@exoticspeedefy7916 Жыл бұрын

@@blue-steel7177 I was thinking the verry same thing, the card exhausts out both sides so all the hot air is going to the motherboard and NVME drive. Except you need to use a riser cable and those can limit performance.. There is an open air like case called Antec Striker that allows the GPU to be mount at the front of the case, with exhaust flow directly out the sides of the GPU with nothing restricting it, keeping it away from the AIO and board. Shame the case in ITX though.. that case is a good example of what is ideal for GPU thermals and no front fans needed

@AlejandroMorales-cx2mh Жыл бұрын

what if we add some thermal pads to the backplate? It should probably help a bit right?

@Apollo-Computers Жыл бұрын

yes, as long as you get placement and thicknesses correct.

@ledfootfam99 Жыл бұрын

I was interested in one of your mod mats however it doesn't seem like you even use it, you only used it for screw storage and not tear down, also no wrist strap? I'm confused I thought this was a very helpful tool but it looks like it's just a soft pad to set down your screws?

@spasojebrboric9432 Жыл бұрын

Is there any information on when the partner AMD cards are coming out?

@tyleryoungman50 Жыл бұрын

I think tomorrow

@IRefuseToUseThisStupidFeature Жыл бұрын

I wish the reference cards were better, I really like the look.

@ShroudedWolf51 Жыл бұрын

@@IRefuseToUseThisStupidFeature I mean, while it's no Nitro+, they are hardly bad. So, if you don't mind sacrificing a few degrees, it's not exactly the worst buy. It's not like you're buying the old NVidia blower designs.

@spasojebrboric9432 Жыл бұрын

@@ShroudedWolf51 i also heard about a coil whine and power draw problems on these reference cards. I would rather pay a small premium for better partner cards to avoid these problems.

@huttonberries768 Жыл бұрын

@@spasojebrboric9432 you can get coil whine on any gpu

@silkysixx Жыл бұрын

Do you have a video about the lit desk? I can think of a zillion ways that would be a super useful tool to have.

@ZackKoutaRoxas Жыл бұрын

I used this as a teardown guide! My 7900 XTX is one of the defective ones. And my friend's isn't. He opted to liquid cool his. So I swapped our coolers (: Junction temp on mine now after about 30 minutes of Returnal on Epic settings 1440p/165Hz went down from 112 to 92. And it's MUCH quieter.

@InsaneFirebat Жыл бұрын

Can't decide if I like the light table or not. It's a cool idea regardless. How do you like working in the dark?

@tommyb6611 Жыл бұрын

19:21 I wish gaming laptops would start to receive aftermarket attention and get such giant coolers to enable gaming laptops upgrades and tuning. This relies on gaming laptop manufacturers to build them accordingly so that the GPU and CPU are much closer to the desktop versions in terms of construction and components used. 99% of us gaming laptop users aren't using them on planes or trains or during a commute, but are using them at home then at the hotel and ten at another hotel, plugged in. So we don't care much about the form factor, as the laptop will be taken with a backpack or inside the luggage. Having a thick cooling area protuding won't be an issue quite a benefit because as it is right now, gaming laptops are recommended to have the rear suspended for better airflow. And as usage, with the stock cooling the laptop to be using similar level of performance as current gaming laptops offer (or future development), but when you plug in an aftermarket serious large cooling like at the caption time, to open up a boost menu and really unlock the potential, with clock speeds etc..

@johnpaulbacon8320 Жыл бұрын

Nice teardown video

@haydn.oneill Жыл бұрын

Would you be checking the vapour chamber issues currently making its rounds around the KZfaq’s? Similar to what you did for the NVidia connector?

@andreyfilatov3676 Жыл бұрын

Hi, can you suggest based on your vision, if 7900 xtx will have the same price with 4080 gygabite oc, what you will prefeare to buy? Will amd be Open their potential with new drivers or fsr 3, or with Unreal engine 5? Thank you

@camotech1314 Жыл бұрын

I love love love the reference design of the cards!!

@juomari9883 Жыл бұрын

"no worranty sticker on any of this screws, good job!" AMD: "OH SHIT WE FORGOT THOSE!!!"

@n9ne Жыл бұрын

i saw a neat trick yesterday to get stripped screws out of holes. baking soda + superglue. add baking soda to the hole, make new indent with driver, add superglue.. dries in like 3 seconds or less rock solid.

@WineLad Жыл бұрын

I... Wouldn't want baking soda near my sensitive electronic.... That said I wouldn't want a drill there either so....

@Divinicus1er Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Without this kind of video, companies would never bother to improve this part of graphic cards.

@bryo4321 Жыл бұрын

Has GN been made aware of some of the junction temp issues a lot of people seem to be having in reference cards? I have one with this problem.

@MyersComputerServices Жыл бұрын

Hey Steve, can we get a throwback video of this card being Frankensteined with an AIO and use MPT Tool to overclock the hell out of this card? I always missed those videos to see the wacky potential of overclocking. I'll never forget the Vega 56 being nearly on par with the 2070 with 400+ watts. 😂

@zackp3442 Жыл бұрын

Anyone know if there would be any worthwhile benefit of tearing down and putting kryonaught extreme on the die? Or good enough to just leave it stock. I've got an xfx 7900xt. I'm assuming same card layout essentially

@SwordQuake2 Жыл бұрын

4:34 "slots" is much more useful measurement when talking about VGA thickness. Even better than mm.

@tomecrespo3047 Жыл бұрын

can u make a toturial if is possible to fix the juntion temps in any away like replacing thermal pads or someting? that will be a damn interesting video, fixing AMD mess

@Kamodomon Жыл бұрын

Could be interesting to see if thermals improve slightly with the backplate off. But it's probably not THAT worth it

@gorjy9610 Жыл бұрын

I'd rather spend few $ and add some thermal pads under it (and over inductors if there is enough spacing) then remove it completely.

@Kamodomon Жыл бұрын

@@gorjy9610 Yeah sure, maybe. But maybe it all doesn't matter to much anyways. That's why testing it could be interesting

@georgeindestructible Жыл бұрын

@@gorjy9610 Trust me, thermal pads won't help much if there isn't strong and direct airflow on them, because the metal surface of the back plate will simply absorb the heat really fast, especially if the card is running something with 100% GPU usage, you are looking at the back plate being fully saturated with heat within the first 15 mins or so which then, because it is heated as acts against acquiring more heat, at least to a lower rate. Removing the back plate and have two fans to pull the air from it is gonna do waaaaaay more than bottlenecking the thermal transfer rate with thermal pads and the back plate acting as heatsink, its thermal capacity is low anyway.

@Master_KueLue Жыл бұрын

@@georgeindestructible Removing the backplate truly way better, but it also makes it look very ugly.

@kiyoponnn 5 ай бұрын

@@georgeindestructiblePost the proof if you have it

@Arx07 Жыл бұрын

Which thickness Gelid Extreme thermal pads should be used on VRAM and VRM?

@XMG3 Жыл бұрын

8:12 watching steve removing PCB screws gave me anxiety lol, the way he carelessly hits and scratches the board, that's how I tear a trace before lol, now I put my fingers at the screw driver tip to avoid it from flying off

@t_rev0351 Жыл бұрын

What were the dimensions of the pcb (LxWxH) without the cooler? wondering if it'll fit in my mini-itx case with a liquid block.

@DanM19811 Жыл бұрын

So adding heatpads to the chips at the back will help?

@iheartdiscgolf Жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve!

@mikes567 Жыл бұрын

curious design with all the screws but mayhaps they are sandwiching tightly enough and at enough spots to draw some heat into that backplate

@Guezz87 Жыл бұрын

Any info on 7900xt and xtx backplate clearence? (For installing thermal pads on the back of the ram)

@forestR1 Жыл бұрын

THERMAL TEST please Steve: (pretty please consider) Every time I see this cooler layout, I feel that it would work better if the rear edge (mobo side) was just sealed off. 1/2 of the exhausted air is hitting the motherboard and with nowhere else to go is being fed straight back into the cooler (compounding) every time. The drawbacks seem obvious; but with no recycling of exhausted air (in a conventional top exhaust case) it would be interesting to see how this effects temperature and noise. I feel like it may be louder but also cooler.

@wicksleysnipes1476 Жыл бұрын

I am so damn impressed by GN/Steve, his breadth of knowledge, and how thorough and professional he is. Not to mention, entertaining AF. I love this channel. I’m not even a gamer. I just so enjoy learning about the tech. I also like feeling stupid for being a proud owner of a 4080. Ha! Yup, I’m that guy. Thanks, Steve and GN.

@basedemt6608 Жыл бұрын

I mean, not trying to purposefully be mean, but if you aren't a gamer why bother spending thousands for a 4080? There are much better rendering cards out there. What you're telling me is you're identical to those girls who buy lense-less glasses frames, and then call themselves gamers? I mean yeah, I guess let your freak flag fly if you're proud to be a poser.

@wicksleysnipes1476 Жыл бұрын

@@basedemt6608 my computer is a workstation and it’s a business expense. I work from home and enjoy what I do. I was a WildLand firefighter for years and am now retired. I left the workforce, taught myself how to edit video, work in blender etc. I have no boss, no gods and no masters. I have a beautiful (to me) partner and no one that I feel the need to impress. Im not a gamer, I said. I enjoy educating myself and have the time to do so. I work hard, and I own everything I do. Don’t worry, you cannot hurt my feelings. Do your worst, little one.

@wicksleysnipes1476 Жыл бұрын

@@basedemt6608 Are you an actually an EMT, a first responder? If I am being disrespected by a fellow first responder, that’s disappointing. Grow some self respect.

@kimjongpoontv69 Жыл бұрын

Steve is great, the only tech reviewer aside from a few others that you can reliably trust to give an unbiased review. Not to mention the shear amount of Data they can collect for their reviews instead of a couple bar graphs. Really gives perspective to potential buyers and I love that.

@wicksleysnipes1476 Жыл бұрын

@@kimjongpoontv69 Agreed.

@delenius1 Жыл бұрын

The shroud looks good, but it doesn't seem great that it covers the end facing the front of the case where your intake air usually comes from.

@priitmolder6475 Жыл бұрын

One thing you could test is if adding a thermal pad will help dampen some coil whine.

@AlbertoMartinez765 Жыл бұрын

Clean simple easy to take apart..get's the Job Done.

@yaminsiddiqui4690 Жыл бұрын

8:30 does dropping the screwdriver like that knockoff components?

@soanti Жыл бұрын

well you are in the right place to test the overclocking abilities of the card.

@SC87Returns Жыл бұрын

This Tear down is going to be useful for anyone that does go for the new Streacom SG10 fanless Towercase

@joshuapage9712 11 ай бұрын

Damn, you scraping that screwdriver across it when you removed those second set of screws made me grit my teeth.

@YouTubeDoxedMyRealName Жыл бұрын

That PCB looks a lot like the Vega FE PCB. I forget I think that angled connector spot was used for fans or a liquid cooler on the Liquid version.

@Charles-ox9jq Жыл бұрын

Interesting the made by AMD card has a vapor chamber. It would be nice to know precisely which models possess this characteristic. For my part it will be a selection criteria. Thanks for your analysis ❤️

@hovant6666 Жыл бұрын

Starting to wonder if I too should get a tube of thermal putty

@grantmills81 Жыл бұрын

Bought one Yesterday...I hope they didn't put warranty seals. I want to put thermal pads on backplate...at least

@TracksideViews Жыл бұрын

Hoping for a special 2 million subscribers tshirt in the very near future

@sethdou10 Жыл бұрын

Can we replace the fan to 12cm fan without breaking the warranty ? Just like previous deshroud. Is that possible ?

@singular9 Жыл бұрын

Steve, let me tell you a story about screws. If you think its easy to strip out those screws, you haven't changed brake rotors on a honda. At first glance, the rotor is screwed in using 2 phillips screws. Firstly, WHY, when the lugnuts and eventually, rust, hold the rotor in place. Second, they aren't phillips screws even though they look like it, in fact, they are JIS (japanese industry standard) screws. Not a single other screw in the entire car uses this style if "phillips" screw. Not only does the screw eventually corrode and rust to the rotor itself, making it literally impossible to take out (even with an impact), it is super easy to strip it by not having a japanese screw driver! WHY! The only solution for me was to literally hammer the bit with a regular phillips impact bit while also spraying it with rust remover. After about 15 minutes per screw per wheel...they came out. Funny enough, they are also called "CrossPoint" screws.

@rcvillapando Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Steve!

@twiggsherman3641 Жыл бұрын

It can squeal like a pig, Nvidia essentially being the GPU scalpers now means I'll be getting my first AMD GPU since they were called ATI. I'd rather pay a grand and get most of the performance, then shell out more and condone the gouging.

@Gatorade69 Жыл бұрын

I'm so old it still sounds weird to call the cards AMD and not ATI.

@fafski1199 Жыл бұрын

Lol... Both are gouging, it's just Nvidia are doing so slightly more than AMD. It's not really condoning gouging, buy buying an AMD GPU, when AMD are doing exactly the same. It's like saying I support Stalin over Hitler in World War 2, because Stalin committed slightly less atrocities. Sorry, but both where evil dictators at the end of the day, who commited genocide and killed millions of innocent civilians in thier wake. If you really want to see an end to gouging then don't buy anything (at least yet) from either company. If both companies struggle to sell those cards, then they'll both will have no other choice but lower down their prices, until they do start to sell in reasonable numbers. Which in turn will hopefully result in a downward spiraling pricing war between the two companies, that will eventually end at a point where people are then willing to pay those far more reasonable and reduced prices for thier GPU's. It also teaches both of them a major lesson on not trying to rip customers off in the first place and that ultimately it's always the customers that dictates a products actual value.

@gorjy9610 Жыл бұрын

@@Gatorade69 I just call them ATI anyway and police still didn't knock on my door :))

@Apollo-Computers Жыл бұрын

We'll see if they actually have stock tomorrow.

@invictus6176 Жыл бұрын

@@Apollo-Computers Yep! So far I’m pretty confident In the card since it’s lived up to what it’s been stated to be capable of and is arguably better than the 4080 in the aspects that matter the most.

@Ruiso7 Жыл бұрын

The back and the mid plate are metal, but what about the front fan shroud?

@physxme Жыл бұрын

1. Is it just me or does the PBC looks kind of bent? 2. The fans don't seem to have individual plugs. Does that mean you have to choose between soldering wires or replacing all 3 fans when one breaks?

@josephoverstreet5584 Жыл бұрын

On warzone/mwII, I’m at a 75 percent bottleneck on 1440p with basic/balanced settings. I have a i7/12700k with a xfx merc 310 7900 xtx What gpu is going to put the bottleneck back on the gpu on lower settings so I can get some more frames? Currently getting 265fps average on mw2 benchmark and in warzone it seems to hover around 190-200.

@aliensounddigital8729 Жыл бұрын

Really miss colored gpu pcb's. Red and purple and some blue. Looked really good back in the day.

@CuzImAzz Жыл бұрын

Is the XT different to the XTX PCB? Will waterblocks fit both

@Ganiscol Жыл бұрын

With all the two+ slot designs, I just wondered if current top of the line cards are in any way limited by PCIe bandwith and therefore could benefit from using that thickness by actually populating two slots for double the bandwith? 🤔 Perhaps with older PCIe spec mobos?

@hugosoucy1115 Жыл бұрын

it was called SLI it was a bad idea and just died.

@Ganiscol Жыл бұрын

@@hugosoucy1115No. I'm obviously not talking about two GPUs...

@jpsulisz Жыл бұрын

Doubt bandwidth is any issue - PCIe 3.0 x8/x16 vs PCIe 4.0 x16 were pretty negligible on 3080's release apart from 1080p

@johnscaramis2515 Жыл бұрын

Where do you get a second slot with PCIe4 x16 fully populated? Consumer boards may have a second x16 slot, but this slot is usually electrically x4 and depending on the chipset only PCIe3. And the data has to go thorugh the chipset to the CPU. If you want to have two full x16 slots, you would have to go Threadripper or Xeon. And then you also have to deal with mechanical problems, e.g. the slots sitting at the right places.

@kizuati Жыл бұрын

No that's not how it works. Also having multiple PCI-E connection would present tons of technical challenges. Also also,PCI-E Gen 5 is already way ahead of all current GPUs and the spec will continue outpacing their needs.

@rdw670 Жыл бұрын

im new to this tech stuff but why is there the spring bracket?

@scoobers5078 Жыл бұрын

Can we talk about a smaller (normal size) card performing on almost equal footing to the monster 4080?

@user-fj5ul9ci7d Жыл бұрын

Any response to the vapor chamber issue?

@UnluckyDomino Жыл бұрын

i love the lightbox

@Brouse Жыл бұрын

Does anyone know if it’d make a difference replacing their thermal solution with actual thermal paste? Considering all the overheating going on, also does the thermal putty need to be replaced after you removed these? I might have to try replacing mine lol