Is 7900XT Solid in 2025

[ul1234-ALT1]

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.

[MiszS]

The drivers are perfectly fine, and it will have no problem playing in 1440p. Just get whatever 3 fan model is the cheapest, besides the founders edition since its trash

[Millios]

To start you off with something simple

The 7900xt and the 7900xtx are different card. One has 20gb VRAM and the other has 24gb VRAM

The 7900xtx is just more powerfull but also more expensive as it's a stronger card much the 4080 with the 4090.

The 7900xt is an excelent card for 1440p and a strong 4K card and the manifacturer doesnt matter in anything other than aesthetic and maybe cooling but the difference in temps is negligable

Here is where it relatively lands in performance

[Dedayog]

27 minutes ago, ul1234-ALT1 said:

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.

As a rasterizing GPU, it is still a stellar deal.  But Ray Tracing is here to stay and you'd have to verify how well it performs in RT titles like Indiana Jones, if you are worried about future games that require it.

 

Personally I would get one.

[MarkPol88]

I have Sapphire Pulse 7900XT personally - just few comments:

1440p - you are looking at comfortable 120fps*

4K - easily 60fps* and higher

 

* - As always a catch - only if you do not care about ray tracing.

In lighter ray tracing loads, you can still get good results - right now I am playing Witcher 3 at 1440p with ray tracing on and fps is in 60-70 range.

 

As of "buy anything with 3-fan configuration and you will be happy" - hard disagree. My Pulse had quite decent cooler but it only works at fans at 35% or higher - and given that at that percentage it starts to sound like server fans (not in loudness but pitch) I seriously consider de-shrouding it.

[PDifolco]

Well the 7900XTX still holds its own vs the new 5080 (except in RT obviously), and has more VRAM

So the 7900XT will still compete with the 5070 or even 5070Ti, so still quite solid especially at 1440p

[ul1234-ALT1]

47 minutes ago, MiszS said:

The drivers are perfectly fine, and it will have no problem playing in 1440p. Just get whatever 3 fan model is the cheapest, besides the founders edition since its trash

ok thanks, what driver version is the most stable

[MiszS]

4 minutes ago, ul1234-ALT1 said:

ok thanks, what driver version is the most stable

Just use the latest drivers

[ul1234-ALT1]

39 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

As a rasterizing GPU, it is still a stellar deal.  But Ray Tracing is here to stay and you'd have to verify how well it performs in RT titles like Indiana Jones, if you are worried about future games that require it.

 

Personally I would get one.

ok thanks

[ul1234-ALT1]

30 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Well the 7900XTX still holds its own vs the new 5080 (except in RT obviously), and has more VRAM

So the 7900XT will still compete with the 5070 or even 5070Ti, so still quite solid especially at 1440p

Ok thanks, I saw your specs, is the 9 7950x3d a good gaming CPU?

[ul1234-ALT1]

35 minutes ago, MarkPol88 said:

I have Sapphire Pulse 7900XT personally - just few comments:

1440p - you are looking at comfortable 120fps*

4K - easily 60fps* and higher

 

* - As always a catch - only if you do not care about ray tracing.

In lighter ray tracing loads, you can still get good results - right now I am playing Witcher 3 at 1440p with ray tracing on and fps is in 60-70 range.

 

As of "buy anything with 3-fan configuration and you will be happy" - hard disagree. My Pulse had quite decent cooler but it only works at fans at 35% or higher - and given that at that percentage it starts to sound like server fans (not in loudness but pitch) I seriously consider de-shrouding it.

Was thinking about pulse, and I really don't care about ray tracing tbh

[hollyh88]

1 hour ago, ul1234-ALT1 said:

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.

definitely worth it. but i would suggest waiting a month due to the 9070xt. its rumoured to be cheaper than the 7900xt and outperform it in both raster and raytracing. hell ill sell my 6950xt and get it if its true. so your better off waiting. unless you want now. if so, if you can find sapphire get it. else get xtx

[MarkPol88]

55 minutes ago, hollyh88 said:

its rumoured to be cheaper than the 7900xt and outperform it in both raster and raytracing.

Only thing that is preventing me from taking that route too is alleged 16GB of RAM on new cards - if this confirms to be true then 7900XT probably is still better option if the OP is thinking about more than 1440p.

 

But all in all good advice - just wait for 9070XT if you can, they can be better than 7900 family, and if not they might lower the price of the older cards a little.

[hollyh88]

49 minutes ago, MarkPol88 said:

Only thing that is preventing me from taking that route too is alleged 16GB of RAM on new cards - if this confirms to be true then 7900XT probably is still better option if the OP is thinking about more than 1440p.

 

But all in all good advice - just wait for 9070XT if you can, they can be better than 7900 family, and if not they might lower the price of the older cards a little.

1440p max as he wants would have enough on 16gb the only time that ive been close to it is on maxed out modded to hell skyrim se. anything else came around 13gb max. so 16gb is enough for 1440p as he wants to. 

if you game at 4k its a different story but since he likely rather plays 1440p high refresh its a better option. 

[Omon_Ra]

Sapphire Pulse 7900XT can still be found for ~$650 (https://www.newegg.com/sapphire-pulse-11323-02-20g-amd-radeon-rx-7900-xt-20gb-gddr6/p/N82E16814202431) and IMO is best bang for the buck GPU for 1440/4K gaming. Pretty much every game I can hit my 4K monitor's 138hz refresh rate, even with maxed out settings (no super resolution or frame gen). Star Citizen I can't, but that's also Star Citizen... I don't play a ton of the newest AAA titles though, so obviously YMMV. If you don't care about ray tracing, and if you feel like dabbling with on-prem LLM things, really great card for the price. No issues with drivers, overclocking is easy. Only real downside is if you're trying to stuff it in a SFF case being that it's a triple fan card and 2+ slots.

[ul1234-ALT1]

20 hours ago, hollyh88 said:

1440p max as he wants would have enough on 16gb the only time that ive been close to it is on maxed out modded to hell skyrim se. anything else came around 13gb max. so 16gb is enough for 1440p as he wants to. 

if you game at 4k its a different story but since he likely rather plays 1440p high refresh its a better option. 

yeah exactly, 24gb of vram is overkill for 1440p gaming, I barely want to play on 4k, I don't even have a 4k monitor. So I think I might go for the 7900xt as its fine, and not pay an extra 100 for the xtx. just curious about the drivers

[ul1234-ALT1]

12 hours ago, Omon_Ra said:

Sapphire Pulse 7900XT can still be found for ~$650 (https://www.newegg.com/sapphire-pulse-11323-02-20g-amd-radeon-rx-7900-xt-20gb-gddr6/p/N82E16814202431) and IMO is best bang for the buck GPU for 1440/4K gaming. Pretty much every game I can hit my 4K monitor's 138hz refresh rate, even with maxed out settings (no super resolution or frame gen). Star Citizen I can't, but that's also Star Citizen... I don't play a ton of the newest AAA titles though, so obviously YMMV. If you don't care about ray tracing, and if you feel like dabbling with on-prem LLM things, really great card for the price. No issues with drivers, overclocking is easy. Only real downside is if you're trying to stuff it in a SFF case being that it's a triple fan card and 2+ slots.

ok thanks for the link, is newegg reliable? Well I am not that interested in 4k gaming, just 1440p high refresh gaming.

[Dedayog]

22 minutes ago, ul1234-ALT1 said:

yeah exactly, 24gb of vram is overkill for 1440p gaming, I barely want to play on 4k, I don't even have a 4k monitor. So I think I might go for the 7900xt as its fine, and not pay an extra 100 for the xtx. just curious about the drivers

There is a little more to the XTX over the XT than more vram

[hollyh88]

2 hours ago, ul1234-ALT1 said:

yeah exactly, 24gb of vram is overkill for 1440p gaming, I barely want to play on 4k, I don't even have a 4k monitor. So I think I might go for the 7900xt as its fine, and not pay an extra 100 for the xtx. just curious about the drivers

I was talking about the 9070xt which comes next month. It will likely be cheaper than the 7900xt and give more performance. I would wait personally for it. Unless you want something now then the 7900xt is very much still going to be great

[Salted Spinach]

I can confirm than this GPU is not a liquid or gas

[ul1234-ALT1]

21 hours ago, hollyh88 said:

I was talking about the 9070xt which comes next month. It will likely be cheaper than the 7900xt and give more performance. I would wait personally for it. Unless you want something now then the 7900xt is very much still going to be great

ok ill wait, what is the suspected MSRP, I want a GPU under like 700 or 800. Lets see if, I'll wait till march

[Omon_Ra]

On 2/4/2025 at 11:28 AM, ul1234-ALT1 said:

ok thanks for the link, is newegg reliable? Well I am not that interested in 4k gaming, just 1440p high refresh gaming.

Newegg is very reliable, pretty much my first choice of website when buying PC stuff. They do have 3rd party vendors now; generally I think they're fine, but at least for bigger ticket items, I try to make sure it's sold by Newegg.

[hollyh88]

15 hours ago, ul1234-ALT1 said:

ok ill wait, what is the suspected MSRP, I want a GPU under like 700 or 800. Lets see if, I'll wait till march

Im sure the 9070xt isn't gonna go above 650 dollars. I would assume maybe 500-550 dollars min if amd is smart or 600 dollars max. I'll personally be getting it too. The 6950xt is still a Beast at 1440p. But i prefer having a gpu that will get the new features. So a little side upgrade isn't bad for me.  

[Millios]

20 hours ago, Salted Spinach said:

I can confirm than this GPU is not a liquid or gas

You mean this card is actually plasma?!

[ul1234-ALT1]

On 2/5/2025 at 6:14 PM, Omon_Ra said:

Newegg is very reliable, pretty much my first choice of website when buying PC stuff. They do have 3rd party vendors now; generally I think they're fine, but at least for bigger ticket items, I try to make sure it's sold by Newegg.

ok thanks, will make sure its sold by them directly