ASUS ROG Strix AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card RDNA 2, PCIe 4.0, 12GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Axial-tech Fan Design, 2.9-Slot, Super Alloy Power II, GPU Tweak II

Early Q2 2025 update: AMD's 9070 XT (note: NOT the 9070, sans XT) are hitting shelves today. As I do not have one, I don't have any benchmarking results to share. However, the results from other people's benchmarks look very positive. The 9070 XT has an MSRP of $600 and punches with NVIDIA's 5070 TI (which has an MSRP of $750, but due to extremely poor availability has not been available for less than $1000). Both of these cards lead the performance of the 7800 XT by 40-50%. GPU prices are all over the place right now. At the right price, any card can be good. If you can find a 7800 XT for $400, dollar-for-dollar, it is good value. If the 9070 XT availability is as poor as NVIDIA's 5000 series cards, you may not have a choice. In the past we had the luxury of knowing the price of a product. Today, prices are constantly in flux. Instead of being tied to a particular model, be open minded and prepared to any card that satisfies your needs when it drops into a sensible price bucket (and know that it will likely not stay at that price for long).=== Original Review ===If you want to play modern titles at 4K/60 in ultra, the 7800XT is the currently the best mix of performance and value available.That being said, 2024 has been a pretty bad year for GPUs, and the 7800XT is not really an exception to this. I paid $440 for my card and comparisons are relative to that. Written Jan 2025, and prices referenced are the lowest I could find at time of writing.** Compared to current generation cards:- 15% faster than the 4070 (~$450).- 10% slower than the 4070 SUPER (~$550).- More VRAM than both the 4070/4070 SUPER (12GB vs. 16GB. Some modern titles use more than 12GB of VRAM at 4K ultra, and in this case the NVIDIA cards will be bottlenecked.- Under load, ~25% more efficient than the 4070 SUPER and ~20% more efficient than the 4070. Pulls half the power (15w vs. 30w) when idle and computer is not asleep.** Compared to last generation cards:- Similar performance to last generation's 6900 XT (~$400). ~10% lower power draw under load, similar power draw at idle. No longer being manufactured so availability is bad.- 5% better performance than the 3080, ~15% lower power draw under load. Pulls half the power at idle.** Miscellaneous:- Temps hit 80C under sustained load on the bench with no overclocking.- Fits nicely into my SSF case.- Performance/eco hardware switch is a nice feature that adds a bit of value.- FSR (AMD's upscaling technology) looks a little worse than DLSS (NVIDIA's upscaling technology) IMO, but I think this is probably preference.- ROCm (AMD's challenge to CUDA) works well on native Linux, but does not work well on Windows (including WSL2). AI performance is much worse than all of NVIDIA's cards in terms of absolute performance and is slightly worse in terms of dollar-for-dollar performance.** Final thoughts:Overall, it's a fine card.If you are OK with downgrading, Intel's B580 ($250) is currently the value king and is capable of playing most titles at high in 1440p. If you are set on gaming in ultra at 4K/60, then the 7800XT is probably the way to go.The current generation of cards are not great (the fact NVIDIA has released the 4070, a 4070 SUPER, a 4070 TI, and a 4070 TI SUPER instead of adding a new SKU should be some indication of this), so being the best of the generation isn't exactly the highest praise. New cards are likely going to start hitting the market in early Q2 2025, so hold out for a few months if you can.But if you need a new GPU and can't wait... well, then you take what you can get.5 stars only because it's the best compared to it's competition, and not because it's a card that will be remembered fondly in 10 years time.

Somehow managed to snag one on release day at 8:00 AM for around $720. Not MSRP, but not terrible pricing, especially with what I see online now. Upgraded from a 2080s, and this thing is phenomenal. I can play anything at 1440p, ultra settings and get consistent 100+ FPS. I don’t care much for ray tracing, but it handles that well also. Temps have never gone above 57 degrees Celsius and this thing is super quiet. Super happy with this card, it just sucks that you can’t find any for a good price at the moment. Hopefully the GPU market levels out

The media could not be loaded. It's a beautiful card. Fits perfectly with my setup. The build quality and design is exactly what I look for when purchasing Asus Tuf products.I was a bit worried about coil whine but as you can observe in the video there is none. You can hear the cars that pass on the side of the road more than the actual PC and the front glass was off.I was bit worried about temperatures but I have not noticed anything concerning at this point. The card is idling at 39C-43C and hasn't passed 88C on full load. The cooler is doing its job keeping the card cool under 100% utilización. While gaming temps are not exceeding 65C and the Hotspot is not exceeding 88C. Again, no coilwhine under load and the cooler is performing as expected.The only thing that maybe bothered me a little was the RGB not syncing with my motherboard but that's a minor issue that will probably resolve itself with an Armory Crate update. Other than that, so far the Asus TUF 7900XTX is performing as expected. A little on the expensive side but as long as the card keeps performing as advertised I'd say I'm satisfied with my purchase.The RGB lighting was resolved after a framework update through Armory Crate. If there is any significant change in performance I'll be sure to edit the review.

Being an nVidia fan for a very long time....my latest system build called for new considerations. Adding the Samsung Neo G9 57" meant I wanted a GPU that could drive Display Port at 240Hz refresh rate. The RX 7900 XT OC 20G not only does that but is also over clocked and boasts 20GB of GDDR6 video ram. I am primarily a linux and this GPU is fully supported (@ 240Hz refresh rate) with kernel 6.8 and above. Radeon is supported at the kernel level due to AMD's support in linux! In windows, after a metric ton of driver installs and driver updates, etc, etc, it just works as it should! This GPU is excellent. It runs cool and drives anything I need without even breaking a sweat! It looks great in my new chassis and gets along well with my Asus ROG Strix B650E-F motherboard w/Ryzen 7950X CPU, ASUS ROG Strix LC II 360 ARGB All-in-one AIO Liquid CPU Cooler, 64 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM, and finally the dual SAMSUNG 990 PRO SSD 2TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 drives. Everything just works flawlessly! NOTE: this GPU is massive so measure your case and allow for it! I also bought a support for the far end as can be seen in the photo.I spent a LOT of time researching for this build and do not make decisions lightly. I cannot say enough about how happy I am with this purchase. Once again, ASUS delivers!! You cannot go wrong with this GPU.Oh frame rates? I've only so far played Call of Duty - Modern Warfare III on windows and with basic non-overclocked, non-optimized settings, I was getting around 90 fps at 240Hz refresh rate at 7680x2160 resolution. On Linux I played a little Nexuiz, Alien Arena, and OpenArena and in all cases without optimizing any settings on the GPU but setting the games to maximum everything, hit well above 100 fps.Perhaps it's my setup combination OR just this GPU is steller. Either way....it rocks!!!