Carzy Zarx’s PC Gaming Emporium - Catch Up on All the Latest PC Gaming Related News

[Bofferbrauer2]

Captain_Yuri said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

I think the 7900XTX is actually okay. Not great for sure, but not a turd either. Just make sure to get a non-reference design.

The other 3 however are all polished turds with some extra raytracing on top to make them extra appealing for uninformed customers.

Meh, a 7900XTX class GPU shouldn't be competing against a bebranded 70 class (4080) nor should aggressive UV+OC+500 watts should be needed to unlock its full potential only to still end up being slower than a stock 4090, sometimes massively slower. The only reason 7900XTX is considered to be good is cause the 4080 is such a turd but imo they are both in the same boat when you consider that getting a non reference cooler means the 7900XTX becomes similarly priced to a 4080. 7900XTX just feels less worse off to buy since it is a bit faster. And that's if you ignore all the other issues surrounding it such as bad drivers, high power consumption, VR incompatibility and too many other things to list. Eventually those should be fixed but until they actually do get fixed, it's hard to recommend it to someone spending $1000+ on a GPU just to deal with all these issues.

Like if a person is gonna spend around $1200 for a AIB 7900XTX or 4080... May as well spend a bit more and get a 4090 which doesn't have any of those issues and is very power efficient along with massive RT advantages + Ai advantages + leadership in Raster. As the green goblin says "It Just Works."

I just checked prices in Europe. The most expensive 7900XTX costs 1400€, the most expensive 4080 a bit over 1500€. Meanwhile the cheapest 4090 sits at 2050€, or about 800€ above the cheapest AIB models of the 7900XTX and 700€ over those of the 4080. That's way more than just a bit and a price premium that is actually making it a worse value per frame than the other two cards right now.

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 04 January 2023