MSI GPU AMD RX 7900 XTX GAMING Trio Classic 24GB Graphics Card with code - Ebuyer

"or wait until a 4090 reaches around £1200"

This is more powerful than a 3090ti

If undervolting/overclocking please let us know your getting on, also do you have any recommendations for an am5 b650 motherboard?

M.... I know, old gen but you can get 6900XT for 551£ or 6950XT for 577£ on Amazon

From my hours of research, you are correct. It's on the upper end of the lower tier.

What on earth are you on about?

At 4k, the 7900XTX is 26% faster at 4K than the 3090ti:

techspot.com/rev…tx/

Scroll down towards the end to see the average across all benchmarked games across the 3 main resolutions.

16% difference here at 4k here: techpowerup.com/rev…tml


Why then take a chance with a used, zero warranty 3090ti? Ok, you could get one used from CEX that come with a warranty but thats going to cost £850. This 7900XTX is cheaper and performs better!

Don't take advice from people that post anti AMD rubbish and provide a screenshot of a YouTube video with no link to the source.

It's just dumb to pick a side, AMD now makes good gpu's at good price points for gamers compared to Nvidia. I've picked up a rx 7900xt for £680 new. I could have paid the same for rtx 4070ti, Let down was 12 gbs of vram and 192-bit bus. Go with the best option that suits you at time. Nvidia are making AI-gpu's that cost them 3k to make and selling them for 30k each, They don't care about low to mid range gpu's now. There dlss and rt is awesome, but their pricing is nuts for what you really get now. If Rtx 4080 was around £800, I wouldn't have thought twice to buy it, You can get 7900xtx around £850 that gives you performance in between 4080 4090. If you're video editing, play games with rt & vr, go with Nvidia. If you play lot of games and don't care much for rt, Go with AMD. Yes, there is a lot of 2nd hand gpu's about, But sometimes it can be hit and miss when buying 2nd hand. AMD has made a lot of improvements over the last few years, Why I've gone back to their gpu's and cpu's.

1. A 3090 ti can be had for £700, and unlike your worst case scenario, can be had with warranty (by the way, I purchased my RTX 3090 ti for £712 a month ago, with FULL warranty)
2. Gaming - great, what games? but there's more to that that you are not considering. What about older games? What about games that utilise the much better bandwidth of the 3090 ti at 4k?
3. Raster performance means nothing if you can't play the games you want without frame pacing issues (well documented, look it up people), hampered by the INTRINSIC issues with a chiplet design (which is not an issue on their 6000s series cards).
4. Mute point. You can get them with warranty. Don't let warranty get in the way of buying buying a better product from a good seller
5. What about production apps or even simple video editing? what about people who like to stream? all superior on Nvidia
6. What about DLSS? which is far superior in image and performance
7. What about VR? Good luck trying to get that running on any AMD gpu

You've cherry picked your sources and are minimising others. The links you have provided don't wipe the other facts out of existence. You are presenting those articles as if that is all people need to make an informed decision.

My takeaway for people wanting to make an informed decision:

Believe me, I spent a long period, trying to justify getting a Red Devil RX 7900 XTX, but after considering all the variables, AMD just isn't worth the hassle (referring to 7000 series only). Especially when you are talking about spending £800 plus on a top-end GPU! Slight wins in raster performance shouldn't come in to a decision for that card IF you have to put up with the card in other areas.

Be wary of affiliate-linked YouTubers who don't tell the entire story, or ones that conveniently miss off the pitfalls. I am not saying Nvidia is perfect, and they are overpriced, but if you can get the equivalent to AMD then you should expect to pay £100 more for an all-round better experience and peace of mind that it will work. I don't care what anyone says, there is a reason Nvidia has 90% of the market share.

I hope AMD can come out with something better next generation. Remember, neither AMD nor Nvidia are your friend, but better to go with the product that is more consistent and reliable. (edited)

But no DLSS - that’s something I cannot stop thinking I will miss while owning a 7900.

No mention of Starfield in the advert, so I am thinking no?

They are much less efficient than nvidias 40 series.

maybe no. VR better off with a 4090. AMD shocking with VR perf. The 4080 VRAM too small but might just cope better.

AMD did release some VR drivers to boost perf but no one has benchmarked it online. The old benchmarks show like half perf MSFS20 vs 4090.

Sapphire Nitro+ will be cooler

I have had muliple msi cards 4090's and all had pretty bad coil whine, I got a msi 4080 coming tommorow, Im willing to bet money it will have coil whine. (edited)

a lot of AMD GPUs are huge even some of the double fan versions the heatsinks are just ginormous compared to nvidia 70 and 60 series

you cant sell it directly, its not a steam code. you need to install it into your PC and log on steam account to check you have the card installed in this PC to link it