This GPU is MASSIVE, I mean absolutely vast, huge, enormous, gigantic. Be warned if you have a small case. It has two switches on it, a silent mode / OC mode toggle and another switch that can select one of two lighting schemes or no lights at all. The photo is of this thing installed, it comes with an anti-gpu sag (because it is so big) stand which I don't think I needed but installed anyway, it can just be seen in the photo. The benchmark screenshot is from userbenchmark with OC mode on. I toggled it into silent mode for personal use after so for all other observations that are with silent mode on. I'm not sure if it's just my card or this class of card that is performing at an outstanding level. When sitting in windows with light work like watching a video and browsing the internet the GPU temps are 46C (with new drivers temps sit at 36C at idle (9/23/23)) with a junction temp of 55C. Unfortunately for my setup, 1 4k 144hz monitor and 1 1080p 144hz monitor both plugged in via display port the card pulls close to 100 watts at idle (with new drivers power draw is as low as 18 watts at idle(9/23/2023)). It should not do this, it should be closer to 20 watts. There is chatter out there on this issue and AMD thinks they can fix this with a future driver update. Because it's a new launch I will not ding it for this flaw, but if it hasn't been fixed in 3-6 months I would consider it to be a problem. Temps underload can be seen in the final screenshot. GPU temps peak at 69C with a junction temp peaking at 82C after about 10 minutes of intense usage in a game. It is clear that the 7900XTX reference cooler issue is not present with this card and the cooler works just fine. Overall this card is not cheap. But this thing about it is, you can buy this product now at MSRP when its closest competitors, 7900XTX and 3070ti, you can not buy unless you want to pay scalper prices. So it's not great value, but it's not terrible value and importantly you can actually buy it. Given the state of the GPU market in the last year or so this is a huge improvement and this card gets a 5 star review for excellent performance and being buyable.
Aaron · 2023-01-11 · via amazon
★★★★★Really good graphics card
I paired this graphics card with a 9900x and for the past 6 months has been doing me quite good. The card gets high frame rates in 1440p gaming. I would say its good value even with the new ryzen gpus. Even in a hot room most ive seen my card reach is 60 degrees C so i would say overall the cooling is adequate if you have enough fans in your build. The card itself though is quite big and is triple slot card so make sure to check measurements of your case and the card to make sure they work together.
Natty · 2025-06-29 · via amazon
★★★★★Fast and stays very cool
I returned the xt and got the xtx. I was afraid my power supply didn't have enough wattage but it does i have a 750w gold. This is my first time buying amd. i have had 4 Nvidia cards 1050, 1070, 3070 and 4080. I still have the 4080 and the 1050. The 50 is in laptop. I was on it today for 6 hrs testing it and i have little to no complaints. It does have some coil whine while in loading menus but the xtx has less than the xt . Over all im very happy with this card and will be looking ahead for what amd offers. Its a 4080 but cheaper and has 8gb vram more
I experienced visual artifacts in games and even some streaking and flickering while Windows OS. All connections between GPU, PSU and monitor were secure, drivers were up to date and PSU is quality. Coil whine was extreme, even at moderate FPS. Other GPUs have no problem in this system. I used Amazon's excellent return policy on this lemon.
Id · 2023-10-04 · via amazon
★★★★★Hell yeah hellhound!
Great card still! Does everything the 9070 does minus ray tracing and rdna4 but still very good card today
