AMD RX 7900 GRE Review

1. Introduction2. Meet the AMD RX 7900 GRE3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing6. Alan Wake II7. Assassin's Creed Mirage8. Cyberpunk 20779. Forza Horizon 510. The Last of Us Part 111. A Plague Tale: Requiem12. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart13. Red Dead Redemption 214. Resident Evil 415. Returnal16. Starfield17. Total War: Pharaoh18. Performance Summary (12-Game Average)19. Cost Per Frame Analysis20. Ray Tracing: Alan Wake II21. Ray Tracing: Avatar Frontiers of Pandora22. Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 207723. Ray Tracing: F1 2324. Ray Tracing: Hitman 325. Ray Tracing: Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart26. Ray Tracing: Returnal27. Ray Tracing: Shadow of the Tomb Raider28. Ray Tracing Performance Summary29. Clock Speed30. GPU Temperatures31. Acoustics32. Power Draw: 1080p33. Power Draw: 1440p34. Power Draw: 2160p (4K)35. Performance per Watt: 1080p36. Performance per Watt: 1440p37. Performance per Watt: 2160p (4K)38. Total System Power Draw39. Closing Thoughts40. View All Pages

Ray tracing 8-game average FPS

Across the 8 ray traced games tested, it is clear that Nvidia is the stronger choice if you value this feature. At 1440p, the 7900 GRE is 12% slower than the vanilla RTX 4070 for instance, a product that can now be found for £500. It does scale better versus the 7800 XT when ray tracing is enabled, being 12% faster on average, compared to 8% when looking at rasterised performance – but it's 24% behind the RTX 4070 Super.

Cost per frame, current pricing data

*** Please note, the £529 figure used for the RX 7900 GRE is a best guess as I am writing this review a few days in advance, and UK pricing is not yet confirmed.

In terms of ray traced cost per frame then, if the guesstimate £529 figure turns out to be accurate, we're looking at value that's 25% worse than the RTX 4070 Super. Obviously, if the confirmed price is slightly lower then relative value will increase, and vice versa, but the overall trend is clear – Nvidia offers the best value for ray tracing.

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