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Today's investigation has been requested by a number of folks from our Discord server, as we are revisiting the AMD RX 7900 XT. This isn't a ‘re-review' as such, but after significant price cuts, it is high time to see exactly what the RX 7900 XT can bring to the table when put head-to-head against Nvidia’s RTX 4070 Ti in a massive 44-benchmark battle…
When we reviewed the AMD RX 7900 XT, it launched with an MSRP of £899.99 back in December 2022. Things have changed significantly since then however, with the 7900 XT currently retailing for £739.99 at OverclockersUK, and I've even seen it as low as £700. That puts it in a very similar ball park to Nvidia's RTX 4070 Ti, with a £799 MSRP but with models currently starting at £750.
Today, we put these two GPUs head-to-head, with a total of 44 games tested. That includes 32 rasterised titles, but also 12 games with ray tracing enabled so we can assess both sides of the spectrum. For the RX 7900 XT, we have opted to use the Sapphire RX 7900 XT Pulse, while on the Nvidia side we gave gone for Gigabyte's RTX 4070 Ti Gaming OC.
The next four pages will show the results for each of the 44 games tested. You can skip to page 6 for performance breakdown, or to page 7 if you want to know about power draw and efficiency.
Test setup
Driver Notes
- RX 7900 XT was benchmarked with the Adrenalin 23.7.2 driver.
- RTX 4070 Ti was benchmarked with the GeForce 536.99 driver.
Test System:
We test using a custom built system from PCSpecialist, based on Intel’s Rocket Lake platform. You can read more about this system HERE and configure your own PCSpecialist system HERE.
| CPU |
Intel Core i9-13900KS
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| Motherboard |
Gigabyte Z790 Gaming X AX
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| Memory |
32GB (2x16GB) Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5 6000MHz
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| Graphics Card |
Varies
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| SSD |
4TB Seagate Firecuda 530 Gen 4 PCIe NVMe
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| Chassis | Corsair 5000D Airflow Tempered Glass Gaming Case |
| CPU Cooler |
Corsair iCUE H150i Elite RGB High Performance CPU Cooler
|
| Power Supply |
Corsair 1600W Pro Series Titanium AX1600i Digital Modular PSU
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| Operating System |
Windows 11 22H2
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| Monitor |
MSI Optix MPG321UR-QD
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| Resizable BAR |
Enabled for all supported GPUs
|
Games Tested:
- Assassins Creed Valhalla
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
- Control
- Control [RT]
- Counter Strike Global Offensive
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Cyberpunk 2077 [RT]
- Days Gone
- Dead Space
- Doom Eternal
- Dying Light 2 Stay Human
- Dying Light 2 Stay Human [RT]
- F1 2023
- F1 2023 [RT]
- Far Cry 6
- Forza Horizon 5
- God of War
- Hitman 3
- Hitman 3 [RT]
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Hogwarts Legacy [RT]
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- The Last of Us Part 1
- Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
- Marvel's Spider-Man Miles Morales
- Marvel's Spider-Man Miles Morales [RT]
- Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition [RT]
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Rainbow Six Siege
- Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Resident Evil 4
- Returnal
- Returnal [RT]
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider [RT]
- Sniper Elite 5
- Total War: Warhammer III
- Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
- Watch Dogs Legion
- Watch Dogs Legion [RT]
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt [RT]
