Summary
XFX would like to charge around USD 980 for the XFX Mercury RX 7900 XTX Magnetic Air 24 GB (I’ll have to submit DE prices later) and is therefore on a par with the cheaper GeForce RTX 4080 Super cards. In terms of performance, the cards are roughly equally fast, although the GeForce is of course significantly more economical and offers slight advantages in DXR. On the other hand, the XFX card is often enough ahead in terms of looks and feel, even if you buy an almost perfectly packaged electric crowbar. In return, however, you get eight GB more memory and, above all, three interchangeable fan inserts. You simply have to calculate the power consumption for yourself without emotion, otherwise it’s usually brand preference or looks that decide.
The circuit board makes a very high-quality impression and the cooler is a superior piece of cream without the annoying ARGB beacon. In the end, there is almost nothing that would speak against the XFX Mercury RX 7900 XTX Magnetic Air 24 GB apart from the higher power consumption, but a lot in its favor. The performance is roughly at the level of a GeForce RTX 4080 Super FE or even higher if you consider the sum of the average FPS, the P1 Low and the DXR performance. However, a GeForce RTX 4080 Super never has the slightest chance when it comes to raster graphics. So you have to leave it up to your own preferences how you see it.
The ray tracing performance has at least taken a big step forward and is now on a par with the largest Ampere cards. This must also be acknowledged, even if there are still up to double-digit lags in DXR performance. But the gap has narrowed. This also applies to things like the excellent video encoder. With RDNA3, AMD has completely turned telemetry on its head, which has worked well in most respects. The fact that you can finally read out a TBP that is reasonably accurate, even if it is only a good estimate, is a big step forward. NVIDIA has long relied on real monitoring of the rails using shunts, AMD now at least relies on the summation of all values from the DCR and some math, which also works. XFX doesn’t slip up here either.
As the cooler, the fans and the build quality, including the choice of materials, really convince me (leaving aside the pads on the back), I give it a well-deserved Editor’s Choice. You can hardly package an RDNA3 card in a nicer and smarter way, even without the RGB spotlights. And I am very sure that this card will also find many friends, even if the price of this Limeted Edition is of course quite high. But it is also one of the fastest that AMD has to offer at the moment.
The graphics card was provided by XFX for this test. The only condition was compliance with the embargo period, there was no influence or compensation.
- 1 - Einführung, technische Daten und Technologie
- 2 - Test Setup
- 3 - Teardown: PCB, Topologie und Komponenten
- 4 - Teardown: Lüftersystem und Kühler
- 5 - Teardown: Material-Analyse
- 6 - Gaming Performance WQHD (2560 x 1440)
- 7 - Gaming Performance Ultra-HD (3840 x 2160)
- 8 - Gaming Performance FSR vs. DLSS
- 9 - Details: Leistungsaufnahme und Lastverteilung
- 10 - Lastspitzen, Kappung und Netzteilempfehlung
- 11 - Temperaturen, Taktraten und Infrarot-Analyse
- 12 - Lüfterkurven und Lautstärke
- 13 - Zusammenfassung und Fazit
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