- ASRock launches Radeon RX 7900 GRE cards in Europe with prices starting at €579 VideoCardz.com
- ASRock prepped two new exotic Radeon GPUs that’ll be hard to find — China-exclusive Radeon RX 7900 GRE comes in Steel Legend and Challenger flavors Tom’s Hardware
- ASRock Radeon RX 7600 XT 16 GB GPUs Come In Dual & Triple-Fan Models, Also Launches RX 7900 GRE In Europe Wccftech
- ASRock introduces Radeon RX 7600 XT cards with 16GB memory and up to 2810 MHz GPU clock VideoCardz.com
- ASRock’s new AMD entry-level gaming GPUs look enticing — custom Radeon RX 7600 XT GPUs with boost clock speeds up to 2810 MHz Tom’s Hardware
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AMD’s latest driver lowers high idle power on Radeon RX 7800/7700/7600 GPUs connected to high refresh rate monitors – VideoCardz.com
- AMD’s latest driver lowers high idle power on Radeon RX 7800/7700/7600 GPUs connected to high refresh rate monitors VideoCardz.com
- AMD finally adds hardware accelerated GPU scheduling support to some of its GPUs — three years after the feature first debuted in Windows Tom’s Hardware
- AMD just made a huge move to give gaming laptops and Windows 11 handhelds better battery life TechRadar
- AMD new GPU driver adds HYPR-RX Eco mode, HAGS support and UI update VideoCardz.com
- AMD RX 7000-series’ high idle power draw finally appears to be fixed with the latest 23.12.1 drivers Tom’s Hardware
AMD Adrenalin 23.12.1 Radeon GPU Driver Adds Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Support, HYPR-RX Eco Mode & New UI – Wccftech
- AMD Adrenalin 23.12.1 Radeon GPU Driver Adds Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Support, HYPR-RX Eco Mode & New UI Wccftech
- AMD just made a huge move to give gaming laptops and Windows 11 handhelds better battery life TechRadar
- AMD new GPU driver adds HYPR-RX Eco mode, HAGS support and UI update VideoCardz.com
- AMD finally adds hardware accelerated GPU scheduling support to some of its GPUs — three years after the feature first debuted in Windows Tom’s Hardware
- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Has the Best AMD FSR 3 Frame Generation Implementation to Date, Software RT Only Wccftech
New Zealand retailer offers NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 at lower price than Radeon RX 7800 XT – VideoCardz.com
- New Zealand retailer offers NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 at lower price than Radeon RX 7800 XT VideoCardz.com
- Upgrade to Nvidia’s RTX 4080 as it drops in price following rival AMD GPU launch PC Guide – For The Latest PC Hardware & Tech News
- This RTX 4080 just got a rare discount during latest AMD GPU launches WePC – PC Tech & PC Gaming News
- Upgrade to flagship RTX 4090 GPU as Amazon price drops during rival AMD launch PC Guide – For The Latest PC Hardware & Tech News
- This RTX 4090 GPU was just featured in a last minute Labor Day Deal WePC – PC Tech & PC Gaming News
New AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and Radeon RX 7700 XT Graphics Cards Deliver High-Performance, Visually Stunning 1440p Gaming Experiences and Superior Performance-Per-Dollar – Investor Relations
- New AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT and Radeon RX 7700 XT Graphics Cards Deliver High-Performance, Visually Stunning 1440p Gaming Experiences and Superior Performance-Per-Dollar Investor Relations
- AMD announces Radeon RX 7800 XT and 7700 XT, starting at $449 The Verge
- AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT and 7800 XT will go up against Nvidia’s 4070 and 4060 Ti Ars Technica
- Where to buy RX 7700 XT – expected retailers and key information PC Guide – For The Latest PC Hardware & Tech News
- AMD announces Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB and RX 7700 XT 12GB graphics cards VideoCardz.com
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AMD Radeon 7900 series are 17% off, Intel Alder Lake and AMD Zen3 CPUs up to 50% off during Amazon Prime Day – VideoCardz.com
- AMD Radeon 7900 series are 17% off, Intel Alder Lake and AMD Zen3 CPUs up to 50% off during Amazon Prime Day VideoCardz.com
- Extensive test reveals AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 XTX draws 150 W more on average compared to the Nvidia RTX 4080 Notebookcheck.net
- AMD’s most powerful Radeon RX 7900 XTX GPU is now at its lowest price ever Windows Central
- Amazon Prime Day PC Hardware Deals: Intel Core & AMD Ryzen CPUs, NVIDIA GeForce & AMD Radeon GPUs At Massive Discounts Wccftech
- FS: 7900 XTX Red Devil – $870, 6700 XT – $290 both come with RE4 code HardForum
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These AMD board partners have not released a Radeon RX 7900 GPU yet
Vastarmor and Dataland have still not shown their Radeon RX 7900 GPUs
MSI is not the only company sluggish to announce Radeon RX 7000 cards.
Vastarmor Radeon RX 6750XT Alloy
Dataland and Vastarmor, two Chinese graphics card makers have not released or even announced Radeon RX 7900 XT or RX 7900 XTX GPUs. That’s a month after these SKUs were introduced by AMD. Interestingly, both companies were part of the Radeon RX 6000 and RX 6×50 launches on day one.
Dataland, better known for its X-Serial GPU series, is commonly seen on ecommerce sites in China. These are heavily customized designs with some extra factory overclocking. The lack of Radeon RX 7900 GPU from Dataland means that the company did not even participate in making their own ‘semi-custom’ design with AMD MBA (Made by AMD) reference cooling but their own packaging. This was the case with last-gen GPUs:
Dataland Radeon RX 6800/6750XT
Vastarmor is a new GPU company that had only appeared 2 years ago. The company was heavily promoted by AMD at launch, immediately shown alongside big brands such as ASUS, MSI or Gigabyte. A month after Radeon RX 7900 launch, the RX 7900 GPUs from Vastarmor are nowhere to be seen. That’s despite AMD claiming otherwise not that old ago:
AMD Radeon RX 7900 Series graphics cards are expected to be available from AMD.com beginning December 13, 2022, and from leading board partners including ASRock, ASUS, Biostar, Gigabyte, MSI, PowerColor, Sapphire, Vastarmor, XFX and Yeston beginning mid-December. The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX has an SEP of $999 USD, while the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT has an SEP of $899 USD.
— AMD PR, 11/03/2022
It should be noted that Vastarmor was even part of the Radeon RX 6950 XT launch, so high-end GPU is not a new concept for this company either.
Hopefully, we will hear more from both GPU makers on their plans for Radeon 7000 series. Both companies might simply be waiting for AMD to announce more affordable RDNA3 GPUs, which is unfortunately still not the case.
AMD partner suspects a faulty batch of reference Radeon 7900 GPUs is affected by thermal issues
Please note that this post is tagged as a rumor.
There might be a fault batch of reference AMD Radeon 7900 GPUs
Igor Wallossek has provided a brief update to Der8auer findings.
As a reminder, Der8auer has recently posted a video focusing on AMD Radeon 7900 reference card thermal throttling related issues. Although he has not yet provided a full explanation, he claims that it is very likely that a faulty vapor chamber might be the main culprit behind GPU hot spot issues and as a result, thermal throttling.
Today Igor weighs in by sharing a note from a board partner. It is reported that the undisclosed OEM suspects at least one faulty batch of Radeon 7900 series might have left the factory. The possible issue being described is insufficient coolant added to the vapor chamber.
Possible explanation of Radeon 7900 thermal problem, Source: Igor’sLAB
Igor does not want to spoil the der8auer’s new findings, so what is important is that the YouTuber is to share a new video tomorrow which should provide us more information.
For those affected it is really too early to tell if these claims are even true. And even if there is a faulty batch of Radeon 7900 reference cards, it is not clear how many were made and where they were sent to yet.
Source: Igor’sLAB via ComputerBase
AMD Radeon Graphics Cards Offer Better Performance In Windows 11 Vs Linux 6.2
This year has seen multiple updates to the Linux operating system from AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA when it comes to covering graphics cards in the open-source kernel or improvements in processing power, as well as video codecs, leaks of new technology, and more. That being said, the most recent tests conducted by the Linux Hardware editor and reviewer of the website Phoronix — as well as an entrepreneur, Linux software engineer, and analyst — Michael Larabel, shed light on the AMD Radeon Gaming performance in Windows 11 and Ubuntu Linux environments.
Windows 11 OS Offers Best Graphics Performance For AMD Radeon GPUs Vs Linux 6.2
Larabel used several games available on PC and Linux operating systems. The games were chosen by titles that worked exceptionally well on Steam Play in Linux compared to the Windows 11 experience. In the coming days, Larabel plans to place Intel and NVIDIA under similar tests to find out what performs better, especially entering a new year. Today’s focus is on AMD.
The game titles handpicked by Larabel were:
The Phoronix editor also chose three benchmarks for the tests. The first test handles better in Vulkan and OpenGL, while the second and third from UNIGINE are better equipped for OpenGL.
Yesterday, we reported that the Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics cards were going through isolated but growing issues with overheating and losing performance because of the temperature spikes. It will be interesting to see if this will affect performance. Larabel utilized the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and the Radeon RX 7900 XTX GPUs for this testing.
The Windows operating system used for testing is Windows 11 Pro Edition, which he mentions was updated with the current drivers available. In contrast, the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT driver used is the Adrenalin 22.11.2 Recommended WHQL driver, and the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTDX used Adrenalin 22.12.2. The difference between the two drivers is that the 22.11.2 Recommended driver offers the latest updates for Navi 2 GPUs, while the 22.12.2 driver offers the latest RDNA 3 drivers.
With Linux, in Ubuntu 22.10, Larabel used Linux 6.2-rc1 alongside Mesa 23.0-devel, offering the best support for RDNA 2 and 3 architectures. The processor utilized for the testing is Intel’s i9-13900K CPU with 32GB DDR5-6000 memory on an ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI mobo and Solidigm’s P44 PRO 2 TB NVMe solid state drive.
Hitman 3 showed higher gains with Windows 11 Pro and the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, whereas the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT led close to the same performance on Steam Play in Linux and the standard Windows operating system (Windows was seven frames per second faster). The same is said for both frame time and resolution while stressing the game in a 4K environment.
Left 4 Dead 2 was the opposite, with the OpenGL rendering showing a better FPS on both graphics cards from AMD than in Windows 11 Pro. However, Portal 2 jumped back into Windows with both graphics cards, but Linux was a close competition on the newest GPU from AMD. Quake II RTX, especially having NVIDIA-centric ray tracing, was almost identical in Windows and Linux, with ray tracing activated showing the most similarities with it deactivated. Linux did pull slightly ahead of both graphics card tests in the game for the RADV ray tracing driver, which shows the amount of work placed into the compatibility and performance of the driver over the last year. But, once again, in 4K resolution tests, Windows 11 Pro outshined Ubuntu. Strange Brigade also favored Windows 11 Pro over Ubuntu Linux and X-Plane 12.
GravityMark 1.72 benchmarking allowed for the Ubuntu Linux graphics to outshine Windows 11 Pro most of the time, thanks to the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver and Vulkan driver support, including 4K resolution settings. Larabel notes that the UNIGINE Heaven benchmark is slowly becoming outdated but remains relatively faithful to OpenGL native benchmarking. Windows 11 did show the most considerable improvement on the Heaven benchmark tests but flipped in the Superposition benchmarks, only gaining a slight lead over Windows.
Next for the Phoronix editor will be Intel Arc Graphics and NVIDIA’s newer RTX 40 series GPUs in the coming days. You can check all benchmark results on his Phoronix website, and you can check out his other projects on his professional portfolio site, MichaelLarabel.com.
News Sources: Phoronix, UNIGINE Benchmarks
AMD Responds To Radeon RX 7900 XTX Thermal Issues, Asks Users To Contact Support
AMD has finally provided a response on the thermal throttling and overheating issues reported for the Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics card.
AMD Asks Users To Contact Its Support Team If They Are Facing Over-heating or Thermal Throttling Issues With The Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Earlier this week, we reported that a few users were facing issues with the Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics cards, the MBA or reference model in particular. The issues mostly had to do with the graphics card overheating and thermal throttling down to lower clock speeds, resulting in a less-than-desired performance in games.
Since our report, multiple users have shown up who are facing the same issues with their AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX reference graphics cards. AMD had previously declined to offer an RMA to a user facing the issue, stating that the card hitting 110C Junction temperature was within normal spec however what isn’t normal was the lower performance that was a result of those high temps.
PowerColor stepped in a few days ago to help consumers who bought a reference AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics card and asked them to provide data regarding the card. Now it looks like AMD is also listening to customers and has provided us with the following statement on the matter
“We are aware that a limited number of users are experiencing unexpected thermal throttling on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics cards (reference models made by AMD). Users experiencing unexpected thermal throttling of an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX should contact AMD Support.”
Another user on Reddit stated that AMD was offering a refund for the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and not a replacement unit since the MBA variant most likely has limited quantities. It also depends on the region as some get more reference models than others. For example, China got far fewer reference variants than the rest of the world. Now we have yet to see what result comes out after consumers contact customer support but it is good to see that AMD is acknowledging the issue & helping out users who are facing this issue. We will keep you updated once we get more information on the matter.