Fast and amazing cooler
The ASRock Challenger model is the cheapest RR7700 XT I've seen in a while, and it's one of the few new cards in stock in my country outside of scalper's dens. The GPU performed wonderfully, putting in a solid 60+ FPS in all of my favorite games at 1440p (even on an Ultrawide display). The drivers installed easy, and even without it the card worked great out of the box. The fans are also whisper quiet.
The vapor chamber cooler can soak up a ton of heat before fans ever need to ramp up. Most of my games have never needed the fan to run beyond the minimum speed, 1200 rpm. When you manually enable the fans, it'll drop to 2C above room temperature, like 28C. Just insane. Meanwhile, I'll open YouTube and my Ryzen CPU will randomly spike to 66C, it's a comical difference between the two. No regrets spending a little more money just to see those super low temperatures while 4K gaming on ultra, at least when I purchased the card the premium for the vanguard model wasn't much more than the other 5070. Very similar feeling to splurging on a premium heatsink for a CPU, just to see those low low temperatures.
Can reach high FPS 200-300 while staying near 50-60°C for good graphical intense games at max settings. Monster Hunter World Iceborne, multiplayer 4 players, fighting Fatalis: Average 216 fps (highest settings) Deep Rock Galactic: Average >300 fps , max 616 fps in the Spacerig looking at Hoxxes.
Nvidia software
I get to keep my kidney :)
-Good price for a 3060 that is all white. Matches the build
- amazing upgrade from 4060
Runs extremely cool and stays quiet
Good performance, Nice Rgb, Good temps.
Pros? Where do I even start?! Okay, so this is an upgrade from my RX 590 Fatboy Core Editon, and WOW is there a difference. I can crank the games all the way to max and still get over 100 FPS! If my 590 tried that it would beg for the sweet release of death, but the 7900 XT? It's just as smooth as a knife through melted butter. As for other people mentioning coil whine, I have yet to hear any! I mean it, I can't hear a single whine, not even under max load! On top of that, it was actually easier to install than my RX 590! It was less wide and only slightly longer. Using a Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Case, with a max GPU length of 315mm, this card fits onto my ROG Strix B450-F Gaming II with ease! And maaaaaan, does it look sleek! No flashy extra "Oooooh shiny bright" stuff, just straight raw power and performance at the ready. You want to get shtuff done? This card will get shtuff done! I haven't even touched the overclock yet! Heck, I don't even think I need to, but it's good to know I have that extra headroom! As for the cooling, I treated it the same as my poorly-designed cooler on my RX 590. I made my own fan curve to be a bit more aggressive to keep temps down (as it makes me feel safer), but this card actually unlocked so many settings I didn't even know existed on the AMD Adrenalin software! Even more so, under the stress test this thing pulls over 300W, but do I feel it? Pffft! Nah, 1000W ROG Strix PSU gives it all the beans with room to share! And the frame, ohhhh, that excellent frame! when I picked up the GPU for the first time, I felt the cold (and slightly heavy) reinforced metal framing of the card, which gave me the reassurance that this thing was DURABLE! No support bracket needed at all, which surprised me! Such performance out of a reasonably sized GPU! No need for a masonry brick that's the other guys, especially when you pair an AMD CPU and GPU together! They work in tango with each other. Paired with a Ryzen 9 5900X, nothing can stop it. I can only imagine what its like when you pair it to a Ryzen 9 7000 series! Connected to a 2K resolution 170Hz monitor, the crispness and responsiveness of the display is like a kettle-cooked potato chip, mmm-mmm-mmm good! This card is also much more stable than my RX 590, as much as people said that this thing is riddled with driver issues, I have yet to see one! Heck, this thing was basically plug and play! Didn't have to install anything! Just whim-bam-boom hooked up and ready to go!
Raw performance is decent but the nvidia frame gen and dlss is what amplifies it 1440p monster Sleek card design A lesser generation uplift than previous generations but its still the best 70s card to date
- Stays cool - OC'd - Solid construction
1440p beast
Beautiful Powerful Quiet
Top notch build quality & packaging. Arrived safely and undamaged. Easy to install and use. Dip switch on board for 'Silent' or 'Gaming' profiles appears to only affect fan speeds. Both settings are quiet in my opinion, and both maintain zero RPM under no load scenarios. I've kept it set to Gaming for that little bump in FAN rpm under load, and would still call it quiet. Temps leave a lot of headroom for overclocking, if that's your thing.