XFX Radeon VII DirectX 12 RX-VEGMA3FD6 16GB 4096-Bit HBM2 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card

Pros: Looks nice.

Cons: DOA

Other Thoughts: I would have liked it to work, beyond that I would make the top plate have equally sized area for heat dissipation. The Radeon name is blocking the heat exhaust path!! :(

Pros: This card is awesome. No glitches pixels or screen tearing.. RMA from MSI was excellent.

Cons: None Yet

Other Thoughts: I owned the Radeon 7 from MSI and it was painful and ended up RMA and going with XFX. XFX has stellar support and you cant go wrong.

Pros: - Powerful graphics card. Keeps a steady 60+fps on my 3440x1440 monitor on ultra settings for everything I throw at it
- I've heard some people say it's loud, but mine hasn't been. No complaints
- The thing is sturdy. Older graphics cards of similar length have sagged, but the VII plugged in and is sag-free, just the way I like it.

Cons: So far, none! Happy with my purchase.

Other Thoughts: Coming from an nVidia graphics card, I had to mess with drivers for awhile. This wasn't a pro nor a con, just something that had to happen (and that I expected).

Pros: Easy setup, runs cooler than some have noted, very powerful. I am never below 144 frames on anything. GREAT for rendering.

Cons: Big big card, may not fit in smaller towers.

Other Thoughts: Would recommend 10/10

Pros: - XFX support is the best
- very well designed card, good craftmanship. beautifull. feels like a premium aftermarket model (akin to MSI's lightning or Powercolor's Red Devil)
- powerfull
- on air, can be silenced with a mild undervolt/underclock
- full cover waterblocks are available for this card, without loosing your warranty (read bellow)

Cons: - loud at stock settings on air. a mild undervolt/underclock will fix this (i takes literraly a few seconds to do that in the AMD driver)

Other Thoughts: I STRONGLY recommends to register your card on www.xfxsupport.com
you may get extra warranty
PLUS xfx support is very helpfull and knowledgable.
also if you are into watercooling, you can ask the support permission to remove the stock cooler while keeping your warranty.
they replied me "ok, as long as your modification do no damage the card, we will honor the warranty"

no other manufacturer in team red would do this. Just read their website. no non-sense.



as for the card itself :
well before that, i had two vega 64 in crossfire, watercooled. ONE watercooled radeon VII performs better. that says all.
if crossfire is supported again in games in the future , I may buy another.

Pros: Good temps
quieter than some say it is (or mine atleast)
16gb HBM2 (although games may never use it)
Clocks great so far (only had it a day so didnt do no extensive testing)

Cons: Nothing to report here as of yet, but will update if something does.

Other Thoughts: Overall im happy with it. Will update this once i had more time with it so take this as it is.

Pros: The card looks beautiful in the computer. Stock cooler, massive copper heatsink and pcb are a work of art. With the latest drivers it runs amazing and overclocking does work very well. I have a quality case with good airflow to keep it cool. Kept it stock for awhile and it runs great. But was very successful with overclocking memory and core, while also down volting to use less watts. I barely seen it go over 240w in the AMD on screen display. This is my 2nd XFX card, previously had a reference vega 56.

Works great with my hdr freesync 2 monitor at 1440p, very impressed with speed.

Cons: The fan does start to get a bit loud as it ramps up, but not bad. Fan smoothness during temp changes on manual control need to be more smooth, too much fluctuating temps causes different decibel levels too often. Waiting on aftermarket software support or AMD to adjust.

Pros: First let let me just say GO TEAM RED! While it is not gonna be a 2080TI killer, It is gonna be a wallet saver. Simply put, Nvidia is pricing themselves out of the mainstream market, AMD comes valiantly to the rescue with a Solid product that competes with Nvidia's GTX 2080.

After running the card through its paces, (Battlefield V, Star Citizen, Battlefront 2, Tom Clancys Ghost Recon, Resident Evil 2, Conan Exiles, Post Scriptum, & Fortnight) I am happy to report it plays everything I throw at it while paired with my Samsung 49" CHG90 QLED Gaming Monitor @ 3840x1080 running 144htz with great framerates. I did however have to adjust the fan profile in the Radeon driver to cool the card to my liking while enabling AMD's Chill feature. Once I did this I was happier with the temps.

Now I see a lot or reviews out there that are skewed worse that the Republicans and Democrats statistics prior to an election, and I wanted to make a comment on this. Ray Tracing.... There is only 1 game that supports this. So don't take this as the end all say all feature. Just like when AMD came out with Mantle. Unless the game manufacturers all support this it will always only be a niche. That being said, we the educated consumers need to take a good baseline of games from both sides of the fence and see how the cards stack up. For the most part, Radeon VII and 2080 are on par. The difference is AMD offers you 100.00 in savings with their offering. Add in the fact you help support competition against the green giant, this will always only end up good for the competitive marketplace. So AMD I tip my hat to you and shed a few dollars from my wallet to help support good old American competition.

This brings me to my final thoughts on the card manufacturer XFX. Now I have to admit I have been a long time supporter of this manufacturer all the way back to the AMD 7950 series. I have even experienced hardware failures due to failed fans, and their customer service, support, and turn around time is second to none. It is this level of support from the sale to service that makes me a champion of their product line. If you are ever unsure what brand to go with, XFX will always treat you right.

Cons: Temps could be a little cooler.

Other Thoughts: Wish water cooled variants were offered.