The RX 7900 GRE is now official, and our Chinese colleagues at Expreview have been capable of check the cardboard. It seems to be an excellent rival to NVIDIA’s RTX 4070 non-Ti, whereas showing slower than the RX 7900 XT… But then once more, it’s a neutered model.
RX 7900 GRE: how does it carry out?
On artificial benchmarks, AMD’s new card performs averagely properly… In reality, it depends upon what you’re . Indeed, on Fire Strike, the cardboard is put to the sword by the RX 6800 XT, an older-generation mannequin. On the opposite hand, as quickly as we depart this check, issues are higher, particularly on Time Spy.
But what we’re serious about right here is in-game efficiency. Roughly talking, in 1080p, we discover a card that does a minimum of in addition to the RTX 4070… Except on Last of Us half 1 or Diablo 4, the place the GeForce card comes out on prime. If you activate Ray Tracing, the state of affairs turns into rather more difficult for the little GRE, the place AMD’s card achieves outcomes which can be at finest equal to these of the RTX 4070.
In 1440p, NVIDIA’s RTX 4070 merely can’t sustain with AMD’s 7900 GRE, even on Last of Us or Diablo 4. The inexperienced card should accept a tie solely in these situations. With Ray Tracing, AMD’s new card nonetheless struggles on Cyberpunk 2077, however, aided by its 16 GB VRAM, it holds its personal higher on this decision.
In UHD, the state of affairs stays just like 1440p, whether or not Ray Tracing is activated or not. Although we’d be cautious of the framerate on Cyberpunk 2077 or The Last of Us pt1, the place frames/sec fall beneath 60 fps.
Unfortunately, it’s a disgrace (for us) that this card is unique to the Chinese market. Indeed, this mannequin retails at round $650 after conversion, and is aggressively positioned towards the 4070. It’s actually costlier, but in addition extra highly effective. In reality, this card is positioned proper between the RTX 4070 and RTX 4070 Ti by way of efficiency and value. Suffice to say, it’s sorely missing in our market.
