7900xt

[Jeb]

looked around the forum and cant really find info i was looking for. here goes, I have 800 dollars to purchase a GPU, I can get a brand new 7900xt today for 773.. or wait and get a 4070tis for 849.  only do 1440P flat screen as I dont have a VR headset but have access to one if i decide to go that route. I see a solid 60fps on any MP servers even with lots of people with my 2070s now and most of the settings are ultra or high, I have the DCS fps locked at 60. I don't use this computer except surf , you tube, and DCS only. no other games are installed

[NAM]

Even on my AMD 6900XT 16Gb perform very well in DCS. In my HP G2, I can get average 60fps in most of time.

AMD 7900XT has more memory 24Gb and 10-15% faster than my 6900XT.

Personally I would choose 7900XT ove 4070ti.

However, if you also have msfs2020, then 4070ti is better choice.

[LucShep]

6 hours ago, Jeb said:

looked around the forum and cant really find info i was looking for. here goes, I have 800 dollars to purchase a GPU, I can get a brand new 7900xt today for 773.. or wait and get a 4070tis for 849.  only do 1440P flat screen as I dont have a VR headset but have access to one if i decide to go that route. I see a solid 60fps on any MP servers even with lots of people with my 2070s now and most of the settings are ultra or high, I have the DCS fps locked at 60. I don't use this computer except surf , you tube, and DCS only. no other games are installed

Ask yourself this question...

•  Do you want a very familiar experience to what you have had with the RTX2070S, usage wise, but better and with a LOT more performance? 
  If so, get the RTX 4070Ti Super 16GB.
   
•  Do you feel like changing to something different, with no problems to quickly adapt to unfamiliar things? 
  If so, the RX 7900XT 20GB may be right for you.

Both are really good GPUs, they're more or less equivalent, and any of the two will be awesome for DCS at 1440P (even 4K).

The 4070Ti Super has GDDR6X, which is faster memory. But it has less of it as you may have noticed (16GB versus 20GB GDDR6 of the RX 7900XT).
It does have lower power consumption and also generally runs cooler than the RX7900XT. 

But none of this is a deal breaker, what I'd say is to pay attention to what model you get, whichever way you decide to go (and promotions do happen).
If you're in the US, search them in https://pcpartpicker.com/

Among so much information around, there's a fella that condenses info and details between models, to resume data for direct comparisons.
I personally like the format he has chosen to provide it. May be worth a glance before pulling the trigger:
 

(note: a great deal of info on these older 4070Ti 12GB models still applies to the newer 4070Ti Super 16GB model replacements)

 

Edited June 14, 2024 by LucShep

[Aapje]

13 hours ago, LucShep said:

The 4070Ti Super has GDDR6X, which is faster memory.

But the memory bus is wider on the 7900 XT. The overall memory bandwidth is higher as a result.

However, focusing on these specific differences is not really all that useful, as performance is a complex interplay of various parts.

[Jeb]

picked up a 7900xt, $699. USD bestbuy with price match. OTD around 730. the 4070tis was 840 add tax 870 ish

[Aapje]

Enjoy!

[LucShep]

9 hours ago, Jeb said:

picked up a 7900xt, $699. USD bestbuy with price match. OTD around 730. the 4070tis was 840 add tax 870 ish

Nice deal, enjoy! 

[mikko.1842]

21 hours ago, Jeb said:

picked up a 7900xt, $699. USD bestbuy with price match. OTD around 730. the 4070tis was 840 add tax 870 ish

TBH, you couldn't go wrong with either of these GPUs. Enjoy your new toy, Sir ! 

[Jeb]

this 7900xt is a warm and loud card if i run max FPS slider, will see around ~350watts/ 65degrees, and 150FPS, so I lock it at 90-100 and 250 watts. not really sure what settings, but I have been playing around with. when I put the DCS frame counter I see CPU bound in yellow and FPS limit/ rendering thread. It is a beast of a card. if anybody has any setting i should use let me know. tks......

[LucShep]

46 minutes ago, Jeb said:

this 7900xt is a warm and loud card if i run max FPS slider, will see around ~350watts/ 65degrees, and 150FPS, so I lock it at 90-100 and 250 watts. not really sure what settings, but I have been playing around with. when I put the DCS frame counter I see CPU bound in yellow and FPS limit/ rendering thread. It is a beast of a card. if anybody has any setting i should use let me know. tks......

 

Yep, RX 7900XT runs pretty hot, but responds well to undervolting - this video tutorial may interest you: youtube.com/watch?v=2aCCaIx5Kk0&t=250s

 

 

[SkateZilla]

On 6/16/2024 at 4:19 PM, Jeb said:

this 7900xt is a warm and loud card if i run max FPS slider, will see around ~350watts/ 65degrees, and 150FPS, so I lock it at 90-100 and 250 watts. not really sure what settings, but I have been playing around with. when I put the DCS frame counter I see CPU bound in yellow and FPS limit/ rendering thread. It is a beast of a card. if anybody has any setting i should use let me know. tks......

Undervolting is your friend.

I dropped 19°C and gain 20% clocks/performance by under volting my brothers 7900XTX, also dropped roughly 45W load.

[Jeb]

found out the loud fan noise I  thought it was the GPU but nope, the 750W PSU was my culprit, really started to look into it the other day. picked up a new RM1000x PSU yesterday and installed it this morning. So with 310watts on the GPU and what even the rest of the computer is using I dont hear that fan at all. even pushing 165FPS up high and down low 100fps, in a MP server with lots of action