Just a few months in the past, AMD launched the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE (Golden Rabbit Version) as a China-exclusive GPU that additionally then discovered its technique to system integrators in a couple of areas too. Nevertheless, the likes of the US and UK have resolutely not had entry to the cardboard, till now.
The AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE lately appeared on the market as a person card on UK retailer AWD-it. The corporate principally makes gaming PCs and laptops but in addition sells parts too, and the GRE was briefly in the stores there for £659.99 inc VAT, which is round $832 after tax. That doesn’t instantly make the 7900 GRE standout as a greatest graphics card contender, when in comparison with costs for the RX 7800 and RX 7900 XT, however there’s potential for this to be a card that might go well with some consumers.
The AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE specs are intriguing because the GPU has considerably extra compute models than the RX 7800 XT, at 80 CUs in comparison with 60CUs. That’s additionally simply 4 CUs fewer than the RX 7900 XT. Nevertheless, it has solely the identical VRAM configuration because the RX 7800 XT and is restricted to an excellent decrease complete board energy or 260W in comparison with 263W for the RX 7800 XT and 315W for the RX 7900 XT.
That every one boils all the way down to the RX 7900 GRE sitting someplace between these two current GPUs relating to total efficiency, with opinions of the cardboard noting that it’s round 5% quicker than the RX 7800 XT and round 19% slower than the RX 7900 XT. In the meantime, it stacks up at across the identical efficiency because the Nvidia RTX 3080 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT from final era and is analogous in efficiency to the present RTX 4070 Tremendous.
| RX 7900 XT | RX 7900 GRE | RX 7800 XT | |
| GPU | Navi 31 XT | Navi 31 XL | Navi 32 XT |
| Compute Models | 84 | 80 | 60 |
| Stream processors | 5376 | 5120 | 3840 |
| Enhance clock | 2.4GHz | 2.2GHz | 2.4GHz |
| Reminiscence | 20GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 |
| Reminiscence bus | 320-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| TBP | 315W | 260W | 263W |
| MSRP | $749 | $549 | $499 |
Notably, the card is fairly energy environment friendly, consuming roughly 70W lower than the RX 7900 XT and solely 40W greater than the RTX 4070.
Finally, till we’ve examined the cardboard for ourselves, we will’t totally summarise its advantages or downsides, nevertheless it’s a card that would seem to have lots of potential, if out there for the proper value. That briefly-available UK value (found by TechPowerUp) isn’t tremendous aggressive, but when the cardboard turns into extra broadly out there and matches up with the overall pattern of current GPU value drops, it could possibly be one to observe.
In the meanwhile, our present suggestions for the perfect graphics card on this common value vary are the RTX 4070 Tremendous and Radeon RX 7800 XT. Each will make for a ideally suited additions should you’re seeking to construct a gaming PC proper now.
