XFX Speedster MERC310 AMD Radeon RX 7900XT Unboxing First Impression (Compared to 1080 Ti)

Here is the link to the card https://amzn.to/3urcjxH Upgrading my 5-years-old Nvidia GeForce 1080 Ti Founder's Edition with this XFX Speedster MERC310 AMD Radeon RX 7900XT Video Card. The card is not without issues, namely the size with an existing PC case and the very poorly executed graphic card driver for which I had an issue and a temporary fix for the dreadful Driver Timeout problem: How To Fix AMD 7900 XT/XTX Video Card...

If you are still running primarily 1080p games, there is no need to upgrade, 1080ti is even able to pull off some nice 2K gaming with smooth frame rates. The difference really starts to show when you game at 4K high/highest graphics settings in games.

You can't deny that this is still one of the fastest gaming graphics cards on the planet (Top 5 as of Apr 2023), and you can snap it for much less ($350 to be exact) than the Nvidia RTX 4080 for about the same performance level, albeit a bit higher power draw (maybe 50-70w more)

Here is the link to the 4080 if you want something better executed and can afford it: https://amzn.to/3VjlUiW
Here is the link to the much more power-efficient (but slower) RTX 4070 for $200 less: https://amzn.to/3ADNOwK

Thanks for watching!

0:00 Introduction
5:49 Opening the box
9:50 Heatsink material
10:50 Back heatsink plate
12:13 Removing 1080 Ti from case
15:20 7900 XT vs 1080 Ti size comparison
18:52 Case limitation
20:15 Stability bracket installation
24:30 2 8-pin power connectors required
27:09 Davinci Resolve rendering performance comparison
32:17 H264 hardware encoding performance vs CPU
33:51 Gaming performance observation
35:16 Power draw
38:05 Should you upgrade? (4k vs 1080p)

Cheers!

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