[SOLVED] 5700XT or Radeon VII ??? (For $90 CAD more).

[ichizero]

Hello Everyone,

I know this has been answered many times; but pricing in my scenario is minimal... hence my dilemma.

I've recently purchased a Sapphire 5700xt Nitro - been quite satisfied with it. However, I am currently able to get a Radeon VII for $90CAD/$68USD more than the Nitro.

From the benchmark video I'll link below; it seems the Radeon VII has lower frametimes, much higher minimum 1% framerates (10-20) and on average 10-30 FPS higher than the 5700xt at the cost of more power. My PSU has no trouble dliverying the additional power (Corsair RM650X - 2018) with no plans to overclock. I plan to mainly game with this and do some basic 1080P video editing. Thoughts on this please??? I'm torn... Thanks for reading.

Quick Edit:

1. Benchmark video below show much higher average framerates 10-30 (depending on the game), as well as much higher minimum 1% framerates 10-20.
2. I will be using this with a Ryzen 3700X, 32GB DDR4 and a 32" 2560 x 1440 144hz monitor - Windows 10.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y8tyDEXNC0

 

[Phaaze88]

Yeah... no, forget about it.
You'd be shooting yourself in the foot with that move - that would be a downgrade.
Radeon VII is not only power hungry, but prone to thermal throttling(the cooler sucks), as well as having dead driver support(no more fixes/patches/further driver optimization).

My PSU has no trouble dliverying the additional power (Corsair RM650X - 2018)...

Yeah... about that: https://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/amd-radeon-vii (Recommended psu is 750w)
While they do exaggerate a little to cover their own butts, your psu is still 100w below that recommendation. That's pretty significant.

 

[cos_ine]

Just don't get the Radeon VII. The biggest problem with it, in my opinion, is bad cooling.