News Acer's overclocked RX 7800 XT drops in China, following CES tease

[Admin]

Acer showcased the Shadow Knight RX 7800 XT at CES 2024, and has finally released it in China. It seems like it may compete well with the RTX 4070(S) if pricing is lower when it comes stateside.

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[Deleted member 2731765]

Acer actually just released a very similar model for the US, UK and rest of the world as well. Priced at $520 USD. Almost similar specs, since the Newegg listing has some errors.

The above "Shadow Knight" branded SKU is a China-exclusive model. Check this out.

https://www.newegg.com/acer-nitro-v...adeon-rx-7800-xt-16gb-gddr6/p/N82E16814553007

https://www.acer.com/us-en/desktops-and-all-in-ones/components/acer-nitro-radeon-rx-7800-xt-oc-16g

Acer Nitro Shadow Knight RX 7800 XT Official Specifications​

• GPU Cores: 60 AMD RDNA 3 Cores
• GPU Core Clock: Up to 2565 MHz (Stock 7800 XT boosts to 2430 MHz)
• Ray Accelerators: 60 (1 per GPU core)
• AI Accelerators: 120 (2 per GPU core)

Those are Compute Units which you have mentioned, 60 in total. The total cores/Stream Processors/Shading Units are 3840. Each CU has a single Ray Accelerator. Hence 60 RAs in total.

 

[TheyCallMeContra]

Acer actually just released a very similar model for the US, UK and rest of the world as well. Priced at $520 USD. Almost similar specs, since the Newegg listing has some errors.

The above "Shadow Knight" branded SKU is a China-exclusive model. Check this out.

https://www.newegg.com/acer-nitro-v...adeon-rx-7800-xt-16gb-gddr6/p/N82E16814553007

https://www.acer.com/us-en/desktops-and-all-in-ones/components/acer-nitro-radeon-rx-7800-xt-oc-16g



Those are Compute Units which you have mentioned, 60 in total. The total cores/Stream Processors/Shading Units are 3840. Each CU has a single Ray Accelerator. Hence 60 RAs in total.

Good catch!

I've been thinking of RDNA GPUs in CUs because of all the APU coverage we do, my bad. Should have typed as much. Will try to get some appropriate edits pushed through the pipeline.

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

BTW, all current Acer GPU models are retailing slightly above the official MSRP which isn't a good sign, given other AIBs are offering cheaper alternatives, and ACER is a new player in the discrete gaming GPU market.

FWIW, a slight price reduction can surely make them more competitive here.

But I'm sure the company will drop the price, since we have seen very "aggressive" price cuts and discounts on Intel's ARC lineup of discrete GPUs, notably with the A770, A750, and other variants.

The higher end triple fan design Predator BIFROST 7800XT model is even more expensive, retails at $559.99.

https://www.newegg.com/acer-bifrost...adeon-rx-7800-xt-16gb-gddr6/p/N82E16814553008

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

Good catch!

I've been thinking of RDNA GPUs in CUs because of all the APU coverage we do, my bad. Should have typed as much. Will try to get some appropriate edits pushed through the pipeline.

No worries at all ! It happens with me as well.

I just noticed that info, since I have a very bad weird habit of proof-reading any article I read online, let alone here on Tom's HW.

 

[LabRat 891]

At $499-539, the $549-599 7900GRE is *much* more attractive.
Esp. since most GRE examples (now) can do 2499-2501Mhz VRAM with ease.

Admittedly, the 7800XT is a slightly smaller card but,
if power/heat is an issue, an underclocked and undervolted GRE is an efficiency beast.
The GRE is easily a ~100W 1080P card (under clocked).

 

[thisisaname]

No worries at all ! It happens with me as well.

I just noticed that info, since I have a very bad weird habit of proof-reading any article I read online, let alone here on Tom's HW.

I'm very bad when I read a post I see what I think I wrote rather than what I wrote

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

Hey, I feel your point of view as well.

 

[Avro Arrow]

You know, I had forgotten than Acer was making Radeons because almost of all the Acers that have received coverage have been ARC GPUs.

I'm forced to wonder if there would be a problem with Sapphire because of the NITRO branding.

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

Yeah, I was also wondering about the NITRO branding used by Acer and Sapphire, but I guess Acer's Nitro brand has it's own market segment unlike Sapphire which only sells GPUs under the same brand ?

Acer mostly sells Laptops under the Nitro brand (unless I'm mistaken), so I'm guessing both companies have their own rights with regards to the branding, and they won't fall into any kind of legal issues, imo ?

But Acer also using the same Nitro sub-brand for it's upcoming gaming GPUs sounds a bit odd to me as well.

But again, I'm not sure how companies work their trademark issues, and how they deal with such cases. Let's call a Lawyer here, hehe.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Yeah, I was also wondering about the NITRO branding used by Acer and Sapphire, but I guess Acer's Nitro brand has it's own market segment unlike Sapphire which only sells GPUs under the same brand ?

Acer mostly sells Laptops under the Nitro brand (unless I'm mistaken), so I'm guessing both companies have their own rights with regards to the branding, and they won't fall into any kind of legal issues, imo ?

But Acer also using the same Nitro sub-brand for it's upcoming gaming GPUs sounds a bit odd to me as well.

But again, I'm not sure how companies work their trademark issues, and how they deal with such cases. Let's call a Lawyer here, hehe.

Honestly, I don't know why Acer would even try it. IMO, "BiFrost" is way more awesome a name for a video card.

It reminds me of the good ol' days with names like HIS' ICE-Q and MSi's Twin Frozr models. If I made video cards, I'd give them model names like "Sub-Arctic" and "Cryo-Chamber". It always helps when you use "cool" names, eh?

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

It reminds me of the good ol' days with names like HIS' ICE-Q

Cool ! I have been a huge fan of this "HIS" brand for long. Bought a lot of AMD GPUs from this company before, from the R9 and RX series era. Loved some of their designs and the high-end PCB cooling/build quality.

They have been an excellent AMD board partner in my opinion. Not sure about their current market status/reach though.

"Sub-Arctic" and "Cryo-Chamber" : Nice names btw.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Cool ! I have been a huge fan of this "HIS" brand for long. Bought a lot of AMD GPUs from this company before, from the R9 and RX series era. Loved some of their designs and the high-end PCB cooling/build quality.

They have been an excellent AMD board partner in my opinion. Not sure about their current market status/reach though.

Yeah, I don't know what happened to them either.

"Sub-Arctic" and "Cryo-Chamber" : Nice names btw.

Thanks! I just thought of cold things. I assure you that I'm not actually talented. I just get lucky from time to time. 😁