News RX 7700 XT GPU sells for $349 and even includes two free games

[Admin]

Newegg is now selling the PowerColor Fighter RX 7700 XT 12GB at the cheapest rate so far, bundling it with two free games.

RX 7700 XT GPU sells for $349 and even includes two free games : Read more

 

[usertests]

The 7700 XT was always a decent card, it was just looking for the right price.

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

$350 puts it only $25-$50 cheaper than the 4060 Ti, and it goes back to the article yesterday: Too expensive to tempt nVidia users, many of whom are no doubt never-AMDers because of previous negative experiences, to go with it.

 

[Lamarr the Strelok]

Not sure what you mean by previous negative experiences but AMD drivers are far better than CCC was back in the day. I apologize if that's not what you meant.Modern AMD is really good for me. Heck their monitoring component does the job perfectly for me so I don't need MSI or other monitoring app.And yesterday I got a software update for my rx 570 8 GB VRAM .We're all different but I go up in VRAM when I get a GPU upgrade.
And Nvidia has impressive tech but they're just too greedy and I'm sick of them and other people falling over themselves about ray tracing/ fake frame nonsense.Maybe nvidia will have some sensible prices soon but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[neojack]

$350 puts it only $25-$50 cheaper than the 4060 Ti, and it goes back to the article yesterday: Too expensive to tempt nVidia users, many of whom are no doubt never-AMDers because of previous negative experiences, to go with it.

Funny because my experience is the opposite. AMD divers feels much more polished with a lot of options.
With Nvidia, I just have the basic driver with the interface of windows 98, just because i refuse to signup on their "geforce experience" data stealing gimmick. All my PCs for the last 20 years had ATI/AMD cards, but i was tempted by a used 2080ti just before covid and clung to it during the pandemic (lucky move i admit).

But if i were to change my GPU, it would be an AMD for sure.

 

[Mama Changa]

That's all the 7600XT was ever worth. Labelling it 7700XT doesn't make it worth more. 7800XT is the real 7700XT.

 

[Amdlova]

Computers with nvidia are more stable.
Works better with intel cpus and igpus.
With dual graphics setup Intel igpu and gpu have thr best combo for idle watts. You can run 3 monitors with wallpaper engine only using 20% of igpu capabilities. 5 or 6w of power draw.
And keep the high refresh rate with out burn 100w idle.

Nvidia gpus are far better than AMD ones. It's why they have almost 100% dominance over gpu market.

* WINDOWS 98 INTERFACE IF WORKS DON'T TOUCH IT!

 

[strobolt]

The 7700 XT was always a decent card, it was just looking for the right price.

I mean - that's true for all cards, right?

 

[TheHerald]

I don't know about drivers on the desktop space, but on laptops where you have 2 amd gpus, oh boy, it's disastrous.

 

[kyzarvs]

Computers with nvidia are more stable.
Works better with intel cpus and igpus.
With dual graphics setup Intel igpu and gpu have thr best combo for idle watts. You can run 3 monitors with wallpaper engine only using 20% of igpu capabilities. 5 or 6w of power draw.
And keep the high refresh rate with out burn 100w idle.

Nvidia gpus are far better than AMD ones. It's why they have almost 100% dominance over gpu market.

* WINDOWS 98 INTERFACE IF WORKS DON'T TOUCH IT!

Having just moved to a 7900XT after 15 years of Team Green, I'm happy to say in my experience that's tosh.

You can't really compare iGPU and discrete on power draw, that's an apples and oranges comparison. Thanks to the superb monitor app that's included in drivers, I can see that at 1440p @ 85hz + 1440p @ 75hz power draw is fine - I've had 1440p @ 144hz + 1440p @ 75hz with no difference in power draw, but on the desktop? I really don't see the point or any difference. It does takes a jump with a third monitor no matter what I do to refresh rates - I'll happily admit that, but you know what - it's maybe £5 more expensive a year? I'll take that as an offset on the price vs nvidia thanks.

In gaming, it's powerful, smooth, quiet and thus far rock steady. I was 100% nvidia after some awful experiences with CCC in about 2008 (I had a Sapphire something or other and it just never ran reliably at all), but I'm so happy I switched - and my motivation was entirely a protest at price gouging. I've voted with my wallet and it's opened up a new option for every GPU purchase going forward.

 

[usertests]

I mean - that's true for all cards, right?

For the most part, but some are awful on a technical level, e.g. Navi 24.

 

[evdjj3j]

"This graphic card didn't appeal to potential buyers at the time of launch because of the pricing"

Even with the price drop this still seems to be an issue.

The 7700 XT was always a decent card, it was just looking for the right price.

It seems to still be looking for that price.

 

[Lamarr the Strelok]

I had CCC drivers for my x1300. Even though I was just learning to use a graphics card, I think it's fair to say CCC was a grease fire in general.But that was about 20 years ago.The software for my rx 570 just got uodated a couple days ago. And their OSD while gaming is perfection for me.
I won't play head games with nvidia when trying to download drivers. Maybe it's clearer now but they lead you to believe you need to make an account and sign in for any drivers.Nvidia has advantages in ray tracing tracing ,efficiency and it's fine if people want that. I have no ray tracing and I see realistic lighting most of the time. I can't tell the difference unless I double the size and stare for the differences. Even then sometimes there's no difference my 50 year old eyes can detect.
We're all different . Personally they charge too much and are too cheap regarding VRAM.