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Question RX 7900 XTX settings, which to choose??

Jul 11, 2023
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I installed AMD Software: Adrenalin edition and the best way to describe it is overwhelming. I am a new PC gamer, so I have no idea what the majority of the options are. I am hoping someone could suggest which settings I should have enabled for the best experience, whether that is visual or performance. I suspect this largely depends on other hardware. Speaking of hardware, my processor is the Ryzen 7 7700X. The motherboard is the Gigabyte B650 Aorus Elite AX. The monitor is 1440p. I think the most graphically intense game I am playing is Cyberpunk 2077. Based on the hardware and game, would you be able to recommend which settings to use in Adrenalin? My apologies if I have failed to include other pertinent information. As I eluded to, PC gaming is overwhelming at the moment for me. Settings, temperatures, drivers, updates, compatibility, requirements, etc... so much to consider just to play a game. Before switching to PC from console I learned that PC gaming isn't as simple as insert a disc and play like on console, but I didn't think PC gaming would be this intense! I have so much to learn and no idea where to begin. My apologies for the digression. I tend to ramble when overwhelmed. Thanks for enduring my post!
 
The difference between leaving everything as is and tuning it to the point of perfection may net an average difference of 10% at best. If you think that is worth it then there are many youtube videos explaining what each setting in the Radeon software does and what is the best setting to put it at.

One thing you should change is go into the "performance" tab of the software and go into "Tuning" and there should be Smart Access Memory. If its not turned on, turn it on. If its blurred out you will need to go into your BIOS and enable "SAM/Smart Access Memory" support and then enable it in the software. This would be the one setting that causes the most gains although it can very slightly harm the performance by 5 or so percent in a select few games.
 

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