GIGABYTE - Radeon RX 7900XTX GAMING OC 24GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card - Black

I was building a new set up and saw the prices of gpus more than doubled since last time I purchased one (gtx 1070), so when i was an open box deal in satisfactory condition for $825 I thought I might as well give it a shot. My card was listed as having a scratch on it, but when I opened it, it looked good as new. Installed quickly, I had some awful luck with drivers causing windows to crash, along with an error message, but I ran amds driver removal tool, along with display driver removal software, reinstalled and i have been happy with the performance ever since. I don't notice coil whine, but my case has 7 fans, with a more aggressive curve. Temperatures have been great, but the gigabyte software for controlling the RGB logo is hot garbage. Overall, if you're looking for 4k at a better price than a 4080 or 4090 I'd recommend this, 24GB of VRAM is nice to have for less optomized PC ports. The design of this specific card is pretty basic, which may or may not be appealing depending on if you have a preference for unicorn vomit levels of RGB. From what I've been able to research, ray tracing preformance is comparable to the 30 series of Nvidia GPUs, with RT enabled I get smooth performance in CyberPunk 2077. The Addrenalin software suit is pretty intuitive to use too. The card isn't egregious in size either. If you can get this below $900 I'd call it a no brainer at nearly half the cost of a 4090, and 3/4ths of the more comprable 4080.

After installing this card, I was very impressed with the overall performance, but the cooling was the most impressive... and yet somewhat disappointing. Overall, temps stayed around the 50-56C range under heavy load. The only complaint I have is the fan noise was much louder than expected. Even at 20% fan speedthe noise was quite loud. At max fan speed it sounds like a small vacuum cleaner. Either way, I swapped the cooler for a waterblock and now noise is no longer a problem.

Absolutely top teir graphics card! This gpu has been able to play any game i throw at it without ever breaking a sweat. 100% would recommend this to anyone.