CONCLUSION

   This review was actually scheduled to go live 2 weeks ago with just the stock AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT and the PULSE AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT in the charts. Since however I didn’t feel this was good enough, I started testing every card I have in the lab and although I am still not done (more to be added) I think it accurately showcases the difference between generations and even VRAM capacities. Now, in terms of performance it’s clear from the charts that the PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XT model does better compared to the stock model by AMD. As a matter of fact, aside temperatures the PULSE model surpasses the stock model in everything, including power consumption (less) and noise levels. Of course, once again it’s easy to see that AMD still lags behind NVIDIA in ray-tracing performance (the somewhat old GeForce 3080 exchanges blows with both RX 7900 XT cards in RT tests) and so if you plan on 4k gaming with RT on I do suggest going for the RX 7900 XTX instead. RT aside one of the things I really liked about the stock Radeon RX 7900 XT was its size and so for small towers/cases I still think it’s the better choice. On the other hand, if you have a large enough tower/case then the PULSE model (and why not even the NITRO Plus model) is clearly the better choice.

   Currently retailing for USD799.99 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for 882.76Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de) the PULSE AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB graphics card by SAPPHIRE is priced just right, always compared to similar offerings. At the end of the day, I really have nothing “bad” to say about the PULSE RX 7900 XT model by SAPPHIRE. Yes, ray-tracing performance could have been better but this card ticks almost every other box there is and for that it clearly deserves the Golden Award.

PROS

- Very Good Build Quality (Materials / Backplate)
- Top Of The Charts Performance
- Good Overclocking Headroom
- Noise Levels & Power Consumption
- Supported Technologies
- TRIXX Software

CONS

- Price (For Some)
- Overall RT Performance