Oof, the 7900 XTX only barely edges out the 4080 in raster performance by 2% at 1440p and 4% at 4K according to TPU. I was expecting a larger margin honestly.
And don’t even get me started on the XT. 15% less performance for 10% less price? And this is at the high end where extra performance is supposed to be at a premium. Even at $799 the XT would have been meh. Should have been $699.
It’s still the better value if you’re not big on RT, and it has some appeal since it shipped with DP 2.1, USB-C Display out, and AV1 encode support. But it sounded like it was going to also be faster than the 4080, not just slightly cheaper and only a few % faster.
@dave
At least, they took one lesson from the Nvidia launch.
@dave
Also, is it me, or do we live in an actual gaming clown show?
If ai understand it, almost all games are still on the level of last gen consoles, that can be matched by even Steam Deck at this point, so when it comes to gaming, these cards shouldn't be needed for another 6 years.
@LukeAlmighty Gaming at higher resolutions and higher framerates is nice. The jump to 1440p was very noticeable, 4K is another noticeable bump. Obviously it’s only for people that have the cash, but if you do, it’s a pleasant experience.
