Hellhound AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Graphics Card

Just like my 3080 12GB it’s quiet. It stays between 70c under load . I get over 150fps at max settings on 1440p. The hellhound wins for half the money you get better performance than a 4090. Pros : + Card contains a huge heat sink with 8 copper heat-pipes for high cooling + in hot summer.. Temperature does not exceed 63c at 100% usage.. and with a OC it does reach 67c + Fans speed are quiet and even with OC it's barely audible + Watt consumption around 360w & the max OC is 415w, while other models with OC consume around 460w (less watts = less heat) + The fans have cyan and violet lights, and they can be turned off if you don't like them + The card came with a small holder (the card is huge, so you need to put a small holder under it to reduce weight and heaviness so that it does not affect the motherboard) + Aluminum back cover to dissipate heat and help hold the card together + The price of the card is cheaper than other cards of the same class, as well as its cooling is very excellent for its price + Better than Sapphire Pulse.. which have smaller heatsink (Pulse have 6 heat-pipes Vs Hellhound 8 heat-pipes) & more aggressive annoying fans (Pulse 1600RPM Vs Hellhound 1200RPM).. it's like 5c less temps compared to Pulse, while it's like 9c if U match it with1600RPM speeds Negatives: - Needs excellent case fans, given that all cards that exceed 300w or higher cause heat to the internal parts - As far as I know.. majority of modern high-end cards contain Coil whine.. and it is cannot be heard unless you are very close to the case.. and coil whine is also present with NVIDIA cards as well Final Note: The card is worthy and considered a class 3080 & sometimes it's beat 3080 by a little margin, it comes with 24GB Vs 12GB of RTX 3080, which is something that will benefit you in modern games and upcoming heavy games, 750w is the minimum .. But if you have a high wattage processor like 12700k or beyond, than you may need 800w, and it needs a Mid Tower case or bigger, because the length of the card is 32cm (big but not huge like Merc310 which is like 35cm) The card is worth it as long as it does not exceed the official price or less.. and sometimes you can get it for less than the official price, but it is preferable to buy it if you have a 4k screen, and it is not suitable for regular 1080p screens.. after all, this is high-end GPU which is 2nd strongest card in performance after 4090 (7900xtx is more like OC 4080 with RT off)

I recently added the PowerColor Fighter AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT to my gaming rig, and it has exceeded my expectations as a budget-friendly gaming graphics card. The Fighter RX 6500 XT strikes an excellent balance between performance, affordability, and modern gaming capabilities, making it a compelling choice for gamers on a budget. One of the standout features of the Fighter RX 6500 XT is its commendable gaming performance in its price range. Designed for 1080p gaming, this graphics card handles a variety of titles with smooth frame rates and decent image quality. The card's 4GB GDDR6 VRAM ensures an effective balance for mainstream gaming without sacrificing performance. The compact form factor of the Fighter RX 6500 XT makes it suitable for small form factor (SFF) builds, providing versatility for users with space constraints. The single-fan cooling solution is efficient, maintaining reasonable temperatures during gaming sessions while operating quietly. The card's design is minimalist yet sleek, adding a touch of style to the overall aesthetics of my system. The inclusion of AMD's RDNA 2 architecture brings modern features to this budget-friendly graphics card. Features like DirectX 12 Ultimate support, hardware-accelerated ray tracing, and AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) contribute to a more immersive gaming experience. The support for FSR is particularly noteworthy, providing a performance boost in supported titles without compromising on image quality. The Fighter RX 6500 XT offers a range of display outputs, including HDMI and DisplayPort, catering to users with various monitor configurations. The card's support for AMD FreeSync technology enhances the gaming experience by reducing screen tearing and stuttering, resulting in smoother visuals. PowerColor's reliability is reflected in the card's build quality, and the purchase experience was hassle-free. The graphics card arrived securely packaged, accompanied by clear documentation for easy installation. PowerColor's reputation for delivering quality products adds a layer of confidence to the purchase. While the 4GB VRAM might be a limitation for some modern AAA titles, the Fighter RX 6500 XT remains an excellent option for gamers focusing on competitive esports titles or those on a tight budget. The price-to-performance ratio makes it an attractive choice for users seeking a reliable graphics card without breaking the bank. In conclusion, the PowerColor Fighter AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is a commendable budget-friendly gaming graphics card that delivers reliable performance for 1080p gaming. With its compact design, efficient cooling, and support for modern gaming features, the Fighter RX 6500 XT stands out as an excellent choice for budget-conscious gamers looking to build or upgrade their gaming rigs.

I just got this gpu around 6 months ago and was a really nice experience with some issues from the beginning with the 2 fans of the gpu because with the drivers at the first time the fans didn't work and the gpu just got overheat and turn my pc off, after that I just format my pc and it works fan sound its not to loud (for a 2 fan gpu used for gaming), but the 4GB of VRAM it's a really low amount for AAA videogames in certain cases but gives you a good performance. So as a conclusion it's a nice gpu for beginning or if you have an apu or low budget. Note: the change if you have a PCIE 3.0 or PCIE 4.0 it's just around 10-20 fps so be careful.

Pros : + Card contains a huge heat sink with 8 copper heat-pipes for high cooling + in hot summer.. Temperature does not exceed 63c at 100% usage.. and with a OC it does reach 67c + Fans speed are quiet and even with OC it's barely audible + Watt consumption around 360w & the max OC is 415w, while other models with OC consume around 460w (less watts = less heat) + The fans have cyan and violet lights, and they can be turned off if you don't like them + The card came with a small holder (the card is huge, so you need to put a small holder under it to reduce weight and heaviness so that it does not affect the motherboard) + Aluminum back cover to dissipate heat and help hold the card together + The price of the card is cheaper than other cards of the same class, as well as its cooling is very excellent for its price + Better than Sapphire Pulse.. which have smaller heatsink (Pulse have 6 heat-pipes Vs Hellhound 8 heat-pipes) & more aggressive annoying fans (Pulse 1600RPM Vs Hellhound 1200RPM).. it's like 5c less temps compared to Pulse, while it's like 9c if U match it with1600RPM speeds Negatives: - Needs excellent case fans, given that all cards that exceed 300w or higher cause heat to the internal parts - As far as I know.. majority of modern high-end cards contain Coil whine.. and it is cannot be heard unless you are very close to the case.. and coil whine is also present with NVIDIA cards as well Final Note: The card is worthy and considered a class 4080 & sometimes it's beat 4080 by a little margin, it comes with 24GB Vs 16GB of RTX 4080, which is something that will benefit you in modern games and upcoming heavy games, 750w is the minimum .. But if you have a high wattage processor like 12700k or beyond, than you may need 800w, and it needs a Mid Tower case or bigger, because the length of the card is 32cm (big but not huge like Merc310 which is like 35cm) The card is worth it as long as it does not exceed the official price or less.. and sometimes you can get it for less than the official price, but it is preferable to buy it if you have a 4k screen, and it is not suitable for regular 1080p screens.. after all, this is high-end GPU which is 2nd strongest card in performance after 4090 (7900xtx is more like OC 4080 with RT off)

Its a great GPU but for some reason I think mine is broken. since day one its not done much. no its not being bottlenecked. no i didnt install it incorrectly, YES i do have a sufficent power supply box in my pc. ive had this GPU since Nov 24th, 2024. almost a whole year. from day one its been a little strange, it felt broken but i toughed it out because i thought i just wasnt using the settings right in the amd software adrenaline edition thing. but needless to say. its been giving me issues with playing games. it will crash on games that it should handle with ease. for example fortnite. that game should be easy for it to handle on MEDIUM settings. and it continues to crash. its strange to me. crashes on other games as well all on MEDIUM settings. and its mind boggling. it will be fine for a moment then suddenly the gpu will spike to 100% usage then crash. and usually thats fine, but for some reason its doing it and crashing. which means somethings absolutely wrong with the GPU. and before you say that it must be a software update that i need. Its up to date. from the website. IF YOU could please reach out to me and maybe, if possible send me a replacement and i send the one i have back i would appreciate it so much. I believe that this GPU is GREAT i just dont understand why its doing this to me. and if you are wondering why i took so long to post my review. its because i wanted to make sure it was something that i tried fixing myself and its not something that i can easily fix. even with lowering game settings on a BIG GPU and wot not. it is still not capable of running without crashing. at least 3 times per game session. until i just give up and stop playing the game. My name is Brian. I really would like some help please.

This card is a bit of mixed bag. If you judge it for what it is - and not what it could have been if AMD tried harder - it's arguably the overall best choice in a new budget card and/or if looking for lower power consumption. It is a sad commentary on the state of budget cards that this counts as probably the best. But there simply is no competition in this segment. Nvidia has done a new budget card in 5-6 years. As far as 3D (games) performance goes this card is about as fast as Nvidia's GTX 1060 and AMD's Radeon 570/580 . Cards released in 2016/2017. The GTX 1650 (released 2019) is a bit slower but if you search you can find versions of that card that can run on the PCIe bus alone - no extra power cable needed. Appealing if upgrading an older computer with a modest power supply. My primary goal was finding the overall best combination of low power draw and still decent performance. The RX 580 can be had new here on Amazon for around $110. Performance is close but it it's rated at 185 watts and under stress pushes 200 watts. The RX 570 cannot be found new but lots of used on eBay. A claimed 120 watt power draw but they lie. The real world power consumption is very close to the RX 580. The GTX 1060 is probably faster than any of the other cards I've mentioned (not by much) but is rated at 180 watts and while a six year old design is still more expensive than any of the cards mentioned, including the RX 6500 XT being reviewed. A few other things. Nvidia cards are well known to stress 3D performance above 2D. So if you primarily play games the Nvidia cards are good to look at. But if you are doing a lot of picture editing or content creation, the 2D scores of Nvidia cards are notably lower. And AMD's cards are well known to suck substantially more power when using a two monitor set up versus a single monitor. One of the appeals of the RX 6400 and RX 6500 XT - for me - is that power consumption for two monitors remains very reasonable. So anyway.... This card - the RX 6500 XT - is basically the little engine that could. It performs substantially better than you would think looking at the specs. Yes, only PCIe 4x lanes and running PCI 3 vs PCI 4 lowers performance. Yes, a narrow PCI bus (64 bit) and only 4GBs of memory. But the memory is extremely fast. And the clock speed of the GPU itself is extremely high. So if you keep game settings moderate so as to not exceed the 4GB onboard memory, this card delivers. Also of interest is that if your motherboard supports it, you can help this card a lot with faster system memory. Actually, AMD's cards seems especially found of faster memory. I'm running DDR 4 4000MHz memory on PCIe 3.0 and synthetic benchmarks are all 10-15% faster than normal for PCIe 4.0. Power draw - something really important to me just a hobbyist - is also appealing. The smaller brother RX 6400 only draws 53 watts and never needs an extra power connector. But it has just been cut back to much and is.... well .... not fast. Nvidia's GTX 1650 is rated at 75 watts (maximum for PCIe only) but is difficult to hard to find not requiring an extra power connector. This card, the RX 6500 XT - is rated at 107 watts and does require an extra six pin power connector. But my on tests using a watt meter (total system draw) and those of professional reviewers all say the same thing. The RX 6500 XT isn't using a lot of power. Single monitor idle is 2 watts. Dual monitor is 10 watts. Running games it is rarely above 85 watts and max at 100. Even if your computer is older and power supply low wattage, you can probably get a four to six pin adaptor and run this card. Overall, the card strikes a good balance between price, performance and power consumption. Sure, it would be a lot better card with 6 or 8GB of memory. Or more PCIe lanes and faster bus. Or both. But then consumers would probably have no reason to purchase the more expensive (and still a great value) RX 6600. At least AMD tries to offer a couple of new budget cards. Something Nvidia hasn't bothered with for a long, long time.

Thermaltake Full Tower Chaser MK-II i7 4790k (Not Over Clocked) Gigabyte Z97-UD5H MOBO 16 GB TeamGroup DD3 @ 2400 MHZ CS 10 (I set the command rate from 2 to 1 with no voltage changes) Corsair H80i AIO CPU cooler (fan1 is pull from inside, fan2 is push out back). I have a Thermaltake! I can! Acer 27" 2K 144hz with FreeSync Started with a 750W Platinum PSU, Switched to a 1000W Platinum PSU. The card is very big, barely got it in an old Full Tower (I haven't bought a MID Tower in 14 years, so not sure how a new one would do it). The Back stand does work if you install it right! I don't wanna have to try to find another Z97X MOBO! It's very adjustable, just keep it off the fans please! I have a 120MM 2,000 RPM fan next to the power supply for more air, but the base is MAGNETIC and it fit really snug next to that fan to give the support it needs on the back. It lifted the back about a 1/8 ", which I need because I still have a PCI SoundBlaster X-Fi Extreme that I use and it sits 2 slots below it. This would cause HEART PROBLEMS for Rookies, But I have a Thermaltake Filtered case and all is good. Before I bought the RX 7900 XTX HellHound, I did some research on older CPU'S with newer video cards. I found a video of a guy using an i7 4790K with an RX 7900 XTX Sapphire. The 1080p, 2K, 4K results showed that A bottle neck from the CPU at 1080P was inevitable, however; The 2k vs. 4k results were astounding.! He Overclocked the CPU to 4.6 GHZ but used DD3 1600 MHZ Memory. He ran the RX 7900 XTX on PCIE 3.0 X16 (which is the same as PCIE 4.0 X8) And lost may be 10 frames/sec vs. a modern CPU but using 100% of his overclocked CPU. The thing I picked up on was the memory speed and overclocking. If Amazon will allow me to explain. Computer Memory also has TIMMINGS.! Going to a higher Grade of DDR also means the TIMMINGS increase. So, you can achieve better timings (The LOWER the BETTER) On DDR3 VS. DDR4. My build is above. DDR3 at 2400 MHZ is DDR4 speed but with much better timings. I researched a review that put 2400 MHZ at the sweet spot for Memory on gaming. Anything Higher was a waste, and anything lower really sucked. So here I am in the same boat but with much better Memory. All my games worked fine except 1 (War THUNDER). I did a test drive of an Israeli Tank to test the game with the new card and drivers (Highest Settings) and it restarted my PC. As in all Science I had to recreate the same conditions. It happened again. I Knew it was because the POWER FEAUTURES of my PSU! In the Morning I got a 1000W Platinum PSU and had to take my Computer apart and put it back together! WHEW! It sucks. But IT WORKED! Got it all right the first shot (And some good cable Management). YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT IM TELLING YOU NOW! On a 2k 144HZ FreeSync Monitor I'm 201 frames/sec in War Thunder with no glitches! IT GETS BETTER! Rome 2 Total War test is at 119 FPS. All games look and play magnificent! But my CPU USAGE STAYS AT 25%! I've tested, retested, used several programs! All Confirm that the most CPU usage I use with a i7 4790k with DDR3 2400 MHZ case 10 and manually set to a 1T command rate is MAX 28% at 2K. Thank You.

Awesome GPU! I've had it for almost a year now and it was a phenomenal deal, it plays all the games I want to at high quality.