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Five things I always tell people before they buy their first graphics card
I've been professionally prodding graphics cards for the past two decades, and this is what I've learned about buying GPUs.
Factorio: Space Age review (92/100)
With interplanetary logistics and four imaginative new ways to build factories, expansion Space Age reaffirms Factorio’s position as the greatest game in the genre it spawned.
ASUS ROG NUC 970 [pcgamer] review
1440p power in a tight and compact package, but at what cost?
24 years later, you can finally pet the dog in Deus Ex thanks to its all-encompassing Randomizer mod
The Deus Ex Randomizer also features some bafflingly good quality of life features, including ones that make the classic game a better fit on Steam Deck.
Still Wakes the Deep review (86/100)
Still Wakes the Deep is more than the sum of its horror parts, thanks to one of the best stories I've played through in a very long time.
V Rising review (89/100)
A confident 1.0 release for an action-RPG/survival game hybrid that was already excellent in Early Access.
Helldivers 2 is the least I've felt pressured to spend money on a game in years, so of course I'm buying everything in the store
It's not perfect, but Helldivers 2's modest monetization is a breath of fresh air.
What we want to see from PC gaming tech in 2024
The past 12 months haven't been the most inspiring, so join us in hoping for better from the year ahead.
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader review (59/100)
The first CRPG in the Warhammer 40,000 universe gets the tone right, but the combat's a drag.
Steam Deck OLED review (89/100)
Valve's refreshed Steam Deck is what handheld PC gaming was meant to be.
AMD 7700 XT & 7800 XT Review Summary Thread
Rather than posting 4 million different links, it might be easier to just aggregate a few of the links about the devices.
Price | Memory | Bandwidth | CUs / Ray Accel | ROPs | Boost Freq | Game Freq | Stream Processors | Texture Units | |
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7700 XT | 449$ | 12 GB | 192-bit -- 432 GB/s | 54 / 54 | 96 | 2544 Mhz | 2171 Mhz | 3456 | 216 |
7800 XT | 499$ | 16 GB | 256-bit -- 624 GB/s | 60 / 60 | 96 | 2430 Mhz | 2124 Mhz | 3840 | 240 |
7800 XT
tl;dr - Roughly 6800 XT performance. Price is decent compared to other new cards.
Reviews
- Gamers Nexus - "definitely an embarassing showing compared to the 6800 XT though"
- Hardware Unboxed - "the 7800 XT is basically a 6800 XT in terms of performance" ... "at 500 us there's really no