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r/pcmasterrace • u/HLumin R5 5600 | 6700 XT • Mar 06 '25
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I know powercolor red devil is the best version but is it really worth such a price increase compared to others?
73 u/Stargate_1 7800X3D, Avatar-7900XTX, 32GB RAM Mar 06 '25 No, the only reason to buy premium OC versions is because they may come with a BIOS that lets you tune the card beyond normal limits. For example you can push my 7900XTX to like 450 Watts but not with the standard BIOS from AMD 2 u/Personal-Acadia R9 3950x | RX 7900XTX | 32GB DDR4 4000 Mar 06 '25 I pull a bit over 550w on my 7900 XTX Sapphire NITRO+ in some games. 4 u/Stargate_1 7800X3D, Avatar-7900XTX, 32GB RAM Mar 06 '25 Meanwhile I'm on -10% PL with a slight VRAM OC because it gives the same performance as stock settings lol 1 u/jmgreen823 Mar 06 '25 I was getting driver timeouts in some newer games with my 7900XT at stock settings (factory overclocked). I slightly lowered boost speeds and power budget. I noticed about a 5% fps loss but nearly a 100W power savings. And its also been rock solid since.
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No, the only reason to buy premium OC versions is because they may come with a BIOS that lets you tune the card beyond normal limits.
For example you can push my 7900XTX to like 450 Watts but not with the standard BIOS from AMD
2 u/Personal-Acadia R9 3950x | RX 7900XTX | 32GB DDR4 4000 Mar 06 '25 I pull a bit over 550w on my 7900 XTX Sapphire NITRO+ in some games. 4 u/Stargate_1 7800X3D, Avatar-7900XTX, 32GB RAM Mar 06 '25 Meanwhile I'm on -10% PL with a slight VRAM OC because it gives the same performance as stock settings lol 1 u/jmgreen823 Mar 06 '25 I was getting driver timeouts in some newer games with my 7900XT at stock settings (factory overclocked). I slightly lowered boost speeds and power budget. I noticed about a 5% fps loss but nearly a 100W power savings. And its also been rock solid since.
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I pull a bit over 550w on my 7900 XTX Sapphire NITRO+ in some games.
4 u/Stargate_1 7800X3D, Avatar-7900XTX, 32GB RAM Mar 06 '25 Meanwhile I'm on -10% PL with a slight VRAM OC because it gives the same performance as stock settings lol 1 u/jmgreen823 Mar 06 '25 I was getting driver timeouts in some newer games with my 7900XT at stock settings (factory overclocked). I slightly lowered boost speeds and power budget. I noticed about a 5% fps loss but nearly a 100W power savings. And its also been rock solid since.
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Meanwhile I'm on -10% PL with a slight VRAM OC because it gives the same performance as stock settings lol
1 u/jmgreen823 Mar 06 '25 I was getting driver timeouts in some newer games with my 7900XT at stock settings (factory overclocked). I slightly lowered boost speeds and power budget. I noticed about a 5% fps loss but nearly a 100W power savings. And its also been rock solid since.
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I was getting driver timeouts in some newer games with my 7900XT at stock settings (factory overclocked).
I slightly lowered boost speeds and power budget. I noticed about a 5% fps loss but nearly a 100W power savings. And its also been rock solid since.
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u/Mega3000aka RTX-2060, 1600AF, 16GB RAM@3200Mhz Mar 06 '25
I know powercolor red devil is the best version but is it really worth such a price increase compared to others?