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4 reviews for PowerColor Hellhound Spectral White AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

1. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   corey – May 30, 2020

   I bought the RX 7900 XTX to upgrade my gaming PC and I am very happy with my purchase. This card is a beast and can handle any game I throw at it with ease. Here are some of the things I liked about it:

   – The RGB lighting is amazing and customizable. I synced it up with my ASUS Hero X 570 motherboard using Armory Crate and made it react to music, sounds, games, and movies. It looks awesome and adds to the immersion.
   – The price is very reasonable for the performance. It is way cheaper than the RTX 4080 and performs about the same or even better in some cases. It is definitely worth the money.
   – The cooling and noise are excellent. I haven’t had any coil whine even on overclocked mode and at 100% load. The fans are quiet and keep the card cool under stress. The card ran at about 85°C on quiet mode and sometimes lower, and about 95°C on overclock mode. It has a max safe temp of 110°C according to AMD before throttling happens, but it never reached that for me.
   – The features are impressive. I like the AMD Freesync technology that eliminates screen tearing and stuttering. I also like the Adrenaline UI that lets me tweak the settings, monitor the performance, and update the drivers easily. The card performed much better after I updated the driver with Adrenaline, so make sure to do a clean install on any card to avoid problems.
   – The design is sleek and sturdy. The card has a metal backplate and a black and red color scheme that matches my build. It also has a dual BIOS switch that lets me choose between performance and quiet modes.
   – The AMD Smart Access Memory is a bonus. I used a Ryzen 7 3800x CPU and it ran just fine with no bottlenecking. This feature allows the CPU to access more of the GPU memory, boosting the performance even further.
   – The switch from Nvidia to AMD was smooth and satisfying. I always used Nvidia cards before, but this was my first time going with an AMD graphics card. I’m really glad I gave AMD a chance. They have improved a lot and offer great products at competitive prices.

   – **The performance in different games was amazing. I monitored three games in AMD Adrenaline and here are the results:**

   **Hogwarts Legacy: No ray tracing, quiet mode, ultra settings with AMD FSR quality, 4K resolution with a 120 FPS cap (because that’s my gaming TV’s refresh rate). With a playtime of 68 minutes in the castle area mainly, I got an average FPS of 87.5. The game looked stunning and ran smoothly.
   **Destroy All Humans: Max settings, quiet mode, 4K resolution with a 120 FPS cap. With a playtime of 47 minutes, I got an average FPS of 103.8. It stayed at 120 FPS most of the time except when I went into the saucer, but it stayed above 100 FPS. The game was fun and responsive.
   **Spyro Reignited Trilogy: Max settings, quiet mode, 4K resolution with a 120 FPS cap. With a playtime of 21 minutes, I got an average FPS of 111.4. It stayed at 120 FPS most of the time as well. The game was colorful and smooth.

   The RX 7900 XTX is a great graphics card that delivers amazing performance, features, and aesthetics. It can run any game at high resolutions and settings without breaking a sweat. It is also cheaper and quieter than its competitors. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a powerful and affordable gaming card. You won’t regret it!

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Yumi – December 25, 2020

   This card is quiet, cool, and very fast. There are more than 5000 cores and 16 GB of DDR6 ram. I did notice transient stuttering for about 15 minutes in some titles. Restarting the computer or flushing the shader cache fixed this. This card is noticeably faster than the 7800xt. However, you need to configure your bios for maximum performance. You should not use this card in bios compatability mode (CSM). Turn CSM mode off and turn on above 4g encoding and turn on resizable bar. I got a 20% increase in Firestrike and Cyberpunk77 benchmark. Very fast in Diablo 4. This card has the best price to performance and build quality is much better than 4070 super founder which I returned. There are two 8 pin power connectors and the card is 12.7 inches long and 2.5 slots wide. Upgraded from rtx 3080 EVA with 10 gb of RAM. Many thanks to Powercolor and Sapphire for making the best AMD graphics cards. Faster, cooler and better. Ideal card for 1440p at 160hz.

3. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Michelle Stone – May 19, 2021

   I was trying to make the choice between this, a 4070 Super, and a 7900 XT. I don’t care about ray tracing. I don’t play games that use it all that much.

   I’m glad I saved a few dollars and went with this card. It doesn’t use as much power as I thought it would. I notice it getting up to about 175 watts when I’m using it. It provides me plenty of frames. I play mostly World of Warcraft and this card is MORE than enough for that game. Final Fantasy looks really good with this card as well.

   It is smaller than I thought it would be so I had absolutely no issues fitting it inside my mid tower case with lots of room to spare.

   It has a switch where you can decide to use ice blue lightning, and amethyst color (light purple), or no lighting. I’m not big on RGB stuff so I use the amethyst. It’s sort of soothing. It also has two bios setting switches if you are into that sort of thing. I am not.

   I did find the need to support the right end with a GPU stand. Without the stand, it didn’t sit level. I think this is an issue with nearly every GPU. In any case, it looks sharp, gives me lots of FPS, and is super quiet. It doesn’t get hot in my well ventilated case and I’m very pleased with this purchase. I highly recommend it.

4. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Dale C. – May 17, 2023

   The cooling is incredible. Even running many different games like Diablo 4, Palworld, dark souls, Seikro, Elden ring, the list goes on I never saw temps go higher then around 65 Celsius. Would also like to note I run all games in 4K. My AVG fps in most games was 200+ in well optimized games. In Palworld I played it at launch and would avg around 90-140 fps in 4K myself. But the value for your money is amazing. I had a 6950 before this and let me say this 7900 XTX is an insane value for me. The 6950 isn’t a bad card it performs very well and I had no issues with it besides coil whine. That being said I’d definitely consider it an entry level 4k card. The difference when I play most games is night and day. The Upscaling feature that AMD uses is great too. It’s obviously not as good as an Nvidia card but in most cases I got huge gains and minimal drawback. I know most people debate about 60fps to 120fps but let me say that for me it’s extremely noticeable. Which is why with my 6950 I called it an entry level 4k card. Because my avg FPS in 4K for most games was 60. Some would get more of course but a large majority did not get me 120-200fps. If you can get this card on sale anything under a 850$ price tag its a bargain for the money.