AMD 7700 XT & 7800 XT Review Summary Thread ( kbin.social )

jonsnothere , 10 months ago

This release is perfectly timed for my build to upgrade an i7 9700 / RTX 2080. Only question now is a Ryzen 7700 or an Intel 13600kf. Any thoughts ?

geosoco OP , 10 months ago

Depends on how you use the computer. Is it just games?

jonsnothere , 10 months ago

Yeah, at least that’s the only usecase where power will matter

geosoco OP , 10 months ago

I'd have to look back at benchmarks, but I think there's a few factors here - price and next upgrade. From what I remember those two were fairly similar in performance and just traded blows between games.

AM5 is still a bit more expensive as a platform, but you can probably get a decent board and possibly upgrade the cpu&gpu in a few years to save longer term if you do a partial upgrade.

The 13600kf build would likely be cheaper, but the 13th gen i think is the last before intel changes the socket. Your next build after this may be more expensive by needing more parts (depending on when you upgrade).

Depending on when you build, you might wanna check for deals on the 7800x3d as it's dropped to like 385$ recently. the uplift in some games is pretty substantial and it's a beast for gaming. If it drops below that, it may be worth using that over the 7700. If price is an absolute limit, you'll definitely save with the 13th gen intel.

jonsnothere , 10 months ago

It’s 130 euros to upgrade from a 7700 with stock cooler to a 7800x3D with dark rock 4 cooler.

That seems a bit steep, especially if I can upgrade the CPU in 3 years

geosoco OP , 10 months ago

Oh wow, yeah. that's too step. The gap here had narrowed during a recent sale to like 60-70$ and you probably could've used it longer than 3 years.

If you don't have a DR4 already, you might want to consider the thermalright peerless assassin, which is like half the price of the DR4 -- and performs better/around the same. If you've got some spare 120mm fans lying around, you can get it at the same noise level too.