Graphics Cards

Gigabyte RX 7800 XT Gaming OC 16GB Graphics Card Review

Today sees the launch of the latest GPU from team red in the form of the 7800 XT. A card that’s aimed at 1440p gaming at max settings for a price point of $499 which makes for quite an interesting proposition, especially as NVIDIA don’t really have anything to cater for that part of the market, or that price point.

While we do have a fully-fledged review going through mass amounts of games, and focussing heavily on the GPU core and what AMD have done over here, this review will focus more on the Gigabyte Gaming OC model and what that brings to the table in terms of the performance of the cooler in both acoustics and temperatures, because as we know, the marginal difference with each AIB model of the same GPU really does show a negligible change in the overall gameplay and framerate performance. Due to this, the only reason why you’d buy one model over another with the same GPU cores comes down to the brand, the design, and the cooler.

Gaming OC

Now I’ve been a long-standing fan of the Gaming OC cards from Gigabyte. They do cost more than an MSRP-based GPU, like the Eagle series, but you get a tried and tested product for that extra cost. It’s not always the best in terms of performance, but it’s definitely up there, and always seems to offer a happy middle-ground for those wanting a solid product that can rival some of the big guns which end up costing quite a bit more money.

When I think of a Gigabyte Gaming OC card, I always mention the “don’t break it, don’t fix it” mentality when I look at them as they typically use the same cooler for every model of GPU which is a good thing, because if this cooler is able to keep the top-end 7900 XTX under control, it should make light work of the 7800 XT so with its Windforce cooling system and a large design, I’m hopeful that the Gigabyte 7800 XT Gaming OC should be able to keep the RDNA3 based GPU core, GDDR6 memory and VRM circuitry all under control, and that’s exactly what we’ll be looking at today.