Sapphire Pulse RX 7600 XT OC Graphics Card Review

F1 23

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In F1 we see some respectable numbers on the 7600 XT at 228 FPS, but when compared to the rest of our standings, it’s not exactly groundbreaking. Sure, at $329 the performance looks good, but when comparing against other cards, it just disappoints again especially as the extra VRAM only equates to a margin of error 4% uplift in overall performance compared to the RX 7600.

1440p has the 7600 XT coming in with 7% more performance than its younger brother which again now puts the newer card just above the RTX 2080 SUPER which was matching the performance of the RX 7600. Again, older cards like the 2080 Ti still sit ahead of the XT and with less VRAM so if AMD were hedging their bets on more memory making up for things, they’re severely mistaken.

F1 23 with Ray Tracing enabled shows how biased the game can be for AMD, even with Ray Tracing as we see an 11% increase in overall performance over the 7600 which now puts it level with the RTX 4060. A card that we’ve made clear doesn’t offer great bang for buck though it is nice to see over 60 FPS, with Ray Tracing enabled.

At 1440p, the 7600 XT runs out of steam, as even with an 11% gain over the 7600 8GB, it’s still not enough to take on anything from NVIDIA in terms of the RTX 4060 or 2080 SUPER and above. What AMD were thinking at this point is beyond me as I’m really struggling to see any upside to this card that I fear will offer a pretty terrible price to performance figures.