Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE

Nachdem die dritte RDNA-Generation durch die Radeon RX 7900 Boliden bereits Ende 2022 ihren Anfang nahm, wurde im Mai dieses Jahr mit der Radeon RX 7600 das nächste Modell der Serie vorgestellt. Weitere vier Monate später, im September 2023, legte AMD wiederum nach und präsentierte die Radeon RX 7800 XT mit 16 GB sowie die Radeon RX 7700 XT mit 12 GB. Als OEM-Grafikkarte fand im Sommer auch die Radeon RX 7900 GRE den Weg in den Markt, war jedoch bislang nicht offiziell für den Retail-Bereich gedacht. Das änderte sich nun und zahlreiche AMD-Boardpartner bieten nun ihre Custom-Designs im Einzelhandel an. Für einen ausführlichen Praxistest haben wir uns die Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 7900 GRE mit massiver Triple-Slot-Kühlung, Dual-BIOS-Switch und Overclocking ab Werk ins Testlab geholt. Dabei musste die Karte auch in den Direktvergleich mit verschiedenen GeForce-Boliden. Bei unserem Praxistest sind wir nicht nur auf die 3D-Leistung der getesteten Karten eingegangen, sondern haben außerdem die Leistungsaufnahme, die Temperaturen und die entstehende Geräuschentwicklung der aktiven Kühlungen im Detail untersucht. Benchmarks bei 4K-Ultra-HD-Auflösung und Raytracing sind ebenso in unseren Grafikkarten-Reviews enthalten. Wir wünschen wie immer viel Spaß beim Lesen des Artikels!

With so many releases of new GPUs and price cuts seemingly happening every week, things are starting to heat up in the space with AMD having one of the best value-for-money products in the segment in the form of the 7800 XT. However, they have one card that never saw the light of day outside of Asia. I’m talking about the 7900 GRE or Golden Rabbit Edition, which is now setting its sights on the Western world.

Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 GRE Nitro+ is a premium custom design of AMD's performance segment graphics card that has eluded Western markets until now. The RX 7900 GRE (Golden Rabbit Edition) was originally conceived as a limited edition targeting the Chinese market, and was also available in Asian markets near China; but AMD has decided to give this a wider launch, if not a full global launch. It should be available in certain Western markets for purchase from tomorrow (February 27). This isn't a new GPU, with the earliest marketplace sightings of the card dating back to July 2023. Why then did AMD decide to give this card a wider launch now? This has to do with the January launch of NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4070 Super and RTX 4070 Ti Super, which shook up the GPU market between $500 to $800.

Der offizielle Verkaufsstart der Radeon RX 7900 GRE soll AMD im Preisbereich von 600 Euro für neuen Schwung verhelfen. In Form eines Modells von Gigabyte haben wir uns die Grafikkarte initial angeschaut, heute werfen wir einen Blick auf die Sapphire Pure Radeon RX 7900 GRE Gaming OC. Wir versprechen uns von dieser Karte eine bessere Kühlung, denn aus der Vergangenheit wissen wir, dass Sapphire darauf einen großen Wert legt. Die Ergebnisse des Tests gibt es in diesem Artikel.

After my previous Sapphire PURE experience, I had high hopes for the Sapphire PURE RX 7900 GRE, and in a majority of ways it didn’t disappoint. The bright white design is the highlight though, Sapphire did a great job putting together a clean design that still does integrate a little bit of flair. They did that with a few accent grooves and the use of grey accent lines. Having the shroud, backplate, and fans all matching with that bright white helps a lot. White can be tough and sometimes it can look good and not hold up but with our first PURE RX 7700 XT on hand to put next to the PURE RX 7900 GRE you can’t tell them apart. Not just because the white hasn’t changed at all but Sapphire’s design is the same between the two. It shows just how overkill that 7000 XT design was as well. Especially with the PURE RX 7900 GRE doing a good job with its cooling performance and leaving plenty of headroom for anyone who wants to overclock the card a little more. The Hellhound 7900 GRE that I previously took a look at does run cooler but the PURE RX 7900 GRE has done a better job on its fan profile to balance cooling and noise performance with it running extremely quiet in those important tests. The RX 7900 GRE as a whole of course performs well at both 1440p and 4k with 1440p performance capable of higher refresh rates and 4k performance that will stay smooth when playing demanding newer games. Of course, with esport-focused titles both resolutions aren’t going to be a problem at high refresh rates as well. That said, the PURE RX 7900 GRE did come in behind the Hellhound in almost all of our performance tests. The Hellhound had a more aggressive overclock and would most likely match up better against Sapphire's flagship line the RX 7900 GRE Nitro+. But the PURE RX 7900 GRE does still have the headroom for an overclock to catch up if needed.

AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE review: the most compelling RDNA 3 graphics card yet

So AMD has decided to release the Radeon RX 7900 GRE globally starting Feb 27th at the price of $549. The GRE model, also known as the Golden Rabbit Edition was supposedly exclusive for the China market last year to compete against the GeForce RTX 4070. However, NVIDIA has already replaced it with the RTX 4070 SUPER and it’s the year of the dragon now, so AMD’s global release for Radeon RX 7900 GRE is somewhat awkward at this point. Still, we compared it against both RTX 4070 and RTX 4070 SUPER just to find out what this card is capable of.

AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE (Golden Rabbit Edition) isn't new, its first availability traces back to July 2023. The card was available almost exclusively in China and parts of Asia, but AMD has now decided to give it a wider launch, including in Europe. Why, and why now? NVIDIA recently stirred the pot with the January introduction of the GeForce RTX 4070 Super and the RTX 4070 Ti Super, which have sent prices of the RTX 4070 and RTX 4070 Ti down, creating a tightly-packed playing field between the $400 to $600 price range.