The Radeon RX 7900 XTX Gaming OC from Gigabyte is among the more affordable models which are rarely reviewed. Manufacturers lower production costs mainly by reducing the size of the heatsink. As a result, these cards don’t perform as well as premium high-end models in thermal and acoustic tests. However, their lower price makes them popular not only with individual buyers but also OEMs assembling prebuilt PCs.
The card features a traditionally designed cooler. A heatsink with transverse fins is cooled by three large fans mounted in a black plastic shroud with gray accents.
On the back of the PCB, there is a metal cover. Towards the outer edge at the front of the backplate, there is a perforation, along with a very narrow vent near the rear edge of the card. The side of the card features a backlit Gigabyte logo, powered by addressable RGB LEDs.
The fans have impellers with a diameter of 10.7 cm and a height of 1 cm.
The middle fan is counter-rotating, spinning in the opposite direction compared to the standard fans near the bracket and at the rear of the card. All fans are connected to a single connector, so monitoring only displays the rpm of the rear fan.
The heatsink occupies virtually the entire space beneath the cover of the massive cooler, ensuring ample airflow.
The card’s length exceeds 33 cm by a few millimeters. Standing just under 5 cm tall, it takes up approximately 2.5 slots. Its width extends about 3 cm past the bracket.. Additionally, the power connectors are recessed, making card suitable even for slimmer cases.
The bracket features less common combination of outputs – two DisplayPort 2.1b connectors and two HDMI 2.1b connectors.
The BIOS switch is located above the Gigabyte logo, which features ARGB lighting, in the center of the card.
For additional power supply, there are two classic 8-pins. And there’s probably not many people who’d rather find a 12V-2×6 16-pin in this place at the moment.
