RX 7900 XTX vs RTX 4090: The Ultimate Comparison!!! (New games and drivers, RT, FSR vs DLSS3 on/off)

The Radeon RX 7900 XTX and the RTX 4090 are the highest end GPUs from AMD and Nvidia respectively, but they are not direct price competitors, with the RTX 4090 significantly more expensive. Both have received price drops from their original MSRPs as well as performance improvements with new drivers. How do they perform in the latest games, including Unreal Engine 5, DLSS vs FSR including Frame Generation, ray tracing, and path tracing?

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Chapters:
0:00 RX 7900 XTX Price drops in current market (June 2023)
1:28 Check out the new Devil Skins swappable backplates!
1:59 RTX 4090 price current price (June 2023)
2:36 My 4090 cooler is better than my 7900 XTX cooler, keep that in mind
3:50 (Unreal Engine 5) Layers of Fear 4K High
4:13 (Unreal Engine 5) Layers of Fear 4K High RT On
4:37 (Unreal Engine 5) Layers of Fear 1440p High
5:01 (Unreal Engine 5) Layers of Fear 1440p High RT On
5:24 (Unreal Engine 5) Layers of Fear 1080p High
5:48 (Unreal Engine 5) Layers of Fear 1080p High RT On
6:11 (Current Gen Only, UE4) Star Wars Jedi Survivor 4K Epic
6:53 (Current Gen Only, UE4) Star Wars Jedi Survivor 4K Epic RT On
7:33 (Current Gen Only, UE4) Star Wars Jedi Survivor 1440p Epic
8:15 (Current Gen Only, UE4) Star Wars Jedi Survivor 1440p Epic RT On
8:57 (Current Gen Only, UE4) Star Wars Jedi Survivor 1080p Epic
9:38 (Current Gen Only, UE4) Star Wars Jedi Survivor 1080p Epic RT On
10:19 (Current Gen Only) A Plague Tale Requiem 4K Ultra
10:50 (Current Gen Only) A Plague Tale Requiem 1440p Ultra
11:23 (Current Gen Only) A Plague Tale Requiem 1080p Ultra
11:52 (PS5 Exclusive) The Last of Us Part 1 4K Ultra
12:26 (PS5 Exclusive) The Last of Us Part 1 1440p Ultra
13:02 (PS5 Exclusive) The Last of Us Part 1 1080p Ultra
13:37 (PS5 Exclusive) Forspoken Ultra-High 4K (Includes RT)
14:11 (PS5 Exclusive) Forspoken Ultra-High 1440p (Includes RT)
14:46 (PS5 Exclusive) Forspoken Ultra-High 1080p (Includes RT)
15:21 (PS5 Exclusive) Returnal 4K Epic
15:52 (PS5 Exclusive) Returnal 1440p Epic
16:22 (PS5 Exclusive) Returnal 1080p Epic
16:52 (Cross Gen) Call of Duty Modern Warfare II 4K Balanced
17:22 (Cross Gen) Call of Duty Modern Warfare II 1440p Balanced
17:53 (Cross Gen) Call of Duty Modern Warfare II 1080p Balanced
18:24 (Cross Gen) Resident Evil 4 Remake 4K Max (Includes RT)
18:54 (Cross Gen) Resident Evil 4 Remake 4K Prioritize Graphics
19:26 (Cross Gen) Resident Evil 4 Remake 1440p Max (Includes RT)
19:57 (Cross Gen) Resident Evil 4 Remake 1440p Prioritize Graphics
20:28 (Cross Gen) Resident Evil 4 Remake 1080p Max (Includes RT)
20:59 (Cross Gen) Resident Evil 4 Remake 1080p Prioritize Graphics
21:30 (Cross Gen) Cyberpunk 2077 4K Ultra
22:00 (Cross Gen) Cyberpunk 2077 1440p Ultra
22:31 (Heavy Ray Tracing) Cyberpunk 2077 4K RT Ultra
23:01 (FSR2 Quality vs DLSS2/3, Heavy RT) Cyberpunk 2077 4K Ultra
24:08 (FSR2 Perf vs DLSS2/3, Heavy RT) Cyberpunk 2077 4K Ultra
25:15 (Heavy RT) Cyberpunk 2077 1440p RT Ultra
26:21 (FSR2 Quality vs DLSS2/3, Heavy RT) Cyberpunk 2077 1440p Ultra
27:28 (Path Tracing, Quality Upscaling) Cyberpunk 2077 1440p RT Overdrive
28:35 Final Thoughts

[danielowentech]

Also: after filming some of the Amazon coupon codes came back!
I'm sure these will be limited time as well, but are available as of time of posting the video:
At these prices and with these higher end cooler models the XTX certainly becomes an even more impressive performance per dollar.
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[FinalLightNL]

I bought the 7900XTX recently, i do 1440p gaming and everything just works without issues for me maxed out. Had absolutely ZERO driver issues so far

[inmypaants]

The XTX is now $1400 AUD compared to $2700 for the 4090. That’s an 85% price difference in Australia. I think the XTX at that price is a no brainer if you want a very powerful GPU.

[Sly_]

You don't buy a 4090 for its cost to performance ratio. It's the fastest card, so Nvidia can charge whatever. The problem is the pricing of all other cards of the current gen (including AMD).
If you look for solid cost to performance cards, you have to go AMD but RNDA2 not RDNA3.

[rangersmith]

As others have noted, when you have the clear best GPU, you can set the price because there will always be buyers who need (or think they need) the best and will pay the ask. I was once in that camp, which is why I own a 1080ti and a 2080ti, each of which was, for a time, the undisputed best GPU available (Titans excluded). I'm no longer living in that world because the only games I play much at all run at 4K max settings and 100FPS or better on my 13770K/6800XT. Safe to say, I'm firmly in the "good enough" camp when it comes to GPUs, at least while the prices for the best GPUs are so high.

[mgl]

After 10+ years of only buying NVIDIA cards, i finally pulled the trigger and went team RED yesterday.
I originally thought about getting the 4070 TI since they are at roughly the same price range but then i realized how my 3060 TI didn't last long before i had to replace it,
because it only has 8 GB of VRAM. I am not spending another 1000$ for just 12 GB when we all know that future games will demand atleast 12-16 GBs.
You're not fooling me this time NVIDIA.

[thisjustanother]

love the video man. great content and comparison. i went and got the 7900xtx and have no regrets for the price. keep up the great work man

[lecterfan]

Hello Daniel, i know its time consuming but i would like to see 4K with settings on high or very high instead of Ultra, a lot of gamers i talk too never use Ultra, and also it would be intersting to see how much more fps you get. Otherwise, great content as always.

[uick]

Keep in mind.... the 7900XTX has Display Port which, paired with the upcoming 57" Samsung NEO Odyssey G9, really makes the AMD more attractive to me.

[surfx]

It would be good to look to see if the price to performance is non-linear for GPUs. And by performance here we mean FPS right?
You could also turn on frame generation and see how that affects the relationship, as we are still only concerned with FPS.
Or another way to consider it, anything above the linear relationship could be valued against the unique-features of the GPU.

[yellowflash]

Yep, that's why I got a 7900XTX. It also helps that over here 7900xtx is slightly more than 4070ti, 4080 is a lot more and 4090 lol is like almost double the price.

[maxstr]

Thank you for an update review. All other reviews are from launch day and never update for new drivers or games

[gnuffe]

great comparison. But i'd love to see a vr comparison. The RX 799 xtx had some problems with vr and i'd love to see if the new drivers did anything to the xtx

[svrking]

Picked up a Red Devil XTX yesterday for 750 used. It's no 4090 but at 750 it's much better than something like a 4070 ti for $800

[jcrittle_]

Awesome review of the 2 of the best GPU's from AMD and NVIDIA Daniel! Would be really good to see a comparison of the H.264 streaming quality at 1080p60 6000 bitrate between the two.

I know the 7000 series cards were no where near as good at launch compared to the 30 and 40 series cards especially for fast paced shooters e.g. warzone 2 but hopefully there's been an update to bring them up to par with the 40 series cards in that aspect.

AV1 support has been identical between the two from the get go, unfortunately most major streaming platforms do not support AV1 just yet. This is the only factor holding me back from AMD right now.

Again fantastic review Daniel 🍿🙌

[dislikecounter]

Seems like 4090 would be better at 1500 and a good deal at 1400. But then again it sold out so target market doesn't care after scalper prices last gen

[alexanderbalin]

Thank you for such a detailed comparison!

[acidcrow]

I'm happy with my 4090, because I can work on it and not just game. What I noticed though is that Star Wars is using around 16-18GB of VRAM at 1440p, it doesn't matter, but still unusually high. My intention is to play it on my 4K TV when I get a new controller, so scary close. Might just be allocated memory though.

[biggranny]

I just jumped on the 7900XTX red devil and I can't wait, my PSU is only 750W but as long as I don't OC I shouldn't get too close to the power supply limit. I'm upgrading from a 6700XT, and my current CPU is a 7900X and I'm playing at 1440p high refresh rate so I should have little to no bottlenecks. If I do start having glitches or crashes I'll just upgrade the PSU.

It's also way cheaper than a RTX 4080 but it has way more VRAM and similar performance, and AMD is known to have a lot of optimizations overtime. The 6000 series got much faster overtime, and I still firmly believe the 7000 series has more potential.

[PaulLemars]

Hey, Daniel, thanks for all your hard work putting these videos together. I think I've found a 'niche' justifiable use case for the RTX4090 in gaming. Playing games like Cyberpunk in VR (yes, there's a plugin/mod). It takes a stonking huge amount of horsepower to pull it off and the 4090 seems to be the only GPU that can do it, if you want to play at 60FPS that is. Take the 4K resolution performance and try to get it to 120-140FPS. That will give you 60-70FPS on the Vibe. It looks amazing but boy, does it stress your system.