1440p GPU Showdown: RX 7900 GRE vs RTX 4070 SUPER

Should you buy the RTX 4070 SUPER or the RX 7900 GRE for 1440p gaming? Let's put both graphics cards to the test in the latest and most demanding AAA games to find out.

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⏱️Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:12 - FSR vs DLSS
1:03 - Test PC system specifications
1:19 - Sponsor
3:07 - Power consumption comparison RTX 4070 SUPER vs RX 7900 GRE
3:27 - RX 7900 GRE experience in Hellblade 2
4:31 - Compromises to get 60+ FPS experience
5:06 - 4070 SUPER experience in Hellblade 2
5:56 - Why native resolution isn't always the best option
6:38 - FSR is the weakest link
7:43 - Medium preset, 4070 SUPER, Hellblade 2
8:33 - RX 7900 GRE experience in Alan Wake 2
9:40 - Major visual issues spotted!
10:43 - Outdoors scene performance
11:33 - 7900 GRE Ray Tracing performance in Alan Wake 2
12:47 - 4070 SUPER experience in Alan Wake 2
13:34 - DLSS experience
13:57 - Back to Native 1440p in the Town area
14:31 - Are visual issues also present using the NVIDIA GPU in Alan Wake 2?
15:17 - Image quality comparison: Native vs DLSS Quality
16:57 - Ray Tracing perfomance, 4070 SUPER, Alan Wake 2
17:48 - Ray Tracing + DLSS
19:06 - Ray Tracing + DLSS + Frame Generation
20:33 - RX 7900 GRE experience in Ghost of Tsushima
21:46 - 4070 SUPER experience in Ghost of Tsushima
22:23 - Why I prefer DLSS over native TAA in Ghost of Tsushima
24:12 - CONCLUSION
25:41 - There's hope for AMD GPUs!
26:15 - Is 12GB VRAM enough in 2024 and beyond?

[theivadim]

That will help me fund more videos like the one you've just watched.

[joncoh]

What people forget is that when you build a new rig, you should look at the TDP of the whole rig. In my case my new pc is 40w less than my previous pc was with a full new build and a way better gpu (3070 before and now 7900gre). In that case who cares about the higher power draw. At the end of the day you either want raw performance or you want ray tracing and dlss. I couldnt care less about dlss and ray tracing

[MIKEx]

Upscaling is not the way of the future for gaming….it will allow devs to get even MORE lazy than what they already are

[perceptixn]

7900 gre is faster in raw perfomance with higher power usage. 4070 s is better in RT obv. and has better upscaling. But personally I prefer to play at native res, on these type of cards.. I feel like i pay a lot of money and then to use upscaling tech to get fps, when they already should deliver that target fps (idk 60, 80 etc..). Both cards are good. When i bought my 7900 gre was only because of the lower price than the 4070 super which was about 100 euros here so yeah. I would say, you can't go wrong with any one of them. Pick the one which is cheaper but if you want RT 100% just go with 4070 s.

[Sarge-R]

no i dont think upscaling must be the future if you pay that kind of money for a card it should run high fps with out upscaling

[rokamo_gaming]

I think your approach to recording these benchmarks with a body camera is actually cool compared to others, as people often question whether the results are rigged. This way, you can literally see FPS in real time and what GPU is inserted and which settings you are applying. Good job!

[nicane-]

Were you using the latest oc driver for the GRE?

[madhurbajaj-zx]

The Ghost of Tsushima has FSR 3.1 anti-aliasing, and it's really good. You should try it! on 7900 gre.

[lanelesic]

You can use DLAA for antialiasing in GoT without the dlss upscaling.
Also 0:12 saying this will focus on native then spending half the video talking about upscaling.
😆 Also you keyboard doesnt have a numeric keypad 🤣
And you GRE is not overclocked... And the game choices are sort of like making the tree climbing test for the monkey to compete against the elephant.

[allexgaming]

fsr is still improving month by month . They will improve it but it will take years to reach dlss . Just like intel gpus and their drivers . So its not really good to compare them in q upscaling etc. Also dont forget that dlss and fsr give bad latency, so the game will be less responsive depending on the preset.

[Zacky]

DLSS, DLSS, DLSS, upscaling, upscaling, upscaling XD

[reviewforthetube]

I got very lucky with my 4070 super. I have the highest factory OC I've seen out of the box on a 4070 super. It's sitting at over 2920 in game! Silicon lottery. I'm only gaurunteed the 2520 of coherent but most sit around 2600 to 2700. But 2900+? Out of the box when gaming? Yeah big W
I've got to give amd credit though there frametime is fantastic. But when you use dlss on nvidia the framtime gets very low also another advantage of dlss 😉. Takes it from 20ms to 22ms down to 13ms to 14ms.

Also since when did 4k gaming become only ultra lol. I'm getting over 60fps on every modern asa title in 4k high. I just think there isn't much that separates high and ultra when in 4k which has been proven. I remember when 4k gaming was just being able to use 4k. All of thede gpus 4070 and up are 4k capable and moat of us users with the super can game 4k flawlessly. It's actually exceeded my expectations so much. I almost game in 4k now more then 1440p well at least in single player titles or sim racing. All som racing titles which is mostly what I do. I use 4k it doesn't effect you much. You don't need 200fps for that lol in the most demanding sim title out on pc acc I'm getting 90fps on epic settings natively.

These new modern aaa titles are so intensive it's crazy. Yet games from just 4 or 5 years ago when older cards could only do like 30fps now these cards are getting like 100+ fps in native 4k. But these new titles are insane. Everytime a gpu catches up a new game comes out thats more intensive.

For me it's also crazy how newer games just don't feel as smooth even with high fps. They are just so taxing on everything. People get way to caught up with fps only and there are so many variables that can make even a high fps experience not smooth.

[wade]

Most monitors are not bright enough for Ray tracing so most players don't use ray tracing. Alan Wake 2 looks the same with no ray tracing as with Ray tracing

[jckl]

in tarkov streets map 12gb of vram is already maxed out :[

[wade]

Ultra quality on AMD cards has more noise than quality

[moncefbkb]

The 4070S is the better card, however I will probably pick the 7900 Gre because :
- I want a GPU with a good and quiet cooler : The Sapphire Pure 7900 gre costs around 590€ in my country and the MSI Gaming x 4070S costs 715€. So a 125€ difference.
- GPU temps are really good on the 7900Gre (55 degrees on average is crazy)
- I use DLSS on my laptop with a 1440p screen and I consistently find it to be a blurry mess (i prefer playing at 1080p actually) but that may be something that i'm doing wrong seeing how much you can't notice the difference.
- 12Go of VRAM is not an issue today for sure but I can't be sure that it will be the case in the future, especially since DLSS and FG use VRAM to run properly.

With all that said, if the price of the 4070S drops to that of the 7900Gre, i'll buy the 4070S.

[vulcand]

Nvidia cards are crap but their DLSS is saving them. If AMD gets their act together they can kill it. Just look how close the 7900xtx gets to the 4090. Have good upscaling and AMD competes again.

[georgeking]

In general i dont get all the blather about RT in this level of card. The "improved" quality isnt worth the hit to FPS. Just look at all the hoops he jumped through to get 50 fps with RT, DLSS and frame generation.

[Berozz]

Which is better for warzone 4070super or 7900gre?

[anthonymurphy]

Honestly i never had any issues with amd fsr and most issues people tend too point out you'll have too really stop sometimes and zoom in too see these imperfections they talk about, but its never ground breaking were its killing my immersion in the game too the point that i don't enjoy the visuals .