I TRIED using Radeon 7900XT GPU As a Creator... It LASTED a week!

Used the AMD Radeon 7900XT GPU as a creator, but switched back to NVIDIA, here's why!

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0:00 I gave up!
0:45 Sponsor Message
1:07 It's NOT about the numbers...
1:33 How long we used 7900XT
1:54 GOOD Side 1
3:06 GOOD Side 2
3:59 GOOD Side 3
4:40 BAD Side 1
6:19 BAD Side 2
8:02 BAD Side 3
8:50 Concluding Thoughts...
9:36 Why this makes me SAD!
10:48 How AMD can FIX this!
11:15 What about the w- series PRO GPUs?
12:10 The BEST PC for YOU to build!

[SquidlyFishBeans]

All I got from this is "we encountered random black screens but never actually figured out the issue"

[scottbirkinshaw]

You should see people's replies when I talk about similar experiences with radeon gpus over the years. People act like I've insulted their mother.

[yomurita]

I'm in the camp where I've had no issues with my AMD card, but I do hope AMD takes note of the driver issues some people have.

[windcryer]

I am the creator (Highway Engineer), working in CAD ( Autodesk Civil 3D) and using AMD pro Drivers, actually it works way better then NVIDIA, it is more stable then NVIDIA'S studio driver on CAD

They definitely should start working with creators more, so if thinks are fixable in this gen or else next gen.. in short, it's unacceptable for AMD to ignore this market segment, specially since in gaming they've practically reached where Nvidia's at.

[thivoland]

Yeah as a 3d artsist, buying AMD is kinda sub par but as a gamer its great; i wish more reviewers did 3d/ video editor benchmarks with their cards

[Toutvids]

If system is shutting down that is usually indicative of a power supply issue.

[Pawel_Mrozek]

The short answer is "Creators needs CUDA cores" As a fan of AMD and working with 3D graphic, animations and photogrammetry I was trying to use RADEONs but finally I had to give up. I can't run many programs on radeons because of lack of CUDA cores. It is not necessary fault od AMD. They have their own solutions but developers of the software often don't even try to make something compatible with AMD GPUs.

[JimmySmithYT]

Windows going to a black screen and restarting is in my experience a power supply issue

[flux_]

And this is why Nvidia feels like they can charge whatever they want. Once you factor in time lost and frustration from random issues it becomes more than whatever the difference in pricing was.

[keremgod]

Thank you SO much for creative oriented hardware test videos and sharing your experiences... These are very important for someone like me who always on budget.

[FneWne]

In games and very basic editing I have had zero issues with my 6800XT for the year I have had it. Alot of games and alot of hours no issues. That said, I can say I have lurked the professional production task conversations and nVidia definately still holds title as the card of choice for professional creators. In the past AMD adjusted pricing to be a better value for the 99% of us that do not need that feature set but now? This release? Not sure what their game is. If the 7900XT does not come down in price I will get a 4070ti when I see one on sale. AMD maybe is not all that concearned with this part of the GPU market but if they want to gain more marketshare they need to. I know they are kings when it comes to CPU marketshare and Consoles in the millions but GPU's are important too. I hope they decide to get more aggressive there but who knows if they will.

[NimoGaming]

I would like to see this looked at again. Its been 7 months and that's a lot of software updates.

So some of these issues might be fixed, So the GPU might be worth considering again.

[michaelthompson]

5:30 the part you mentioned about the video editing and the pc crashing and black screening was experienced by Paul (Not an Apple Fan) on the Techonomics Podcast. He’s mentioned this happened numerous times and switching to a RTX2080Ti was a much smoother process for video editing and preferred the Nvidia experience by faaaar!

[who-cares]

I know old vid, just a tip, for all gpu card users, including nvidia have had similar issues. mainly on default fan speeds, insane settings.
the problem with amd is a range of problems and they do not seem to listen, i have been on this for years now on amd forums warning people about theses crazy default settings.

1. the cooling paste is of such poor quality that you be wise to replace it with your own better quality, the paste that comes with the card, is already dried up and does not cool as good, so after 1 maybe 2 years depending on use or how long it was on display or in the stock, your card starts to artifact the screen, and at times create sort of screen blinking, quick off on.
When used longer your card will crash and start with artefacting the crap out of it until it goes PROOF.

2. fan settings sucks, always check your gpu fan setting also nvidia users, better yet make your own, and to be sure use a external program and not radeon drivers, they always revert back to default nuts settings, when it crashes, try setting it at manual, and see what your default fan settings are, mine rx580 was set at max 90 degrees and fan speed at 80%, no wonder it was crashing.
Make sure your fans run at max speed when they reach around 63 degrees, zero fan speed at certain low temp(DONT), disable that at once, make sure your fans spin at all times.

3. power control and options or settings as default, change it asap, undervolt your gpu and frequency on the gpu core, and store and run it as default in an external program(msi afterburner).
Go -50 on the voltage, and minus 200 on your gpu core, check your temps while you adjust the settings during a heavy gpu test program.
Go up 1 point on the voltage and 4 on the frequency until you reach a sweet spot at around 60 to 63 degrees, and then go 2 voltages below that, make sure your card does not reach higher then 63 degrees, you can go higher on that, but make sure you test it good, any artefacting, screen blinking, system reset/restart or program freezing go lower on the temps by loewring voltage and frequency.

4. last but not least the radeon software, man what can i say it does not even remember or apply your own settings when it reverts back to gpu default settings, during a crash or a freeze, and that is a huge problem on top of the 3 previous mentioned hardware misconfigure problems on hardware level, that makes your card go poof withing 2 years and 2 months on heavy use.

I had issues after 8 months with my new rx6750xt that started blinking and later 1, 5 years when it started to shutdown my pc for no reason or even freezed the game i was playing without any description on why yeh DXGI crash and driver reset to default.
i changed my cooling paste, adjusted my fans to run at max speed at 63 degrees, undervolted to 1158(default=1200), and went to 2664 (default = 2694)on the gpu frequency, did not have a single issue after those changes. max temps at 63 degrees, but hardly reaches 58.
The reason i keep using msi afterburner for my fan and volage control is, that amd radeon is a piece of crap software that keeps reverting to the crazy settings and burn your gpu out of exsistance within 2 years and 2 months, i lost a rx580 due to this.
Amd default fan and voltage setting do not take in account the poor quality of the cooling paste and the dry up time of that same paste, they are to close and temps are to high and fan speeds to low at insane temps, and fine tuned the crap out of it to a literal dead spot, and a gpu card breaking spot with all 4 mentioned problems.

This 7900xt will work fine if you change the cooling paste, lower your voltages, and temps, adjust your fan speeds, and start using msi afterburner as default voltage and fan control, do not rely on radeon software.PERIOD

[nandomemi]

I'm no expert, but couldn't this be a problem due to poor power supply? Or some other incompatibility? Did you try this video card in other setups? Is this information current as of February 2024? Other users also had this problem?

[Denzsy]

To be honest I create and 3d model martial arts weapons for a company here in the UK and went with 7900XT for the odd bit of gaming I'm loving it

[hasan_raza.brains]

Surprisingly my 5700G's Radeon iGPU have no issues so far. Davinci resolve works very smooth and stable. Maybe its an old Vega Architecture that's why. Btw Linus Sebastian (LTT) said that they never go with the latest gen of components for editing systems, they always go one generation back

[gadjox]

You do realize this can be caused by your software not supporting AMD properly.

[MistyKathrine]

The unfortunately reality is that for creators, Nvidia is the only choice when it comes to GPUs. I always want AMD to do well but every time it looks like they might be better, they manage to step on a rake. At this point I have more faith that intel will eventually offer an alternative to Nvidia than AMD will.