AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

 

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The Radeon RX 7600 XT is a performance-segment graphics card by AMD, launched on January 8th, 2024. Built on the 6 nm process, and based on the Navi 33 graphics processor, in its Navi 33 XT variant, the card supports DirectX 12 Ultimate. This ensures that all modern games will run on Radeon RX 7600 XT. Additionally, the DirectX 12 Ultimate capability guarantees support for hardware-raytracing, variable-rate shading and more, in upcoming video games. The Navi 33 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 204 mm² and 13,300 million transistors. It features 2048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs. The card also has 32 raytracing acceleration cores. AMD has paired 16 GB GDDR6 memory with the Radeon RX 7600 XT, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1980 MHz, which can be boosted up to 2755 MHz, memory is running at 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective).

Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT draws power from 1x 8-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 190 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1. Radeon RX 7600 XT is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 4.0 x8 interface. The card measures 204 mm in length, 115 mm in width, and features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 329 US Dollars.

 

 

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

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The GeForce GTX 1070 was a performance-segment graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on June 10th, 2016. Built on the 16 nm process, and based on the GP104 graphics processor, in its GP104-200-A1 variant, the card supports DirectX 12. This ensures that all modern games will run on GeForce GTX 1070. The GP104 graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 314 mm² and 7,200 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked GeForce GTX 1080, which uses the same GPU but has all 2560 shaders enabled, NVIDIA has disabled some shading units on the GeForce GTX 1070 to reach the product's target shader count. It features 1920 shading units, 120 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 8 GB GDDR5 memory with the GeForce GTX 1070, which are connected using a 256-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1506 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1683 MHz, memory is running at 2002 MHz (8 Gbps effective).

Being a dual-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 draws power from 1x 8-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 150 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. GeForce GTX 1070 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card's dimensions are 267 mm x 112 mm x 40 mm, and it features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 379 US Dollars.

 

 

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

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The Radeon RX 6800 XT is a high-end graphics card by AMD, launched on October 28th, 2020. Built on the 7 nm process, and based on the Navi 21 graphics processor, in its Navi 21 XT variant, the card supports DirectX 12 Ultimate. This ensures that all modern games will run on Radeon RX 6800 XT. Additionally, the DirectX 12 Ultimate capability guarantees support for hardware-raytracing, variable-rate shading and more, in upcoming video games. The Navi 21 graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 520 mm² and 26,800 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked Radeon RX 6900 XT, which uses the same GPU but has all 5120 shaders enabled, AMD has disabled some shading units on the Radeon RX 6800 XT to reach the product's target shader count. It features 4608 shading units, 288 texture mapping units, and 128 ROPs. The card also has 72 raytracing acceleration cores. AMD has paired 16 GB GDDR6 memory with the Radeon RX 6800 XT, which are connected using a 256-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1825 MHz, which can be boosted up to 2250 MHz, memory is running at 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective).

Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT draws power from 2x 8-pin power connectors, with power draw rated at 300 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C. Radeon RX 6800 XT is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 4.0 x16 interface. The card's dimensions are 267 mm x 120 mm x 50 mm, and it features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 649 US Dollars.

 

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

 

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The GeForce RTX 4080 is an enthusiast-class graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on September 20th, 2022. Built on the 5 nm process, and based on the AD103 graphics processor, in its AD103-300-A1 variant, the card supports DirectX 12 Ultimate. This ensures that all modern games will run on GeForce RTX 4080. Additionally, the DirectX 12 Ultimate capability guarantees support for hardware-raytracing, variable-rate shading and more, in upcoming video games. The AD103 graphics processor is a large chip with a die area of 379 mm² and 45,900 million transistors. Unlike the fully unlocked GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, which uses the same GPU but has all 10240 shaders enabled, NVIDIA has disabled some shading units on the GeForce RTX 4080 to reach the product's target shader count. It features 9728 shading units, 304 texture mapping units, and 112 ROPs. Also included are 304 tensor cores which help improve the speed of machine learning applications. The card also has 76 raytracing acceleration cores. NVIDIA has paired 16 GB GDDR6X memory with the GeForce RTX 4080, which are connected using a 256-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 2205 MHz, which can be boosted up to 2505 MHz, memory is running at 1400 MHz (22.4 Gbps effective).

Being a triple-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 draws power from 1x 16-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 320 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. GeForce RTX 4080 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 4.0 x16 interface. The card's dimensions are 310 mm x 140 mm x 61 mm, and it features a triple-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 1199 US Dollars.