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(Credit: AMD)<\/small><\/center>The last products to arrive in our end-of-year hardwarepalooza are the chiplet-based AMD Radeon 7900 series GPUs. The RX 7900 XTX and 7900 XT will officially go on sale Tuesday, Dec. 13. Whether you\u2019ll be able to buy one on launch day is another story. In advance of the launch, our colleagues at PCMag have provided a brief photo diary<\/a> of just how small the GPUs are compared with Nvidia\u2019s latest. We knew they weren\u2019t exactly huge at the product launch, but seeing them side-by-side with the RTX 4080 is interesting. They look old-fashioned, which is weird to say about cutting-edge technology.<\/p>\n

Prior to the launch of the RTX 40 series, many people were rightly concerned with how big the cards might be. When they actually<\/em> launched, peoples\u2019 concerns were validated. Although the Founders Editions cards are roughly the same size as their Ampere predecessors, the partner cards are all gigantic. As in, \u201cI\u2019m going to need a new case\u201d huge. Throw in a few of the GPUs melting<\/a> due to a finicky new 12VHPWR adapter cable, and it was kind of a mess. AMD is sidestepping all that tomfoolery by using the same eight-pin PCIe cables we\u2019ve been using forever. There are only two of them on the reference boards, but some partner cards will have three<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The RX 7900 XTX is dwarfed by the RTX 4080. (Credit: Michael Justin Allen Sexton)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The RTX 480 has a lower TDP than the Radeon 7900 XTX, even though it\u2019s substantially longer and thicker. The Radeon can suck down 355W, while the beefy RTX 4080 can pull a mere 320W. The Radeon 7900 XT sips just 300W. Both Radeon cards are almost the same size, with the XTX being a hair longer and wider. Both cards are the same height, however; total measurements are 11.3 by 4.8 by 2.1 inches for the XTX and 10.9 by 4.4 by 2.1 inches for the XT. That sub-12-inch length is the key, though, as it will allow them to fit in pretty much any case on the market. Some cases, such as your humble author\u2019s Fractal Define R6, don\u2019t allow GPUs longer than 12 inches as it interferes with the HDD cage.<\/p>\n

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The ASUS TUF Radeon RX 7900 XTX is thicc. (Image: Asus)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Upgrading from almost any current GPU to these new Radeons will be literally plug-and-play. Most high-end cards these days use two eight-pin connectors, so it\u2019ll be a five-minute upgrade. That won\u2019t be the case with the partner boards, though. As you can see above, the Asus TUF was the first out of the gate and it\u2019s a three-slot behemoth with triple eight-pin connectors. Gigabyte\u2019s flagship GPU, the Aorus Elite<\/a>, is a 3.5-slot GPU as well. We expect the rest of AMD\u2019s partners to show off gigantic versions of the Radeon 7900 series next week.<\/p>\n

The new Radeons are expected to give the RTX 4080 a run for its money. AMD has stated it\u2019s not targeting the RTX 4090, but the second-tier GPU instead. That\u2019s part of the reason why it priced its GPUs below Nvidia\u2019s GPU, which costs $1,199. The XTX is $199 less expensive, and the XT is $299 less expensive. If they\u2019re within striking distance of Nvidia\u2019s card, that could lead many gamers into AMD\u2019s arms. However, Nvidia is also rumored to be announcing a price cut<\/a> to the RTX 4080 to ward off AMD\u2019s advances. We expect an announcement on that the same day AMD\u2019s cards go on sale. Nvidia loves to rain on AMD\u2019s parade and vice versa, so it\u2019ll be interesting to see how it all unfolds on the 13th.<\/p>\n

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