Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 WINDFORCE 24GB GDDR6X
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6
What Buyers Say
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 WINDFORCE 24GB GDDR6X
Most reviewers are highly critical of this GPU, mainly due to its exorbitant price far above MSRP, widespread scalping practices, and questionable build quality including inadequate thermal pads. A minority acknowledge the raw performance is excellent for gaming at 4K ultra settings, but nearly all agree the cost is unjustifiable. There are also serious concerns about receiving used or mislabeled units sold as new.
Pros
- Excellent raw performance for 4K gaming
- Smooth ultra settings with ray tracing
Cons
- Price far above MSRP due to scalping
- Inadequate thermal pads from factory
- Missing or mislabeled hardware (GPU swap risk)
- Used units sold as new
- Loud fan noise under load
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6
The Sapphire Nitro+ RX 7900 XTX earns strong praise for its blistering 4K performance, quiet operation, and reliable cooling. Most verified buyers highlight its compact size relative to competing high-end cards, the generous 24GB VRAM, and the absence of coil whine as major pluses. A few reviewers note that coil whine can occasionally occur, and the card demands a robust 850W+ PSU, but overall sentiment is overwhelmingly positive.
Pros
- Excellent 4K gaming performance
- Very quiet operation
- Efficient cooling with low temperatures
- Compact size for a high-end card
- 24GB VRAM for longevity
Cons
- High power consumption
- Occasional coil whine
- Requires 850W+ PSU minimum
- Large 4-slot design
Scores
Specifications
| Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 WINDFORCE | Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 3090 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Brand | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Architecture | Ampere | RDNA 3 |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 8 | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 24 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X★ | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| Stream Processors | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | ||
| RT Cores | 82 | 96★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | ||
| FP32 TFLOPS | 35.58000183105469 | 61.38999938964844★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 350 | 339★ |
| Recommended PSU | 750★ | 800 |
| Power Connectors | — | 3 x 8-Pin |
| Cooler | Triple Fan | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 | 3 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x16 | PCI Express 4.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 1 | 2★ |
| HDMI | 1 | 2★ |
| USB-C | — | 1★ |
| Max Displays | — | 4★ |
| Max Resolution | 7680x4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 320 | 320 |
| Slot Width | 2.1700000762939453★ | 4 |
| Form Factor | — | ATX |
| Weight | 0.34 kg★ | 1.00 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | — | FSR 3.1 |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | — | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | ✓ | ✓ |
Pros & Cons
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 WINDFORCE 24GB GDDR6X
- Strong vram (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong ai (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong rt (73rd percentile)
- Strong thermal (73rd percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (1st percentile)1st %ile
- Below average connectivity (22nd percentile)
- Below average social proof (25th percentile)
- Below average efficiency (33rd percentile)
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6
- Strong compute (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong connectivity (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong ai (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong rt (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
Pricing
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 WINDFORCE 24GB GDDR6X
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX NITRO+ 24GB GDDR6
No current pricing available
Verdict
Scores 92 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 16 of 38 specs.
