Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 WINDFORCE 24GB GDDR6X
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE 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 PULSE 24GB GDDR6
The Sapphire Pulse RX 7900 XTX is widely praised for its excellent price-to-performance ratio, offering massive 24GB VRAM and strong rasterization that rivals the RTX 4080 at a much lower cost. Users highlight its cool and quiet operation, though some note it runs hot in cases with poor airflow and requires a high-wattage PSU (800W minimum, 1000W recommended). A few negative reviews mention receiving a wrong item (keyboard instead of GPU) or driver issues that were resolved by upgrading other PC components. Overall, it's considered a beast for gaming and 3D work, but not ideal for eGPU setups.
Pros
- Excellent price-to-performance ratio
- Massive 24GB VRAM
- Cool and quiet operation
- Strong rasterization performance
- Great for gaming and 3D work
Cons
- Requires high-wattage PSU (800W min, 1000W recommended)
- Runs hot in cases with poor airflow
- Power spikes up to 400W
- Not ideal for eGPU setups
- Driver issues reported (resolved with system upgrades)
Scores
Specifications
| Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3090 WINDFORCE | Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| ECC | — | ✗ |
| 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★ | 370 |
| 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★ |
| Max Displays | — | 4★ |
| Max Resolution | 7680x4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 320 | 313★ |
| Slot Width | 2.1700000762939453★ | 3 |
| Form Factor | — | ATX |
| Weight | 0.34 kg★ | 1.95 kg |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | — | FSR |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✓★ |
| VR Ready | — | ✓★ |
| 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 thermal (73rd percentile)
- Strong rt (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 PULSE 24GB GDDR6
- Strong compute (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong ai (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong rt (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
Pricing
Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX PULSE 24GB GDDR6 offers 3.6x better value for money
Verdict
Scores 88 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 16 of 39 specs.
