More pics but no leak benches. This gotta be a world-record!

Yup, AMD is super confident that RDNA3 will smash Lovelace... ugh... the 4080... ugh... the 4070Ti... ugh... /s :laugh:

I'll be first to say - cooling over aesthetics. At least to many of us.
Now with that out of the way - why do we keep getting these plastic bonanza LED shroud designs for premium cards? Can this shift a bit?
It really feels like Radeon cards are getting the tacky side of AIB designs with Powercolor, XFX and others just competing on how designs the best "2004 gamer" looking shrouds and back plates for graphics cards. It sucks, because it often paints Radeon cards in a negative way.

They say simplicity's strength, and I agree with it when it comes to graphics cards aesthetics. Frankly, the reference model RX 6000 cards were the cleanest and best looking in my eyes. Now that RX 7000 cards are getting more complex reference designs, its sad to see that some of the appeal of the sleekness is gone. Would love vendors to try and stick to simple lines, sleek and minimalistic shrouds and good color combo selections for something a bit more neutral and of less bumps and bizarre textures.

dj-electricI'll be first to say - cooling over aesthetics. At least to many of us.
Now with that out of the way - why do we keep getting these plastic bonanza LED shroud designs for premium cards? Can this shift a bit?
It really feels like Radeon cards are getting the tacky side of AIB designs with Powercolor, XFX and others just competing on how designs the best "2004 gamer" looking shrouds and back plates for graphics cards. It sucks, because it often paints Radeon cards in a negative way.

They say simplicity's strength, and I agree with it when it comes to graphics cards aesthetics. Frankly, the reference model RX 6000 cards were the cleanest and best looking in my eyes. Now that RX 7000 cards are getting more complex reference designs, its sad to see that some of the appeal of the sleekness is gone. Would love vendors to try and stick to simple lines, sleek and minimalistic shrouds and good color combo selections for something a bit more neutral and of less bumps and bizarre textures.

It's been proven, many of times, that a GPU can have all the above. Great cooling, aesthetics, class-leading perf, etc. BUT it always depends on the most devoted/HIGH-INTEGRITY oem, etc. to make it a reality.

GunShotIt's been proven, many of times, that a GPU can have all the above. Great cooling, aesthetics, class-leading perf, etc. BUT it always depends on the most devoted/HIGH-INTEGRITY oem, etc. to make it a reality.

What I'm saying is that by everybody wanting to be different - they all end up looking similar. I can only give points to Sapphire for maintaining a rather simple design for many cards, but im not a fan of where they are going with recent product launches. Sapphire to me will stay a cut above the rest for Radeon thanks to a rich history of designs that make more sense than others.

By now, I expect most designs from AIBs to remain the same as their GeForce ones, and those who are AMD exclusive to look tacky as the one shown here by Powercolor. Not a fan, but again, this is very much my own personal opinion. I might be in the minority here.

We will have first to see how much 7900XT/X cards can overclock when having more power available. But even then I would never ever put a quad slot brick in my case. Others will happily buy them.

dj-electricI'll be first to say - cooling over aesthetics. At least to many of us.
Now with that out of the way - why do we keep getting these plastic bonanza LED shroud designs for premium cards? Can this shift a bit?
It really feels like Radeon cards are getting the tacky side of AIB designs with Powercolor, XFX and others just competing on how designs the best "2004 gamer" looking shrouds and back plates for graphics cards. It sucks, because it often paints Radeon cards in a negative way.

They say simplicity's strength, and I agree with it when it comes to graphics cards aesthetics. Frankly, the reference model RX 6000 cards were the cleanest and best looking in my eyes. Now that RX 7000 cards are getting more complex reference designs, its sad to see that some of the appeal of the sleekness is gone. Would love vendors to try and stick to simple lines, sleek and minimalistic shrouds and good color combo selections for something a bit more neutral and of less bumps and bizarre textures.

i have the RX 6700 XT Red Devil from them and there is very little plastic about it ... it's heavy sturdy and is often depicted as an excellent whisper quiet cooling solution.

With its restless desire to rule the universe but no wish to see any light,
Devil 13, the ruler of the underworld created a new Devil to rise from the underworld and master all creatures.
Red Devil as he was named,
known to be the only Devil besides his creator to master all elements of the Pentagon;
Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Void,
it's presence was feared by all corners of the new world.
Ever since, no one dared to challenge Devil's true gaming empire

Jesus Christ the cringe.... lmao :laugh:

Tyl3n0LWith its restless desire to rule the universe but no wish to see any light,
Devil 13, the ruler of the underworld created a new Devil to rise from the underworld and master all creatures.
Red Devil as he was named,
known to be the only Devil besides his creator to master all elements of the Pentagon;
Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Void,
it's presence was feared by all corners of the new world.
Ever since, no one dared to challenge Devil's true gaming empire

Jesus Christ the cringe.... lmao :laugh:

i would have to agree on that tho :laugh:

Well, when I get back, my RX 7900 XTX would be from One of these exclusive AIBs - PowerColor, Sapphire or XFX. That Red Devil does look badass though, though I prefer that industrial non-LED look of my PowerColor Vega64 Red Devil.

I would never buy a card called "devil".
Why do they use this name instead of something more like "Godlike", "Zeus", or any of the many Greek mythology characters:


Greek mythology - Wikipedia

I am looking for the 2-2.5-slot versions with 2 8-pin PCIe connectors:

PowerColor Radeon RX 7900 XTX Red Devil Is A Quad-Slot Graphics Card With Triple Fans & Triple 8-Pin Connectors (wccftech.com)

dj-electricWhat I'm saying is that by everybody wanting to be different - they all end up looking similar. I can only give points to Sapphire for maintaining a rather simple design for many cards, but im not a fan of where they are going with recent product launches. Sapphire to me will stay a cut above the rest for Radeon thanks to a rich history of designs that make more sense than others.

By now, I expect most designs from AIBs to remain the same as their GeForce ones, and those who are AMD exclusive to look tacky as the one shown here by Powercolor. Not a fan, but again, this is very much my own personal opinion. I might be in the minority here.

Hi,
Only so much they can do with a air cooler systems
Either 2 or 3 fans, you don't want them to go back to blower style do you, those are shit coolers.

ThrashZoneHi,
Only so much they can do with a air cooler systems
Either 2 or 3 fans, you don't want them to go back to blower style do you, those are shit coolers.

It depends, really. If they innovate and design something with more cooling capabilities, such as double vapour chamber, 50% more heat pipes, etc tricks, it might be a good solution.
We don't know but yeah, this 4-slot cooler with 3 fans is a no-go. Better water cooling 1-slot.

I hate the fact that Powercolor has been reserving reviews for their cards to "content creators" on YouTube. I'm a fan of Powercolor/Sapphire/Asrock AMD cards, but only the latter two make the cards available to mass reviews. Powercolor makes good cards, stop reserving cards for the YouTube crowd.

ARFIt depends, really. If they innovate and design something with more cooling capabilities, such as double vapour chamber, 50% more heat pipes, etc tricks, it might be a good solution.
We don't know but yeah, this 4-slot cooler with 3 fans is a no-go. Better water cooling 1-slot.

The liquid devil.

RavenasThe liquid devil.

Poseidon?

ARFI would never buy a card called "devil".
Why do they use this name instead of something more like "Godlike", "Zeus", or any of the many Greek mythology characters:

I mean MSI has a motherboard called Godlike.
And the Devil is just cool I guess, but yeah so is Zeus, Thor, Kraken (wait NZXT uses that), Ra, you name it, plenty of names (gods) out there but Red Devil is also just kewl yo, like flames on your mat black Mercury Coupe or something like that.

ARFPoseidon?

Trying to understand why you care so much about the name on a card? Are you looking for names or performance?

RavenasTrying to understand why you care so much about the name on a card? Are you looking for names or performance?

Names, the performance is already fixed by the creator of the chip, not by those who put some weird labels on the boxes.

ZoneDymothe Devil is just cool I guess

I don't. It's more hot than cool, and is associated with the evil, it's the extreme negative.

ARFNames, the performance is already fixed by the creator of the chip, not by those who put some weird labels on the boxes.



I don't. It's more hot than cool, and is associated with the evil, it's the extreme negative.

It's not fixed, hince AIB OCs and different cooling solutions. If it were fixed, all that would be available is reference. Names is marketing, performance inside your case is what matters.

The bracket is triple slot, the cooler appears to extend beyond, so 4 slots.

RavenasIt's not fixed, hince AIB OCs and different cooling solutions. If it were fixed, all that would be available is reference. Names is marketing, performance inside your case is what matters.

Err, it's fixed. We can adjust the performance ourselves - there is tweaking software for this purpose. I don't need the AIB OCs cause I can do it myself.

ARFErr, it's fixed. We can adjust the performance ourselves - there is tweaking software for this purpose. I don't need the AIB OCs cause I can do it myself.

It’s fixed but I can adjust. Logic.

One the factors I always look out when buying a graphics card is the name. Logic.

Maybe we should start getting a section in the reviews which provides pros and cons of the names too…

Thats a perfect cooler to take off and replace with a waterblock

GreiverBladei have the RX 6700 XT Red Devil from them and there is very little plastic about it ... it's heavy sturdy and is often depicted as an excellent whisper quiet cooling solution.

Spoiler: cooling over aesthetics? why not both? :)

and the leds are not disturbing (being thankful for aRGB so, i can set all on white :) )

Spoiler: Powercolor XFX and co are mild, want some cringe? (although i would like to have them for collection purpose)

Alright, if this is a common belief ill remain with my seemingly unpopular opinion. People want this gamery stuff.

SLObingerThats a perfect cooler to take off and replace with a waterblock

So much waste of material for the heatsink. Better sell the card with discount and without a cooler.

GunShotIt's been proven, many of times, that a GPU can have all the above. Great cooling, aesthetics, class-leading perf, etc. BUT it always depends on the most devoted/HIGH-INTEGRITY oem, etc. to make it a reality.

This, it doesn't have to be only one way.
Personally I like flashier cards 'like my previous EVGA FTW 3 GTX 1070' but I can also appreciate more simple looking cards like my current TuF 3060 Ti. 'barely any RGB and its all metal with no fancy colors, looks pretty good in my system tho and it performs just as well'

I do like the look of the RDNA 2 Devil cards too and Sapphire cards, one of my regrets for not going AMD cause I always wanted one of those, oh well maybe next time in a few years.:)

On a side note, that marketing text is just cringe and some ppl not wanting specific but perfectly good cards cause of the naming yeah I guess I heard something new today.:laugh: