Sapphire Radeon RX 7600 Pulse OC

[W1zzard]

Sapphire RX 7600 Pulse OC includes a factory overclock yet still comes in at the AMD MSRP of $269, which makes this a great alternative to the AMD reference design. Our review shows that the dual-slot, dual-fan cooler does a good job at keeping the card cool and runs at very quiet noise levels, even when fully loaded.

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[bug]

Yesterday 4060Ti doesn't beat the 3070 and today 7600 isn't any faster than the 6700XT. They're not even trying anymore

Side note, I like the magic in that driver that has the fan spinning at +500rpm compared to the press release driver, but at the same time makes it 2 dBA quieter. I think everybody should copy that secret sauce

 

[Szala]

Would you be able to add information on the power usage on either OC (1.2V vs 1.02V) or just UV? Would be interesting to see what is the art of possible and how 'safe' AMD wanted to be with the stability of the card.

 

[Vecix6]

Yesterday 4060Ti doesn't beat the 3070 and today 7600 isn't any faster than the 6700XT. They're not even trying anymore

Side note, I like the magic in that driver that has the fan spinning at +500rpm compared to the press release driver, but at the same time makes it 2 dBA quieter. I think everybody should copy that secret sauce

At least beats RX 6600, RX 6600 XT and RX 6650 XT, not bad for a simple RX 7600 non-XT. RTX 4060 Ti only beats RTX 3060 Ti.

Problem of this cards against NVIDIA it's it 6 nm that makes 165W TDP vs 160W on RTX 4060 Ti that is 25% faster, so future RTX 4060 with 115W will be better than this RX 7600 on all elements: RT, DLSS, perf/w, etc..

 

[Gungar]

Yesterday 4060Ti doesn't beat the 3070 and today 7600 isn't any faster than the 6700XT. They're not even trying anymore

Side note, I like the magic in that driver that has the fan spinning at +500rpm compared to the press release driver, but at the same time makes it 2 dBA quieter. I think everybody should copy that secret sauce

the 7600 is a 270 dollars card, it's really good compared to entire Nvidia line up.

 

[Taisho]

33.5 dBA​

1579 RPM​

31.4 dBA​

2145 RPM​

@W1zzard What's going on? I understand that some speeds cause bad resonances and so on, but not like this.

Also, ASRock RX 7600 Phantom Gaming with its 26.8 dBA @1387 RPM and 1113 RPM @26.2 dBA doesn't inspire much confidence in these results. I understand there can be motor noise or coil whine that makes lowering RPM inefficient in noise reduction, but so small difference looks very strange.

That's why I earlier recommended doing extra 25 dBA comparisons for the most competent models. It looks like the 4060 Ti Gaming X Trio can go much lower with noise at low speeds, despite being very close to ASRock RX 7600 Phantom Gaming (edge temp) at 35 dBA.

 

[bug]

the 7600 is a 270 dollars card, it's really good compared to entire Nvidia line up.

It's virtually a rebadged 6650XT, nothing you couldn't have bought already.

 

[W1zzard]

33.5 dBA​

1579 RPM​

31.4 dBA​

2145 RPM​

@W1zzard What's going on? I understand that some speeds cause bad resonances and so on, but not like this.

Also, ASRock RX 7600 Phantom Gaming with its 26.8 dBA @1387 RPM and 1113 RPM @26.2 dBA doesn't inspire much confidence in these results. I understand there can be motor noise or coil whine that makes lowering RPM inefficient in noise reduction, but so small difference looks very strange.

That's why I earlier recommended doing extra 25 dBA comparisons for the most competent models. It looks like the 4060 Ti Gaming X Trio can go much lower with noise at low speeds, despite being very close to ASRock RX 7600 Phantom Gaming (edge temp) at 35 dBA.

I mixed up something with the data, let me investigate and fix.

Edit: fixed now, thanks for reporting

25 dBA normalized isn't possible for many cards because the lowest fan speed you can set is 30% on NVIDIA, also 25 dbA isn't happening on higher-end cards. I rather have something standard, maybe 30 dBA, but some cards will overheat, which is not the goal of the test

 

[Taisho]

I rather have something standard, maybe 30 dBA, but some cards will overheat, which is not the goal of the test

30 dBA testing would be a very welcome change or addition. I wasn't aware of the 30% fan speed limitation for NVIDIA GPUs.

 

[W1zzard]

30 dBA testing would be a very welcome change or addition. I wasn't aware of the 30% fan speed limitation for NVIDIA GPUs.

Will do some research after Computex

 

[Space Lynx]

Will do some research after Computex

have fun at Computex!!!

7600 reviews look good, i do have to say though it all seems a little strange to me when 6750 xt can be had for as little as $319 with a free game. strange times we live in, heh

 

[olymind1]

33.5 dBA​

1579 RPM​

31.4 dBA​

2145 RPM​

@W1zzard What's going on? I understand that some speeds cause bad resonances and so on, but not like this.

Also, ASRock RX 7600 Phantom Gaming with its 26.8 dBA @1387 RPM and 1113 RPM @26.2 dBA doesn't inspire much confidence in these results. I understand there can be motor noise or coil whine that makes lowering RPM inefficient in noise reduction, but so small difference looks very strange.

That's why I earlier recommended doing extra 25 dBA comparisons for the most competent models. It looks like the 4060 Ti Gaming X Trio can go much lower with noise at low speeds, despite being very close to ASRock RX 7600 Phantom Gaming (edge temp) at 35 dBA.

Look at the heatsink, it is a smaller version of what other Pulse models use, for example RX470/480 also had this small one (as did the RX 6700 OC verison) version and they are noiser and cooling performance is worse, while the RX 570/580 and 6700 Pulse edition has longer taller thicker heatsinks. Budget cooler in short.

 

[bobalazs]

I want to see UNDERvolting showing at same reference clocks, what the power consumption is.

 

[terroralpha]

all the budget gamers out there who were begging amd for an RX 6650XT but wanted to pay more money for it are happy right now

 

[ValenOne]

Yesterday 4060Ti doesn't beat the 3070 and today 7600 isn't any faster than the 6700XT. They're not even trying anymore

Side note, I like the magic in that driver that has the fan spinning at +500rpm compared to the press release driver, but at the same time makes it 2 dBA quieter. I think everybody should copy that secret sauce

Well, RX 7600 is not RX 7600 XT or RX 7700...

RX 7600 is supposed to replace RX 6600.

 

[Gungar]

It's virtually a rebadged 6650XT, nothing you couldn't have bought already.

No its not, its the same number of cores but it's not the same process node and that's the most important part here.

 

[Figus]

In 2020 those performance were good... but we are in 2023.... let's hope in a 7700.

 

[bug]

No its not, its the same number of cores but it's not the same process node and that's the most important part here.

And what do you do with the number of cores and the node process? At the end of the day, you still get the same performance at the same price.
Note that I said "virtually", I know this is no rebadge. It's the same if you look at what you pay vs what you get.

Well, RX 7600 is not RX 7600 XT or RX 7700...

RX 7600 is supposed to replace RX 6600.

That's not a favorable comparison either. Compared to the 6600, this is ~25% faster and ~25% more expensive. When Nvidia drives the prices up in a segment, everybody's calling them names. Now that AMD does the same, you're telling me it's actually an improvement?

 

[catulitechup]

Well still dont show test for howarts legacy, resident evil 4 and last of us, without forget add arc A750 8gb

 

[W1zzard]

Well still dont show test for howarts legacy, resident evil 4 and last of us, without forget add arc A750 8gb

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[codex5600x]

0 reason to buy 7600 series

 

[bug]

0 reason to buy 7600 series

Not much of a reason to pick it from a lineup, but if you had a card from 3-4 generations ago (or just building from scratch) and ~$300 to burn, it's an option.

 

[W1zzard]

used 5700XT

Used 5700 XT is a great choice

 

[Hyderz]

@W1zzard great reviews as always, btw any chance of trimming some games down.. i think some of them are getting old now

 

[bug]

I had a RX590 and could resell and replace by a used 5700XT for 80 euros.
It's nice to see retail prices getting lower but I feel performance is not progressing fast enough to justify current market prices

I also think we're not in an ideal spot, but I prefer to look at the bright side: things seem to have stopped going the wrong way and are slowly moving in the right way, for a change. In 1-2 generations, we could be back to sane territory.