ASUS Radeon RX 7600 Strix OC

[W1zzard]

The ASUS Radeon RX 7600 Strix OC comes with the best cooler of all RX 7600s tested so far and achieves unbelievable noise levels. Our review confirms that thanks to its large factory overclock, the Strix is also the fastest RX 7600 available at this time.

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[Kapone33]

I really wish you guys would use a AM5 setup for AMD 7000 GPU reviews.

 

[Selaya]

Our review confirms that thanks to its large ROG overpricing, the Strix is also the most expensive RX 7600 available at this time.

ftfy

 

[mechtech]

@W1zzard

Ever though of adding a transistors per fps chart?? I think that might be interesting.

Edit - https://shop-ca-en.amd.com/amd-radeon-rx-7600-graphics/ so $356CAD = $266.75USD

Well a nice improvement from the RX6600 being $900-$1000 CAD at peak pricing, can get an RX 6600 for as low as $260 CAD now. Think I paid $330 CAD ($240 usd) for my 8GB RX480 back in the day. Just took several gens to get over 2x the performance.

 

[mama]

The lower tier of graphics cards is the most interesting at the moment. A good time to be a 1080p gamer.

 

[Broken Processor]

Gotta say my take away from most reviews is buy a previous gen card and get a better deal.

 

[wheresmycar]

If anyone is considering buying this at $340, consider a previous Gen 6700 XT (or 6750XT) for $320-340. Its faster (fps perf), enjoys increased VRAM, wider memory bandwidth and sees further gains with higher resolution gaming (1440p+). The 7600 even falls behind in ray tracing, not that it matters at this level. In a nutshell, its pants compared to the 6700XT.

EDIT: OOPs, thank for the review @W1zzard

 

[sLowEnd]

That's one heck of a price premium for something Asus didn't even bother raising the power limit cap or memory speed cap on. It's still just +12% & 2400MHz.

 

[Udyr]

Thanks for the review, Wiz.

This is a regular GPU with the Asus tax slapped on it.

 

[T1beriu]

• Similar positioning as last-generation Radeons without clear unique selling point

• AV1 hardware encode
• AV1 hardware decode
• HDMI 2.1
• Improved energy efficiency by 25% vs 6600 XT.

 

[sLowEnd]

• AV1 hardware encode
• AV1 hardware decode
• HDMI 2.1
• Improved energy efficiency by 25% vs 6600 XT.

RDNA2 cards (except Navi24-based cards like the RX 6400 & RX 6500XT) have AV1 decode

 

[Dr. Dro]

This graphics card is sad and hopeless. Not even giving it the ROG Strix treatment makes the RX 7600 worthy. This thing needs to be $150 cheaper to make any sense. With this egregious price tag you are better served by RX 6700 XT and RTX 3060 Ti products, as well as the RTX 4060 releasing in 10 days from now. They are much faster and much more capable products.

• AV1 hardware encode
• AV1 hardware decode
• HDMI 2.1
• Improved energy efficiency by 25% vs 6600 XT.

High-bandwidth ports such as HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 2.0 aren't a selling point in a product with performance this weak. It's not even going to handle madVR at any resolution you'd require these standards to be supported, let alone any actual video game. Energy efficiency point is moot because the 6600 XT wasn't exactly power inefficient to begin with and this is still leagues behind Ada Lovelace in that department.

 

[W1zzard]

That's one heck of a price premium for something Asus didn't even bother raising the power limit cap or memory speed cap on. It's still just +12% & 2400MHz.

I don't think they can, afaik the Overdrive limits are controlled exclusively by AMD

• AV1 hardware encode
• HDMI 2.1
• Improved energy efficiency by 25% vs 6600 XT.

Maybe it's just me, but do you know anyone who actually uses AV1 _encode_? most people don't even use AV1 decode.. also .. on a low-end card? How much extra would you spend for these features (that you'll probably never use)? $10 maybe?

 

[#22]

Two bioses of this Strix, Quiet one increases rpm by 1rpm and it costs 3 degrees penalty. How is it possible?

ASUS Radeon RX 7600 Strix OC Review

The ASUS Radeon RX 7600 Strix OC comes with the best cooler of all RX 7600s tested so far and achieves unbelievable noise levels. Our review confirms that thanks to its large factory overclock, the Strix is also the fastest RX 7600 available at this time.

www.techpowerup.com

 

[Jism]

I don't think they can, afaik the Overdrive limits are controlled exclusively by AMD

have you tried MorePowerTool? You can "extend" any of those values that you attempted.

 

[Dr. Dro]

I don't think they can, afaik the Overdrive limits are controlled exclusively by AMD


Maybe it's just me, but do you know anyone who actually uses AV1 _encode_? most people don't even use AV1 decode.. also .. on a low-end card? How much extra would you spend for these features (that you'll probably never use)? $10 maybe?

Extremely important feature to have and an area where AMD had been lacking severely until this generation. IMHO - it's an essential feature which should be present on all current generation GPUs from all brands, and the one thing I miss having the most with an Ampere graphics card. It's not DLSS 3 frame generation, it's the latest-generation NVENC with AV1 encode.

CPU-based AV1 encoding is exceptionally harsh and was not at all feasible at decent speeds until very recently, and still requires an exceptionally high performance CPU to be done in real-time. I mean, people are actually buying Intel Arc A380 GPUs solely due to their hardware AV1 encode capabilities, for use in streamer boxes. This codec offers an immense improvement over AVC/H.264, and is capable of producing videos with superior clarity and fidelity even at very low bitrates. It is widely considered to be the holy grail for streaming, as it outperforms HEVC/H.265 and has a royalty-free license. The patent problem is why both it and its successor VVC/H.266 were shunned by the industry in favor of AV1.

 

[W1zzard]

have you tried MorePowerTool? You can "extend" any of those values that you attempted.

Only on RX 6000, last I checked

Two bioses of this Strix, Quiet one increases rpm by 1rpm and it costs 3 degrees penalty. How is it possible?

ASUS Radeon RX 7600 Strix OC Review

The ASUS Radeon RX 7600 Strix OC comes with the best cooler of all RX 7600s tested so far and achieves unbelievable noise levels. Our review confirms that thanks to its large factory overclock, the Strix is also the fastest RX 7600 available at this time.

www.techpowerup.com

Yeah I noticed that, too, not sure. Usually this can be explained by different clocks/voltage, which affect heat output, but not in this case.

 

[R_Type]

Nice review, thank you!

Any plans on refreshing the GPU suite with new drivers? Interested to see if the needle has moved for top of the line this gen vs old gen in the 6-ish months since they were launched. Thanks!

 

[P4-630]

So it's about as good as my RTX 2070 Super...

 

[Dragokar]

have you tried MorePowerTool? You can "extend" any of those values that you attempted.

Only on RX 6000, last I checked


Yeah I noticed that, too, not sure. Usually this can be explained by different clocks/voltage, which affect heat output, but not in this case.

As far as MPT goes, it is not going to be there for RX 7xxx. Igors statement is linked below:

Statement from our team: No MorePowerTool (MPT) for RDNA3 and the reasons | igor´sLAB

The fact that the MorePowerTool from Hellm and the Red BIOS Rebellion Team (R.B.R.T.) in the background for RDNA3 will no longer exist in the usual form has already been reported by some media…

www.igorslab.de

 

[Fatalfury]

Asus PRODUCTS: A day WITHOUT a overpriced product is a day wasted.

 

[Durvelle27]

That price is absolutely horrid

at that price might as well go 6700XT, 6750XT, or 3060 Ti

Heck on the used market you could snag a 6800 or 3080

 

[vlad.coolish]

+1 FPS to base 7600. +25% to price

 

[MaMoo]

+1 FPS to base 7600. +25% to price

In Search Of Incredible (Mark Up).

 

[Shou Miko]

Another good review from @W1zzard just another sad product from Asus....

The Strix series has become great remembering my RTX 3070 but the pricetag ain't really much worth it because sometimes the Strix pricetag can you a the next tier card or find a cheaper model that does equally as good for cheaper and save money or use them for something else.