Radeon RX 7800 XT And 7700 XT Review: Midrange AMD Gaming GPUs Put To The Test


Radeon RX 7800 XT & 7700 XT: Game Benchmarks And Resolution Scaling Tests

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Company of Heroes 3 is a recently released real-time strategy game developed by Relic Entertainment. A follow up to the popular Company of Heroes 2, this latest addition to the franchise features new mechanics and modes and is set in the Italian and North African theaters of World War II. We tested the game at 1080p and 1440p resolutions, with maximum image quality settings...

Company Of Heroes 3 Benchmarks

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Company Of Heroes 3

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Company Of Heroes 3 Radeon RX 7800 XT Details @ 1440p

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Company Of Heroes 3 Radeon RX 7700 XT Details @ 1440p

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Company of Heroes 3 has the new Radeon RX 7800 XT cards going head-to-head with the GeForce RTX 4070, while the Radeon RX 7700 XT dukes it out with the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti. All of the cards are plenty fast for this game, however, which puts up triple-digit framerates at both resolutions, with minimums well past 60 FPS.

Far Cry 6 Benchmarks Benchmarks

Next up, we’ve got some benchmark scores from Far Cry 6, the latest installment in the storied franchise. Like its predecessors, Far Cry 6 is a fast-action shooter set in an open world environment with lush visuals and high graphics fidelity. The game is set on the fictional Caribbean island of Yara, ruled by dictator "El Presidente" Antón Castillo, famously played by actor Giancarlo Esposito. We tested all of the graphics cards here at multiple resolutions using Ultra Quality settings to see how they handled this AAA title.

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Farcry 6

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Farcry 6 Radeon RX 7800 XT Details @ 1440P

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Farcry 6 Radeon RX 7700 XT Details @ 1440P

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FarCry 6 is somewhat CPU limited at 1080p, which throws off the ranking somewhat. Still, the new Radeon RX 7800 XT cards finish near the top of the charts, with the Radeon RX 7700 XT not too far behind. At 1440p, the rankings look more in-line with expectations. At the higher resolution we see the 7800 XTs squeaking past the GeForce RTX 4070, but the Radeon RX 7700 XT clearly outguns the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti in this game. 

Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is an action-adventure game where you play as Star-Lord and lead the rest of the Guardians from mission to mission. The game’s minimum requirements call for a Radeon RX 570 or GeForce GTX 1060-class GPU, but it also supports some of the latest graphics technologies, including DXR and DLSS.

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Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy

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Guardians Of The Galaxy Radeon RX 7800 XT Details @ 1440p

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Guardians Of The Galaxy Radeon RX 7700 XT Details @ 1440p

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With ray tracing enabled in this game, the GeForce RTX 4070 significantly outruns the new Radeon RX 7800 XT cards and the 7700 XT at both resolutions. The 7800 XTs, however, are able to overtake the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti at 1440p, albeit by a small margin.

Returnal Benchmarks

Returnal is a port of the popular PS5 game, which follows Selene as she searches for a way out of the barren landscape of an ancient civilization. Returnal is a fast-paced, third-person shooter that makes use of many advanced graphics techniques and employs technologies like DLSS, XeSS, and FSR...

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Returnal

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Returnal Radeon RX 7800 XT Details @ 1440p

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Returnal Radeon RX 7700 XT Details @ 1440p

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Returnal tells a similar story to Guardians Of The Galaxy. In this game, the Radeon RX 7800 XT cards and the 7700 XT trail the RTX 4070 and 4060 Ti at 1080p, but they are able to overtake the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti at 1440p. Ultimately, the Radeon RX 7800 XT cards finish well head of the 4060 Ti, but behind the 4070, while the 7700 XT finishes right on top of the 4060 Ti.

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Enabling DLSS, XeSS, or FSR in Returnal results in a significant framerate boost, but it doesn't change the standings, with the Radeon RX 7800 XT cards and the 7700 XT slotting in  just behind the GeForce RTX 4070 and 4060 Ti.

F1 2022 Benchmarks

F1 2022 is Codemaster’s latest Formula One racing simulation, and like previous version of the game, it sports impressive visuals. This latest addition to the franchise supports DirectX 12 with ray tracing, and it incorporates support for a number of AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) and NVIDIA technologies (like DLSS). We tested the games with its Ultra High graphics preset, with ray-tracing and TAA enabled at a couple of resolutions to see what the graphics cards could do.

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The Radeon RX 7800 XT cards and the 7700 XT performed well in F1 2022. At 1080p the cards just missed the mark set by the GeForce RTX 4070, but clearly outran the RTX 4060 Ti. And at 1440p, the XFX card was able to squeak past the RTX 4070, while the RTX 4060 Ti fell a bit further behind.

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With DLSS or FSR 2 enabled, we once again see significant increases in performance, which slightly tweaks the rankings. The Radeon RX 7800 XT cards land just behind the GeForce RTX 4070, while the 7700 XT slide in behind the RTX 4060 Ti. All of the higher-end cards are putting up smooth, triple-digit framerates though.

Cyberpunk 2077 Benchmarks

Cyberpunk 2077 is based on the Cyberpunk tabletop role-playing game franchise. The tabletop game was published for the first time in 1988, and the intervening 30-some years have not changed the game world all that much. As a result, Cyberpunk 2077 looks somewhat retro-futuristic, as this is how people in the 1980s imagined what the future would look like. The game make use of virtually every advanced DirectX graphics technologies, features like DLSS, FSR and XeSS, and after a somewhat rocky release, it has been significantly updated and optimized for a multitude of hardware configurations...

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Cyberpunk 2077

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The GeForce RTX 4070 takes the top spot in our taxing Cyberpunk 2077 tests, at both resolutions. The Radeon RX 7800 XT cards and the 7700 XT end up trading blows with the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, with the 7800 XTs and 7700 XT sandwiching the GeForce at 1440p.

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With DLSS of FSR enabled in Cyberpunk, things change quite a bit. Without any frame generation, the GeForce RTX 4070 and RTX 4060 Ti end up pulling further ahead of the Radeon RX 7800 XT cards and the 7700 XT. And with frame generation enabled on the RTX 40-series cards, they simply outclass every other card we tested.

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