ASRock Radeon RX 7900 GRE Steel Legend 16GB OC Graphics Card Review

Overview

• Clock: GPU / Memory
  Boost Clock*: Up to 2333 MHz / 18 Gbps
  Game Clock**: 1972 MHz / 18 Gbps
• Key Specification
  AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 GRE GPU
  16GB GDDR6 on 256-Bit Memory Bus
  60 AMD RDNA™ 3 Compute Units (with RT+AI Accelerators)
  64MB AMD Infinity Cache™ technology
  Microsoft^® DirectX® 12 Ultimate
  PCI^® Express 4.0 Support
  2 x 8-pin Power Connectors
  3 x DisplayPort™ 2.1***, 1 x HDMI™ 2.1
• Key Features
  Polychrome SYNC
  Triple Fan Design
  Stylish Metal Backplate
  Reinforced Metal Frame
  Striped Axial Fan
  Air Deflecting Fin
  Ultra-fit Heatpipe

Polychrome SYNC – Create Your Own Unique Colorful Light Effects

With the integrated ARGB LEDs, you can create your own unique colorful light effects which can also be switched on and off. It can also be synchronized with your ASRock motherboards that support Polychrome SYNC.

LED On/Off Switch – On or Off? Switch as You Want

You can switch not only the built-in ARGB LEDs but also the ARGB LEDs equipping with the connected strips/devices at once.

Triple Fan Design

Triple fan design helps to optimize system cooling to reduce the operating temperature.

Stylish Metal Backplate – Solid, Fancy, Cool

Designed to avoid PCB bending. The fancy outlook makes the graphic card more legendary in visual. It also helps to enhance cooling with the premium thermal pads equipped backside.

Reinforced Metal Frame – Be solid. No sag.

Enhances the structure to prevent the PCB from being bent.

Striped Axial Fan – Designed For Enhanced Airflow

ASRock’s custom Striped Axial Fan delivers enhanced airflow to optimize cooling from not only the stripe structure on each fan blade but also the polishing surface on the bottom side.

0dB Silent Cooling – Spin For Cooling, Stop For Silence

The fan spins when the temperature goes high for the optimal cooling, and stops when the temperature goes low for the complete silence.

Air Deflecting Fin – Guide Airflow To Go Through Regularly & Quickly

Guide the airflow to go more regularly and quickly to enhance the cooling efficiency by the V-shaped cutting fins and the V-shaped air vents.

Ultra-Fit Heatpipe – Consolidated To Maximize The Contact

The heatpipes are consolidated to maximize the contact among each others and also the GPU baseplate for the optimized heat dissipation.

Nickel-plated Copper Base – Maximize GPU Contact Area

With premium copper base heatsink design, the direct contact area to the GPU would be maximized to improve thermal transfer effectively.

High-Density Metal Welding – Improve Heat Dissipation

Effectively isolate all coverage of the gap between pipe and stacked fins, hence improve heat dissipation effectively.

Nano Thermal Paste – Perfect Thermal Teamwork

Eliminate the gaps in the contact area to maximize heat transfer and thermal efficiency.

Premium Thermal Pad – Better Heat Transfer

The premium thermal pad helps to transfer the heat of the components to the heatsink, improving heat dissipation

Precise Screw Torque – Optimized Mounting Pressure

ASRock adopts precise screw torque when assembling its graphics cards to optimize the cooler mounting pressure to improve thermal efficiency while avoiding damage to GPU die.

Specifications

• Graphics Engine
  – AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 GRE
• Bus Standard
  – PCI^® Express 4.0 x16
• DirectX
  – 12 Ultimate
• OpenGL
  – 4.6
• Memory
  – 16GB GDDR6
• Engine Clock
  – Boost Clock*: Up to 2333 MHz
  – Game Clock**: 1972 MHz

  *Boost Clock is the maximum frequency achievable on the GPU running a bursty workload. Boost clock achievability, frequency, and sustainability will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to: thermal conditions and variation in applications and workloads.

  **Game Clock is the expected GPU clock when running typical gaming applications, set to typical TGP (Total Graphics Power). Actual individual game clock results may vary.

• Stream Processors
  – 5120
• Memory Clock
  – 18 Gbps
• Memory Interface
  – 256-bit
• Resolution
  – Digital Max Resolution: 7680 x 4320
• Interface
  – 3 x DisplayPort™ 2.1*
  – 1 x HDMI™ 2.1

  *DisplayPort (DP) 2.1 on any one or two ports. DisplayPort (DP) 1.4a on any and up to 3 ports simultaneously.
• HDCP
  – Yes
• Multi-view
  – 4
• Recommended PSU
  – 800W
• Power Connector
  – 2 x 8-pin
• Accessories
  – 1 x Quick Installation Guide
• Dimensions
  – 304 x 131 x 56 mm, 2.8-slot
• Net Weight
  – 1242 g

More information can be found on ASRock’s website.