GIGABYTE Radeon RX 7700 XT Gaming OC 12G Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans 12GB 192-bit GDDR6, GV-R77XTGAMING OC-12GD Video Card

Great performance and Price point!

Paired with an R7 9800X3D. Excellent and powerful video card. When stress testing, I noticed the fans were quite loud but immensely powerful (hitting 4000 RPM!), so I tuned them down. Let’s hope it stays strong.

Best GPU on the market for the price, quality is impeccable and performs better than anything on the market for this price range. No noise at all, temperature runs consistent and no issues with gaming

This GIGABYTE RX 9070 Gaming OC balances speed, features, and build quality in the $550–$700 range, making it a compelling mid-range option especially if you prioritize future ready features like FSR 4, RDNA 4 ray tracing, and PCIe 5.0. If you see thermal issues with your unit, a thermal pad swap could offer a quick fix.StrengthsPotential DrawbacksExcellent raster and ray tracing performanceVRAM thermals may benefit from aftermarket padsCutting-edge features: FSR 4, HYPR-RX6, PCIe 5.0Slightly above MSRP; consider 9070 XT if availableAdvanced, efficient cooling and solid buildLimited adoption of FSR 4 titles (as of mid-2025). It looks great.

I got this card when I had prime (which got me a slight discount). Right now with GPU prices not going down too much so I picked this up. I upgrade from a 2070 Super and it plays the games I care about and this card has good raster performance. Granted this card will now be able to use FSR4 and have better Raytracing (but still doesn't compare to the NVIDIA cards). I also got this card given how shady NVIDIA has been lately with its 5000 series cards. It preforms much better than my old card.Make sure you do setup a proper fan curve in the AMD Adrenaline software and find a good guide to tune the card as the power draw and heat an get high. That and tuning the card correctly will get you pretty good performance with lower temps and fan noise (especially if you're really susceptible to fan noise).Although I said to tune the fan curve, the fan is not too bad at all (I barely hear it over my radiator fans). I currently run this card on the performance mode.Finally, the card is pretty small compared to the the other cards around this generation. So much so, you won't need to buy a GPU brace if you have reinforced PCI-Slots and the extra support with the expansion card bracket.If you want good performance with rasterized graphics this is the card for you. If you want better raytracing, I wouldn't really pick this card up (it's better but not great that's for sure).