Ten long months after the launch of the high-end Radeon RX 7900 series, AMD is finally finishing its next-gen graphics card lineup with the launch of the $450 Radeon RX 7700 XT and $500 Radeon RX 7800 XT. And their arrival means that for the first time this generation, there are 1440p gaming options finally worth buying.
Nvidia’s offerings in this price range flatly aren’t compelling. The $400 8GB GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and $500 16GB version of the same GPU are better suited for 1080p gaming thanks to their ultra-nerfed memory configurations, meaning you need to spend $600 on the RTX 4070 to get compelling 1440p performance from Team Green—a steep price for that resolution.
Enter the Radeon RX 7700 XT and 7800 XT. AMD’s new graphics cards deliver great 1440p gaming performance for a whole lot less than its Nvidia rivals, though they aren’t as energy efficient or as good at ray tracing as the GeForce GPUs. If you’re willing to bend on those aspects, AMD’s new graphics cards are worth a long, hard look—though this much money for 1440p gaming still feels pricey.
We’ve put Sapphire’s custom Nitro+ Radeon RX 7800 XT to the test against Nvidia’s RTX 4060, along with the company’s
