Holly freak, insane scores for 304w!!
Backstory: I have been buying testing and selling 9070xt since march – I had 6 steel legends and lastly black gaming OC (because it was selling under MRSP price, and equal to cheapest base model! So I thought 330w OC model card at same price) and it did perform better than avg steel legend! See bellow
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Steel legends would have stability limit are different under volt, some -65, other even -90, but they would always end up scoring in about same scores at the maximum stable tune. (At 304w Steel legend about 7200-7250)
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Black gaming OC I had stability limit at – 65, and if I run it -8% (= 303.5w) it would score steel nomad = 7380-7400, so an improvement over steel legend in efficiency (1.5-2fps more from same watt level! Good)
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But, White gaming OC blew right past it!😳👌 -65mv, 2702 fast mem (always on all cards), -8%=303.5w and it gets 7550 in steel nomad!!! That is insane score for this power level!!! (3-3.5fps or about 5% more from same watts as steel legend is significant!)
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All tests comparing black vs new white are in photos but I will write out:
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speed way black 6510-> white 6810(4.6% RT test)
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steel legend black 7370 -> white 7550 (2.4%)
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Timespy ext black 14780 gpu -> w 15150 (2.5%)
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Timespy black 30370 gpu -> w 31100 (2.4%)
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Firestrike black 71060 gpu -> w 72500 (2%)
(Each test was done 3-4 times to check consistency and avg value was taken)
Conclusion:
– gigabyte gaming OC black at 303.5w was able to get scores that Steel Legend got at +6%=324w or about 2.7% improvement in score if run stock 304w (7200 steel legend vs 7400 black gaming OC)
– white Gaming Oc was able to get another 2.4% on top of black gaming OC under same 303.5w!
= so This white gaming OC runs 5% faster than Steel Legend did at 304w at maximum stable undervolt (72 fps vs 75.5 fps in steel nomad for example)
😁😁 so when you ask which is better to buy, just get cheapest – is not 100% true, gaming OC at MRSP price tag is great performer (but DO NOT get any model that is more than 5% more expensive $$$ than cheapest model, if you want max fps per $!)
- white 9070xt gaming OC Ice is nearly 80€ more expensive at the moment (600€ black vs 680€ white), steel legend is white and sells 600€, so 630€ would be reasonable price for gaming OC, but I was ready to pay 50€ for white tax on better performer.