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AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Allegedly Draws 450W when OC’d to 2.8GHz, Can’t Hit 3GHz Due to Design Flaw [Rumor]

AMD’s RDNA 3 architecture features decoupled clocks: The front end and the shaders run at different frequencies. For example, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX has a peak boost of 2.5GHz for the front end and a slightly lower 2.3GHz for the shaders or stream processors. This is a far cry from the 3.0GHz claimed by rumors and leaks over the past months. Well, it turns out that something went wrong at the hardware level, preventing Navi 31 from clocking that high.

As per @XpeaGPU, Navi 31 needs a respin to fix the issue, limiting it to 2.5GHz. Unfortunately, this is a hardware-level flaw, and no matter how much power you feed the GPU (within reason), it won’t be able to hit the 3GHz mark. On the bright side, AMD’s engineering team has identified the bug and found a workaround with Navi 32, so we may see midrange SKUs approaching 3GHz.

Coming back to the RX 7900 XTX, even AIB cards with a power ceiling of 450W can barely make it to 2.8GHz for a meager 5% performance gain. 2.9GHz is allegedly the upper limit, no matter how much power or voltage you throw at it.

Areej Syed

Processors, PC gaming, and the past. I have been writing about computer hardware for over seven years with more than 5000 published articles. Started off during engineering college and haven't stopped since. Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Divinity, Torment, Baldur's Gate and so much more... Contact: areejs12@hardwaretimes.com.
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