Powercolor Hellhound 7900 XT Tested – Just How Effective is FSR?

Where to Buy

The PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Hellhound 20GB Graphics Card is available at Scan.co.uk for just £863.99.

Overview

When it comes to performance, the PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Hellhound 20GB Graphics Card certainly has a lot to offer. That’s not to say there aren’t some strong rivals out there though, the RTX 4000 series cards are offering very competitive performance, and the AMD XTX class card can push even further if you want to go even bigger on AMD hardware. The only real contender right now is price, and it’s certainly the most expensive generation we’ve had to deal with. However, when it comes down to delivering brutally fast FPS, it’s clear these cars, and the PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Hellhound have no issues with performance.

Even with no FSR enabled, it’s possible to get some big results with the PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Hellhound. Gaming at 1080 or 1440 can pretty much be done at ultra settings without FSR and you’ll get good results. However, at 1440, some games clearly benefit from FPS Quality mode.

Cyberpunk at 4K Ultra was hitting an average of 60 FPS, and it’s one of the most demanding games out there when maxed out using all the latest visual enhancement modes. However, with performance mode FSR, even that saw a significant boost to 102 FPS maxed out at 4K. Games like F1 could be pushed from 239 FPS to break 300 FPS, which is way more than most people need, but it’s great to see that it can be done for all you frame junkies.

Outside the testing shown today, some games saw little or no benefit from the FSR technology though, such as Spider-Man, but when we’re also hitting 182 FPS at 1080 Ultra it hardly felt like it was required anyway. Of course, in some of these cases, regular updates to FSR are bringing steady improvements over time, and I’m eager to keep an eye on that. There are certainly some interesting results though, such as games that have had this added after releases, vs games built with it in mind.

Depending on your resolution, FSR can be a real game changer though. For Full HD it really doesn’t feel like it is required, the GPU is natively very powerful. At 1440p, it offers enough boost to get your games to fast FPS to support 120-165Hz gaming monitors without having to compromise on quality. However, at 4K, the GPU seems largely capable to game at 60 FPS and above, but if you have a high refresh rate 4K monitor or a 4K 120Hz TV, FSR is freaking awesome. Just look at games like Dying Light 2, going from 68 FPS to 110 FPS at Quality and 144 in Performance mode, that is purely fantastic!

What do you think of FSR, are you happy with the quality and performance it can deliver? I know I am, and I’m eager to see these technologies taken to the next level in the coming years.