90
Kevin Lee
TechRadar
“AMD’s focus on power and vast amounts of video memory make it one of the best graphics cards for gaming.”
Critical Assessment
What Critics Praise
- Excellent 1080p performance
- High bandwidth memory
- First 7 nm gaming GPU
- Keeps pace with Nvidia RTX 2080
- Extra VRAM 16 GB GDDR6
- Strong workstation capabilities
Points of Contention
- No ray tracing support
- Power hungry
- High price tag
- Extremely loud under load
- Inelegant fan curve
Professional Reviews
5 reviews from 5 critics87
Josh Norem
IGN
“AMD's Radeon VII is a great GPU for both gaming and compute tasks, with a sweet game bundle too.”
80
Brad Chacos
PCWorld
“AMD’s Radeon VII is a fast, memory‑rich graphics card loaded down with the latest technologies.”
75
Matthew S. Smith
Digital Trends
The AMD Radeon VII delivers strong 1080p and 1440p performance with massive memory bandwidth, often beating Nvidia's RTX 2080. However, the lack of ray-tracing support, high power draw, and premium price limit its overall value proposition.
70
Chris Angelini
Tom's Hardware
The AMD Radeon VII delivers excellent 1440p performance and benefits from 16GB of HBM2 memory for gaming and content creation, but its high price, lack of ray-tracing support, and loud cooling system make it a less compelling choice than the GeForce RTX 2080.
