While current Nvidia cards are certainly more efficient, RDNA3 still improves efficiency over RDNA2, which itself was actually more efficient than Ampere (mostly due to Ampere being based on the Samsung 8nm process).
A 7800 XT is more efficient than both a 6800 XT and an RTX 3080, with the RTX 4070 being the most efficient in this performance ballpark.
I feel like you’re blowing this way out of proportion.
While current Nvidia cards are certainly more efficient, RDNA3 still improves efficiency over RDNA2, which itself was actually more efficient than Ampere (mostly due to Ampere being based on the Samsung 8nm process).
A 7800 XT is more efficient than both a 6800 XT and an RTX 3080, with the RTX 4070 being the most efficient in this performance ballpark.
I feel like you’re blowing this way out of proportion.
What is the right proportion? 7800 XT uses 25% more power than 4070 (200W vs 250W). It seems outstanding to me.
You think 50 watts difference will noticeably heat up your room? You must have a tiny room then or the difference will hardly be measurable.
It is already hot enough that I don’t want to add more heat to it. Also yes I have a tiny room.