ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX & 7900 XT Workstation GPUs Adopt 12V-2×6 Connector & 2-Slot Design For AI Setups
ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX & 7900 XT Workstation GPUs Adopt 12V-2×6 Connector & 2-Slot Design For AI Setups
ASRock has released its new Radeon RX 7900 XTX & 7900 XT Workstation GPUs that features a 12V-2x6 power connector & use a dual-slot blower design.
The AI demand is everywhere and while the bigger companies try to focus on the data center and cloud side of things, manufacturers such as ASRock are repurposing existing designs to meet those demands in the workstation space.
For this purpose, ASRock has released its brand new Radeon RX 7900 XTX Workstation 24 GB card which comes with the full Navi 31 XTX GPU with 6144 stream processors, a 384-bit bus interface & a 24 GB GDDR6 VRAM. Meanwhile, the 7900 XT Workstation features 5376 cores, and a 320-bit bus interface & a 20 GB GDDR6 VRAM. While the internal specifications are the same as any other 7900 XTX or 7900 XT GPU, the clock, power, & design parameters have been adjusted for the more compute-intensive workstation workloads such as GenAI.
ASRock's Radeon RX 7900 XTX Workstation GPU comes with reduced base and game clocks of 1670 MHz / 2270 MHz (vs 1929 / 2365 MHz stock) speeds. The boost clock remains the same at 2.5 GHz & it is evident that for 24/7 workstation usage, the graphics card had to be toned down to meet these requirements of sustained compute performance.
On the flip side, it looks like ASRock has bumped the memory specs by increasing the memory speeds to 24 Gbps which is the limit of today's GDDR6 memory and that's quite neat and should definitely help with AI performance.
The design has also seen some big changes with the ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX & 7900 XT Workstation cards incorporating a custom PCB that makes use of a 12V-2x6 power interface, the same connector as the one used by NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 40 GPUs with a 16-pin layout.
This is the more fine-tuned & updated design so users shouldn't worry about any electrical issues. Other changes include a dual slot cooler which makes use of an efficient blower-fan design, a vapor chamber heatsink, and even a stylish backplate.
As for availability, ASRock will start shipping the Radeon RX 7900 XTX & 7900 XT Workstation GPU to retail as soon as this month and the pricing is expected to be very close to the MSRP.
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