China’s First Real Gaming GPU, The 7G100, Arrives From Lisuan, At RTX 5060 Ti Cash, But Delivers RTX 3060 Performance

Lisuan Tech has launched the newest Gaming Graphics Card for the Chinese markets, the 7G100 Extreme Founders Edition, which is priced round $500.

The Lisuan 7G100 Was Looking To Be A Great Graphics Card For Chinese Gamers, But Launch Reviews Show Otherwise

In March, Chinese tech firm Lisuan Tech unveiled its model new client/prosumer lineup primarily based on its 7G106 GPU. The lineup included 4 fashions, three of which had been aimed on the Pro/AI segments, & only one that was aimed on the gaming section. The gaming variant was the Lisuan Extreme “LX 7G100” graphics card, which was particularly designed with avid gamers in thoughts and helps all the newest APIs and sport engines.

Lisuan Extreme 7G100 Graphics Card Specs

In phrases of specs, the Lisuan Extreme is powered by the 6nm 7G106 GPU and is the corporate’s first true graphics card design for avid gamers. This graphics card options 12 GB of GDDR6 reminiscence throughout a 192-bit bus interface and PCIe 4.0 x16 compliance. The graphics card comes with a complete of 192 TMUs, 96 ROPs, and has a most TDP of 225W, powered by a single 12-pin connector.

In phrases of design, the graphics card will are available in a dual-slot kind issue with three followers, of which two are coated by the highest grill. The graphics card options 4 DisplayPort 1.4a outputs, helps as much as 8K60Hz HDR Freesync performance with AV1 4K@30 FPS Encode, HEVC 8K@30FPS Encode, and AVI/HEVC 8K/60FPS Decode.

It additionally helps all trendy APIs equivalent to DX12, Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL 4.6, and OpenCL 3.0. The GPU is likely one of the first home merchandise to obtain WHQL certification by Microsoft.

Lisuan 7G100 Graphics Card Game Support & Performance

Unlike earlier home choices, the Lisuan Extreme GPU was mentioned to function out-of-the-box assist for the newest AAA video games, together with Baldur’s Gate III, Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring, Black Myth: Wukong, The Witcher III, Monster Hunter RISE, Resident Evil 4, and SEKIRO (to call just a few).

Based on earlier demos, the 7G100 was estimated to supply efficiency near an RTX 4060, however these demos had been solely performed in artificial functions equivalent to Geekbench OpenCL & 3DMark benchmarks.

The Real Story

We had been excited to lastly see a graphics card from somebody in addition to the highest three: NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel, that might supply aggressive efficiency to avid gamers. But as per the newest benchmarks shared by 潮玩客 at Bilibili, the LG7100 Extreme seems underwhelming.

In 3DMark assessments, the Lisuan Extreme LX 7G100 is worse or on par with the RTX 3060, the identical RTX 3060 that launched 5 years in the past. Once once more, these are artificial benchmarks, so let’s transfer over to precise video games.

In video games, the GPU carried out approach worse. In Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p, the graphics card solely managed 88 FPS on common, whereas a 5-year-old RX 6600 XT delivered over 200 FPS. In not one of the video games did the Lisuan LX 7G100 come near 3-5 12 months previous GPUs such because the RX 6600 XT, RTX 3060, RTX 4060. Whether FSR was used, or customary TAA or no Anti-aliasing, the efficiency was the identical; the remainder of the GPUs ended over twice as quick.

The solely good factor to say in regards to the graphics card is that there have been no crashes or main driver points with sport compatibility. Games did run, it is simply that the efficiency wasn’t there or not at a desired degree. Ray Tracing is not supported by the {hardware} itself, and different points embody a number of stuttering and poor frame-pacing inside video games. These could be rectified with future driver updates, however as a launch, the Chinese audiences nonetheless wouldn’t have entry to a gaming graphics card that may compete with NVIDIA, Intel, or AMD.

GPU Performance Comparison Across Games (@1080p)

Game	Settings Used	Lisuan LX7G100 (Low/Avg FPS)	RTX 4060 (Low/Avg FPS)	Arc B580 (Low/Avg FPS)	RX 6600XT (Low/Avg FPS)	Lisuan vs RTX 4060 (Avg %)
Cyberpunk 2077	1080p Medium + FSR3 Quality + Frame Gen	70 / 88	164 / 232	183 / 243	185 / 220	38%
Black Myth: Wukong	1080p Preset + FSR3 63	41 / 56	94 / 115	60 / 81	80 / 98	49%
Forza Horizon 5	1080p Low Preset	18 / 48	189 / 228	200 / 240	215 / 262	21%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1080p Quality Preset + TAA	46 / 71	137 / 176	131 / 182	124 / 159	40%
Assassin’s Creed: Shadows	1080p Medium + FSR Balance + Frame Gen	30 / 37	111 / 135	108 / 123	119 / 136	27%
GTA V Enhanced Edition	1080p High Preset + FSR3 Quality + Frame Gen	109 / 150	116 / 314	85 / 272	228 / 290	48%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1080p Preset	46 / 57	93 / 107	116 / 132	68 / 76	53%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1080p All Quality Options	28 / 51	130 / 181	50 / 106	126 / 172	28%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1080p Preset + FSR3 60 + Frame Gen	30 / 79	86 / 144	95 / 165	86 / 139	55%
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remake	1080p Preset + IGT I 60	43 / 87	110 / 166	118 / 218	84 / 140	52%
Hogwarts Legacy	1080p High Preset + FSR3 Quality + Frame Gen	47 / 101	208 / 142	196 / 93	209 / 150	71%
CS2	1080p Preset	63.5 / 130.4	253 / 532	261 / 449	234.2 / 495.1	24%
Delta Force	1080p Medium + FSR3 Balanced + Frame Gen	45 / 81	129 / 209	42 / 213	127 / 189	39%

Pricing Makes It Worse

And the cherry on prime is the pricing. Lisuan has the Founders Edition at present listed for 3299 RMB at JD. This is proscribed to 1000 items and converts to 0 US, which is across the identical worth because the RTX 5060 Ti.

The card does supply 12 GB reminiscence, however sure 5060 Ti fashions could be discovered for 2999-3099 RMB & additionally ship approach sooner efficiency with RT/PT assist, nice AI compute capabilities, & strong sport assist by means of drivers. Even the Arc B580, which is way decrease in worth, is a greater worth with the identical 12 GB of VRAM. A particular pricing of 2969 for pre-orders is talked about which remains to be larger given the efficiency of the graphics card, and the primary GPUs might be shipped out on twenty second May.

To make issues worse, NVIDIA is exploring the thought of resurrecting its RTX 3060 12 GB gaming graphics card for shoppers because the tight reminiscence provide grips the market, resulting in larger costs. If the RTX 3060 12 GB does arrive at a aggressive worth, then that might put extra strain on Lisuan’s newest gaming card.

But on the identical time, Lisuan did handle to ship an improve to present Chinese GPUs, which even lacked primary driver and sport assist. Plus, China is doubling down on in-house and home merchandise whereas banning consumer-tier merchandise from offshore manufacturers equivalent to NVIDIA. So Lisuan will have the ability to discover a large home marketplace for its newest gaming graphics card.

News Source: Uniko’s Hardware

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