Lisuan LX 7G100 has been tested, priced at $480 in China
First modern GPU from China to offer a wide range of game support at launch, but it needs drivers updates and a pricing change.
Chaowanke has published one of the first gaming reviews of the Lisuan LX 7G100, a 12GB consumer graphics card based on China’s self-developed TrueGPU architecture. The tested card is the Founder Edition model, marked as unit No. 55.
The review gives us a clearer look at what Lisuan has achieved with its first consumer card. It is not close to GeForce RTX 4060 performance in games, but it can run many modern titles at launch. For a new GPU vendor with its own hardware, drivers and software stack, this is already a better starting point than some earlier Chinese GPU attempts.
Moore Threads is the best comparison here. Its MTT S80 needed many months of driver updates before wider game support and large performance uplift claims started to appear (we all remember drivers updates claiming hundreds of % boosts for each game). DirectX 12 support also arrived later through driver updates. Lisuan starts from a better place, at least in compatibility, because the LX 7G100 can already run many current DX12 games.
Source: Chaowanke
Price is an issue
The problem is price and performance. The LX 7G100 is expected to cost around 3,300 RMB, or roughly $480 . That is too high when compared with GeForce RTX 4060-class cards, used RTX 30-series cards, or even Intel Arc B-series options. Chaowanke’s results show that 3DMark performance can look close in some tests, but real game performance is much lower.
| 3DMark (LX 7G100 Normalized to 100%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaowanke | RTX 4060 | RTX 3060 | Arc B580 | Radeon RX 6600 XT |
| Fire Strike | 125.57% | 95.85% | 159.87% | 124.02% |
| Fire Strike Extreme | 133.52% | 105.17% | 172.01% | 135.81% |
| Fire Strike Ultra | 118.46% | 103.28% | 174.15% | 135.45% |
| Steel Nomad DX12 | 114.56% | 97.98% | 151.25% | 88.64% |
| Steel Nomad Vulkan | 177.98% | 155.74% | 237.23% | 136.87% |
| Time Spy | 132.49% | 108.50% | 176.06% | 117.41% |
| Time Spy Extreme | 128.32% | 104.90% | 178.37% | 111.29% |
In Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p with FSR3 Quality and frame generation, the LX 7G100 averaged 88 FPS, compared with 232 FPS on the RTX 4060 and 243 FPS on the Arc B580. In Black Myth: Wukong, the Lisuan card reached 56 FPS, while the RTX 4060 reached 115 FPS. Forza Horizon 5 was worse, with the LX 7G100 averaging only 48 FPS.
Source: Chaowanke
| 1080p Gaming Results, Average FPS / 1% low | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaowanke | Settings | LX 7G100 | RTX 4060 | Arc B580 | Radeon RX 6600 XT |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | Preset + FSR3 Quality + frame generation | 88 / 70 | 232 / 164 | 243 / 183 | 220 / 185 |
| Black Myth: Wukong | Medium + FSR3 63 | 56 / 41 | 115 / 94 | 81 / 60 | 98 / 80 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | Medium + TAA | 71 / 46 | 176 / 137 | 182 / 131 | 159 / 124 |
| Forza Horizon 5 | Low preset | 48 / 18 | 228 / 189 | 240 / 200 | 262 / 215 |
| Horizon Forbidden West | Medium + FSR3 60 + frame generation | 79 / 30 | 144 / 86 | 165 / 95 | 139 / 86 |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | Medium settings | 51 / 28 | 181 / 130 | 106 / 50 | 172 / 126 |
| The Witcher 3 | Medium preset | 57 / 46 | 107 / 93 | 132 / 116 | 76 / 68 |
| GTA V Enhanced | High + FSR3 Quality + frame generation | 150 / 109 | 314 / 116 | 272 / 85 | 290 / 228 |
| Elden Ring | Medium preset | 80 / 37 | 166 / 129 | 142 / 109 | 172 / 137 |
Surprisingly few crashes, but software needs work
Chaowanke says the driver panel has almost no usable options, and the Founder Edition overclocking mode is disabled again after reboot. The card does not support ray tracing , and the reviewer says Lisuan told him this feature is planned for second-generation GPUs. Monitoring support is also limited, with MSI Afterburner only showing basic GPU and memory utilization.
The LX 7G100 is not a card gamers should buy at its current price, and it is not a GeForce RTX 4060 alternative, in fact, it’s not even an RTX 3060 if we look at performance figures. However, it is a working consumer GPU from China that can run many modern games at launch . That alone is impressive and we look forward to their updates.
Source: Chaowanke
