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[BFG10K]

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Review - NVIDIA is in Trouble

The Radeon RX 6800 XT is a worthy opponent to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080. It offers similar performance at better power efficiency and lower noise levels. In our Radeon RX 6800 XT review, we also take a closer look at raytracing and "Rage Mode", a new 1-click method for overclocking.

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Wow, even the number 3 card has 16GB VRAM and is faster than the 2080TI. And the $1000 6900XT matches the $1500 3090 in performance.

The 3000 parts don't look so hot now.

Post reviews edit:
It's astonishing what AMD have managed to achieve with both the Ryzen 5000 and the Radeon 6000, especially given the absolutely minuscule R&D budget and resources compared to nVidia/Intel. Lisa Su is definitely the "Steve Jobs" of AMD with such a remarkable turnaround.

6900XT:
(It's absolutely amazing to see AMD compete with the 3090)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Review - The Biggest Big Navi

AMD's Radeon RX 6900 XT offers convincing 4K gaming performance, yet stays below 300 W. Thanks to this impressive efficiency, the card is almost whisper-quiet, quieter than any RTX 3090 we've ever tested. In our review, we not only benchmark the RX 6900 XT on Intel, but also on Zen 3, with fast...

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[Mopetar]

Refreshed everything and they all went from coming soon to sold out in the span of a single refresh. I'm so tired of this crap. I guess it's either bot or go home.

I would imagine most places had a few dozen cards at most if they got any at all. I doubt that even the bots managed to stag more than a few cards.

 

[EXCellR8]

Refreshed everything and they all went from coming soon to sold out in the span of a single refresh. I'm so tired of this crap. I guess it's either bot or go home.

Basically the same experience... refreshed directly to sold out or unavailable.

I'm actually fine with it, though. There's a solid chance that when the card came in I would have unboxed, installed in a secondary PC to test performance, game on it for maybe an hour, and then box it back up to sell to someone on here for $50 off.

Oh well.

 

[alexruiz]

Another failure here

B&H is not even allowing pre-orders
The egg and amazon, same result as you guys, from "coming soon" to "out of stock" in a single refresh

 

[Sonikku]

Paper launch.

 

[EXCellR8]

Damn, nobody on here managed to grab one?

I feel like Microcenter's site broke as soon as 500 ppl tried to add the same product to their carts lol

 

[alexruiz]

Why so amazing? We knew they'd be competitive, and it is.

The two races are quite well priced Vs each other. (no surprise of course!).

Mostly a fight to see who can ship more (or less )

Very interested to see where the mobile GPU's end up. That could be very interesting.

It is amazing because techpowerup always end up with the "lowest binned" Radeons and Ryzens.
Their numbers for Radeon and Ryzen are always slower than other sites.
The fact that the 6800 XT is neck and neck with the 3080 shows the Radeon as very potent

 

[Sonikku]

I actually got to hit place order at AMD multiple times but it wouldn't register and kept spatting me back out. Pretty infuriating at how it requires you to input all of your info again on every attempt. But alas, not one hit of the place order button worked.

 

[Heartbreaker]

GN:

After watching this and a watching/reading a couple others, the emerging pattern for the 6800 XT vs RTX 3800 is that the 6800XT is:

Faster at 1080p
Small bit faster at 1440p
Small bit slower at 4K
MUCH slower at Ray Tracing.

Much better perf/watt.
Better Perf/$.

Good luck buying either.

 

[ejohanss69]

I'm disappointed in the ray tracing capabilities of the 6800 XT. In many cases, my 2080 super is faster at 1440. Oh well, I guess I will hold out for a 3080 in March of 2021.

 

[EXCellR8]

Let the gouging begin!

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[KentState]

Think I will stick with the 3080 for 4k gaming. At least they are competitive with Nvidia and feels more like the 7970 vs 680 launch.

 

[nurturedhate]

Damn, nobody on here managed to grab one?

I feel like Microcenter's site broke as soon as 500 ppl tried to add the same product to their carts lol

Had one in my cart at AMD Direct. Lasted all of a quarter heart beat...

 

[Glo.]

You can order cards on AMD's site.

But you cannot anywhere else.

.

 

[EXCellR8]

When I tried AMD direct (after refreshing every 5-10 seconds) I got one error message; then it said unable to add to card not 2 seconds later.

Looks like they already removed the listings for the new cards.

 

[Hitman928]

You can order cards on AMD's site.

No you can't.

 

[shinjuku]

well i'm out. i couldnt get one, checked best buy hoping to get xfx or msi, went to AMD also, amazon, newegg.

i just wanted to see if i could get one today, but no luck.

oh well, a little disappointed, but i'll survive, lol

 

[repoman0]

From that dude at H .. maybe we’ll be able to get cards over the next month or two.

 

[Hitman928]

GN:

After watching this and a watching/reading a couple others, the emerging pattern for the 6800 XT vs RTX 3800 is that the 6800XT is:

Faster at 1080p
Small bit faster at 1440p
Small bit slower at 4K
MUCH slower at Ray Tracing.

Much better perf/watt.
Better Perf/$.

Good luck buying either.

HWU shows the same for performance at each resolution. Looks like the overclock reports were fake news as well. Still overall a good showing by AMD, but once supply increases significantly enough over demand, I expect a little lower prices as I don't think the performance is strong enough to overcome Nvidia's advantages in the market (including brand perception) without AMD having a decent perf/$ advantage.

 

[tviceman]

GN:

After watching this and a watching/reading a couple others, the emerging pattern for the 6800 XT vs RTX 3800 is that the 6800XT is:

Faster at 1080p
Small bit faster at 1440p
Small bit slower at 4K
MUCH slower at Ray Tracing.

Much better perf/watt.
Better Perf/$.

Good luck buying either.

The perf/$ is tied at 4k for rasterization and much better for Nvidia with RT on. Also Nvidia gets the DLSS advantage until AMD can respond with an equally impressive solution with the same developer support.

 

[.vodka]

Hardware Unboxed's:

In some games SAM (Resizeable BAR) makes quite the difference, in others not so much. It's always a plus, so that's good.

For the first time in years, a reference AMD card is cool (~75°C load) and quiet (fans spin at around 1600RPM for that performance). The reference 6800XT is awesome.


At this rate the 6900XT will take the top spot in most if not all games without RT at 1080p-1440p. I guess Jensen won't like that, lol

 

[Hitman928]

A potentially very interesting slide from HWU. As far as I am aware, Dirt 5 is the first DXR1.1 game whereas all previous ray tracing games were DXR1.0. Here, AMD actually has a smaller hit from enabling ray tracing than the 3080 does whereas in the DXR1.0 games, the 6800XT has a much larger performance hit from ray tracing. Is this a precursor to future DXR1.1 performance or a one off? I have no idea.

 

[leoneazzurro]

The perf/$ is tied at 4k for rasterization and much better for Nvidia with RT on. Also Nvidia gets the DLSS advantage until AMD can respond with an equally impressive solution with the same developer support.

Practically all RT titles out curently are Nvidia RTX optimized, it is no wonder. The only one being optimized for AMD - unsurprisingly - shows the opposite behavior. I think the RT behavior should be evaluated when more titles come out. Not saying AMD will be better, it's more likely the opposite, but I think the gap will be less big than we can see at the moment.

 

[Heartbreaker]

From that dude at H .. maybe we’ll be able to get cards over the next month or two.

Any reason you have to use an giant image to quote text?

FWIW, that Dude is a raging AMD fanboy/NVidia Hater, it's so obvious, I stopped reading/posting there.

 

[MrTeal]

The low RT performance isn't unexpected, but it is still a little disappointing. I've gone through the GN and TPU reviews, and raster performance seems a tossup even on an AMD platform.

The power consumption is very nice relative to Ampere. The extra VRAM is very nice to have if you're someone on a longer refresh cycle. The cooler seems nice.

This generation really seems like a tossup.

 

[Heartbreaker]

The perf/$ is tied at 4k for rasterization and much better for Nvidia with RT on. Also Nvidia gets the DLSS advantage until AMD can respond with an equally impressive solution with the same developer support.

I don't think there will be any incoming price cuts from anyone for a long time. There is a strong case for going either AMD/NVidia. Both very strong cards, and in short supply.