6700 XT Owners Thread

Lillywhite · 29 Mar 2021 at 19:18

ICDP said:
What GPU do you have in there at the minute? You can be assured that they give themselves some headroom when recommeding PSU. Though it would need to be a good standard of 550W PSU.

I currently have a little 1050ti which powers straight from the motherboard, small fry

SkeeterUK · 29 Mar 2021 at 19:28

https://www.hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/147547-sapphire-radeon-rx-6700-xt-nitro/?page=9

Nitro power draw.

Lillywhite · 29 Mar 2021 at 19:41

SkeeterUK said:
https://www.hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/147547-sapphire-radeon-rx-6700-xt-nitro/?page=9

Nitro power draw.

Thank you, that makes it quite clear.. looks like I will be fine with 550W .. 332W GPU + 65W for CPU, those are the main power draws? In the event something goes wrong is the worst outcome my PSU gets fried? Or could it potentially affect my other components?

Akagi · 29 Mar 2021 at 19:45

Yep you'll be fine.

SkeeterUK · 29 Mar 2021 at 20:09

Worst that happen is if at load the pc just turns off, that means it couldnt handle it. Afaik.

Harlequin · 31 Mar 2021 at 15:30

Anyone overclocked theres yet?

Unseul · 31 Mar 2021 at 15:48

Harlequin said:
Anyone overclocked theres yet?

Undervolted and overclocked. 1080mV, 2735 max frequency (but it usually hits about 2650 without raising the power limit). Memory at 2138, raised max frequency to 2150. All in the radeon software. Think I could probably drop the voltage some more, but can't be bothered just yet.

sgoaty · 31 Mar 2021 at 20:45

Unseul said:
Undervolted and overclocked. 1080mV, 2735 max frequency (but it usually hits about 2650 without raising the power limit). Memory at 2138, raised max frequency to 2150. All in the radeon software. Think I could probably drop the voltage some more, but can't be bothered just yet.

Mine seems to struggle to run at much more than 2450 ISH. I think it's hitting the power limit I'll try using your settings.

sgoaty · 31 Mar 2021 at 20:47

Lillywhite said:
yes definitely, I just had a look and there is no 6700xt owner thread.. I have a question regarding the 6700xt and don't want to post an entire thread just for it

I'll rename it now

Lillywhite · 31 Mar 2021 at 20:57

proud new owner of a 6700XT.. trying to fit this Sapphire model into my micro ATX rig was certainly a squeeze! But in the end a very snug fit and a lovely looking card.

Madgeordie2004 · 31 Mar 2021 at 21:05

Also proud owner of the 6700XT, mine overclocks quite well too pretty much like Unseul, undervolted to 1080ish, max core at 2741 (boost) Mem at 2202 and power limit all the way up. A little bit of a beast is this card

EDIT - Also max power draw of 212W

Unseul · 31 Mar 2021 at 21:07

sgoaty said:
Mine seems to struggle to run at much more than 2450 ISH. I think it's hitting the power limit (213w) would you mind sharing your settings please?

Exactly what I've written. But I've left the power limit so it only draws 185w. This means it doesn't hit the full mhz but still good.

Lillywhite · 31 Mar 2021 at 21:08

What I am trying to work out now is which game to buy to really give this card a ride, RDR2 or Cyberpunk. I know both are good games, but trying to decide which will really wow me in the graphics department. Any suggestions?

sgoaty · 31 Mar 2021 at 21:09

Unseul said:
Exactly what I've written. But I've left the power limit so it only draws 185w. This means it doesn't hit the full mhz but still good.

Yeah it's been a long day I completely skipped over the information you gave. I'll try it now thanks.

gpuerrilla · 31 Mar 2021 at 21:10

Lillywhite said:
What I am trying to work out now is which game to buy to really give this card a ride, RDR2 or Cyberpunk. I know both are good games, but trying to decide which will really wow me in the graphics department. Any suggestions?

I dont own either of them so cannot say. Although I did complete valahalla and its a RPG with good graphics, the AMD cards love it too. I will pick up these titles at some point also.

toString · 31 Mar 2021 at 21:23

Lillywhite said:
What I am trying to work out now is which game to buy to really give this card a ride, RDR2 or Cyberpunk. I know both are good games, but trying to decide which will really wow me in the graphics department. Any suggestions?

Been thinking the same! They're both on offer at the moment too..

Shaolin Chicken · 31 Mar 2021 at 21:33

Red Dead Redemption 2 seems to get praised a lot for it's graphics, though many people find the first part boring, but worth sticking with it.

sgoaty · 31 Mar 2021 at 21:59

Unseul said:
Exactly what I've written. But I've left the power limit so it only draws 185w. This means it doesn't hit the full mhz but still good.

Mine can't do anything like that. Even after tweaking I can't get close to advertised frequencies. It still performs well but seems like a weaker card than the reference model.

Unseul · 31 Mar 2021 at 22:02

sgoaty said:
Mine can't do anything like that. Even after tweaking I can't get close to advertised frequencies. It still performs well but seems like a weaker card than the reference model.

What settings have you put in? In the radeon software?

sgoaty · 31 Mar 2021 at 22:25

Tried your ones, also tried only raising the power limit, tried various voltage and frequency settings. Best results so far are around 1115mv and 2685 MHz. That gets me close to 2500mhz with occasional spikes towards 2600 MHz