6900xt - Sapphire Toxic Extreme

[~bones~]

Hi all,

I've been out of the pc scene for a few years, looked at getting back in last year but the supply shortage put me off so I grabbed a PS5 - I've now got the money to make a pretty good build that I intend to last a few years. Normally I'd go for the gpu 1 down from top tier so the 6800xt but with the way prices are paying almost double msrp seems crazy.

So the 6900xt toxic extreme edition is currently on offer for £1500, still a lot of cash but I'm thinking that's probably only £200-300 above msrp so I'm not getting ripped off as badly! Still only likely to see 10-15% at best fps in games over the 6800xt but potentially better resale? And more room for tinkering with the OC which intend on doing?

What are people thoughts on it - I'm going to pair it with either a 5600x or 5900x and will be using the samsung g9.

TIA

 

[~bones~]

Thanks for the reply.

I would probably get a 3080 if I could find one at a decent price but that seems a no go at the minute - not overly bothered by Ray tracing anyway

 

[~bones~]

I'm lucky enough to have saved quite a lot during covid with not going on holiday so can afford the top end.

The toxic extreme looks like it could have a lot of room in the future for overclocking especially with the binned chips.

How are you finding yours LtMatt?

 

[~bones~]

Excellent. Fastest GPU I've ever used, does not use much power and runs very cool and quiet.

Temps in the 50/60c range when overclocked balls to the wall (400W+).

With the Toxic Extreme I have the fastest Timespy Extreme graphics score in the world for 6900 XT, 8th fastest Timespy score, 4th fastest Firestrike Extreme score, 9th Firestrike Ultra etc etc.

I recommend the card for sure, with the caveat I mentioned earlier.

Sounds good to me - I'll be pairing it will a lower cpu than you but shouldn't make much difference in gaming

 

[~bones~]

I recommend pairing it with any of the Ryzen 5000 series CPUs and you'll be grand.

Smart Access Memory will give you another 5-10 performance across the board.

Picture of my Toxic paired with a 5950X.

Spoiler

I'll be getting either he 5600x/5800x/5900x depending on which I can get a good price on .

Your setup looks great - is the 1000w Psu plenty for this sort of build with room for OC the gpu and cpu?

 

[~bones~]

@LtMatt do you know if it's possible to change the fans on the radiator without taking the board apart and still have them running off the GPU?

 

[~bones~]

Decided to send the toxic back - it's a lovely piece of kit but I just couldn't get it set up how I wanted with the 360rad. Also worried as to lifespan with the pump, it's not like an aio on a gpu where I can just get a new one as it's all 1 system.

I'd love a toxic air-cooled but no price or eta as of yet. Likely keep my eye out for a 6900xt in the used market

But thanks for all the input guys

@LtMatt do you have any experience with the powercolor ultimate 6900xt?

 

[~bones~]

Ye was looking to keep with the xtxh chip for future potential overclocking as may watercool in the future

 

[~bones~]

Thanks guys - managed to grab a used powercolor ultimate. Plan is to get the new system running stable on air then watercool in the future when I fancy really pushing the card

 

[~bones~]

Having got the 6900xt red devil ultimate now set up I'm pretty happy with it but have to admit the sapphire is a much better looking card visually and seems better built.

Having to return a cpu aio pump because it's noisey does make me feel like down the line if anything goes wrong with the pump on the sapphire it's going to be a pita to rma it especially if you don't have a spare gpu to keep you going.

If they were both the same price I'd still probably go for the toxic and make it work in my case but I got the red devil for a few hundred cheaper.