The Radeon RX 6800 (XT) Owners Thread.

Aztec2Step · 6 Feb 2021 at 11:31

I agree that stability in an OC is usually put to the greatest test in the games you're currently playing.

My old R9 290X couldn't pass a 3DMark stress test with its OC, yet I spent days in a whole bunch of games without ever seeing artefacting or suffering lockups/crashes/TDRs. It was some kind of filthy sorcery!

Back to RX 6000 talk, I've got my Pulse RX 6800 to 2450MHz on the core (power maxed out, voltage untouched, memory at 2150MHz with fast timings) and it's good and stable in 3DMark and Cyberfunk 2069. Can't remember exact temps (senility's a female dog) but the hotspot is below 90 on the standard fan curve with the fans inaudible.
I set up a custom fan curve, barely audible, and the hotspot is now under 80.

The card wipes the floor with my old OCed Vega 56, even more so with this OC!

Kaapstad · 6 Feb 2021 at 15:34

leemk said:
Sapphire RX 6800 nitro OC , awesome upgrade over the Vega 56 , Metro Exodus 1440p Extreme settings looks awesome and plays smooth , it even plays Crysis maxed out for the first time.

Welcome and on TROH.

The Roll of Honour.

Date 06/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800, leemk, Link
Date 04/02/2021, Make AMD Reference 6800, Mike_P, Link
Date 02/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Scoobynuts, Link
Date 02/02/2021, Make Sapphire Pulse 6800, Aztec2Step, Link
Date 01/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, atomixers, Link
Date 01/02/2021, Make Gigabyte Gaming 6800 XT, philo-sofa, Link
Date 01/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Vegeta, Link
Date 30/01/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Jimbo, Link
Date 29/01/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800, Johnny Silverhand, Link
Date 29/01/2021, Make PowerColor Red Devil 6800 XT, roger_37, Link
Date 27/01/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Unreal22, Link
Date 27/01/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Davinnicus, Link
Date 27/01/2021, Make PowerColor Red Devil 6800 XT, Satchfanuk, Link
Date 27/01/2021, Make MSI Gaming X Trio 6800, welshrat, Link
Date 26/01/2021, Make AMD Reference 6800, Figo, Link
Date 21/01/2021, Make XFX Merc 319 6800 XT, w00dy85, Link
Date 13/01/2021, Make PowerColor Red Devil 6800 XT, Vimes, Link
Date 13/01/2021, Make PowerColor Red Devil 6800 XT, bimbleuk, Link
Date 11/01/2021, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, Shilz, Link
Date 08/01/2021, Make AMD Reference 6800, faceman123, Link
Date 04/01/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, KentMan, Link
Date 04/01/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, sparkymark75, Link
Date 23/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Metalface Mark, Link
Date 23/12/2020, Make PowerColor Fighter 6800, MattBoxer, Link
Date 17/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, smellster, Link
Date 17/12/2020, Make XFX Merc 319 6800 XT, Sad Panda, Link
Date 16/12/2020, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, MaDMaX**, Link
Date 16/12/2020, Make XFX Merc 319 6800 XT, Apache14, Link
Date 14/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, Kangaxx, Link
Date 13/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Rezident, Link
Date 12/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Bonjour, Link
Date 11/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, gettothechopper, Link
Date 11/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, silk300, Link
Date 10/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, rolypolyman, Link
Date 10/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Haggisman, Link
Date 07/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, DynamicOCUK, Link
Date 05/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Jumper118, Link
Date 27/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, TripleT, Link
Date 27/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Phat-Bud, Link
Date 27/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Shuflie, Link
Date 27/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Heofz, Link
Date 27/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Kill_Phil, Link
Date 26/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, LtMatt, Link
Date 25/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, Glanza, Link
Date 24/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, sweenEire, Link
Date 24/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, BogEyes, Link
Date 23/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Milo01, Link
Date 23/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Sgt_Pepper, Link
Date 23/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, BigJack, Link
Date 22/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, phawk, Link
Date 22/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, AfrogoatST, Link
Date 22/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, JCLDJB, Link
Date 21/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Darren_uk, Link
Date 20/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, dante6491, Link
Date 19/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, Rastan007, Link
Date 19/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, Gears, Link
Date 19/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, Chrisola, Link
Date 19/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, montymint, Link
Date 19/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, almoststew1990, Link
Date 19/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, lovelyhead, Link

To get on the Roll of Honour all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your Radeon RX 6800 (XT).

TaKeN · 6 Feb 2021 at 21:09

Has anyone managed to get a card at MSRP? I really want the AMD Ref Card.

I was looking at the 3080 Founders but have been blocked from buying one at the distributor, they're even ignoring my emails.

Having seen some indepth benchmarks it actually appears that the 6800XT gets better frame times over the Nvidia cards?

JediFragger · 6 Feb 2021 at 22:21

TaKeN said:
Having seen some indepth benchmarks it actually appears that the 6800XT gets better frame times over the Nvidia cards?

Yup, it may not be the absolute winner when it comes to pure fps but everything I've tried so far has been smooooooooooth :cool:

GhostDog1981 · 7 Feb 2021 at 00:21

Sapphire 6800XT NITRO OC awesome upgrade over 2060. I got mine for £769.

I am now getting just over 20K in Timespy with an undervolt (min 500, Max 2725mhz, 1050mv, 2150 VRAM fast timings, Power 15%

https://www.3dmark.com/spy/18128541

Was getting lower scores before but was committing a cardinal sin of daisy chaining 8pin connectors. I ended up buying an adapter to give me 2 8Pin separate connections which seems to have sorted the power delivery to the card.

I'm so pleased that its neck and neck with a stock 3090 FE! at half the price.

Kaapstad can you add me to TROH please?

Thanks

GhostDog1981 · 7 Feb 2021 at 00:31

Just realised the PICs may not be showing? Don't know how else to make this work, I'm using IMGUR and copy link and pasting here?

Aztec2Step · 7 Feb 2021 at 00:49

GhostDog1981 said:
Just realised the PICs may not be showing? Don't know how else to make this work, I'm using IMGUR and copy link and pasting here?

You need to use the Direct Link option in Imgur, I believe.

atomixers · 7 Feb 2021 at 00:57

GhostDog1981 said:
Just realised the PICs may not be showing? Don't know how else to make this work, I'm using IMGUR and copy link and pasting here?

I went through the “why doesn’t Imgur work last week” when adding images for the first time.
You can either use the Get Share Links > BBcode (Forums) and add that
Alternatively right click the Imgur image and copy the location directly into your post.
It’s all a bit of a faff. You can test linking out over in the Life\Testing forum

GhostDog1981 · 7 Feb 2021 at 00:59

atomixers said:
I went through the “why doesn’t Imgur work last week” when adding images for the first time.
You can either use the Get Share Links > BBcode (Forums) and add that
Alternatively right click the Imgur image and copy the location directly into your post.
It’s all a bit of a faff. You can test linking out over in the Life\Testing forum

Thanks your trick of copying and pasting worked!

Kaapstad · 7 Feb 2021 at 16:30

GhostDog1981 said:
Sapphire 6800XT NITRO OC awesome upgrade over 2060. I got mine for £769.

I am now getting just over 20K in Timespy with an undervolt (min 500, Max 2725mhz, 1050mv, 2150 VRAM fast timings, Power 15%

https://www.3dmark.com/spy/18128541

Was getting lower scores before but was committing a cardinal sin of daisy chaining 8pin connectors. I ended up buying an adapter to give me 2 8Pin separate connections which seems to have sorted the power delivery to the card.

I'm so pleased that its neck and neck with a stock 3090 FE! at half the price.

Kaapstad can you add me to TROH please?

Thanks

Welcome and on TROH.

The Roll of Honour.

Date 07/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, GhostDog1981, Link
Date 06/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800, leemk, Link
Date 04/02/2021, Make AMD Reference 6800, Mike_P, Link
Date 02/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Scoobynuts, Link
Date 02/02/2021, Make Sapphire Pulse 6800, Aztec2Step, Link
Date 01/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, atomixers, Link
Date 01/02/2021, Make Gigabyte Gaming 6800 XT, philo-sofa, Link
Date 01/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Vegeta, Link
Date 30/01/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Jimbo, Link
Date 29/01/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800, Johnny Silverhand, Link
Date 29/01/2021, Make PowerColor Red Devil 6800 XT, roger_37, Link
Date 27/01/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Unreal22, Link
Date 27/01/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Davinnicus, Link
Date 27/01/2021, Make PowerColor Red Devil 6800 XT, Satchfanuk, Link
Date 27/01/2021, Make MSI Gaming X Trio 6800, welshrat, Link
Date 26/01/2021, Make AMD Reference 6800, Figo, Link
Date 21/01/2021, Make XFX Merc 319 6800 XT, w00dy85, Link
Date 13/01/2021, Make PowerColor Red Devil 6800 XT, Vimes, Link
Date 13/01/2021, Make PowerColor Red Devil 6800 XT, bimbleuk, Link
Date 11/01/2021, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, Shilz, Link
Date 08/01/2021, Make AMD Reference 6800, faceman123, Link
Date 04/01/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, KentMan, Link
Date 04/01/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, sparkymark75, Link
Date 23/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Metalface Mark, Link
Date 23/12/2020, Make PowerColor Fighter 6800, MattBoxer, Link
Date 17/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, smellster, Link
Date 17/12/2020, Make XFX Merc 319 6800 XT, Sad Panda, Link
Date 16/12/2020, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, MaDMaX**, Link
Date 16/12/2020, Make XFX Merc 319 6800 XT, Apache14, Link
Date 14/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, Kangaxx, Link
Date 13/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Rezident, Link
Date 12/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Bonjour, Link
Date 11/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, gettothechopper, Link
Date 11/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, silk300, Link
Date 10/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, rolypolyman, Link
Date 10/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Haggisman, Link
Date 07/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, DynamicOCUK, Link
Date 05/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Jumper118, Link
Date 27/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, TripleT, Link
Date 27/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Phat-Bud, Link
Date 27/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Shuflie, Link
Date 27/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Heofz, Link
Date 27/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Kill_Phil, Link
Date 26/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, LtMatt, Link
Date 25/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, Glanza, Link
Date 24/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, sweenEire, Link
Date 24/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, BogEyes, Link
Date 23/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Milo01, Link
Date 23/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Sgt_Pepper, Link
Date 23/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, BigJack, Link
Date 22/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, phawk, Link
Date 22/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, AfrogoatST, Link
Date 22/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, JCLDJB, Link
Date 21/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Darren_uk, Link
Date 20/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, dante6491, Link
Date 19/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, Rastan007, Link
Date 19/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, Gears, Link
Date 19/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, Chrisola, Link
Date 19/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, montymint, Link
Date 19/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, almoststew1990, Link
Date 19/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, lovelyhead, Link

To get on the Roll of Honour all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your Radeon RX 6800 (XT).

old gamer · 8 Feb 2021 at 12:18

bit late to the party but heres my refernce 6800

https://photos.app.goo.gl/MyYyTuZBgfiySmuG8

Nosferatu93 · 8 Feb 2021 at 14:11

i just tried undervolting for the first time and its completely useless if you are not staying under 2.3ghz. it sets voltage automatically at a certain point. i dont get it why they made this but i think because of the crashes complaints with amd driver when in fact a lot of peeps had unstable settings and no driver issue so they attack that with this. bot stock speed with 880mv works well. but ill take the 2.4 ghz oc ^^

mattyc123 · 8 Feb 2021 at 14:22

im4gine3 said:
Finally after a month or so of UPS border delays etc, i can get my rig 75% complete. My Sapphire is diving under

Alphacool Sapphire 6800XT Nitro+ Waterblock

Can you post any pics you have of the card with its waterblock?

mattyc123 · 8 Feb 2021 at 14:24

This is my Sapphire 6800 XT Nitro+

im4gine3 · 8 Feb 2021 at 16:08

mattyc123 said:
Can you post any pics you have of the card with its waterblock?

here's a couple with it in the system. Unfortunately i don't have any before i put it into the case, though i will be dismantling soon once my hardline fittings arrive, so will have pics for then.

Super tight for me as i'm using a 60mm rad.. so i have less than 15mm gap (one pic shows a 14mm tube stuck in between for reference)

I didn't plug in the RGB header as i made the mistake of filling the loop and now i can't reach the header on the motherboard, but if it's being plumbed soon, i'm not fussed.

Also have a few 180 degree pcie adapters, but due to the shape of the backplate, without sanding down one area, they won't fit, so i'm cusom cabling my PSU cables to make it tidier than what it is now.

Temps before was aroun 40-50c idle and upwards of 90degree full load (hotspot temp). Now i'm idling around 30c and full load never touches 52c

JONAS BLACK NEBULA · 8 Feb 2021 at 16:32

give up

GhostDog1981 · 8 Feb 2021 at 16:37

mattyc123 said:
This is my Sapphire 6800 XT Nitro+

Have you installed it yet? I needed 2 supports as although it’s a lighter card than the MBA, it’s still 1.2kg and it sags at the end.
Amazing performance though. I sold my 3090 as it didn’t represent value for money and performance like this does.
I’m getting a 20k timespy score with it, within touching distance of a stock 3090 founders card and pocketing £700 difference.

shankly1985 · 8 Feb 2021 at 17:07

JONAS BLACK NEBULA said:
give up

?

PzR Slim · 8 Feb 2021 at 19:09

What's the usual time on an item being dispatched? I ordered my 6800XT from OC on the 4th and it still hasn't shipped.

GhostDog1981 · 8 Feb 2021 at 19:38

PzR Slim said:
What's the usual time on an item being dispatched? I ordered my 6800XT from OC on the 4th and it still hasn't shipped.

I got mine in December and it really wasn’t long- a few days- ordered on Wed and got it on Sat. They’re pretty good despite the volume of orders that must be going through.