The Radeon RX 6800 (XT) Owners Thread.

Pete @r... · 13 Mar 2021 at 13:44

Alex Lambert said:
Ahhh decent, stories like this restore my faith in the human race! (even if temporarily!)

I also managed to get a 3070 FE, have stuck with mine for now but would perhaps be interested to try a 6800/800XT if AMD do drop anymore at some point.

I could only get an rtx 3070fe, good card but would have preferred a 6800. Haven't thought much of RT and much prefer AMD software suite

Jonnyowl · 13 Mar 2021 at 15:53

If I was to get a 6800XT at some point.

Am I wasting performance by only having a 4k 60hz monitor?

IainTKD · 13 Mar 2021 at 17:18

im4gine3 said:
Yeah my RGB is working. The connection was loose so that's why it was off

Turns out the little RGB header cable they supplied was faulty, cut the end off and attached to a another RGB header extension I had and it's now working.

Kaapstad · 13 Mar 2021 at 17:50

t2na said:
Managed to get my hands on a reference 2-slot 6800! Fits like an absolute dream into the Ghost S1 as well.

Welcome and on TROH.

The Roll of Honour.

Date 13/03/2021, Make AMD Reference 6800, t2na, Link
Date 09/03/2021, Make MSI Gaming X Trio 6800 XT, Buffalo2102, Link
Date 09/03/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Vince, Link
Date 08/03/2021, Make XFX QICK 319 6800, oweneades, Link
Date 24/02/2021, Make Gigabyte Aorus Master 6800 XT, Grandmaster Fap!, Link
Date 12/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Kirby Wurm, Link
Date 12/02/2021, Make AMD Reference 6800, old gamer, Link
Date 12/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, IainTKD, Link
Date 11/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, T1Cybernetic, Link
Date 11/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Johnny Silverhand, Link
Date 10/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, PzR Slim, Link
Date 10/02/2021, Make AMD Reference 6800, Harlequin, Link
Date 08/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, im4gine3, Link
Date 08/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, mattyc123, 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).

t2na · 13 Mar 2021 at 18:04

Alex Lambert said:
Ahhh decent, stories like this restore my faith in the human race! (even if temporarily!)

I also managed to get a 3070 FE, have stuck with mine for now but would perhaps be interested to try a 6800/800XT if AMD do drop anymore at some point.

Yeah, it was nice that he had zero interest in scalping it. He just wanted a 3070 FE, I wanted a 2 slot 6800 so worked out nicely for the both of us!

Aztec2Step · 13 Mar 2021 at 18:40

t2na said:
Yeah, it was nice that he had zero interest in scalping it. He just wanted a 3070 FE, I wanted a 2 slot 6800 so worked out nicely for the both of us!

What a guy. And you, for not scalping him lol!

Bomberh · 18 Mar 2021 at 10:25

Does anyone use a gpu support bracket on their cards, especially a long card like the XFX RX6800 Speedster MERC319 for example?
Do they actually need one?

T1Cybernetic · 18 Mar 2021 at 13:41

The nitro + fixes with two screws which are more than enough to support the weight

It doesn't sag at all which was a nice surprise because I was a little worried when I saw the size of the beast.

Buffalo2102 · 18 Mar 2021 at 13:49

My MSI came with a support bracket but I already had a pillar support so I just use that. I don't know if it's necessary unless you move the case about.

welshrat · 18 Mar 2021 at 14:13

Buffalo2102 said:
My MSI came with a support bracket but I already had a pillar support so I just use that. I don't know if it's necessary unless you move the case about.

Same here, I tried it with and without, however without it there was a very very slight sag which I would not have noticed had I not compared the two.

Buffalo2102 · 18 Mar 2021 at 14:15

Yea maybe best to use one to relieve long-term stress on the PCIe slot.

Aztec2Step · 18 Mar 2021 at 19:21

Buffalo2102 said:
Yea maybe best to use one to relieve long-term stress on the PCIe slot.

Unless you have reinforced slots on your board.

MANFACE · 22 Mar 2021 at 11:02

Fitted.

Alex Lambert · 22 Mar 2021 at 11:04

Daisy chaining of power cables not recommended sir, run 2 separate ones from the PSU, looks niiiice though!

Bomberh · 22 Mar 2021 at 11:15

MANFACE said:
Fitted.

I know the Merc319 is a large card, and it looks massive in your case, is your case small??

Alex Lambert said:
Daisy chaining of power cables not recommended sir, run 2 separate ones from the PSU, looks niiiice though!

Yep, I agree, 2 separate GPU cables to your PSU...

MANFACE · 22 Mar 2021 at 12:25

Bomberh said:
I know the Merc319 is a large card, and it looks massive in your case, is your case small??

Yep, I agree, 2 separate GPU cables to your PSU...

It's a NZXT H710i
Plenty of room, good airflow, 4 x 140mm Noctua fans. Very quiet.

Kaapstad · 22 Mar 2021 at 14:08

MANFACE said:
Fitted.

Welcome and on TROH.

The Roll of Honour.

Date 22/03/2021, Make XFX Merc 319 6800 XT, MANFACE, Link
Date 13/03/2021, Make AMD Reference 6800, t2na, Link
Date 09/03/2021, Make MSI Gaming X Trio 6800 XT, Buffalo2102, Link
Date 09/03/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Vince, Link
Date 08/03/2021, Make XFX QICK 319 6800, oweneades, Link
Date 24/02/2021, Make Gigabyte Aorus Master 6800 XT, Grandmaster Fap!, Link
Date 12/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Kirby Wurm, Link
Date 12/02/2021, Make AMD Reference 6800, old gamer, Link
Date 12/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, IainTKD, Link
Date 11/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, T1Cybernetic, Link
Date 11/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Johnny Silverhand, Link
Date 10/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, PzR Slim, Link
Date 10/02/2021, Make AMD Reference 6800, Harlequin, Link
Date 08/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, im4gine3, Link
Date 08/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, mattyc123, 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).

MANFACE · 23 Mar 2021 at 12:12

I noticed something yesterday. The system was super quiet, compared to having the Radeon VII in it.

I then decided to have a look at the fans on the card, they weren't spinning! I thought "oh no". Checked GPU-Z, 0 RPM?

Started 3Dmark FIRE STRIKE EXTREME to see if fans would spin, Yes they did and still quiet, thank god.

Got 23502, this is paired with a 3950X.

When the system is at idle, the fans on XFX Merc don't spin at the all, mind you the heatsink is massive.

LtMatt · 23 Mar 2021 at 12:45

MANFACE said:
I noticed something yesterday. The system was super quiet, compared to having the Radeon VII in it.

I then decided to have a look at the fans on the card, they weren't spinning! I thought "oh no". Checked GPU-Z, 0 RPM?

Started 3Dmark FIRE STRIKE EXTREME to see if fans would spin, Yes they did and still quiet, thank god.

Got 23502, this is paired with a 3950X.

When the system is at idle, the fans on XFX Merc don't spin at the all, mind you the heatsink is massive.

Merc is hands down the best air cooler money can buy for Big Navi GPUs, IMO.

Btw, all Big Navi cards have a Zero RPM mode. Fans won't kick in till the GPU reaches around 55c+.

MANFACE · 23 Mar 2021 at 12:58

LtMatt said:
Merc is hands down the best air cooler money can buy for Big Navi GPUs, IMO.

Btw, all Big Navi cards have a Zero RPM mode. Fans won't kick in till the GPU reaches around 55c+.

LtMatt, thanks for the info.

I did my research, minus the fans, that's why i wanted the XFM for it's air cooling.

I watched this video on the breakdown of the XFX PCB, by a guy who is quite a good electical engineer. XFX have done a really good job with good quality gear on the PCB.

https://youtu.be/VnsObIqEIZs