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The Radeon RX 6800 (XT) Owners Thread.

Thinking of upgrading my RTX 3060 to a 6800XT, seems like it'll be a worthwhile upgrade based on gpuuserbenchmark. Firstly does that sound sensible to people in here (roughly £370 upgrade), secondly any brand I should avoid/choose?

Thanks all!
 
Swifty123 said:
Thinking of upgrading my RTX 3060 to a 6800XT, seems like it'll be a worthwhile upgrade based on gpuuserbenchmark. Firstly does that sound sensible to people in here (roughly £370 upgrade), secondly any brand I should avoid/choose?

Thanks all!
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For AMD aib cards the general recommendation is sapphire > powercolor > XFX in that order.

At £370 for the upgrade it seems pretty fair and should get you a big jump in frame rates. I made a similar jump going from a 5700xt to a 6800xt and I can now play most games maxed out at ultra settings at 1440p whereas before I would have to lower settings.
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Evening all

Could I please pick your brains with regards to power requirements on the 6800 cards?

I have the top system in my signature currently with 5600x/32gb DDR4/3060ti in it and thinking about possibility of an upgrade. I have just rebuilt the system using a Be Quiet 600w SFX PSU - this one
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Am I going to get absolutely saturated power wise or are the requirements AMD have set exceptionally cautious?

Thanks in advance for any help you can share,

Cheers

Ben
 
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phatboy said:
Am I going to get absolutely saturated power wise or are the requirements AMD have set exceptionally cautious?
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I think you could get away with a quality 600w PSU if you're not planning on pushing the card hard.

Quick question: as the warranty on my Nitro+ is up I'm thinking of repeating the card. It seems relatively easy to do on this card as you can remove the cooler without disturbing the VRM and memory pads as they have a separate heatsink.

My wife and kids are unexpectedly out for the day so I have a chance to do it uninterrupted. I have Kryonaut and MX-4 to hand, are either of these good for GPUs? I've read the former can degrade pretty quickly in this use case, and that the latter isn't particularly good (this latter opinion is disputed too). If so I'll order some better stuff (MX-5 and Noctua NT-H1 have been recommended a couple of times), thoughts?

While temps are still ok in demanding games the temps have crept up to low 70's on the edge temp and mid to high 90's on the junction. Any advice would be much appreciated!
 
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upgrading within the same generation seems... IDK, it's fine I suppose. I guess the fault is in nvidia and AMD for not giving better options this go round. I'd probably save for a 4070ti before I'd get a
 
Hi all, I've got an Asrock 6800XT and was wondering if anyone could teach me in the ways of manual fan settings?

I'm not overclocking at all but wanted to try and keep the fan noise to a minimum - they system is fine while browsing etc but the fans do ramp up a bit once I start certain games!

Does anyone manually set their fan speeds etc and fancy sharing??
 
Think I'm on the verge of switching up to a 6800XT so looks like I've got quite a bit of reading to do!

I game at 4K 60Hz, and I don't need the highest graphics, nor do I play the latest demanding titles so I'm hoping the 6800XT will have enough grunt for me. Would be very interested in attempting to underclock if I'm saving a bit on power for barely any change of FPS while in-game.
 
squerble said:
Think I'm on the verge of switching up to a 6800XT so looks like I've got quite a bit of reading to do!

I game at 4K 60Hz, and I don't need the highest graphics, nor do I play the latest demanding titles so I'm hoping the 6800XT will have enough grunt for me. Would be very interested in attempting to underclock if I'm saving a bit on power for barely any change of FPS while in-game.
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Undervolting will actually increase performance
 
I have 6800XT turning up tomorrow morning.

Decided to sell the 3070 I had, primarily due to 8GB VRAM issues in some current and upcoming games.

The 3070 was supposed to last me a couple of GPU generations before upgrading again.

So sold the 3070 and purchased a 6800XT for not a great deal extra. Should go nicely with my 5800X3D.

Last AMD card was a Vega 56 and undervolted that easily enough for good gains, so will be doing the same with the 6800XT.
 
I didn’t get on with undervolting my 6950 XT… too fiddly.

I just set a lower power limit instead (90%), yes… a very marginal lost in performance (about 3%), however, I maintained gaming stability with lower temps.
 
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running 3440x1440 the RX6800 phantom I picked up is absolutely cracking. Honestly didn't expect the power and performance I am getting from it and its silent all the time.

I set VSYNC 99% of the time and max eye candy, nothing I have thrown at it has been even a slight issue so far :)
 
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Mine doesn't seem to like going below 1050 without crashing 3dmark,but every card is different
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You'll need to lower your target clocks, you can tune voltage for desired clock speed or tune clock speed for desired voltage. Dropping clock speed settings by ~200 should allow you to lower the voltage without loosing any noticeable in-game performance. I wanted my card to run under 1000 so played around with the clock speeds until it was stable. Performance is still great at 1440p and after adjusting the fan curve the card is really quiet when gaming and the temps are well under control.
 
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