The Radeon RX 6800 (XT) Owners Thread.

[Metalface Mark]

swap to dx11 until they patch it, fixed it for me. also had crashing in dx12 mode after the patch.

Thank you, didnt realise you could, i ended up deleting it to reinstall. Was starting to think my card was borked.

 

[henson0115]

Thank you, didnt realise you could, i ended up deleting it to reinstall. Was starting to think my card was borked.

np, should be selectable in steam. not sure you can on ms store verison though. sorry should have been a bit more speciffic

 

[Jimbo]

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[Kaapstad]

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The Roll of Honour.

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).​

 

[Metalface Mark]

swap to dx11 until they patch it, fixed it for me. also had crashing in dx12 mode after the patch.

How do you play it in DX11? I dont see an option in the menu for that (gamepass)

edit - just seen your response.

 

[henson0115]

How do you play it in DX11? I dont see an option in the menu for that (gamepass)

edit - just seen your response.

yea looks like on gamepass they only have dx12 mode :/

 

[Doogles]

yea looks like on gamepass they only have dx12 mode :/

Had a quick Google and see if you can edit a .cfg?

 

[Metalface Mark]

Had a quick Google and see if you can edit a .cfg?

Yeah i didnt see anything.

But i reinstalled and no crashes so far.

 

[Heinz57]

I've got my 6800XT paired with an i7 8700k. How much more performance could I get out of it if paired it with one of new Ryzen chips?

I'm running an 8700k and a RX6800 and it's running beautifully at 1440p 144hz, it's still a capable CPU for gaming. If you look at some benchmarks, you're not going to see much or any difference using a 8700k or a Ryzen 5000 at 1440p or above (and I don't think a 6800 would be a good investment for just 1080p anyway).

 

[Heinz57]

Can you post a picture of the GPU Tuning fan section? Is it possible you changed something?

Finally got around to looking at it, when I open Tuning it comes up with a EULA to sign, so I assume I've never adjusted the fans or anything in there at all. Fans still aren't activating until 70C after a driver reinstall, odd!

 

[LtMatt]

Finally got around to looking at it, when I open Tuning it comes up with a EULA to sign, so I assume I've never adjusted the fans or anything in there at all. Fans still aren't activating until 70C after a driver reinstall, odd!

Yeah that means you have not touched it. DDU and clean install of 21.1.1.

Are you using any third party apps like MSI Afterburner?

 

[Unreal22]

I'm running an 8700k and a RX6800 and it's running beautifully at 1440p 144hz, it's still a capable CPU for gaming. If you look at some benchmarks, you're not going to see much or any difference using a 8700k or a Ryzen 5000 at 1440p or above (and I don't think a 6800 would be a good investment for just 1080p anyway).

I'm gaming at 4k with a LG 60hz freesync monitor and getting just under 50 fps with Cyberpunk, which looks great and plays well. Fancy doing some overclocking and see what more I can get out of it.

I had a 3080 preordered but jumped on the 6800XT when they went up for sale last week and glad I did. Some how feels better giving team red my money

 

[rallyslag]

Nice cool nitro+ 6800
Screenshot (12) by rallyslag, on Flickr

 

[atomixers]

So I've managed to isolate the cause of the noise on my Nitro + 6800XT SE. It's the middle fan that's creating a high-pitched noise.
As the Sapphire cards are designed for easy fan replacement I took it out and reseated it, after making sure that there were no obvious defects. Still making the noise so I'm guessing its the bearings or just a bad design. No one else appears to have complained about the noise so it's just mine I guess.

Given that I seem to have got decent performing card this time round, and there aren't any more in stock, I don't really want to RMA it. Can you get Sapphire/OCUK to replace a single fan?

 

[LtMatt]

So I've managed to isolate the cause of the noise on my Nitro + 6800XT SE. It's the middle fan that's creating a high-pitched noise.
As the Sapphire cards are designed for easy fan replacement I took it out and reseated it, after making sure that there were no obvious defects. Still making the noise so I'm guessing its the bearings or just a bad design. No one else appears to have complained about the noise so it's just mine I guess.

Given that I seem to have got decent performing card this time round, and there aren't any more in stock, I don't really want to RMA it. Can you get Sapphire/OCUK to replace a single fan?

I’m sure if you contact Sapphire and open an RMA they will send you a new fan with proof of purchase.

 

[almoststew1990]

I'm getting seriously fed up with this card now. It'll crash several times a night even on stock settings. This is a clean install of Windows, up to date, and I've only installed the most recent display driver so it's not getting some old driver problems. It's not overheating (nor is the rest of my system) and it happens when when I limit my frame rate. Is this a viable reason to return it?

 

[LtMatt]

I'm getting seriously fed up with this card now. It'll crash several times a night even on stock settings. This is a clean install of Windows, up to date, and I've only installed the most recent display driver so it's not getting some old driver problems. It's not overheating (nor is the rest of my system) and it happens when when I limit my frame rate. Is this a viable reason to return it?

What PSU? Two Cables?
Is your system or anything on it overclocked?
Does it happen with BIOS optimised defaults and memory at 2133Mhz?
If your answer is yes to the bottom one it could be faulty. If you can try it on a different system that should confirm.

 

[almoststew1990]

Yes two PSU rails. The PSU has 4x PCI-e connectors and I'm using 1 from GPU1 and 1 from GPU 2 to spread the load over rails. Can't remember exact PSU model but it's 7 or 850watts platinum fully modular and a solid brand (I'll check). RAM is XMP 3600MHz it's 8pac 3600 RAM. I'll try out the optimised defaults.

If it doesn't crash at 2133MHz then what's the point in having the much faster RAM, I have DDR3 that runs at 2133! It will affect my 3700x CPU performance which also matters a lot when gunning for high frame rates?

No overclocks except for RAM.

 

[LtMatt]

Yes two PSU rails. The PSU has 4x PCI-e connectors and I'm using 1 from GPU1 and 1 from GPU 2 to spread the load over rails. Can't remember exact PSU model but it's 7 or 850watts platinum fully modular and a solid brand (I'll check). RAM is XMP 3600MHz it's 8pac 3600 RAM. I'll try out the optimised defaults.

If it doesn't crash at 2133MHz then what's the point in having the much faster RAM, I have DDR3 that runs at 2133! It will affect my 3700x CPU performance which also matters a lot when gunning for high frame rates?

No overclocks except for RAM.

If it doesn’t crash at 2133Mhz then your memory overclock is not stable. It might be a faulty GPU, but you should rule everything out first as you can be sure that the retailer will test on a machine running at stock with 2133Mhz memory with auto timings.

 

[almoststew1990]

Yeah I'll check everything. The RAM had been fine all year at 3600 with my 1070ti so I would be surprised if it was that