The Radeon RX 6900/6950 XT Owners Thread.

Oberon · 27 Sep 2022 at 19:50

Do you think it's a good idea to test out if the coil whine changes/is eliminated by using an older 650W PSU?

gpuerrilla · 27 Sep 2022 at 19:50

Toilet roll, kitchen roll trick but that can help.

Oberon · 27 Sep 2022 at 20:39

Okay, so I swapped everything over, and I've got slightly less bad coil whine. And the kitchen roll trick has worked; it's definitely the card. Is this something I can RMA it for?

gpuerrilla · 27 Sep 2022 at 20:55

Yep. How old is it? I think its more or less brand new as you posted other day so ask for replacement or refund.

Oberon · 27 Sep 2022 at 21:33

Yes, I just bought it, received it last Friday. Hopefully, if they replace it, I won't have the same problem again.

Purgatory · 28 Sep 2022 at 13:29

Oberon said:
Yes, I just bought it, received it last Friday. Hopefully, if they replace it, I won't have the same problem again.

If it's really that bad send it back to OCUK and ask them for a new card while they still have them in stock. If it's as bad as you state I'm sure they will swap it, but be aware you may end up with a worse one, so be realistic how bad it is.

Like I said stick a video up if you can showing the sound it's making at its worse and when normal.

vapor matt · 6 Oct 2022 at 12:27

Seems all AMD cards are going up! you can find them cheaper as well, whats going on with OCUK prices, these are cards that have been in stock and going up in price.

eeii · 6 Oct 2022 at 15:02

Could be exchange rates

Blackjack Davy · 6 Oct 2022 at 15:50

Everythings gone up £50 across the board I assume exchange rates. AMD cards are EOL it seems once its out of stock there won't be any more so if you want it, buy it

vapor matt · 6 Oct 2022 at 15:56

Blackjack Davy said:
Everythings gone up £50 across the board I assume exchange rates. AMD cards are EOL it seems once its out of stock there won't be any more so if you want it, buy it

I did buy it, but not here saved £80 so what can i say.

varkanoid · 6 Oct 2022 at 16:11

vapor matt said:
Seems all AMD cards are going up! you can find them cheaper as well, whats going on with OCUK prices, these are cards that have been in stock and going up in price.

You have to remember its all economics. OCUK prob sold out of stock they bought when the US price was "good" against the pound and are now selling stock when the price was worse hence the price rise. Other places will still be selling stock at the US $ good price hence are cheaper.
In a roundabout way its an indication OCUK are selling more than their competitors. Its just some people think OCUK are ripping people off when their prices are higher they dont actually know how it works behind the scenes.

cityfaninlondon · 12 Oct 2022 at 21:02

So had the card for a while. Keeps impressing me. Solitaire runs smoothly. Minesweeper is a bit hit and miss though

Grim5 · 13 Oct 2022 at 11:25

Can you guys please run and post your scores here thanks https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...he-3dmark-speed-way-benchmark.18948358/page-2

cityfaninlondon · 14 Oct 2022 at 12:52

will there be any benefit in upgrading from a 10600k to an AMD processor for gaming with a 6950xt? or will this just be spending money for the sake of spending money?

JediFragger · 14 Oct 2022 at 12:53

cityfaninlondon said:
will there be any benefit in upgrading from a 10600k to an AMD processor for gaming with a 6950xt? or will this just be spending money for the sake of spending money?

A bit of it tbh. In your situation I'd wait for the Zen4 3D chips to drop in a few months and make a decision then

Major774 · 14 Oct 2022 at 13:15

cityfaninlondon said:
will there be any benefit in upgrading from a 10600k to an AMD processor for gaming with a 6950xt? or will this just be spending money for the sake of spending money?

It will come down to your gaming resolution.

Check here: https://pc-builds.com/bottleneck-calculator/

This will give you a good indication to upgrade or not.

cityfaninlondon · 14 Oct 2022 at 13:42

Interesting so i have used the 10600k vs 5800x (couldnt find the 3d) with the 6900xt (as couldnt find the 6950xt) results are as following. all on gpu intense tasks as all i really care about the pc for is gaming
1400p
10600k - cpu is took weak for 6900xt . 9.4% processor bottleneck
5800x - work great together 0.2% gpu bottleneck 5.3% gpu

1440p Ultrawide
10600k - will work great together with the gpu - 1.6% processor bottleneck
5800x 6900xt is too weak for the 5800x - 5.3% gpu bottleneck

4k
10600k - same as with 1440p ultrawide but 1.6% gpu bottleneck
5800x - same as above but with a 21.5% put bottleneck

Major774 · 14 Oct 2022 at 13:49

That's right, you want a GPU bottleneck compared to a CPU bottleneck.

You want the GPU to work harder and max out utilization and have your CPU sitting around, chilling and sipping margaritas.

cityfaninlondon · 14 Oct 2022 at 13:55

ah ok. learnt something new there. so going on numbers alone (not value) there would be a benefit to putting a 5800x in if gaming at 1440p. however, in terms of value there seems little point in spending the extra money to gain what seem to be little extra.. in regards to the 4k result does this mean there would be a benefit to switching?

Sumanji · 4 Nov 2022 at 18:33

Hi All,

Looking to move my reference 6900XT into my wife's PC - it's an ITX build using a Corsair SF600 Gold PSU powering a 5600X, Asus ROG B450-I, a couple of fans, and a single 2TB NVME drive. (Currently running an RTX 3060)

AMD recommends an 850W PSU, which kinda seems overkill... will I be ok with the SF600?

Cheers,

Su