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The Radeon RX 6900/6950 XT Owners Thread.
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Ok, I'm fashionably late to the party but the 6950XT Red Devil arrived. I was expecting big but 
Dwarfed the 3060Ti FE. Glad I ordered some 180° power connectors or I'd never have got the side panel on my 011D back on.
Just a quick test and everything feels very smooth. Radeon chill turned on set to 140Hz (144Hz 1440p monitor). Nice to get back to the AMD Adrenaline software, they don't seem to get much credit for it but I find it easy to use.
Dwarfed the 3060Ti FE. Glad I ordered some 180° power connectors or I'd never have got the side panel on my 011D back on.Just a quick test and everything feels very smooth. Radeon chill turned on set to 140Hz (144Hz 1440p monitor). Nice to get back to the AMD Adrenaline software, they don't seem to get much credit for it but I find it easy to use.
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Had to kick mine back on with a 4090 and squid adaptor attached tbf.
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They're great cards man, enjoy!
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I'm still really enjoying the Asrock Phantom 6900XT I bought back in November. I almost always buy at the end of a generation, as by then the kinks have been worked out and usually deals are to be found.
I run at 1440p with a 165hz monitor and it's a beast for this resolution.
I've settled on the following settings for both efficiency, quiet use and set and forget; clocks left default (for me that's 2524), a slight undervolt to 1120 (I could go a lot lower but that would introduce more faff), memory set at 2112, and a custom fan curve (by default the Asrock likes ramping up a bit too much for me).
I play almost exclusively single player games so wringing every last fps isn't that important. But I've found if I set Windows 11 to use a 120hz refresh, then either limit the fps of the game to 90 in its ingame settings or via AMD Chill in the Adrenalin drivers the card runs really quiet and much of the time only draws between 140-200w in use gaming and with the fan curve it keeps really cool on it's junction temperature and is acceptably quiet and everything is silly smooth.
I've not played much with FSR (as with the amount of performance on tap, for the resolution I'm at, it's just not necessary) and only briefly toyed with ray tracing as a curiosity (as I still think we are at least 1 gpu generation out for it to be a must have for mainstream use in anything more than grabbing screenshots at my price points). But they're there if future games require I use them.
The main reason I jumped at this card at the time was due to the usual jump between console generations and the inevitable rise in base requirements of games (at time of purchase it was the cheapest card with 16gb RAM). I'm not a huge fan of multiplatform ports, but I like having the option and this covers that.
Anyhow, sorry not sorry
for the essay, but I thought it worthwhile to put something in this thread with the renewed interest in this class of card (6900/6950) with the way things are atm!
tl;dr- great at a discount; tinkering is rewarded, AMD Adrenaline suite is great and a one stop shop for all performance settings, drivers are stable, also the card is fine with a 750w PSU.
I run at 1440p with a 165hz monitor and it's a beast for this resolution.
I've settled on the following settings for both efficiency, quiet use and set and forget; clocks left default (for me that's 2524), a slight undervolt to 1120 (I could go a lot lower but that would introduce more faff), memory set at 2112, and a custom fan curve (by default the Asrock likes ramping up a bit too much for me).
I play almost exclusively single player games so wringing every last fps isn't that important. But I've found if I set Windows 11 to use a 120hz refresh, then either limit the fps of the game to 90 in its ingame settings or via AMD Chill in the Adrenalin drivers the card runs really quiet and much of the time only draws between 140-200w in use gaming and with the fan curve it keeps really cool on it's junction temperature and is acceptably quiet and everything is silly smooth.
I've not played much with FSR (as with the amount of performance on tap, for the resolution I'm at, it's just not necessary) and only briefly toyed with ray tracing as a curiosity (as I still think we are at least 1 gpu generation out for it to be a must have for mainstream use in anything more than grabbing screenshots at my price points). But they're there if future games require I use them.
The main reason I jumped at this card at the time was due to the usual jump between console generations and the inevitable rise in base requirements of games (at time of purchase it was the cheapest card with 16gb RAM). I'm not a huge fan of multiplatform ports, but I like having the option and this covers that.
Anyhow, sorry not sorry
for the essay, but I thought it worthwhile to put something in this thread with the renewed interest in this class of card (6900/6950) with the way things are atm!tl;dr- great at a discount; tinkering is rewarded, AMD Adrenaline suite is great and a one stop shop for all performance settings, drivers are stable, also the card is fine with a 750w PSU.
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As a prospective 6950 or 7900 buyer this kind of detailed comment is greatI'm still really enjoying the Asrock Phantom 6900XT I bought back in November. I almost always buy at the end of a generation, as by then the kinks have been worked out and usually deals are to be found.
I run at 1440p with a 165hz monitor and it's a beast for this resolution.
I've settled on the following settings for both efficiency, quiet use and set and forget; clocks left default (for me that's 2524), a slight undervolt to 1120 (I could go a lot lower but that would introduce more faff), memory set at 2112, and a custom fan curve (by default the Asrock likes ramping up a bit too much for me).
I play almost exclusively single player games so wringing every last fps isn't that important. But I've found if I set Windows 11 to use a 120hz refresh, then either limit the fps of the game to 90 in its ingame settings or via AMD Chill in the Adrenalin drivers the card runs really quiet and much of the time only draws between 140-200w in use gaming and with the fan curve it keeps really cool on it's junction temperature and is acceptably quiet and everything is silly smooth.
I've not played much with FSR (as with the amount of performance on tap, for the resolution I'm at, it's just not necessary) and only briefly toyed with ray tracing as a curiosity (as I still think we are at least 1 gpu generation out for it to be a must have for mainstream use in anything more than grabbing screenshots at my price points). But they're there if future games require I use them.
The main reason I jumped at this card at the time was due to the usual jump between console generations and the inevitable rise in base requirements of games (at time of purchase it was the cheapest card with 16gb RAM). I'm not a huge fan of multiplatform ports, but I like having the option and this covers that.
Anyhow, sorry not sorry
This sums up my experience so far perfectly. A few simple settings, enable Radeon Chill and SAM if you can and they run so well. Noise is subjective, a friend has one and can hear a bit of coil whine from 6 feet away. I can only hear it from a few inches away with the side off, I am a fair bit older though
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Yep, noise is subjective, the pitch of fans and coil whine seem to affect us all differently. I'm 53 (gulp!) and didn't notice anything of coil whine when the card was new, my youngest (14) has never commented on it and says he's not noticed anything, but the case i'm using is a Define R7 (lots of sound deadening) and also as mentioned using Chill caps the fps so you don't get 2000 in the menus of some games.This sums up my experience so far perfectly. A few simple settings, enable Radeon Chill and SAM if you can and they run so well. Noise is subjective, a friend has one and can hear a bit of coil whine from 6 feet away. I can only hear it from a few inches away with the side off, I am a fair bit older though
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Context seems to affect the coil whine too. My friend's 6950XT in my PC was much quieter. He has updated to W11 seemed to sort his very low minimum frame rate issues out and it's running quieter.
AMD need to get much better at showcasing their software. I suspect a lot of the criticism you see is from people just plugging in the card and expecting it to all be optimised for them. I'd have Chill on by default.
I wasn't gonna do this due to pricing being silly but I found a buyer for my 6700XT who was willing to pay 280quid for it. So now, later today, I'm gonna pick up a brand spanking new 6950XT Red Devil with Last of US part 1 bundle for 600 quid(full warranty straight from a shop). Looking much forward to the extra power offered now that I'm running ultrawide 1440p instead of regular 1440p. It was the exact same that I paid for my 1080ti funny enough except I had to wait about a year before the pricing got sensible. It's basicly half the price of the 7900XTX here where I live.
Yes for that price and resolution in the current market it's a good option. Very pleased with mine.
Soldato
Wow, do you reckon there will still be stock on the shelves of that card, and the previous gen, in July...?
Who knows, I assumed not and bought now. Always a bit of a gamble.
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Good buy at the price they are going for.
Are you impressed overall...?
How have you found stability and performance, perhaps more so in non AAA titles, if you play them..?
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has the last of us bundle finished entirely, or just ended sooner than expected on overclockers?
I've been impressed, probably overkill at 1440p. I'm running on the quiet BIOS and a 1125mV undervolt. Seems cool and quiet to me, bear in mind I'm not young so I may have a different perception of sound! I've only tried it in RDR2 and CP2077 so far but no obvious issues.
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I was "young" a few decades ago, lol. Heck my first PC in the 80's, a Tandy 1000, didn't even know what a GPU was...!
In regards to sound, I'm probably the only person who has never heard coil whine that is spoken about. But that is due to me having near constant tinnitus, there are benefits it seems...!
Good that it has worked out for you. Half the cost of a 4080...! (different I know)
Sounds like you could be me
Yes very much a matter of buying what suits your needs, as there is not just one best option at the moment. The 6950XT also gets a boost as I have an all AMD system.AMD won't leave that price point unattended so it's either 6950XT or 7800XT.