The Radeon RX 6900/6950 XT Owners Thread.

Besty · 3 Feb 2021 at 21:46

LtMatt said:
TBC.

Will either sell it or this, or it will take pride of place on the mantle piece. All three options up for grabs at the moment until I can spend some quality time with it over the weekend.

Matt, the reformed AMD card addict said:

“I don’t know what happened, no forum posting on OCUK for over 3 years, money in my bank account, I was doing really well, my family and friends all supported me and i stayed clean. My councillor said that if i kept clean, i could go back to a normal life and make a full recovery”.

Interviewer: “And when did the urges start again?

“When the 6800 series was announced i saw the screenshots of the reference card and i didn’t feel any urges to start spending money, i opened my phone, read the news and went back to watching sky sports with my mates, like a normal bloke, i didn’t even check OCUK but then....the custom cards got announced and that’s when the problems started”

Interviewer: “You didn’t buy just one did you Matt?”

“No i didn’t, once i bought one (a reference 6800XT), i though well, other people had you know..had better clock speeds than me and were posting on the forum about it and it just started to get out of control from there”

Interviewer: “and what happened then?”

“i started buying more cards, i don’t know why, 6900s, custom, reference, i bought so many that i even started to decorate my walls with them and at £1200 each, things started to get out of hand again. when my wife found out we couldn’t afford to pay the gas bill whilst i was posting a meme on OCUK about my reference 6900XT card being a fireplace ornament that’s when we knew i had to seek help again.....”

JediFragger · 3 Feb 2021 at 21:58

Besty said:
Matt, the reformed AMD card addict said:

“I don’t know what happened, no forum posting on OCUK for over 3 years, money in my bank account, I was doing really well, my family and friends all supported me and i stayed clean. My councillor said that if i kept clean, i could go back to a normal life and make a full recovery”.

Interviewer: “And when did the urges start again?

“When the 6800 series was announced i saw the screenshots of the reference card and i didn’t feel any urges to start spending money, i opened my phone, read the news and went back to watching sky sports with my mates, like a normal bloke, i didn’t even check OCUK but then....the custom cards got announced and that’s when the problems started”

Interviewer: “You didn’t buy just one did you Matt?”

“No i didn’t, once i bought one (a reference 6800XT), i though well, other people had you know..had better clock speeds than me and were posting on the forum about it and it just started to get out of control from there”

Interviewer: “and what happened then?”

“i started buying more cards, i don’t know why, 6900s, custom, reference, i bought so many that i even started to decorate my walls with them and at £1200 each, things started to get out of hand again. when my wife found out we couldn’t afford to pay the gas bill whilst i was posting a meme on OCUK about my reference 6900XT card being a fireplace ornament that’s when we knew i had to seek help again.....”

LMFBO!! Awesome man, that's true!!!

snips86x · 3 Feb 2021 at 22:54

Anyone had sporadic FPS drops that feels like lag? Almost like the frametimes are too high.

Also this:

JediFragger · 3 Feb 2021 at 23:17

snips86x said:
Anyone had sporadic FPS drops that feels like lag? Almost like the frametimes are too high.

Nope, all butter here m8. I am getting Div2 shutting down unexpectedly though, guessing new patch screwed things up as reports are out there.

snips86x · 3 Feb 2021 at 23:24

JediFragger said:
Nope, all butter here m8. I am getting Div2 shutting down unexpectedly though, guessing new patch screwed things up as reports are out there.

Good point, might be the game. Will see what happens tomorrow.

snips86x · 3 Feb 2021 at 23:36

@LtMatt Not sure if you have had the same, but when enabling performance metrics and playing a game in fullscreen windowed, the metrics move to my 2nd screen. If I disable and re-enable, it's back on the primary.
Ideally you should specify a screen/location and it's locked regardless. Should also only apply to game profiles.

wookiee87 · 4 Feb 2021 at 00:33

snips86x said:
Anyone had sporadic FPS drops that feels like lag? Almost like the frametimes are too high.

in destiny 2 100% frame rate has almost dropped by 75% in some cases, dont know why as on the same day i had the issue earlier in the day my pc was epic butter smooth at 4k ultra, i have ddu'd mulitiple display drivers and updated my bios and chipset drivers all to no avail, i looked at windows update but nothing really stands out as a culprit, so i dont know whats causing my frame drops

Dwaindibbly · 4 Feb 2021 at 01:11

Quick update..

I changed to DX12 in Red dead and the artifacts went away, thanks Matt for the suggestion.

Red dead on full looks bloody gorgeous and running at 75fps min is a Joy! I stopped playing the game a early on because i wanted to see it in full glory with a decent GPU, it was well worth the wait.

On the USB disconnecting issue. It actually happens all the time, not just on game launch as i thought, with a very quick bit of googling and the use of USBLogView im getting AMD Radeon(TM) USB LED show up in the log everytime i hear the sound.

Ive not really got time to look into anymore tonight as im up at 7 for another wonderfull home schooling followed by work day! I'll dig into it some more when i get chance, hopefully tomorrow if the boy knuckles down...!

Kaapstad · 4 Feb 2021 at 02:34

snips86x said:
Anyone had sporadic FPS drops that feels like lag? Almost like the frametimes are too high.

Also this:

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snips86x · 4 Feb 2021 at 07:09

Kaapstad said:
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Thanks. I'm so excited. I've only ever owned 2 top tier cards. This and the 980ti. This is a whoooooole different beast.

LtMatt · 4 Feb 2021 at 07:54

Gerard said:
Didn't happen to change the thermal paste when you were having this quality time with it?

I did just change the thermal paste yes, reduced temps a little but the stock paste job was decent tbf.

Besty said:
Matt, the reformed AMD card addict said:

“I don’t know what happened, no forum posting on OCUK for over 3 years, money in my bank account, I was doing really well, my family and friends all supported me and i stayed clean. My councillor said that if i kept clean, i could go back to a normal life and make a full recovery”.

Interviewer: “And when did the urges start again?

“When the 6800 series was announced i saw the screenshots of the reference card and i didn’t feel any urges to start spending money, i opened my phone, read the news and went back to watching sky sports with my mates, like a normal bloke, i didn’t even check OCUK but then....the custom cards got announced and that’s when the problems started”

Interviewer: “You didn’t buy just one did you Matt?”

“No i didn’t, once i bought one (a reference 6800XT), i though well, other people had you know..had better clock speeds than me and were posting on the forum about it and it just started to get out of control from there”

Interviewer: “and what happened then?”

“i started buying more cards, i don’t know why, 6900s, custom, reference, i bought so many that i even started to decorate my walls with them and at £1200 each, things started to get out of hand again. when my wife found out we couldn’t afford to pay the gas bill whilst i was posting a meme on OCUK about my reference 6900XT card being a fireplace ornament that’s when we knew i had to seek help again.....”

Haha, that gave me a laugh this morning.

snips86x said:
@LtMatt Not sure if you have had the same, but when enabling performance metrics and playing a game in fullscreen windowed, the metrics move to my 2nd screen. If I disable and re-enable, it's back on the primary.
Ideally you should specify a screen/location and it's locked regardless. Should also only apply to game profiles.

Agree.

snips86x said:
Thanks. I'm so excited. I've only ever owned 2 top tier cards. This and the 980ti. This is a whoooooole different beast.

It's a great card isn't it.

snips86x · 4 Feb 2021 at 09:26

LtMatt said:
It's a great card isn't it.

I'm absolutely stunned mate, it's an absolute powerhouse. Also, what I did notice is that adaptive sync was considerably smoother on the 6900XT over the 2070s. The 2070s didn't struggle and a mix of High/Med settings in Division 2 I was getting 55fps+. First things i noticed once the 6900 was in place was how smooth it was in comparison. Software def needs some work though but they've come along way since my 290x (which I hated). Actually, I think I got that from you lol

LtMatt · 4 Feb 2021 at 10:46

snips86x said:
I'm absolutely stunned mate, it's an absolute powerhouse. Also, what I did notice is that adaptive sync was considerably smoother on the 6900XT over the 2070s. The 2070s didn't struggle and a mix of High/Med settings in Division 2 I was getting 55fps+. First things i noticed once the 6900 was in place was how smooth it was in comparison. Software def needs some work though but they've come along way since my 290x (which I hated). Actually, I think I got that from you lol

I think most users on the GPU section have bought a GPU from me at some point.

LtMatt · 4 Feb 2021 at 11:28

Updated pic for the roll of honour please @Kaapstad.

JediFragger · 4 Feb 2021 at 11:51

atomic7431 · 4 Feb 2021 at 12:56

Grabbed the Sapphire 6900xt nitro

Amd drivers have changed a lot in recent years i see, totally lost with them currently lol

While playing Cold war ive had no stutter/hitching and so far no crashes fingers crossed.
No overclock of any kind, are temps and clocks decent below?

LtMatt · 4 Feb 2021 at 12:57

atomic7431 said:
Grabbed the Sapphire 6900xt nitro

Amd drivers have changed a lot in recent years i see, totally lost with them currently lol

While playing Cold war ive had no stutter/hitching and so far no crashes fingers crossed.
No overclock of any kind, are temps and clocks decent below?

Welcome.

Yes looks good!

You have room to optimise performance and power draw when ready.

snips86x · 4 Feb 2021 at 13:00

Been doing some testing with SAM on/off, looks like there are only a few instances where it actually makes a difference.

Haven

Haven No SAM

Haven SAM

Valley

Valley No SAM

Valley SAM

SuperPosition

SuperPosition No SAM

SuperPosition SAM

Horizen Zero Dawn

HZD No SAM

HZD SAM

atomic7431 · 4 Feb 2021 at 13:10

LtMatt said:
Welcome.

Yes looks good!

You have room to optimise performance and power draw when ready.

Thanks i will do that once ive had it a bit longer just to make sure it has no issues.

Will benchmark once install all finished as well.

djbully · 4 Feb 2021 at 13:14

Finally......

It's been a long story trying to get one of these. Had another on order from competitors but never turned up, thanks to YODEL's complete incompetence!

Anyway got this one from OCUK, had to pay more but hey it's here and I can use it now!