The Radeon RX 6900/6950 XT Owners Thread.

[Sarge2255]

^^ That is one large picture! Real life scale?

The MAG board looks nice there!

 

[Josh Racey]

^^ That is one large picture! Real life scale?

The MAG board looks nice there!

Haha it is really, probably should have croped it before i uploaded it.

Ive been trying with a bit of an industrial look with the different shades of grey. I ordered some custom powercolor stickers for the gpu using a cool powercolor devil logo i found online, but they didnt turn out too great.

 

[human_error]

Any coil whine with your card human_error ? Put my mind at rest that at least one doesnt have it XD

No coil whine at idle, there is some whine when benchmarking and really pushing it, but nothing too bad and still quieter than the fans. In normal conditions (side window closed, fans on default curve) I'm not hearing it over the fan noise.

Edit:

After much tweaking I've found the max OCs for my card:

FFXV benchmark - 2815 core, 2150 mem - fastest I can get the card - anything that goes 2819 or higher core speed crashes on any real tests.

Port Royal - 2780 core, 2130 mem - any higher speeds and the bench crashes when doing the first outdoors shots of the ship. Best score 10,936.

Time Spy - 2630 core, 2130 mem - time spy 2 being the PITA to get stable. Best score 18k.


On all of these the max temp I reached was 67C core, 99C hotspot.

 

[Too Tall]

Block going on this evening.

Any benchies people want to see pre/post waterblock?

 

[LtMatt]

Block going on this evening.

Any benchies people want to see pre/post waterblock?

FS Extreme, Ultra, TS and TS Extreme please mate.

 

[Too Tall]

Will do.

 

[LtMatt]

I’m seeing a performance increase on Timespy in 21.6.1 as mentioned by @nvidiamd

 

[Chud_Jenny]

I’m seeing a performance increase on Timespy in 21.6.1 as mentioned by @nvidiamd

I’m seeing a performance increase on Timespy in 21.6.1 as mentioned by @nvidiamd

Oooo, seen the new CPU test? 13.9% increase for me from stock to PBO plus curve optimiser.

 

[LtMatt]

Oooo, seen the new CPU test? 13.9% increase for me from stock to PBO plus curve optimiser.

Just noticed it but not run it yet, still playing with Timespy atm.

 

[LtMatt]

I’m seeing a performance increase on Timespy in 21.6.1 as mentioned by @nvidiamd

Oooo, seen the new CPU test? 13.9% increase for me from stock to PBO plus curve optimiser.

Just noticed it but not run it yet, still playing with Timespy atm.

Best I've managed so far with a warm system and 25c ambient.


Tuning and MPT Settings

Spoiler

That's around 300 points extra on my best on graphics score. My CPU score is down, i did update the BIOS a couple of days back so likely related. I can push the GPU a bit further i think just testing it out now.

EDIT - Make that 500 points.
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT video card benchmark result - AMD Ryzen 9 5950X,ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3dmark.com)

 

[varkanoid]

I’m seeing a performance increase on Timespy in 21.6.1 as mentioned by @nvidiamd

I actually saw a dip of 400 points.

 

[LtMatt]

I actually saw a dip of 400 points.

I saw a dip on Firestrike at first on 21.6.1. Then i updated my motherboard BIOS and i unlocked the extra performance in 21.6.1 and Timespy.

Then i rolled back the driver to 21.4.1, and although i improved over my old score i was still 500 points short of what I got on 21.6.1.

I've lost CPU points though by updating the BIOS, so I can either have better graphics score or CPU score.

I'll go with graphics score as my system is almost always GPU limited.

 

[FredFlint]

Most of the games i play, the fans do not come on and it uses 100W less power than my 5700XT
That said, only playing Diablo 3(uses 80W max) and the crew 2(89W max) mainly but still good. Days Gone uses more but still less than the 5700. Really happy with this card, not the price but...

 

[Sarge2255]

Haha it is really, probably should have croped it before i uploaded it.

Ive been trying with a bit of an industrial look with the different shades of grey. I ordered some custom powercolor stickers for the gpu using a cool powercolor devil logo i found online, but they didnt turn out too great.

Powercolour very nice choice. They have some good cards

 

[Dragon2012]

First post after lurking for a while. Just checked and Buildzoid has smashed my 1 FSE spot and LMatt just beat my best Timesy score . Back to the drawing board when I get a spare 5 hrs lol. This is a very good threead by the way guys!

 

[varkanoid]

First post after lurking for a while. Just checked and Buildzoid has smashed my 1 FSE spot and LMatt just beat my best Timesy score . Back to the drawing board when I get a spare 5 hrs lol. This is a very good threead by the way guys!

Its a refreshing change to read a thread that is not moaning about GPU prices, mining, or GPU availability.

 

[robin66]

Its a refreshing change to read a thread that is not moaning about GPU prices, mining, or GPU availability.

It is a nice change.

 

[Harlequin]

https://www.3dmark.com/spy/20570517

All stock

 

[Josh Racey]

Out of curiosity, does anyone know what the powercolor 6900xt red devil ultimate should normally cost, i know they are in shops for around £1600-1700, but i want to know what MSRP was actually supposed to be. Reference 6900xt was around £700, so im guessing their msrp is not £1000 more expensive

 

[Harlequin]

856.99 is not 700