The Radeon RX 6900/6950 XT Owners Thread.

LtMatt · 20 Nov 2021 at 17:31

varkanoid said:
I think I might have to for the flickering issue with freesync on games flicker with it off they are fine.

Do you have enhanced sync enabled by any chance? I just saw some flickering in Vanguard with Enhanced Sync + FreeSync on. Disabled the former and no issues now.

Yes please file a ticket with steps to reproduce and include anything you've toggled on, plus affected game/s.

mr griffin · 20 Nov 2021 at 18:27

LtMatt said:
How are the MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT GAMING Z TRIO owners finding the GPU?

I like it, it seemed like a good buy at the price for just under £1200 don't know why it's cheaper than other cards as it seems to have a higher clock speed out the box too. Maybe I'm missing something? It's taking some time getting my head round the settings having not had an amd card since running a pair of 290 tri x.
I'm only really playing fortnite with my kid which is quite a bit faster and no issues to report at all and forza at the moment and the biggest bug bear is the long loading times like when buying a car with a black screen and the white circle spinning bottom right hand side. Also I can't help thinking the smoke off other cars tyres and the red smoke checkpoints looks bad compared to my 3080. Definitely something going on there.

koeiwong · 20 Nov 2021 at 18:52

mr griffin said:
I like it, it seemed like a good buy at the price for just under £1200 don't know why it's cheaper than other cards as it seems to have a higher clock speed out the box too. Maybe I'm missing something? It's taking some time getting my head round the settings having not had an amd card since running a pair of 290 tri x.
I'm only really playing fortnite with my kid which is quite a bit faster and no issues to report at all and forza at the moment and the biggest bug bear is the long loading times like when buying a car with a black screen and the white circle spinning bottom right hand side. Also I can't help thinking the smoke off other cars tyres and the red smoke checkpoints looks bad compared to my 3080. Definitely something going on there.

Gaming Z is using better binned chip XTXH, that is why clock speed is a bit higher. Good price for current market but seem have a lot of cards returned too, the shop now have 5 ex display gaming z cards for sales.

Some reviews reported this card can have large delta temperature. Not sure due to the cooler mounting or the chip itself.

LtMatt · 20 Nov 2021 at 19:01

mr griffin said:
I like it, it seemed like a good buy at the price for just under £1200 don't know why it's cheaper than other cards as it seems to have a higher clock speed out the box too. Maybe I'm missing something? It's taking some time getting my head round the settings having not had an amd card since running a pair of 290 tri x.
I'm only really playing fortnite with my kid which is quite a bit faster and no issues to report at all and forza at the moment and the biggest bug bear is the long loading times like when buying a car with a black screen and the white circle spinning bottom right hand side. Also I can't help thinking the smoke off other cars tyres and the red smoke checkpoints looks bad compared to my 3080. Definitely something going on there.

koeiwong said:
Gaming Z is using better binned chip XTXH, that is why clock speed is a bit higher. Good price for current market but seem have a lot of cards returned too, the shop now have 5 ex display gaming z cards for sales.

Some reviews reported this card can have large delta temperature. Not sure due to the cooler mounting or the chip itself.

RGB looks nice on the MSI.

I am curious to see what delta you see when running say Timespy at maximum power limit.

mr griffin · 20 Nov 2021 at 19:08

LtMatt said:
RGB looks nice on the MSI.

I am curious to see what delta you see when running say Timespy at maximum power limit.

I ran it 3 times with full power and the hot spot was hitting 100c also gpuz in fortnite wotout it at full power just normal and it was still touching 100c which is a bit worrying to say the least being that it's winter. Think Im going to return this card and get the red devil or look about for a 3080ti.

NathG79 · 20 Nov 2021 at 20:52

LtMatt said:
Looks fantastic mate.

What case/fan is that and what extra was needed for the vertical mount?

Thanks.
Sorry for late reply.
Its a Lian-li 011D-XL, Noctua exhaust and AIO fans. Corsair LL120`s on the rest, and a cablemod vertical mount.

LtMatt · 21 Nov 2021 at 11:33

Now I know why this was priced so much lower than all the others.

Probably one to avoid as it will be forever throttling.

sparkymark75 · 21 Nov 2021 at 12:23

LtMatt said:
Now I know why this was priced so much lower than all the others.

Probably one to avoid as it will be forever throttling.

Great. Come back to AMD and I pick a lemon!

Can’t say I’ve noticed high temps but I’ll keep an eye on it. May be a QA issue rather than a systemic design issue?

My 3090 after all, did run with a vr temp over 100c regularly.

LtMatt · 21 Nov 2021 at 12:39

sparkymark75 said:
Great. Come back to AMD and I pick a lemon!

Can’t say I’ve noticed high temps but I’ll keep an eye on it. May be a QA issue rather than a systemic design issue?

My 3090 after all, did run with a vr temp over 100c regularly.

Yes might not be bad on all GPUs, as long as it’s working fine for you I would not worry too much.

sparkymark75 · 21 Nov 2021 at 12:45

LtMatt said:
Yes might not be bad on all GPUs, as long as it’s working fine for you I would not worry too much.

Well I just ran Timespy with the card on default (no undervolt). My GPU peaked at 63c with the junction temp hitting 86c. I did read AMD spec is up to 110c

LtMatt · 21 Nov 2021 at 12:55

sparkymark75 said:
Well I just ran Timespy with the card on default (no undervolt). My GPU peaked at 63c with the junction temp hitting 86c. I did read AMD spec is up to 110c

It's 95c for the XTXH model. It's 110c for the XTX model. Yours is XTXH. Still, your Delta looks okay.

However, for some reason Powercolor's 6900 XT Red Devil Ultimate, which is XTXH, has a 110c limt. No one knows why, but fair play to Powercolor.

varkanoid · 21 Nov 2021 at 13:32

LtMatt said:
Do you have enhanced sync enabled by any chance? I just saw some flickering in Vanguard with Enhanced Sync + FreeSync on. Disabled the former and no issues now.

Yes please file a ticket with steps to reproduce and include anything you've toggled on, plus affected game/s.

No I had enhanced sync off

LtMatt said:
It's 95c for the XTXH model. It's 110c for the XTX model. Yours is XTXH. Still, your Delta looks okay.

However, for some reason Powercolor's 6900 XT Red Devil Ultimate, which is XTXH, has a 110c limt. No one knows why, but fair play to Powercolor.

I can vouch for that is true.

sparkymark75 · 21 Nov 2021 at 13:50

Just ran the Timespy stress test @ 3440 x 1440.

GPU max temp was 73c, hotspot temp was 96c.

Not sure whether to return the card while I still can and get the Sapphire Nitro+ OC SE or keep it and avoid the hassle and extra cost?

I’ve read of Sapphire cards having high hotspot temps also.

mr griffin · 21 Nov 2021 at 15:28

LtMatt said:
Now I know why this was priced so much lower than all the others.

Probably one to avoid as it will be forever throttling.

I think you're right. I've filled in a return and refund request for mine! Now I need to find a 3080 ti that's not insanely priced

Gerard · 21 Nov 2021 at 16:22

LtMatt said:
Now I know why this was priced so much lower than all the others.

Probably one to avoid as it will be forever throttling.

His fingernails scare me, :eek:

LtMatt · 21 Nov 2021 at 17:37

Gerard said:
His fingernails scare me,

I asked him to blow his nose as well. :cry:

koeiwong · 21 Nov 2021 at 21:20

sparkymark75 said:
Just ran the Timespy stress test @ 3440 x 1440.

GPU max temp was 73c, hotspot temp was 96c.

Not sure whether to return the card while I still can and get the Sapphire Nitro+ OC SE or keep it and avoid the hassle and extra cost?

I’ve read of Sapphire cards having high hotspot temps also.

I didn't want to gamble on the Gaming Z and went for a liquid cool AIO card. Tried to run Timespy stress test a few times but PC froze every single time.

Ran Valley for 20 mins, GPU max 62c, Hotspot max 76c, memory junction max 72c with fans running at around 45%/

If set the fans running at minimum 30%, GPU 72c, hotspot 86c.

Cryfreeman · 21 Nov 2021 at 22:28

Meh I grabbed the MSI Trio Z as well, can’t even test it because don’t have any DDR5 yet to finish my build. What shall I do now

sparkymark75 · 21 Nov 2021 at 23:06

koeiwong said:
I didn't want to gamble on the Gaming Z and went for a liquid cool AIO card. Tried to run Timespy stress test a few times but PC froze every single time.

Ran Valley for 20 mins, GPU max 62c, Hotspot max 76c, memory junction max 72c with fans running at around 45%/

If set the fans running at minimum 30%, GPU 72c, hotspot 86c.

I've just ran the same and my card maxed out at 72c GPU and 95c on the hotspot. That's with all default settings. I usually run a slight undervolt and drop the clocks slightly (2300MHz) as I'm running in a SFF case.

DocJekl · 22 Nov 2021 at 03:31

sparkymark75 said:
Just ran the Timespy stress test @ 3440 x 1440.

GPU max temp was 73c, hotspot temp was 96c.

Not sure whether to return the card while I still can and get the Sapphire Nitro+ OC SE or keep it and avoid the hassle and extra cost?

I’ve read of Sapphire cards having high hotspot temps also.

Yeah, my first Saphire nitro+ 6900 XT would have GPU temps at 70-75° with a hotspot running 105 to 110°. This was at +15 in the Radeon software without touching the power limit, so it was hitting 303 W and it was running fine, except that it was replaced because an RGB header pin broke off. I got my replacement card last week, before leaving for a trip, so I should be able to install it tomorrow.