Thursday, November 19th 2020
AMD to Produce Reference Design RX 6800 XT and RX 6800 Only Until "Early 2021"
AMD is expected to manufacture its reference-design Radeon RX 6800 XT and RX 6800 graphics cards only "through early 2021," according to a tweet by Scott Herkelman, Corporate VP and GM for the AMD Radeon brand, in response to a question by Daniel Rohrpasser. The "MBA" (made by AMD) reference-design cards will undergo production runs only until early 2021, beyond which the company will rely entirely on sales of custom-design boards by its add-in-board (AIB) partners to sell the RX 6800 and RX 6800 XT.
Launch of custom-design RX 6800 series cards are closely following that of the MBA cards, which opened to sales on November 18. Most AMD AIB partners have already announced their custom-design RX 6800 series products. This isn't particularly unusual, as AMD tends to produce MBA cards only for the initial few months following a new GPU launch, beyond which custom-design cards are expected to take over sales. The MBA cards are sold through AIB partners, with negligible modifications such as brand stickers.
Source:
Scott Herkelman (Twitter)
Launch of custom-design RX 6800 series cards are closely following that of the MBA cards, which opened to sales on November 18. Most AMD AIB partners have already announced their custom-design RX 6800 series products. This isn't particularly unusual, as AMD tends to produce MBA cards only for the initial few months following a new GPU launch, beyond which custom-design cards are expected to take over sales. The MBA cards are sold through AIB partners, with negligible modifications such as brand stickers.
29 Comments on AMD to Produce Reference Design RX 6800 XT and RX 6800 Only Until "Early 2021"
In terms of reference board design, its usually better than similarly priced AIB cards. Only those premium models from AIB comes with better board design.
For Watercooling, as mentioned before, reference designs are normally the first one you get coolers for and since the PCB itself often is quite good in the end such a combination can reach the same speeds as the high end, air cooled, custom variants at nearly the same price point.
So yes, here's hoping Boardpartners will pick up this PCB and also don't start cheaping out on the components the solder on it.
don´t know if there where many 18\900 xt aib designs superior to ref.
always a good choice taking reference amd design and put some heavy coolers on it be it water or air or what ya like
That said, the new line looks pretty darn good and continues that tradition with the best cooler design they've ever made.