Sunday, September 19th 2021
XFX Launches Radeon RX 6900 XT Speedster ZERO WB Graphics Card
XFX formally launched the Radeon RX 6900 XT Speedster ZERO WB, a graphics card it teased last month. The company's new flagship product, the Speedster ZERO WB is a graphics card with a factory-fitted full-coverage water-block, for those with DIY liquid-cooling setups. It appears to be based on an all new PCB with a more tuned-up 14+2 phase VRM setup than that of the air-cooled RX 6900 XT Speedster MERC 319, which pulls power from a trio of 8-pin PCIe power connectors.
Under the hood is a 7 nm "Navi 21" XTXH silicon, which is able to sustain 10% higher engine clocks than the standard "Navi 21," and XFX claims that it has unlocked overdrive slider limit (the de facto maximum overclock), beyond 3 GHz. Out of the box, the card comes with a maximum boost frequency of 2525 MHz, compared to 2250 MHz AMD-reference. The water block came about from a collaboration with EK Water Blocks, and combines a nickel-plated copper primary material with a slightly frosted acrylic top that's studded with addressable RGB LEDs. XFX didn't reveal pricing.
Under the hood is a 7 nm "Navi 21" XTXH silicon, which is able to sustain 10% higher engine clocks than the standard "Navi 21," and XFX claims that it has unlocked overdrive slider limit (the de facto maximum overclock), beyond 3 GHz. Out of the box, the card comes with a maximum boost frequency of 2525 MHz, compared to 2250 MHz AMD-reference. The water block came about from a collaboration with EK Water Blocks, and combines a nickel-plated copper primary material with a slightly frosted acrylic top that's studded with addressable RGB LEDs. XFX didn't reveal pricing.
11 Comments on XFX Launches Radeon RX 6900 XT Speedster ZERO WB Graphics Card
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I found an RTX 3090 TUF Gaming for 25000 NOK. that is like $2.8k good luck with that.
That said, waterblocked GPUs aren't as likely to sell as fast simply due to needing some cooling assembly required. It's mostly been my local Microcenter that gets such GPUs, and have been incorporating them into custom liquid-cooled PC builds. Given that those kinds of orders are somewhat rare, they've had a few Gigabyte and PowerColor WB'd 6900XTs (even the rare WB'd 3090 GTX) sitting on the shelves for weeks on end.
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It's a combination of brand plus miners. Miners know the hash rate is incrediable on the 3090. I have sold 2 MSRP 3090s to miners on eBay.
I don't know anyone who bought 3090 but I surely know people who bought 6900xt. One guy has a 3070 but that is a pre-build.