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Sapphire Radeon RX 6800 XT Nitro+

hey W1zzard is GPU-z still not reading the pixel fill rate right, I'm guessing that's a work in progress to get it right?
Fillrate = ROPs x clock speed, so: 128 [pixels per clock] x 2650 M [clocks per second] = 339200 M [pixels per second]
 
What difference does it make ?
You can visit userbenchmark and look at the number (not the score) of benchmarks for 3080 or 3070. They actually exist...
 
the reference cooler sets the bar high, and these cards absolutely do not justify the price premium, given that they're just barely better than stock in noise and cooling

you;'re honestly better off getting the reference model and just watercooling it if it's still not good enough
 
the reference cooler sets the bar high, and these cards absolutely do not justify the price premium, given that they're just barely better than stock in noise and cooling

you;'re honestly better off getting the reference model and just watercooling it if it's still not good enough

I would tend to agree, but the problem is....

getting the reference model
 
"Raytracing performance loss bigger than on NVIDIA "

*** On titles optimized for Nvidia RTX
 
"Raytracing performance loss bigger than on NVIDIA "

*** On titles optimized for Nvidia RTX
For now all titles are optimized for NVIDIA, because there was no other hardware platform avaialble, that's exactly what I meant in the conclusion when I wrote "Now that RT hardware is available for both AMD and NVIDIA, and game developers are making console games on AMD's new RDNA2 architecture, it'll be interesting to see how raytracing performance evolves in the coming months."
 
$770 ehhh no. At this premium price I would want all the features, like playable RTX.

$649~$699 it is fine. At this price might as well just get 3080

My exacts thoughts, and $70 that can be spent on hdd, sdd, ram, etc.
 
The price and availability are certainly a shock... hope nobody cancelled a RTX3080 order thinking these would be plentiful and cheaper.

Don't get me wrong, nice card and all, but 2020 has struck again.
 
For now all titles are optimized for NVIDIA, because there was no other hardware platform avaialble, that's exactly what I meant in the conclusion when I wrote "Now that RT hardware is available for both AMD and NVIDIA, and game developers are making console games on AMD's new RDNA2 architecture, it'll be interesting to see how raytracing performance evolves in the coming months."

For sure. I just wanted to note that RT performance is very much subject to change.
 
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Bleh :wtf: well looks like another year of sticking with the RX5700 for me as pricing here is just absolutely ridiculous considering I paid just under $6 hundy for it and the RX6800/6800XT are all already over a grand here :shadedshu: I'll need to save for longer just to be able to afford one here in Gougelandastan
 
DirectX12 in Borderlands 3 is fixed and has been for about a year, you can update your benchmark now.
 
So for $120 extra, we're getting next to no extra perf and 3090 levels of power consumption?

Hard pass.

Bleh :wtf: well looks like another year of sticking with the RX5700 for me as pricing here is just absolutely ridiculous considering I paid just under $6 hundy for it and the RX6800/6800XT are all already over a grand here :shadedshu: I'll need to save for longer just to be able to afford one here in Gougelandastan
same, 5700 is good enough for another year.
 
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Oof, that's a big price jump over the reference card. And the performance is only slightly higher with a bit more power consumption, the cooling is very similar too.
And this is the Nitro version, not even the pulse which would be the "budget" option, would that card be even worse than the reference?
 
$770 ehhh no. At this premium price I would want all the features, like playable RTX.

$649~$699 it is fine. At this price might as well just get 3080
Waa waaah ! Christ man get your head out a your bum hole and just accept the leap AMD did.. it may lack RTX but remember this is the 1st gen and I bet ya 2nd gen will leapfrog the green cards. Lol, gawd I love reading your hate on AMD!! Popcorn Isa Poppin so please indulge me more!
 
Mindfactory sold about 600+ 3070s last week.
Price? 700+ Euro each.


I don't mind if actual manufacturers/AMD will get share of the price spike, instead of scalpers.
Once supply/demand settles, prices will inevitably go down.

I would want all the features, like playable RTX.

Q4 2020.
When Lisa has crushed Jensen Huang so hard, greenboi need to claim 3070 level RT (even in green crap sponsored games like Control) is "not playable".
Oh, and that 3090 is "great value"... :D

Retail price in EU = €970+
I don't see any retail price on these cards, zero availability in German price machines (which I was told cover EU)

For now all titles are optimized for NVIDIA
Welp, Dirt 5, WD:Legion:

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Mindfactory sold about 600+ 3070s last week.
Price? 700+ Euro each.


I don't mind if actual manufacturers/AMD will get share of the price spike, instead of scalpers.
Once supply/demand settles, prices will inevitably go down.



Q4 2020.
When Lisa has crushed Jensen Huang so hard, greenboi need to claim 3070 level RT (even in green crap sponsored games like Control) is "not playable".
Oh, and that 3090 is "great value"... :D


I don't see any retail price on these cards, zero availability in German price machines (which I was told cover EU)


Welp, Dirt 5, WD:Legion:

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Caseking and alternate, both located in Germany.

Caseking updated their pricing. Nitro+ went down to €857. €120 down in one night, curious.
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You still can't place an order on one anyway.
 
And I stay by my point (9:56 start time)
 
Because I haven't had time to rebench all cards with new games, this takes around two weeks of non-stop testing. You can come here and help me with it.

There has been launch after launch these last weeks. Right now I am working on ASUS 6800 XT STRIX LC review, XFX 6800 XT arrives tomorrow or so. I also have PowerColor Red Dragon, Palit 3070, MSI 3090, 3090 FE to finish. And then there's A LOT of NVIDIA cards already here for their next launch. Oh and like a dozen SSDs waiting, too. Once I have a bit of time I will definitely use AC:V, and Watch Dogs, and Cyberpunk. Will probably not use Godfall

Are you kidding me?
You did a dedicated game review 15 days ago.
:wtf:
 

Are you kidding me?
You did a dedicated game review 15 days ago.
:wtf:
Not sure I understand? Are you saying "use the game review numbers for the main reviews" ? different driver versions, I won't do that. When I do it I do it right
 
Like it kicked in on 5700 XT or Fury X ?

My Hope is since the 7970 had the same "tech" with the XBOX and improved a lot
and the 6800XT has the same "tech" with BOTH new Xbox and PS5
Most games will be easier to port and give good performance in the future
 
all else being equal, these cards are pointless

I knew this day would come, the prices are now accepted.

One company is greedy, and the other has a right to make a profit.
 
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