The RX 6000 series Owners' Club

[Gmr_Chick]

In my situation, I'd have to sell the 1660 Super first, and then hope I could get a 6700XT on launch day...

 

[Space Lynx]

In my situation, I'd have to sell the 1660 Super first, and then hope I could get a 6700XT on launch day...

ah ok, yeah I wouldn't do that. cause most likely bots will get them all on March 18th.

 

[turbogear]

Well, gee, I'd love to have a 6000 (or even a 5000) series card, but I'm rather fond of my lungs, heart and kidneys, and poor, so I guess I'm stuck with my 1660 Super

Well when I bought my 6800XT back in November, I paid 999€ for it, but I sold my Radeon VIII on eBay for crazy price of 700€.

Now when I bought 6900XT to replace 6800XT, the idea was to sell 6800XT on eBay and looking at market price I was sure I can get 1200€ for it with fitted EK watercooler and being a special high OC card.

So 6900XT would had cost me around 350€ more with additional waterblock but now I will not keeping 6900XT and return it as performance is only 5% more than 6800XT with 65W more power consumption.

 

[Space Lynx]

Well when I bought my 6800XT back in November, I paid 999€ for it, but I sold my Radeon VIII on eBay for crazy price of 700€.

Now when I bought 6900XT to replace 6800XT, the idea was to sell 6800XT on eBay and looking at market price I was sure I can get 1200€ for it with fitted EK watercooler and being a special high OC card.

So 6900XT would had cost me around 350€ more with additional waterblock but now I will not keeping 6900XT and return it as performance is only 5% more than 6800XT with 65W more power consumption.

6800 XT is indeed the sweet spot, and a highly oc'd 6800 non-xt like mine... as I said I get around 2475 mhz in all demanding games and it seems pretty steady there with great temps, around 180 watts draw. not to shabby itself.

I come within striking distance of a rtx 3090 in some AMD favored games... and tie or beat a 2080 ti across the board... all rock solid drivers. If you had told me even 6 months ago AMD was capable of this, I would have laughed, I love Ryzen, but the botched 5700 xt launch/driver issues left me very wary, in fact I had no intention of getting this card, but I was unable to get a rtx 3080 so I just went for it. luckily it all worked out in the end

 

[turbogear]

In my situation, I'd have to sell the 1660 Super first, and then hope I could get a 6700XT on launch day...

I tried it when 6800XT launched within 10 minutes of release.
I had it in cart and while paying with PayPal it was sold out and I was put on waiting list which I cancelled after some time as the chance of getting reference card was very low.
The bots were much faster.

I don't regret cancelling pre-order. I think the reference 6800XT never came back on Mindfactory after that time. 6900XT reference was a number of times in stock on their website but I did not see 6800XT reference again.

I bought my reference 6800XT later from a private seller on eBay who sold it as he got RTX3090.

 

[Gmr_Chick]

Well, at this point, I'd take a Sapphire Nitro 5700XT and be perfectly happy with it. Shit, I might even be able to run Battlefront II in DX12 properly with it. I tried with my 1660 Super and...yeah, it failed badly, lol.

 

[Felix123BU]

6800 XT is indeed the sweet spot, and a highly oc'd 6800 non-xt like mine... as I said I get around 2475 mhz in all demanding games and it seems pretty steady there with great temps, around 180 watts draw. not to shabby itself.

I come within striking distance of a rtx 3090 in some AMD favored games... and tie or beat a 2080 ti across the board... all rock solid drivers. If you had told me even 6 months ago AMD was capable of this, I would have laughed, I love Ryzen, but the botched 5700 xt launch/driver issues left me very wary, in fact I had no intention of getting this card, but I was unable to get a rtx 3080 so I just went for it. luckily it all worked out in the end

Yup, and all 6800XT's I read about seem to easily achieve minimum 2600mhz OC's, basically making them the best buy of the 6000 series, ofc if they would be at or close to MSRP
I was also pleasantly surprised of how solid and stable the drivers are for a freshly launched GPU

 

[kapone32]

Well this was an interesting weekend and I learned much about supply for the 6000 series GPUs in Canada. I have been able to buy 3 different 6800XTs over the weekend. It is probably the same thing for people that have Micro center brick and mortar stores too. It is almost impossible to buy a GPU online. I was on kijji on Friday and did a search for 6800XT. On friday there were 6 listings, 5 of them were the Gigabyte Gaming OC, and 1 was actually the Asus LC 6900XT. On Saturday I went on Kijji and as the day went on the listing grew to 16. I sent out a few messages for the cards that were not stupidly overpriced. In one instance the seller told me that he would meet me in the parking lot of the store (as they had confirmed his order was ready) for $1450 (CAD). The next one was $1475 (CAD) with the receipt and the card never having been opened. The one I settled on was $1440 (CAD) in an apartment 10 minutes up the road by EMT and password.

In every instance the card was the Gigabyte Gaming OC 6800XT. In some cases the price on Kijji is $140-175 more than the retail price of 1199 + tax (1300). However on the weekend that exact card went up $50 at the same store so I am actually paying about $60 as a premium by having the card in my hand with a receipt.

It is obvious that a supply landed of GPUs. It would seem this was Gigabyte and the advantage of the brick and mortar are that they don't suffer from the point and click order problem that exists online. I guess you have to have a friend or family member working for the store to get yours though as the particular store has said that they do not take pre orders.

So if you are bummed out about the prices on Ebay and the ever out of stock on Newegg, search Kijji you might be surprised in what you find.

 

[sepheronx]

Well this was an interesting weekend and I learned much about supply for the 6000 series GPUs in Canada. I have been able to buy 3 different 6800XTs over the weekend. It is probably the same thing for people that have Micro center brick and mortar stores too. It is almost impossible to buy a GPU online. I was on kijji on Friday and did a search for 6800XT. On friday there were 6 listings, 5 of them were the Gigabyte Gaming OC, and 1 was actually the Asus LC 6900XT. On Saturday I went on Kijji and as the day went on the listing grew to 16. I sent out a few messages for the cards that were not stupidly overpriced. In one instance the seller told me that he would meet me in the parking lot of the store (as they had confirmed his order was ready) for $1450 (CAD). The next one was $1475 (CAD) with the receipt and the card never having been opened. The one I settled on was $1440 (CAD) in an apartment 10 minutes up the road by EMT and password.

In every instance the card was the Gigabyte Gaming OC 6800XT. In some cases the price on Kijji is $140-175 more than the retail price of 1199 + tax (1300). However on the weekend that exact card went up $50 at the same store so I am actually paying about $60 as a premium by having the card in my hand with a receipt.

It is obvious that a supply landed of GPUs. It would seem this was Gigabyte and the advantage of the brick and mortar are that they don't suffer from the point and click order problem that exists online. I guess you have to have a friend or family member working for the store to get yours though as the particular store has said that they do not take pre orders.

So if you are bummed out about the prices on Ebay and the ever out of stock on Newegg, search Kijji you might be surprised in what you find.

Memory express my dude. If there is one in the area of you then it is that because it was about two saturdays ago that they got various 3070's and RX 6800 XT's, all were gigabyte. Hence where I picked up two 3070's.

 

[kapone32]

Memory express my dude. If there is one in the area of you then it is that because it was about two saturdays ago that they got various 3070's and RX 6800 XT's, all were gigabyte. Hence where I picked up two 3070's.

I didn't want to say it but it seems to be affecting Canada Computers too. The invoice I saw for one was Mar 4. So I guess Memory Express got their shipment before CC. I am not going to lie though I am quite happy to be able to actually get a card.

 

[ChristTheGreat]

Gigabyte RX6800xt gaming OC owner here. Not dissapointed. The card is cool and powerfull.

 

[turbogear]

Gigabyte RX6800xt gaming OC owner here. Not dissapointed. The card is cool and powerfull.

Welcome to the club.
I have to agree that 6800XT are very powerful and run cool.
Good that I did not sell it.

My 6900XT Red Devil was a disappointment. It was like a monster that you can feed infinite power to get it 4-5% faster than 6800XT.

With 380W on core and 384A TDC it gave Time Spy score 20600, where as 6800XT with 316W and 310A TDC achieves 19800 on Time Spy.
That is only 4% faster with 64W more power draw.
It is on its way back to online Shop.

 

[ChristTheGreat]

haha!

Well I had a 3070, but a few mess with drivers, NVENC, and that 8gb of VRAM.

This card run in the second PC, 6800XT is now my main and it's just crazy. I do only play in 1080P, but I can fix my frame to 120,and keep the GPU quite cool. It will last long HAHAHA. I had a RX5700 before, and I liked it, like my RX580. I do not have any issue with AMD Driver since a long time. They're good!

 

[GamerGuy]

haha!

Well I had a 3070, but a few mess with drivers, NVENC, and that 8gb of VRAM.

This card run in the second PC, 6800XT is now my main and it's just crazy. I do only play in 1080P, but I can fix my frame to 120,and keep the GPU quite cool. It will last long HAHAHA. I had a RX5700 before, and I liked it, like my RX580. I do not have any issue with AMD Driver since a long time. They're good!

I've been a user of both ATi/AMD and nVidia cards since the good old 9700 Pro and nVidia Riva TNT days, and have run both CF and SLi rigs through the years (last being 2x RX VEGA64 and 2x GTX Titan 6GB respectively). Never really had any big issue with either, minor gaming performance issue perhaps, but more or less pretty stable.

That's why when peeps complain about 'crappy' AMD drivers and how awesome nVidia drivers are, I'd scratch my head in befuddlement. Both may have minor issues that may affect performance, but I've yet to come across any that'd would require me to roll back to an earlier 'stable' driver since they're all pretty stable IIRC, only a question of performance in games.

BTW, both stoked and happy to see more and more getting into some RX 6000 series love.....in fact, it's looking more and more like an orgy of RX 6000 love!

 

[Butanding1987]

I got a Sapphire 6800 XT Nitro+ SE from Newegg a month ago at a price that was way higher than a reference 6900 XT because I'm from Asia (taxes and duties plus the fact that the concept of MSRP is totally alien to us).

I have since put it under water. This is my first custom loop. I think I watched a thousand YouTube videos to prepare myself for this project. LOL. Had I known I would be water cooling this, I would have gotten the non-SE version instead.

Anyway, here are some photos and benchmark results.

 

[turbogear]

I got a Sapphire 6800 XT Nitro+ SE from Newegg a month ago at a price that was way higher than a reference 6900 XT because I'm from Asia (taxes and duties plus the fact that the concept of MSRP is totally alien to us).

I have since put it under water. This is my first custom loop. I think I watched a thousand YouTube videos to prepare myself for this project. LOL. Had I known I would be water cooling this, I would have gotten the non-SE version instead.

Anyway, here are some photos and benchmark results.

For your first ever water loop I have to say WOW that looks so great.
You can win beauty contest with that.

I have been on water loops since many years but mine never looked that great.

 

[Deleted member 205776]

Thread making me regret my 3070 and how crappy my PC looks.

 

[ChristTheGreat]

I've been a user of both ATi/AMD and nVidia cards since the good old 9700 Pro and nVidia Riva TNT days, and have run both CF and SLi rigs through the years (last being 2x RX VEGA64 and 2x GTX Titan 6GB respectively). Never really had any big issue with either, minor gaming performance issue perhaps, but more or less pretty stable.

That's why when peeps complain about 'crappy' AMD drivers and how awesome nVidia drivers are, I'd scratch my head in befuddlement. Both may have minor issues that may affect performance, but I've yet to come across any that'd would require me to roll back to an earlier 'stable' driver since they're all pretty stable IIRC, only a question of performance in games.

BTW, both stoked and happy to see more and more getting into some RX 6000 series love.....in fact, it's looking more and more like an orgy of RX 6000 love!

Well, AMD is back, and it's powerfull. I don't give a sh*t about ray tarcing right now and with Sony wating more exlusive being ported to PC, and console using the RDNA2, I just think it's a good thing for us.

 

[Felix123BU]

Well, AMD is back, and it's powerfull. I don't give a sh*t about ray tarcing right now and with Sony wating more exlusive being ported to PC, and console using the RDNA2, I just think it's a good thing for us.

That's almost always the case, at launch the AMD gpu's have 85% of their total performance, then in 1-2 years they recover it via driver improvements, almost always has been the case, the 580 vs 1060, look at the 580 today, the V64 vs the 1080, look at V64 today, the 5700XT vs the 2070S, look at 5700XT today. And the new gen consoles being RDNA2 should also help. Not saying Nvidia are not good, they are almost always a bit better at launch in comparable tiers, but then things kind of turn around. I tend to keep my GPU around 3 years, so for me either AMD or NVidia are fine, with the bonus that AMD might be better in 1-2 years time

 

[Butanding1987]

For your first ever water loop I have to say WOW that looks so great.
You can win beauty contest with that.

I have been on water loops since many years but mine never looked that great.

Thank you, YouTube is a great teacher.

 

[nguyen]

Well, AMD is back, and it's powerfull. I don't give a sh*t about ray tarcing right now and with Sony wating more exlusive being ported to PC, and console using the RDNA2, I just think it's a good thing for us.

Sony porting games to PC doesn't mean those games will favor RDNA2 though. FF XV, Monster Hunter: World, Death Stranding, Nioh 2 are supporting DLSS and you will see more ported games supporting DLSS coming out. Well maybe you don't give a crap about DLSS either

 

[turbogear]

For your first ever water loop I have to say WOW that looks so great.
You can win beauty contest with that.

I have been on water loops since many years but mine never looked that great.

By the way what settings are you using on you 6800XT for the OC?
Your Portal Royal results are a little better but Time Spy a little less than mine.

My settings, 2675MHz@985mV with MPT set to 275W, 310A TDC and additionally 15% power limit in Radeon Software. My VRAM though can only operate stable at 2100MHz with fast timing. The VRAM does not like higher frequencies on my sample.
Here are my results in details:

The RX 6000 series Owners' Club

New poster, and proud owner of a new 6800XT! Just up picked a Power Color Reference model last week. Had to pay £100 over the MSRP to secure it but well worth it in the end once I got it home, put it under water and started running some benchmarks. I bought myself an EK Quantum-Vector Water...

www.techpowerup.com

I increased 5mV to the setting posted in the link to get higher score in Port Royal Stress Test from 99.3% to 99.7%.

I got Time Spy score in your range before when I had lower setting of 2650MHz@970mV as posted in the link above.

 

[ratirt]

Well maybe you don't give a crap about DLSS either

Why would he? He's got RX 6800XT.

My settings, 2675MHz@985mV with MPT set to 275W, 310A TDC and additionally 15% power limit in Radeon Software. My VRAM though can only operate stable at 2100MHz with fast timing. The VRAM does not like higher frequencies on my sample.

I increased 5mV to the setting posted in the link to get higher score in Port Royal Stress Test from 99.3% to 99.7%.

I got Time Spy score in your range before when I had lower setting of 2650MHz@970mV as posted in the link above.

I see you went with some optimizations lately. Considering your voltage. I'm still amazed that it's set to 970mv? i know it will probably ramp up when needed but that's still nice. I don't have time to play with my card at this point. Too much work. I'll try over the weekend when I get my new monitor.
Been thinking about getting better PSU since my current one seems a little bit short to try things. Maybe I just go Undervolt and see where I can get with this but it would seem I can't go below 1V no matter what.

 

[turbogear]

Why would he? He's got RX 6800XT.


I see you went with some optimizations lately. Considering your voltage. I'm still amazed that it's set to 970mv? i know it will probably ramp up when needed but that's still nice. I don't have time to play with my card at this point. Too much work. I'll try over the weekend when I get my new monitor.
Been thinking about getting better PSU since my current one seems a little bit short to try things. Maybe I just go Undervolt and see where I can get with this but it would seem I can't go below 1V no matter what.

970mV also works with 2650MHz setting, but I am using currently 985mV for 2675MHz setting. This gives about ~130 points more in Time Spy.

By the way I also had last week a 6900XT Red Devil to play with for some days.
Now it has been sent back as the performance was not too satisfying for me compared to my 6800XT that overclocks really great.

You will be disappointed that the 6900XT does not allow to go that low with voltage.
The maximum I could go with the 6900XT Red Devil was 1065mV with frequency set to 2675MHz.
I could not get Red Devil run stable for anything higher. I had to really push the power high with MPT on the Red Devil to get only 4-5% higher performance than my 6800XT.
You can read about my experiment with the Red Devil 6900XT here:

The RX 6000 series Owners' Club

OK, so the 6800 XT, and whole system is under water :D As expected, made some rookie water build mistakes, as in did not think of how the tubes would go, hence had to do some getto routing, but all good for a start. The gpu cooling is insane with this setup, even after 1 hour furmark with the...

www.techpowerup.com

 

[ratirt]

970mV also works with 2650MHz setting, but I am using currently 985mV for 2675MHz setting. This gives about ~130 points more in Time Spy.

By the way I also had last week a 6900XT Red Devil to play with for some days.
Now it has been sent back as the performance was not too satisfying for me compared to my 6800XT that overclocks really great.

You will be disappointed that the 6900XT does not allow to go that low with voltage.
The maximum I could go with the 6900XT Red Devil was 1065mV with frequency set to 2675MHz.
I could not get Red Devil run stable for anything higher. I had to really push the power high with MPT on the Red Devil to get only 4-5% higher performance than my 6800XT.
You can read about my experiment with the Red Devil 6900XT here:

The RX 6000 series Owners' Club

OK, so the 6800 XT, and whole system is under water :D As expected, made some rookie water build mistakes, as in did not think of how the tubes would go, hence had to do some getto routing, but all good for a start. The gpu cooling is insane with this setup, even after 1 hour furmark with the...

www.techpowerup.com

Now it makes me think if your 6900XT was lower quality or if this situation applies to all 6900XT Red Devils. Considering that I have exact one you sir made me worried I won't be able to pull of some decent OC. If I change my PSU that is. The 750W I got now makes me think it is definitely not enough for a long term OC. I really hope you are wrong with the 6900xt Red Devil and it was your card's misfortune in OC only.
problem is, it is hard to get any decent PSu at the moment and if I could get one the prices are astronomical. The other one is, my CPU can't keep up with the card while benching at 1080p. I would need to get some 4k bench that would utilize GPU fully and give the CPU a heave ho. Otherwise the score will be a total hokum not anything representative.