ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT STRIX OC LC Review

Posted on: 11/26/2020 04:54 PM

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Wow bit much for what it gives extra over a standard XT if you have a loop already then a liquid option is much cheaper and probably better as you wont have the extra stuff to build in just extend some pipes, never seen the attraction of these models from the partners, plus your proper GPU block does the whole card and makes it a much smaller neater package

Posted on: 11/26/2020 05:00 PM

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I see them all as similarly performing. All those cards mainly differ in cooling capability at certain noise levels. Yes, price increase is not small. But this one is currently quietest by far.

Posted on: 11/26/2020 06:27 PM

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IC does not have sufficient capacity to hold buffers and some bandwidth/latency sensitive data at 4K. So memory bandwidth comes into play more than on lower resolutions.
That's why RDNA2 excels on 1080p, it has superior latency and bandwidth for above as buffers are smaller.

That means, unless 6900XT has faster memories, situation will be very similar.

It would be nice if AMD added faster memory to the 6900XT to help justify what is a large price uplift for only a small number of CUs.

Looking at the table on page 1 of the review, it seems you'll be paying over 50% more for 11% more cores. Unless AMD are hiding something for release day, at 4K those cores will be starved of memory bandwidth and the performance is unlikely to be very impressive compared to the 6800XT.

Posted on: 11/26/2020 07:00 PM

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Currently using a 19.2 dB(A) dGPU (modded with a Kraken G10 and a 140mm AIO with fan capped at 1200 RPM in full load and 650 rpm in idle).

If these 33 dB(A) from the review are on the same page as my current 19.2 db(A). Then I think it's better choice to go with a Kraken G10 similar approach or just a custom loop.

I was looking forward to get this Strix because of the AIO and low noise.
But I think I'll just go with a custom loop (or some Kraken mod). I'd also consider an RX6700 or RX6800 with lower TDP.

Posted on: 11/26/2020 07:10 PM

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Currently using a 23.2 dB(A) dGPU (modded with a Kraken G10 and a 140mm AIO with fan capped at 1200 RPM in full load and 650 rpm in idle).

If these 33 dB(A) from the review are on the same page as my current 23.2 db(A). Then I think it's better choice to go with a Kraken G10 similar approach or just a custom loop.

I was looking forward to get this Strix because of the AIO and low noise.
But I think I'll just go with a custom loop (or some Kraken mod). I'd also consider an RX6700 or RX6800 with lower TDP.
23dBA is super quiet for PC. Even 33dBA is quiet.
Question is, if your noise meter is really dBA and not just dB as it has different weighting, where 80dB is around 100dBA. (Can't remember exactly. But that should be around where each is considered damaging to ears.)

For example, my air humidifier is louder on dBA scale than may PC. But on dB scale, PC is louder. So, different measurement methods profile different properties of sound.