Review: ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT STRIX OC LC

#5875339 Posted on: 01/08/2021 05:32 PM

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Of course it's slower than the 3090 as the reference 6900 XT is also slower. Just releasing a watercooled card doesn't make it faster if it's slower at reference level, the only difference is when it is 1-2%. The extra cash is for the cooling itself. Need to mention, performance difference is only 6-8% at reference level, so with this ASUS WC, it's only 3-4% from the ref 3090 and you get a superior WC solution. Of course you get a vastly superior RT performance with the 3090, so for $1500, I would definitely take a cheaper air cooled 3090 than a WCd RX 6900XT.
However, at a $1000-1500 price gap, I would go for a 6900XT since I don't care for RT as it's still not present in enough games and in enough quality to justify the performance loss, plus DLSS 2.0 (which gives much better quality than DLSS) is also present in too few titles. And even the 3090 can suffer in RT games where all RT features are present, like Control, where you can only get RT on with enough fps (~70) on 1440p without DLSS. 4K 34ish average fps is lame for a $1500+ card. And I believe most people are not paying $1500 to step back in resolution (with RT I mean). Not to speak of Cyberpunk with 4K RT maxed out and DLSS on @ 40 fps. LOL

Anyway, it would be fair to compare a WCd 3090 with this, which is also $400-500 extra to the MSRP.
It's not a reference specced RTX 3090 it's being compared against here though, but the factory OC'd Founder's Edition, so AIB vs AIB results comparisons are 100% fair game. Also even with that considered, the AIB RX 6900 XT STILL tends to win/tie more than it loses at 1080p/1440p.

It only definitively loses at >=4K & if you turn on hybrid ray-tracing effects in current titles (which have all been designed on/with & optimized for Nvidia's "RT Cores" so far). And it only gets DESTROYED in the minuscule number of fully path traced Nvidia tech demos disguised as games (a massive part of which I imagine is all the low level engine & renderer code design/optimization work being done exclusively on/for Nvidia's "RT Cores"/their arches).

#5875344 Posted on: 01/08/2021 05:52 PM

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Ah'yup. And the RTX 3090 being used/tested against isn't even reference spec anyways but ALSO factory OC'd. (It's an Nvidia Founder's Edition, which get some of the best binned chips you can get). Not to mention that even the reference RX 6900 XT could often pull out the edge, or at least tie the RTX 3090 FE at 1080p/1440p in modern titles. It only becomes the definitively slower card (reference or AIB) when the resolution is pushed to at or beyond 4K or you start turning ray-tracing effects on in already existing games.

(That, or everything you play are old games/engines, but in that case they should already run MORE than fast enough for just about anyone regardless, making the 3090's advantage here pyrrhic at best).

#5875368 Posted on: 01/08/2021 07:28 PM

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Anyone in for some WAG (Wett Ass GPU)? ASUS just submitted their Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card for review, and much like the 6800 XT this one shows a bit more TLC as it has been fitted with hybrid c...

Review: ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT STRIX OC LC

I really liked that you added additional results with SAM and I hope for more

#5875371 Posted on: 01/08/2021 07:37 PM

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o_Oo_O in my country:

1 USD($) = ~40 MAURITIAN RUPEES(Rs)

https://compuspeed.mu/shop/msi-parts/geforce-msi-rtx-3090-gaming-x-trio-24g/ (Rs 96000)
https://compuspeed.mu/shop/msi-parts/msi-geforce-rtx-3090-ventus-3x-24g-oc/ (Rs 92000)
https://compuspeed.mu/shop/msi-parts/graphics-nvidia-msi-rtx2080-ti-gaming-x-trio-11-gb-gddr-6/(Rs 72000)
https://compuspeed.mu/product-category/graphic-card/
https://store.fastclick.mu/computers-accessories/computers/computer-parts-components/graphic-card/nvidia-geforce/1070/ (Rs 17000)

Weird...

Thinking of reselling my MSI 1070 Ti Titanium (got punks for Rs 15000)......still good..:p

#5875401 Posted on: 01/08/2021 09:35 PM

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Is there a way to increase the power limit? My block arrived and i'm planning to add mine to the loop, would want to get more than this out of it.


NVM, found out about morepowertool.