slimmy427:

I am disappointed by the limited gap in performance between the 6800, 6800xt and the 6900xt. Its almost justifiable not to have the 6900xt exist.

The performance gap between 6800 and 6800XT is 15% on average.

Fox2232:

If there is AIB which is able to equip any 6800/6900 cards with faster memories, those will sell like hot cakes.

cucaulay malkin:

meh 999 matches or slightly beats 3080 at 4K has no dlss and poor RT performance for a card that costs this much it's a good card on its own but compared to 3080 at 699 no way it's worth $300 more.

slimmy427:

Ray Tracing may become more important as time carries on. I suspect more developers may spend less time programming in dynamic lighting and proper shadows if they can just use RT. At this point the value in the 3080 is paramount if you want RT...I am still impressed by the 6800 and 6800xt

Valken:

Great review and conclusion Hilbert. 6900XT and 6800XT are great raster GPUs but the price difference for so little more RT performance makes it a huge question mark...

cucaulay malkin:

how ? never heard of gddr6 go beyond 16gbps unless we're talking oc this card should absolutely be 12g 384-bit unless amd like losing to nvidia's 699 card in every other title at 4K

Sovsefanden:

Most AMD bois apparently does not care about RT and AI UPSCALING like DLSS (with 100% perf boost and even IQ boost with proper implementation). RT + DLSS used in combination allows for RT without perf hit and looks insane - Wait till people see Cyberpunk in full RT glory. The OFF images looks DULL in comparison. AMD should have priced 6800 at 449, 6800XT at 599 and this 6900XT at 749 tops. 3080 at 699 will easily outsell both 6800XT and 6900XT

From an aesthetic perspective, however, that abundance of reflective surfaces and light sources can be downright overwhelming with RT turned on, and walking through similar scenes with the feature disabled often reveals blended and diffuse lighting—still impressively lit, and arguably less gaudy. Other scenes, particularly some nighttime markets, look remarkably darker with RT disabled—enough so that I'm concerned console players will suffer from a lack of visibility in those zones. Weirdest of all is that CP77 doesn't include self reflection. You'll see allies and enemies reflected in nearby glass, while you'll always be a vampire-like phantom, unless you go into a bathroom and activate its mirror. Doing this with an RTX 3080 resulted in some insane slowdowns to single digit FPS levels, which seems to indicate some serious issues for CDPR in getting self reflections to work at all. Much of the "immersion" of ray tracing goes out the window when you, the star of the show, don't get to be a part of it, so that's a bummer.

Sovsefanden:

3080 at 699 will easily sell out

Denial:

DLSS doesn't give an IQ boost over native - it sometimes clarifies text but everything else is definitely still worse and in motion there are noticeable artifacts. It's a great technology and I hope it improves but it has issues. Also most of the earlier reviews say the RT implementation in Cyberpunk isn't great - the reflections are way too much and performance crashes in a bunch of areas even with DLSS.