ASUS Radeon RX 6800 XT STRIX OC LC Review
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danny69t
Those unsleeved cables are such a turn off 🙁
Valken
Really good performance up to 1440p with RT, and 4K without.
For pro - gamers with 144 Hz screens, 6800 series is a good bargain for all the performance.
I have no idea why that would happen with RT or 4K falling off like that.
It cannot be the number of ROPS, so might be memory controller. Hopefully the 6900XT would make up for 4K performance.
But overall the price with the cooler is so scary expensive, before scalping. I wonder how a custom water cooling setup would cost and compare?
MaCk0y
Fox2232
ACEB
It's a shame that they couldn't make the card shorter, its still 28cm. Even with Asus premium tax its not that bad considering how cool and fast it runs, it would cost alot to have your own water block etc and then need to actually fit it all, its why I always liked the idea of the seahawk as it gives an option to people who don't want to mess around.
That overclock performance takes it above the 3090 in Strange Brigade, Far Cry and level with the 3080 in Tomb Raider. Still loses in Witcher 3 but that's going to be obvious but it will be interesting to see what the graphical update in The Witcher 3 does to performance across the board, I take it @Hilbert Hagedoorn will test some of that?
Over to the 3080ti at this point because that will be about the price of this card
suty455
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
Fox2232
Herem
thesebastian
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.
Fox2232
barbacot
Robbo9999
Definite waste of money for $999 for this liquid-cooled version, 9% more performance (when overclocked) than a $650 reference card (not overclocked), so you overclock the $650 reference card and narrow the 9% lead of the $999 liquid-cooled card even more. Waste of money!
You could buy the liquid cooled card for lower noise, but $999 vs $650....naaaa!
rl66
But seriously, Asus could have done something cleaner than that for the fan's wire...
It look a bit dirty.
cucaulay malkin
it's a wire not a fancy wedding cake
would take this over 6900xt
Astyanax
Fox2232
Mpampis
So, here's the thing, we did expect the RX 6800 XT to be a bit behind the RTX 3080 in rendering performance (and a bit more in RT) but we all said "This is ok, it's also cheaper".
But an AIB card is more expensive than a reference 3080, without being a better performer.
I strongly believe AMD priced the GPUs too high, too soon. They should have taken lessons from the CPU department, where the new generation is expensive but has the -absolute and relative- performance to back the price.
DannyD
Alexraptor
Hideously overpriced for the performance. Shame looks really nice, but it just cannot compete with a premium 3080 at that price point.
DannyD
If the 6900xt destroys 1440p like this one does 1080p i may be tempted.