Custom RX 6800 and 6800 XT graphics card announced

[Thinder]

PC GAMER article, my pick will be a MSI card...

 

https://www.pcgamer.com/au/custom-amd-rx-6800-xt-graphics-cards/

 

[LucShep]

Nothing wrong with that but, from experience, with AMD it's nothing like you see for Nvidia.

I'd bet good money that the two models to look once released are the Powercolor "Double Fan" and Sapphire "Pulse" models (or whatever renamed equivalent).

Both brands (Powercolor and Sapphire) are exclusive AMD partners and are well known and proven to produce "overbuild" GPUs and for the least money (so, the factual best purchases), far better than any other AIB (such as Asus, MSI, etc), which usually get very skimpy quality on those at the MSRP prices, only focusing on the much more expensive special models (which, sure, provide nicer bling and 0,00001% better performance).

[reece146]

Looking forward to seeing what the Sapphire 6900XT Nitro turns out like. Between that and some AIB 3080Ti for me.

[Thinder]

Nothing wrong with that but, from experience, with AMD it's nothing like you see for Nvidia.

I'd bet good money that the two models to look once released are the Powercolor "Double Fan" and Sapphire "Pulse" models (or whatever renamed equivalent).

Both brands (Powercolor and Sapphire) are exclusive AMD partners and are well known and proven to produce "overbuild" GPUs and for the least money (so, the factual best purchases), far better than any other AIB (such as Asus, MSI, etc), which usually get very skimpy quality on those at the MSRP prices, only focusing on the much more expensive special models (which, sure, provide nicer bling and 0,00001% better performance).

 

I had a MSI card recently (Radeon RX 5500 XT MECH 8G OC) which I exchanged for a more powerful second hand (new in fact but half-price at CEX) EVGA GEFORCE GTX 1080Ti 11GB, I had no complain about built quality, the reason why I go with MSI is simple, I have an account with them, and already run an MSI motherboard and I experienced the responsiveness of their support (UK) when I was asking questions about running VR with their products.

 

Best example is the support I have for my motherboard (B450 GAMING PLUS MAX), which will see a BIOS update in a couple of month to add support for the new AMD CPU and GPU, not every maker standard, plus for below £90, it's by far the best motherboard I never used since Pentium II, building my PC myself, last, I purchased a CLUTCH GM20 ELITE mouse on 23.10.2020, it's a very good product for the price...

 

I use MSI Afterburner which I find more convenient to use than Nvidia Precision, some other apps such as MSI GAMING LAN Manager are also useful.