Test Setup
Please read our GPU Test Bench and Benchmarking Refresher for an explanation of our test system, procedures, and goals. Note that we now have a Ryzen 7 5800X in the system. More information on our GPU testing can be found here. Check out our KIT page where you can see all the components in our test system configuration for reviewing video cards.
System Setup
We are using the motherboard’s current default BIOS settings on the latest official release BIOS. We have enabled PCI-Express Resizable BAR in the motherboard BIOS. This means we are utilizing Resizable BAR on NVIDIA GPUs and AMD Smart Access Memory on AMD GPUs in all of our testing. We have enabled DOCP in the BIOS for the memory.
We are using a fresh install of Windows 11 Pro with the latest Windows Updates, and drivers installed including the latest chipset drivers from AMD. We are using the “Best Performance” power profile in Windows Settings. VBS is DISABLED and Game Mode is ENABLED.
Discussion (4 replies)
Join Discussion →10% more performance for 10% more price. Don't see that often at the high end.
Thanks @Brent_Justice for another great review.
Even though it's late in the game for this round of GPUs I'm still so glad to see AMD truly be competitive at the top tier. It's been a long time coming. Wow! Being able to OC to 2800 MHz is impressive bringing upwards of 20% improvement over the 6900XT and then also being able to trade blows with the 3090 Ti for rasterized performance is the frosting on the cake. Factor in availability at MSRP for roughly half the price of the 3090 Ti only makes it more attractive. Roughly $1100 for something of this caliber isn't that bad of a price.
What a great looking card!
That's a quite impressive boost clock.
When I first saw the stock clocks I was wondering if this just amounted to a factory overclocked 6900xt, as my 6900xt can certainly hit over those clocks, but once you overclocked it it was apparent it was a different animal. No way my 6900xt would sit stable at 2800mhz.