Test Setup
Please read the information on our GPU testing procedures and methodology here. Note that our GPU Testing Bench has been upgraded to the Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU and AM5 platform.
We are using the motherboard’s current default BIOS settings on the latest 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 our testing. We have enabled EXPO I in the BIOS for the memory.
We are using a fresh install of Windows 11 Pro with the latest Windows Updates, including the 22H2 Fall 2022 update. We have the latest drivers installed including the latest chipset drivers from AMD. We are using the “Balanced” power profile in Windows Settings. Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling is ENABLED in Windows. VBS is DISABLED and Game Mode is ENABLED.
Discussion (5 replies)
Join Discussion →Priced about $50-$100 too high (vs AMD's RX 6800 XT, which offers better raster at a lower price point), but at least it's quite compact, with good power efficiency, good temps & 12GB of VRAM, which is "ok" in this day & age (not to mention other NVIDIA tech like DLSS 3).
Edit: it's of note that a RX 6950XT can be had for $649 at places like Micro Center, so there's that to consider as well ...
I saw that too.... Haven't done a Radeon route in a long long time. Do the drivers work now?
I've been with the 6800xt since February of last year and NO issues with drivers that actually caused interruption of service. The Fine wine is definitely paying off.
My 3080 = the drivers were fine up until about 2 months ago.. now they crash about once a week and require a reboot. I need to go back to when they stopped crashing on me but haven't taken the time to figure out what driver revision that needs to be just yet. No overclocks, it could be hardware related I guess, but I think it has more to do with drivers.
Same thing happened with my 980 - drivers were fine for about the first year, then after that, they started experiencing oddness. I was stuck on 300-series drivers or my computer would not go to sleep.
6950 xt is being discounted to $600/$610 in newegg. So worth comparing ray tracing performance of 6950 vs 4070, imo. I reckon that the 6950 will be slightly inferior to the 4070.
So it probably comes down to case size, psu requirements, efficiency etc.
Also if you are planning on 4k gaming then the 6950 would be better bet in the same budget (assuming you are not looking up to the 4080/7900xtx/7900xt range)