Asus RX 6800 XT ROG Strix OC LC Review, Power, Thermals, Overclocking & Gaming

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Video Index:
00:00 - Welcome back to Hardware Unboxed
02:52 - A look at the Asus RX 6800 XT ROG Strix OC LC
06:22 - Teardown
08:16 - Stock Stats
08:52 - Overclocked Stats
09:47 - Shadow of the Tomb Raider
10:54 - Power Consumption
11:32 - Out of the box temps
12:30 - Noise normalized temps
12:48 - Final Thoughts
Asus RX 6800 XT Strix OC LC Review, Power, Thermals, Overclocking & Gaming
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[@lebigmac74]

For the curious ones that are too lazy to type in the coordinates on the back of the plate (25.124839 N 121.471145 E): It points to an Asus office in Taiwan - you're welcome ;-)

[@GewelReal]

thank you stranger

[@abdulmuhaimin5274]

According to Google Maps

[@quinkin]

Dammit, just finished looking that up then scroll down slightly and see your comment. :)

[@DemCrumblies]

@@GewelReal I read this in the RE4 merchant's voice.

[@Infi1337]

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3090 has that too, but at the front. Is there a specific reason to this ?

[@arnabsaha8761]

2.8Ghz on a GPU?? Goddamn.Thats the speed what processors ran at like 10 years ago,when gpus ran at 600/700mhz 🤯

[@loki76]

No not really.. You have to go back 20 years for that.

[@lolish1234]

@@loki76 well the core2quad I had in 2008/2009 was around 2.4 stock IIRC, but duos were a bit higher, them duo8600 and such were above 3ghz i think

[@frangarcia1699]

Faster than some cpu for servers.

[@braydennturner]

Yeah, this generation is very exciting. Just wish more people could buy in. The limited stock needs to be resolved...

[@viduranisal]

@@loki76 While we did have higher clocked variants even during P4 days, 3-4 GHz became common in the mainstream with Sandy Bridge in 2011.

[@bf3and4highlights83]

My friends brother swears his cousins next door neighbors mailman's sisters son once saw a 6800XT

[@TheLastElderDragon]

But he was probably lying.

[@bartholomew4487]

You should have him write an affidavit.

[@nissengummihone]

Both me and a friend have one

[@nissengummihone]

@Rahul Aryan In Norway, wasn't that hard to get

[@ArkturusRX]

This is one of TWO 6800xt cards that have pricing LISTED in our country....

[@crispianchealuks2024]

let me guess, there's about a 25% to 35% premium in the pricing, about 1250 to 1350 USD? did I get it right?

[@ArkturusRX]

@@crispianchealuks2024 youre not wrong, it costs around 1100-1150€

[@shaneeslick]

we have a few listed here in Australia, prices are all over the place as the Sapphire RX6800XT Nitro+ & Powercolor RX6800XT Red Dragon are cheaper than ASRock, ASUS, Gigabyte & MSI RX6800 versions Ps the comparison to RX6800 is not a spelling mistake, Sapphire & Powercolor XT are cheaper than the other NON XT

[@rizkijuanda85]

@@shaneeslick Same thing happens in my country where the Gigabyte 6800 Gaming OC is more expensive than XFX 6800XT Merc 319.

[@shaneeslick]

@@rizkijuanda85 Yeah it is very interesting the AMD Only partners are competing on price with the lower tier of the others, I wonder if Powercolor, Sapphire & XFX are getting a Huge discount on GPU Die & MEM?

[@unknownpickleman]

This card is only €1099 here, what a deal

[@Erksah68]

oof

[@denan1]

cheaper than the 3090

[@dylanwestren]

Bargain, I'll have 3 please 😂

[@chrisladouceur4093]

Rip

[@BadIronTree]

I got 6800xt nitro+ 1050 euros with 24% tax ;/

[@mcunner]

45°C at 2.8GHz!

[@protato911]

With a dedicated 240mm rad it better be.

[@1idd0kun]

RDNA2 is a overclocking monster architecture.

[@protato911]

@@1idd0kun no doubt, which is kinda funny cause Nvidia use to be better at Oc, but now they can't Oc for shit.

[@lance4906]

@@protato911 how the turns gave tabled, eh?

[@baxter009]

@@protato911 which means Nvidia is clocking them higher than what they wanted.

[@FirstnameLastname_official]

the auto-subtitles today: "harvard unbox"

[@abdullahkratos]

Harbor and box and harbor unbox

[@corwinwhitehorn7759]

KZbin should know by now...

[@abdullahkratos]

@@brokengames9020 what?

[@abdullahkratos]

@@brokengames9020 what are u talking about?

[@lordturtle8735]

It's not even close to the real name, Hammer On Box.

[@nunoalbuquerque1297]

Imagine the performance of ASUS rx 6900xt OC LC ... Monster

[@spidertech4014]

if Pl will be around 130% thats our new champ

[@Erksah68]

3ghz

[@wisdoom9153]

Keep imagining, cuz we won't be able to get hold of that 😂 (at least not me)

[@robertstan298]

@@krizby87 Pee pee poo poo That's like saying "faster than any nVidia card in AMD flavoring title X. Or "OCd 3090 is as fast as FSR enabled game with a 6800!" Which are utter nonsense bad faith random claims.

[@crisr4667]

@@krizby87 3070 can even't keep up with the 6800, dlss isn't gonna save it. the 6800 xt oc lc kept up with even the 3090 and beating it in some, now just think how much faster the 6900 xt is gonna be.

[@CharcharoExplorer]

I want to see the cheaper RX 6800 XT Pulse and Red Dragon.

[@Hardwareunboxed]

So do we!

[@RemusKingOfRome]

The rest of us can just dream ...

[@marcomongke3116]

I just want to see an at least 1 in depth review of the regular 6800. Everybody is ignoring it...

[@CharcharoExplorer]

@@Hardwareunboxed They are available in Bulgaria but I aint gonna buy something before its reviewed. Thank you HU!

[@ThunderingRoar]

@PewPewZee LawL so how do you know that all of them have coil whine?

[@wadoryujh]

Remember when people used to laugh over vega 64’s power consumption, pepperidge farm remembers.

[@chrislawson3418]

That was because of its performance per watt, which was horrible

[@phatminhphan4121]

Red Team ! Red TEam !!! Redddd Teammm !!!!!

[@superneenjaa718]

@@chrislawson3418 vega 64 performance per watt is fine if you undervolt it. My vega 64 runs at 240-260W while giving 5-10% higher than stock performance. Its efficiency is comparable to 1080.

[@VoldoronGaming]

@@superneenjaa718 This is why undervolting is a thing.

[@Glaggle]

@@superneenjaa718 1080? You sure? The 1080 is a 180W card at stock.

[@captainfeathersword1131]

6900xt is gonna be wearing the raster performance crown this Christmas.

[@ethan-fel]

Dlss2 On, i will be around rtx 3070 performance..

[@kaitheking2501]

@@ethan-fel 😐

[@captainfeathersword1131]

@@ethan-fel yeah like I said, raster crown not upsampled frames crown or Minecraft RT crown, Raster!

[@burnsyd17]

Based on supply, more like Easter.

[@captainfeathersword1131]

@@burnsyd17 Christmas 2021

[@stephenn504]

I have one of these ordered. Finally and actual review of it! Great work hardware unboxed.

[@burnsyd17]

GamersNexus did a quick look at it on live stream, versus a couple other 6800xt's

[@stephenn504]

@@burnsyd17 I watched that as well before this video. They really didn’t go into detail about the card just quick thermals and some benchmarks. Looks like a great gpu!

[@OTechnology]

AMD GPUs making custom cards and overclocks actually make meaningful performance increases.

[@RobBCactive]

But a hybrid? If I have an AIO cooler, I want it to remove heat from a spreader. If there's fans on the card, I don't want a pump and water. It combines all the drawbacks, I can see why someone would buy into a compact AIO aesthetics but not why you compromise on a largeish card plus radiator. As soon as there's a non hybrid which matches thermal performance this idea looks silly.

[@chrinaldi]

It would be more exciting if the Vbios limits are opened. Even air cooled versions had an ample headroom for OC (refer to der8auer videos).

[@JhanSolo332]

@@RobBCactive 2.8ghz at 50. Nothing is getting close on air.

[@FirleFarms]

@@JhanSolo332 go watch derbaur's video. His red devil is air cooled and hitting the same speeds. Plenty of these cards could hit faster speeds if they weren't vbios limited to create segmentation.

[@JhanSolo332]

@@FirleFarms Speed isn't temperature. The other cards are 20 degrees warmer, that's why it's liquid cooled. I can guarantee they knew about the clock limits long before they finalized the decision to do a card with an AIO.

[@snortymcgout]

6800 XT is the first gpu I’ve seen in a while where overclocking makes a significant difference.

[@johnwick860]

looks like Powercolor Liquid Devil will have a competitor

[@BlackJesus8463]

no

[@likethewind5088]

Liquid devil will definitely be better. Weren't they binned to be better from the get?

[@BlackJesus8463]

@@likethewind5088 YES!!

[@alexsiniov]

Liquid Devil's only competitor is Aorus Waterforce Extreme version from Gigabyte

[@tougeattack123]

who cares you can buy a waterblock and be done with any model rest its just chip quality

[@bretth6393]

I'm looking forward to seeing what the best MSRP GPUs are. No way am I going to pay the "premium model" tax.

[@HeloisGevit]

RTX 3080 Founder's is the best.

[@zuckdaddy1596]

@@HeloisGevit nah, 6800xt is nearly as fast, and it has 6 extra GB of VRAM, 6800xt all the way on this GPU cycle, assuming of course you can get your hands on one

[@HeloisGevit]

@@zuckdaddy1596 I prefer the 3080, it's better at 4k which I game at, as well as ray tracing and DLSS. By the time the VRAM becomes a bottleneck, I would have upgraded.

[@sonicwingnut]

@@zuckdaddy1596 Don't just base it on amount of memory - the 3080 has GDDR6X with 48% higher memory bandwidth and a 320bit bus as opposed to the 6800XT's 256bit bus. Thus far at 4k they perform about the same, so it seems neither are currently running into memory issues at all, and probably won't for some time. Remember also that it's unlikely any game will have 10GB+ textures on screen at once - memory preloads and caches textures, so having faster memory that can load and unload information faster is likely just as effective as more memory. 3070 vs 6800 is a much more valid debate.

[@tehgamist7139]

@@zuckdaddy1596 can’t do DlSS, can’t do ray tracing.

[@AlexRubio]

2am where i am and see steve working who needs sleep! Great card, but the price! thanks for the review

[@NootNoot.]

AMD really has to unlock the limit of overclocking for this card to reach its potential (even at MSRP). Otherwise, stick with the regular AIB cards (if you're really focused on value)

[@MauriceTarantulas]

But if they cant code drivers that dont crash with higher speeds how can they? Sure eventually someone will release a stable bios so you can flash your card.

[@SuperUltimateLP]

@@MauriceTarantulas the driver runs on you cpu. gpu clock does not affect the driver.

[@conejoasesino6665]

@@MauriceTarantulas oooooooooooh get rekt by FJ5!!

[@WardenOfTerra]

@@MauriceTarantulas - There's no such thing as a 'stable' custom BIOS.

[@hardlinemonk]

just bought the card on a site under "backorder" at least I am in line. Thing looks amazing!

[@GB-zi6qr]

Hey HWU, Thanks for the GREAT content you folks generate! Built a Ryzen 3600 + RX 5600 XT system about 3 weeks ago. Thank goodness I bought and built when I did!!! The prices for computer components has gone ABSOLUTELY INSANE!!!! I'm really just a newb to DIY computer building, but what I've seen in pricing over the last 1-2 weeks is outlandish, unadulterated greed.

[@Mi2Lethal]

Now I really want to see how the liquid cooled 6900xt will perform against the 3090.

[@notaname1750]

It’s already in the video...

[@acethinjo]

@@notaname1750 He's talking about 6900xt, this is a 6800xt :D

[@jagsfanrick]

Since this card is on par with the 3090 you should expect at least a 5% bump.

[@itskyleee2081]

Nice

[@erichall090909]

@@jagsfanrick probably quite a bit more since the Oc limit is 200mhz higher and higher on the memory as well. Most likely altogether 10+%

[@denan1]

Awesome review. Cant wait for the 6900xt review.

[@manmeetpaul2336]

You're becoming my favourite tech channel. Love from India!

[@salehamini2036]

Thanks for your hard works Steve, cant wait for your rx 6800/xt round up. Pricing are coming down in here so I think I should be able to buy one in mid q1 next year.

[@DanielOfRussia]

Feminine

[@billardon514]

"Welcome back to Harvard Unboxed" 😂😂😂 That's a new one!!

[@youssefakenkar459]

the auto-subtitles today:"HARBOR AND BOX"

[@markkoetsier6475]

Harvard unbox :D

[@jubronaljoan]

Love your videos Steve. Nice to see world leading Aussie content in the KZbin tech space. Don't think I would bother with this card myself, even if available at a sane price down under. I'm too much of an old school gamer to need ultimate frame rates and massive resolutions. As a 3D CAD jockey by trade I do need to upgrade my aging GTX 1080(non-Ti) soon, though it still performs well in most situations, the real-time rendering visualisation stuff I do could do with a boost. I'll be looking at what can double my performance within a 250 watt power budget. Reference 6800 looks like it might be ideal, or possibly 6700 when it's out. If nVidia get Ampere on 7nm soon that would be worth a look too. I might be spoilt for choice in the new year. My budget is about a grand AU, so here's hoping prices normalise once availability increases.

[@themaxster_]

I just bought a 1080ti so I'm happy to see it on the benchmark graphs :)

[@marcomongke3116]

6800xt with 2.8 ghz sounds awesome. Even 2.5 is awesome. Will games or softwares scale in the future with drivers and patches?

[@orijinolz]

5:58 Steve: "Why asus didn't sleve the fan cables together is beyond me" Me: So I can use my own fans such as noctuas or on my other system corsair fans.

[@tenka__]

still could've done a better job than that mess

[@dklingen]

Great review Steve - now let's see the 6900 XT version of this and I am in... BTW the excess/sloppy wiring must be an oversight for your review sample and I cannot imagine they will not fix that.

[@deathfromabove1111]

Hey man, any news on swapping it over to your own custom loop with hardline tubing?

[@defranken]

Well ofcourse only releasing the most expensive models when there's a shortage is great for your company. Not so much for us,

[@alexworm1707]

Who tf cares for us anyway? We should all take in the butt buying all these massively overpriced pieces of junk just to play fucking useless games.

[@highlanderknight]

As far as pricing, I have seen, on NewEgg anyway, that most of the pricing for the models (above the base models) the prices have creeped up. MSI, Gigabyte etc prices have jumped up $10 to $30 as far as I can tell.

[@tylerm.9408]

Are the fans for the radiator replaceable? It sort of looks that way because of the bundle of connectors. I'm glad they aren't hard wired into the card because then you could replace them on the radiator to match the rest of the fans in the case. How do the fans ultimately attach to the card? Are the headers behind the shroud? I couldn't tell.

[@jamesleicher]

just like to ask have you come across with a 6800 asus strix oc non LC? do you think performance be close to this one showed?

[@TheGamingAviator]

Great video Steve. AMD needs to remove that limit on RDNA2 or a custom bios is needed asap. Imagine 3ghz+ overclocks with all the cooling in the world, they'd be breaking records and power looks decent. And that's just the 6800xt.

[@jussikankinen9409]

World is heating

[@Master83061]

i have a question, can you remove the fans so if i can get it, can i switch the rog fans for corsair fans?

[@joeymcjoeysalot6596]

There is a shot showing 2 pwn fan connections on the board so, yes? @7:31

[@Master83061]

@@joeymcjoeysalot6596 but thing is, those are for additional fans, not the ones on the radiator

[@mattkerper8011]

How difficult would it be to change out the fans on one of these? Do they use proprietary connectors?

[@johntorset3314]

Is there any fps difference between normal vs tighter timings for the VRAM?

[@braydennturner]

This looks to be an incredibly well cooled 6800xt option!

[@tek1645]

@@TJ.85 cheap for water cooling, enthusiasts probably don't care about price

[@soumyajitdeb3943]

AMD 6800 series is AWOL in India. No card available *anywhere* The whole lineup of 3060ti/3070/3080/3090 is now available at most places. Prices are inflated though.

[@sexyyoda7567]

Lol, 3090 is nowhere

[@protato911]

@@sexyyoda7567 the cheapest 3090 is 1.9k in my region, most of them are 2.1k and more.

[@Internetbutthurt]

You are doing well to have 3080s in stock.

[@rohanleander]

Will you get the msi rx 6800xt gaming x trio cards, any time soon?

[@ETERNlTUS]

Looks impressive.. Can't wait for 6900XT (2 days till it -released- sold out).

[@batmangovno]

Didn't expect RDNA2 to be such a good over clocker. 2.75 GHz core clock, oh god.

[@denan1]

6900xt will go to 3.0 ghz

[@Arjun-eb1yc]

In the last few generations Nvidia was ahead in architecture so AMD was pushing the clocks to the max from the factory, eating up the OC headroom.

[@arenzricodexd4409]

@@Arjun-eb1yc nvidia stop chasing higher clocks after pascal.

[@SuperUltimateLP]

@@Arjun-eb1yc You need to design that in the architecture. You can have a wide pipeline with huge parallelism but you loose clock speed. Or have highly clocked smaller pipelines to end up with the same performance. (its obviously way more complex than that but I'm just trying to explain) AMD's old cards (GCN1-5) where huge parallel monsters but games don't profit from that, to get anywhere with GCN in games they needed to push the clocks to fill the buffer faster.(that clock pushing was the reason for the higher power draw from AMD, in data centers where the parallelism was needed there more reasonable) Nvidia's chips use less (now with ampere that has changed a bit, now they have a huge amount of weaker pipelines) but faster pipelines that can be fed faster to execute a instruction. RDNA1 has reduced the GCN buffer so that you only needed 2 instructions to start calculations , with GCN you needed to fill up 4 instructions before ANY calculation was triggered. RDNA2 I'm not sure about but it seems reasonably to assume that they have removed the buffer filling requirement entirely and reduced the pipeline count for each CU but the faster clock makes up for that. its all a game of trade offs.

[@SuperUltimateLP]

@@TJ.85 dlss is sofware my dude and RT isnt going to work at release for AMD. Thats what cdpr sad, its going to be patched in later.

[@starshepherd11]

Looking forward to sapphire toxic/atomic 6900 xt 32gb, who else 😀

[@alannguyen5050]

How did you guys get the GGR6 memory Temps? I have the same 6800xt and can't find a program that displays the GDDR6 temperatures

[@PM995]

I am a bit concerned about the durability of the card itself... As we know, all in liquid cooler systems usually last about 4-5 years before having problems with the pump or with liquid temperature. Im wondering if there is a way to swap the cooler with a new one, once the old one passes out

[@zuckdaddy1596]

The dislikes are from the bots who didn’t get to buy your reviewer sample

[@georgemorley1029]

Too true

[@zuckdaddy1596]

@@TJ.85 You absolute clown, what bath salts are you on. You realize, I, they guy you’ve just been shitting on (on two separate threads) have ONLY owned Nvidia cards. I have a 2060 in my system rn, and literally no one bought Turing

[@richardstevens2052]

Nah it’s cause it’s a review of a hybrid card with not a single shot of it installed in a case that isn’t a completely pointless close up.

[@Grimmwoldds]

Well, or people who think he needs to stop talking out of his ass. AMD isn't price fixing. That would involve them making an agreement with NVidia to price Big Navi so as to not undercut Ampere(no, AIBs putting out expensive 6800 XTs does not even come close to the definition of price fixing on the part of AMD). I think he needs to wise up and stop talking stupid shit about things he doesn't understand.

[@wabachi]

@@TJ.85 "Why is the only cards getting an oc radeon? And why 0 testing with games that use and show why you might want things like DLSS and proper ray tracing?" oc the radeon is to show how stable is not the performance per say, if you would had known anything about oc you would know that with a bad oc you can lose performance, the video is about the radeon card not nvidia card a proper ray tracing game means neither nvidia's ray tracing nor amd's ray tracing, if nvidia is pulling another gameworks on ray tracing.... DLSS? just lower your resolution same shit... fake 4k for days i guess salt gets everyone at some point lol

[@yukegaming8788]

what a beast, cant wait to see the 6900XT LC version

[@yukegaming8788]

@@TJ.85 enjoy your 3080 :)

[@captainfeathersword1131]

@@TJ.85 still a better improvement than the 3090 over the 3080

[@Aereto]

@@TJ.85 ...at higher wattage. 50 Watt difference becomes something else in the $/(kW/h).

[@deesee76]

For the last week, i watched way too many videos on 6800XT, 6900XT, 3080 or 3080TI and could not decide which one to go for. Had a strict budget and my old card had to fund 50 % of the cost of the new one. I previously used an AORUS GeForce RTX™ 2080 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 11G AIO and i loved that card and served me well for 2 years but showing really can't do 4K very well. I ended setting my sight on another AIO liquid cooling GPU as i need a serious boost in FPS for 4K gaming. Now I'm 4 hours in, here is my take 1) This card is whisper quiet underload even in my Thermaltake open case . Love the auto fan off mode. 2) No issue with pump noise or coilwhine so far, touch wood. 3) Steve is right, the cables sucks, looks ridicious. Performance is far better than I expected in my rig as I have had lots of issues running the 2080 TI lately, I think it’s nvidia driver and windows 10 update issues. 4) Lighting on this card looks great and I’m don’t particularly like RGB. i set it to a single colour (static) - I posted a quick video on my account if you want to see what it looks like. 5) The tubes are very warm, i don't recall the AORUS had this issue but to be fair, those fans on the radiator were constantly on. I took a leap of faith going to the RED team, last time I went with AMD was back 2015, freaking wasting money pairinng two Radeon R9 295X2 in crossfire (4 GPUs) to get Witcher 3 run above 100fps in 3440x1440.. LOL - that project ended in tears and i ended going to Nvidia on a single card ever since. I highlightly recommend this card if you are into 4K gaming, want better than 60fps 4K performance, freesync premium, whisper quiet AIO liquid cooling and willing to forgo Ray Tracing & DLSS and lower the graphical settings. Also based on current ridiculous prices in OZ, this was far the cheapest AIO liquid cool cards I could find, overclocks great as well. HDMI2.1 is a blessing too, can't believe i can finally use my LG CX48 OLED display (120hz, HDR, RGB 4:4:4) to its fullest without any sacrifices. See you later Displayport 1.4....

[@MrDrago1954]

So we all really want to know what the real physical frequency limit is on these cards. Is a Bios Hack or a Bios Replacement Flash conceivable for the Frequency Limit?

[@MrCrazybadbastard]

This card is 500bucks over msrp in Norway 🤣

[@hyp5094]

Enjoy your Socialism

I will happily have our cheap health care instead of cheap toys😉

[@Aereto]

@ Cheap health care, long time to treatment, the last time I compiled statistical information. Forget healthcare when wound bleed out happens because hospitals can't triage more than its beds.

[@HardHeadMilitary]

I paid 953 for this card, the tuf model is 830

[@kianmoiny7860]

R9 295X2 Vibes

[@kennyforgot83]

Are the fans interchangeable as I run all corsair but I want a hybrid gpu for my upgrade and would be nice if the unit has standard fan headers on it.

[@realmedialies1313]

Need help, i just got this card and its performance is not great, I used a single cable from the PSU with 2x 6+2 connectors on it, should it be two separate cables?

[@rodrigo4379]

amd overclock is insane

[@marksnow8838]

Yeah and to think that this is the cut down version, meaning worse quality silicon compared to a perfect grade 6900xt, since AMD BIOS locked it to 2.8Ghz and red devil, which is an air cooled 6800xt managed to get that means there is more headroom even on worse quality silicon, imagine unlocked perfect grade 6900xt.

[@Videohead-eq5cy]

@Nidal Suliman insane to think that the bios gives out before the silicon does. Hats off to tsmc I guess

[@SuperUltimateLP]

@@Videohead-eq5cy its not giving out. its hard locked by amd. the 6900XT is locked at 3ghz.

[@dutch6947]

This card appears to beat most AIB 3080's in Tomb Raider

[@dutch6947]

I don’t know why hardware unboxed aren’t doing AIB comparisons between AMD and Nvidia

[@dean4545]

Steve thank you for your reviews! They are really helpful for someone on the market for a PC. Otherwise I would have ended with GTX 1650 4 GB...

[@danecarpenter8735]

Is it possible to remove the fan cables and run it off of a controller that is monitoring the GPU temps. I would like to replace the fans with corsair fans and then control it with iCUE like I do with my MSI SeaHawk. The cabling is terrible on this card if that can't be done.

[@euphoria842]

Curious as to why ASUS releases a LC 6800XT but not a 3080...

[@damienlobb85]

Because the Ampere architecture is limited by how high it can overclock due to the Samsung process node. Similarly why Zen chips didn't overclock much a few years ago. Its not a thermal constraint per se. Its how the silicon responds to higher clocks.

[@euphoria842]

@@damienlobb85 That makes alot of sense when you put it that way. Thanks

[@knightsljx]

"Premium" is no longer defined by quality, but how they are priced

[@porquee]

If the pump part of one of these cards breaks could you replace it yourself by putting in an aio?

[@Focaz]

any ideea where the pump is located? is it in the cold plate or the rad? thanks

[@rheumakai86]

Just imagine if this card wouldn't be power limited to +15% max and 2,8Ghz clock in the power tables. I dont see 2,9 Ghz as a big problem. But yeah. AMD doesnt want to cannibalize the 6900XT

[@michaelbracken9585]

Amd can do the same thing for the 6900xt though

[@qwertyui5086]

You know you can change these settings with MPT fron igor's lab right? You can basically turn a 6800xt to 6900xt with power limit increase, watts, core clock etc.

[@makisekurisu4674]

5:58 Steve: "Why asus didn't sleve the fan cables together is beyond me" Me: Its Asus so....

[@WayStedYou]

Asus: how many corners can we cut to boost margin and coast on our well known name?

[@kuekejuu5057]

@@WayStedYou Asus : Yes

[@DanielOfRussia]

Feminine?

[@allansh828]

I wished it uses quick-disconnect that allows me to customize tube length and radiator config.

[@makisekurisu4674]

@@allansh828 Asus exist to rip off customers😁

[@tyrantbane7948]

So crazy coming back to watch these review videos 8 months later before the GPU pandemonium.

[@marcin_karwinski]

Now this is some great looking attempt at a foray into LC GPU AIO by GPU manufacturers... a few fixes here and there and you might end up with a great thing to place within O11DMini, with the CPU cooled with a top mounted 360mm AIO... almost like it was meant for these O11D cases ;)

[@BenK12345]

they really missed a trick there -- needs right-angle connectors to the card that can rotate. straight tubes out of the top is stupid.

[@alexsiniov]

Cooling on this card is really chinese 5$ junk. Only enthusiasts with no custom water loop will buy watercooled card with copper waterblock and straight tubes. Anyway good version from EVGA, Asus or Zotac + EKWB waterblock will be cheaper and more reliable. That's why only high end cards for me are Aorus Waterforce extreme and Liquid Devil 🙌

[@GewelReal]

AMD pls, give use more MHz!

[@MauriceTarantulas]

Not a good sign as it means anything higher crashes with current drivers.

[@thepezfeo]

@@MauriceTarantulas I was thinking they capped the speed to help with price tiers.

[@countach27]

I hope you get to review MSI RTX 3060 Ti Twin Fan (not Ventus). I really like the subdued aesthetic, hopefully it’s not crap at cooling or overtly loud.

[@Wyd4]

I purchased this card and it performs as described,. however I cannot get the memory to overclock and my memory hits 65c in Tomb raider with no OC. Presumibly due to a contact issue or thermal pad issue? Can anyone confirm the thermal pads used on the vram of this card. From what I can tell from the marketing the vram is covered by the waterblock so should run nice and cool.

[@EileenTheCr0w]

This card looks so good, if only it wasn't practically as much as the 6900xt and or an upcoming 3080ti which kinda makes it pointless.

[@daktaklakpak5059]

Even if we go with AMDs MSRP, this card, just like the rest are totally overpriced for the performance! Just because Performance was stagnating for the past few years, doesn't mean its ok to charge so much money for performance that is to be expected so many years later!!

[@wfb.subtraktor311]

I mean, this thing performs on par with the 3090 for 600€ less, so hell yeah!

[@NarekAvetisyan]

If the Ray Tracing performance was the same too I would buy it.

[@wfb.subtraktor311]

@@NarekAvetisyan it is in games that dont use rtx. RTX is like HairWorks, its designed to gimp AMD GPUs

[@NoobyDoobs]

@@NarekAvetisyan Then again, is that really worth the price of another gpu? I certainly shop at the lower end but a bit better rtx and dlss can't really justify non-flagship card catching up to a flagship card while still having plenty of headroom and only (as far as we know) being artificially limited.

[@denverbasshead]

@@NarekAvetisyan AMDs first gen RT is the same as nvidias first gen RT

[@wfb.subtraktor311]

@_Nism0 the encoder works just fine at 1440p ultrawide (using Vega myself). The drivers are very stable, the only crashes I get are because I have pushed my infinity fabrik mclk to the absolute limit it would go, rtx will soon go the way of hairworks and DLSS is postprocessing, which I never use anyway

[@Kennykazey]

I really like the idea of hybrid cards, but I don't know if I could stomach the price premium. Could a reason the cables aren't sleeved be so you can easily replace the gaudy fans?

[@jonathanmarsh8119]

I just bought a Lian Li Dynamic XL O11 Rog case and was wondering if this AIO would fit in the side panel, I have my CPU AIO at the top of the chassis. Looking at the teardown the pipes are going to come straight out of the card into the glass side panel ... so I guess I would need to use a riser and change the orientation of the card. I have a 1070 and there is only about an inch and a bit space between the card and the side panel. I am not sure if the pipe length is going to be enough to reach over the card and across the chassis to the bottom of the side panel for this to mount to the bottom two side panel fans. Maybe a normal air cooled card is going to be a better option for me.

[@michaelrevi7033]

I love Steve

[@Winnetou17]

Ha! Gaaaaaaaaaaay!

[@DanielOfRussia]

Seems like we found a gay here, how unsurprising.

[@florianr.9828]

MSRP with RTX cards? Where please? Just looked at geizhals.de and all 3080 are above 1000k €.

[@ethan-fel]

there's regular drops of FE .

[@TheVeratrix]

You can buy countries with that kind of money.

[@florianr.9828]

@@ethan-fel let s believe in unicorns

[@Ricardo24345]

Are the temps measured from edge temp or hotspot?

[@simon3461]

Holy Moly - nearly 2.8 GHz core clock - maybe that's why Jenson pushed the power limits to insane levels on Team Green.

[@javahne4007]

Oh, look, another one that can't be bought. Great video, that goes without saying, but the situation is sickening

[@RobBCactive]

There's models being rushed out for Christmas but the console launches and logistics problems due to crash in passenger flight shipping cargo cause delays. Really Nvidia screwed the pooch by not giving people a reason to buy in spring/summer. The CPU market is less crazy as new SKUs are common.

[@zenon351]

This is selling for 1500$ in my country. MSRP is dead.

[@Koeras16]

Always has been. Market doesn't exactly work like that. It's anyways a "suggested" price.

[@sushimshah2896]

You shouldn't even expect a LC OC card to sell for MSRP. Be sensible!

[@descai10]

MSRP isn't dead, they are just having stock issues just like nvidia. They are just scaling the price by demand while nvidia is keeping their prices static.

[@hokopl]

Because people are stupid enough to buy new cards at inflated prices. It's not a big greedy company. Plenty of gamers are inpatient and they're the real problem. I can survive couple months till stock will be decent.

[@HardHeadMilitary]

I ordered one of these today

[@jamesholmes1360]

Can those 120 fans be replaced with lian li fans? Love the card but not sure if this is a easy fix or not.

[@mongopoju]

TUF Gaming affordable? ... yeah right

[@mongopoju]

@Matthew They go for 950 in Northern Europe and 1100 for the Strix LC

[@adi6293]

2750Mhz on a gpu!! Jesus 😅😅

[@tragicanomaly1707]

6900xt will probably clear 3000 on water.

[@adi6293]

@@tragicanomaly1707 if that happens that will definitely beat the 3090

[@zetaalpha7200]

It's very clear the Ferengi rules of acquisition are in heavy use with the GPU pricing.

[@Chorgy]

I bought the Aorus 2080 Super Waterforce last year with a similar All-In-One liquid cooled solution; and it too had the messy wiring going up to the fans. I wanted to synchronize all the fans in my case, so i replaced them anyways. But to do this I had to open up the graphics card to unplug the fans from the PCB... And this had me extremely nervous, as it was a brand new $800 card that required me to lose its warranty/return policy. But I did it, and it definitely cleaned up the look of my PC. The entire case was lined with Corsair QL series fans, instead of having a couple of oddball Gigabyte Aorus branded RGB fans mixed in.

[@StefanEtienneTheVerrgeRep]

You can get more performance if you screw holes into your radiator like I did. Like real pros do. 👍

[@lepari9986]

Did you perhaps screw them with confidence?

[@PaddyGun]

I want 3050s to come out please nvida I’m on intergrated graphics atm

[@andrew279cz4]

Why not get a used 5700xt or 2060 Super? -50 series cards are always poor peformance per dollar.

[@Isaacminer1]

@@andrew279cz4 the appeal is the not upgrading your psu and putting the 50 series in a prebuilt, but by the sounds of it the 50 series is gonna need extra power

[@MafiaboysWorld]

Maybe a 6700XT, if AMD decide to do a lower tier RDNA2 card...🤔

[@kangsate3459]

Yeah rx 6600 or 3050

[@thunderturbine8860]

@@Isaacminer1 true yes. I never owned an NVIDIA graphics card, but, based on what I've seen from my previous and current AMD cards, my previous RX 550 vs my current RX 560, the RX 550 doesn't require external PSU power i.e six or eight pin connectors are not required

[@sirjonsmithiii992]

Love your vids, but I wish you had OC versions of the 3080/3090 to directly compare it to.

[@anthonylee5305]

I just bought one..great card and I agree the cables look like crap. They could have quite easily hidden those wires. Apart from that the card is awesome. Running it with my 5600X and getting the exact benchmark fps results in F12021 as you do. The price was just a few hundred more than anything else that was in stock so I went for it.

[@rubenschilling]

Welcome back to Harvard Unbox

[@TrueThanny]

00:52 That's a pretty bad false dichotomy you've got there. The most likely real reason for the inflated prices is increased costs in the supply chain, including parts and shipping. You're really being irresponsible by assuming you know the correct answer, without even mentioning the most likely one.

[@1idd0kun]

Yeah. He's talking like the whole supply chain is just AMD and the AIBs, when in reality there are like dozens of other hands in between.

[@cn-cz3nc]

if i was to cut the tube could i add my own g1/4 ends to that card ? so i could add it to a custom loop?

[@scale...3d]

I really think you got extremely lucky to get such a good binned GPU.

[@TerraWare]

I wouldn't be surprised if they hand pick the review samples but I do have this card and I can clock mine to 2.76Ghz although it isn't 100% stable, at 2.7 though it's solid no problem.

[@samueljordan5601]

So based on the pricing of these cards the 6900xt will probably end up costing the same as a rtx 3090

[@FRIPPE_THE_GREAT]

In Sweden the 3090 is priced around 2100€. So you are only off by approx 100%...

[@retsu1182]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz another overpriced AMD AIB. Wake me up in 4 months when prices normalise.

[@highlanderknight]

You may need to add about a year to your 4 month estimate. You are too optimistic.

[@happytrails1963]

if I maybe guess 8-10 months for the gpus, in stock and somewhat normalized

[@ikronos3872]

I recently bought a b550 a-pro, a ryzen7 3700x and 2 G.SKILL Ripjaws V sticks, 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3600MHz CL16. I installed everything, updated windows, installed drivers, but now while playing i have so much ping! What could it be? Something about the hardware, or am i missing any driver or something like that? Pls help!

[@alexandreesquenet3736]

Will be mine soon ^^