Buying A New 6950 XT OC Formula for a Friend: Experiencing Wonder Once Again!

[@gh0st1976]

Got my 6950 XT yesterday. But I bought the Sapphire Nitro+ Pure. Love this thing.

[@Jake9066]

I went nuts and got the sapphire 6900xt toxic a couple weeks ago

[@UPsideDOWNworld321]

6900xt and had to RMA it because it would black screen had bad memory on it !! but the card is GREAT

[@Jake9066]

@@UPsideDOWNworld321 oof... My condolences, hope the replacement fares better

[@stolenhal0]

I love the way the Nitro+ Pure looks, however the PCB on the OC Formula is actually designed better according to Buildzoid. So I'm kinda torn between the two.

[@Dom79Teck]

@ZOMBIE_WORLD2143 you have top CPU and top GPU what wrong with you you wanted to show off or what ?

[@RegazozoGaming]

Got my 6900xt middle of last year and AMD has cleaned up the drivers so much. Currently with a moderate under volt and a little fine tuning it’s getting a GPU score of 21000 in time spy only pulling 275 watts and running quite cool.

[@F1neW1ne]

This is what I appreciate about AMD. Engineering so that we can use the product how we want. Overclocked or Undervolted and working amazing in both cases. A Marvel of engineering.

[@FrostyBud777]

I PAID 1250 FOR A 3070TI AFTER MENTAL BREAKDOWN AFTER MOTHS OF TRYING TO GET A CARD. NOW I JUST GOT A 6950XT ASROCK OC FORMULA FOR 700!!!!!!!! lol the 6950 used to be 1250, now I got it for 700, which the 3070ti should have been.

[@tty117]

Picked up a red devil 6950xt for 672$ brand new on Amazon on sale right after Christmas. It’s been a monster.

[@chrisslaunwhite9097]

got the 6900XT and absolutely LOVE it! Way to go AMD thankyou for the consistent driver updates!

[@phobus71]

"depending on how long he plans to live"....😂

[@octoman_games]

It's 2023 and I just picked up This 6900XT for $699 with 2 games on Newegg. Also got my hands on a 5800X3D for $350. For the price of the 7900XT I got a CPU and GPU upgrade! Not too shabby!

[@grizzzlyadamz]

I’m running the Asrock formula oc 6950xt. I love it. Took it apart and repaste with kryonaut. Amazing card.

[@teachhimself]

Grab an 6950xt recently and it's an beast so far

[@vmystikilv]

Got mine on day one release, red devil. Had to upgrade but my power supply but was worth it. Even upgraded my chip from a 1700x to a 5700x a week after. I have been quite happy.

[@PakoSt]

13:17 And usually those pre-rendered cutscenes break the immersion on older games at the moment 😄 Dropping from 1440p to whatever 3:2 resolution a cutscene was rendered, can be rough 🙂

Why is the brightness in Quake2 with Ray-tracing turned up to 11?

[@LukeHimself]

ASRock RX 6950 XT OC Formula = $759 on Newegg today 11/17/2022, after $20 mail in rebate.. not bad!

[@amphibeingmcshpongletron5026]

Same here. I'm still seeing 6900 XTs being sold for over $1000! One was even over $1260! That makes me FEEL like I'm getting a better deal, but I'm sure at this rate they'll continue to drop in price with the 7900 series at under a grand. I'm probably just impatient, though I've been patient enough to wait since 2016 to upgrade (Currently running an old GTX 1080). I ordered this card a week ago. Still backordered and don't know when it's gonna actually process and ship, but I'm stoked to get a card like this for under $800. I was gonna wait for the 7900s to drop, but I don't want to risk not getting one before the scalpers buy them up when I already have my new PC parts lying around.

[@lakecityripper]

699 now with two free games and free shipping got mine delivered yesterday. Only took 2 days from order💪

[@krystlih]

I just upgraded my personal rig to a new cpu/gpu combo, went with the 6800xt which I was able to score for $599 and was BLOWN away by how well it performs. I came from a 1070 being used in an eGPU setup to a full blown Alder Lake CPU with 6800xt. I really do like where AMD is headed with their GPUs.

[@j_ferguson]

Speaking of horrorshows, HDMI 2.1 has been a snuff film. I got bit by the faulty Denon boards and NVidia still has not solved the audio drop bug. It's so bad I've considered adding a "cheap" Radeon to handle sound. If AMD continues to up their raytracing and driver game, I'm going flip NVidia the bird the next time around for my main PC.

[@RedEverything]

AMD recently updated their Dx11 drivers. My 6800 XT saw some really nice gains in several games. The card crushes new and retro games alike. AMD is also currently working on fixing OpenGL. I think AMD cards are great, and prefer them over my Nvidia cards. I'm running Windows 11.

[@thelaughingmanofficial]

The other slots on your motherboard are for things like a Sound Card, did ya know?

[@j_ferguson]

@@thelaughingmanofficial I've done some light research, currently the only standard that does uncompressed 5.1/Atmos/DTS:X not to mention playing nice with HDCP is HDMI. I have a very interesting use case, I built a miniature home theatre around a PC.

[@konjiki240sx]

@@j_ferguson In the same boat. I sold my 3080 and got a 6900xt. I have a c1 and Denon for vrr + Dolby Atmos. Once in a blue moon I may need to reboot the machine to Dolby Atmos not being detected. I don't regret making the jump.

[@UPsideDOWNworld321]

I was NV guy tried out amd have not turn back yet

[@soholingo]

The only thing these Radeon 6000 series cards are missing is SRV-IO. Unless you know something we don't Wendell... :)

[@narcoleptic-insomniac4663]

Picked up my XFX 6900 black for $900 a couple weeks ago and it’s a F’ing beast!

[@DrewWalton]

Picked up an open-box but apparently unused ASRock Phantom Gaming 6900xt two days ago from MicroCenter for the stupid low price of $702 + tax. About $750 all told. Absolutely love it! AMD historically has had horrible drivers, but they're so much better now. Hell, I'm even Hackintoshing and my fancy new GPU just screams! +1 to AMD.

[@octoman_games]

I just picked up the SAME card for 699$ with 2 games! Hows the experience been?

[@DrewWalton]

@@octoman_games honestly mine has been an absolute workhorse. I absolutely love it.

[@octoman_games]

@@DrewWalton thanks brotha

[@magellan124]

What Wendell said about the cutscenes really resonated with me. Call of Duty MW 2019 is a really good example of the blurry line between pre-rendered cutscenes and gameplay. They look very similar. RDR2 does the real time rendering for its cutscenes too.

[@somehow_not_helpfulATcrap]

RDR2 with its best settings I could manage with a Geforce 1080 made my mother ask me what movie I was watching when caught a glimpse of it. Things are getting pretty nutty on the high end AAA graphics.

[@the_dietcam]

Yesterday I found out that VSR only supports standard aspect ratio monitors. I'm SOL with my 32:9.

[@F1neW1ne]

I feel the same wonderment my man. I am old enough to have played Tomb Raider and Quake when they were new. I have a 5800X CPU and 6800XT GPU with a 27" 1440P 165Hz monitor and games blow my mind now. Insane boost from where we were. Looking forward to your take on a mid range build Radeon 7000 series + Ryzen 7000 series combo when the embargos lift. Might be time to move to 4k for me finally. Might wait on the CPU for the 7800X3D. If 5800X3D was any indicator it will be a CPU for the ages.

[@amateurwizard]

Yeah when you think about gradation, 0 to 1 is a bigger change than 1 to 3 perceptually.

[@terryparker5382]

Just purchased the Power color Red devil 6950xt for $788 cant beat the price for performance and if tuned right it hangs with the best.

[@macbeardie]

I just picked up the 6900 XT for $820 plus it has a $100 rebate and those free games. Such an amazing difference from a year ago!

[@EmergencyChannel]

Really good deal, hope you enjoy it!

[@oscarcharliezulu]

Dammit - half the price of mine!

[@TheTerrorgasm]

I feel a lot better about impulse buying this exact card on launch day cuz I was so happy it was one of the first cards to be MSRP again and a formula OC version I couldn't resist after waiting soo long thru the GPU winter even though it sucks being 2 years late to rdna 2 glad i didn't pay a scalper!

[@carlosclara4759]

I just ordered the Asrock Phantom gaming 6950 xt for $609.99 plus tax, from Newegg. I hope I got lucky.

[@glockmatics]

Quake is supposed to be dark not lit up with RT. Cool tech tho.

[@jaronnamir8868]

Big Big Card Energy (BBCE) lol Wendell should trademark that.

[@robertwilliam5527]

My 6900XT is from mid last year and AMD drivers are the heaven of any gamer 😘

[@gunstrucksbbq]

King of the muscle cards. The breakdown on monitors was very useful still rocking a pair of benq/zowie 1440p 144hz from years ago and ready to upgrade to something better.

[@solocamo3654]

Sold my Radeon VII (bought brand new for $550 before the market went wild) and picked up a 6900XT for a profit months ago. One of the best cards I've ever owned. My 290X still has that crown as the fine wine was really there for that one so we'll see if this 6900XT surpasses it. Handles anything I want at 4k which has been my struggle since I've been using that resolution since 2014.

[@UPsideDOWNworld321]

i have had all those cards lol are you copying me lol

[@solocamo3654]

@@UPsideDOWNworld321 Well I went 7970Ghz edition to 290X to RX580 8gb to Vega 56 then Vega 65 then Radeon VII and now 6900XT. Yea, it's been a straight decade of AMD only in my main PC for a bit now lol. Nothing wrong with nvidia gpu's but for my use case AMD has always offered me a better performance at the price points I'm willing to throw down.

[@UPsideDOWNworld321]

@@solocamo3654 amd 290x was my first amd then vega 64 x 2 , vega VII x 2 , 5700xt, 6900xt, i was a NV guy and voodoo before that

[@solocamo3654]

@@UPsideDOWNworld321 Yup, we're the same. Started with a ATi Rage, had a Voodoo 3, then had a gf4 ti4200 128mb (agp 8x model) then went x800pro, x1950pro, gtx550ti.. and then onto the 7970 and up.

[@MrMike3134]

just picked up the 6950 xt for $599 🎉🎉🎉

[@fahadal-asmari6893]

I can't wait to get my hands on RX 6950XT soon I hope wish me good luck :}

[@akirafan28]

Good luck! 👍

[@smifffies]

Talking about cutscenes, still have Privateer 2 - The Darkening which had cinematic cutscenes with Clive Owen et al. New games are able to do almost cinematic cutscenes rendered real time without long loading times. Also recently loaded up System Shock 2, running just over 90 fps at 4K native on my Samsung 50" QN90A Neo 120hz TV as my monitor, with my AMD system R9 5900X and MSI RX 6900 XT Gaming Z Trio (XTXH chip) 32GB 3600 ram etc. Not really interested in ray tracing as I find rasterised lighting at 4K in most games is almost realistic on it's own. RT quake for me just looks like someone converted all the wall/ceiling lights to 500w halogen lamps, it's supposed to be dark inside as it's a semi derelict base. Just watch any Alien franchise film and you will get where I am coming from.

[@CDReimer]

How come Quake 2 with raytracing turned on looks like the software render version (i.e., bright light with no shadows)? Meh... I'll stick with OpenGL.

[@kylecaraway8662]

I just picked up a 6950 xt oc formula yesterday and the reason I went with it is because it was 699 with two free games. 6800 xts are going for 730+ right now so I was like no way I’m paying more for just the 6800xt over getting a 6950xt for less with two games.

[@The_Albino_Dino]

I got that same deal too hope we get lucky with our cards and nothing goes wrong with them mine comes next week

[@Erik-bf9uf]

What power supply are you running with the 6950xt?

[@The_Albino_Dino]

@@Erik-bf9uf Corsair RM1000e 1000w psu …. When turning the card up to max for benchmarks testing it can pull about 420w but it gets super hot like that so people usually have to water cool if they want to do that …. I just undervolt mine a bit to keep temps in check

[@nabhussad]

You got to love wendell evil genius laugh muwahahah 4:18

[@alaingraham]

FYI Samsung are exiting from the LCD business, as far as I'm aware, they are remaining in the market for OLEDS, QLEDS and similar technologies.likely cause they still need it for mobile, and tv's their 2 biggest product lines in Europe (all of samsung's phones are using AMOLED and their tablets have also moved to AMOLED recently. Their tv's are still largely LCD ut OLEDS are starting to become competitive at around £550 (about 700 US with LCD starting at £470-520 [600-680] for the 45-55″ range the smallest consumer OLEDs are 55″ but I buy 47″ due to the cost and comfort of 4k. There maybe 1080p OLEDs but I rarely see them since they're not usually price competitive or are at a size that is too big for a pleasurable viewing experience.)

[@wayland7150]

OK, so they will still make panels for monitors and TVs. Just not LCD. They left the printer market and sold their best little laser printer to HP, who ruined it. It's now all woke and app driven.

[@Klorel123]

which monitor is in the background at 6:00 minutes? that is not the 4k monitor he was talking about

[@zedorda1337]

I wonder because I bought a RTX 3090Ti the day the 4090 launched for just under $1100 from NewEgg. If there was a RTX 3090Ti for the same price right next to this 6950 TX which would you of picked?

[@JMNovak1011]

Just grabbed this card for $700. water blocked on custom loop hit stable in game @ 2855mhz core and 2400mhz stock overclock, after small MPT mod now 2875mhz/2425mhz. Best card I've owned. Almost as fast as 4080/7900XT in some titles without RT. 4090 7900 XTX 7900 XT/4080 6950 XT overclocked 3090 TI 4070 TI

[@martinbadoy5827]

I hope AMD's ROCm support for RDNA 1and 2 GPUs would last as long as their AM4 support

[@dazlad926]

I do think we have hit a point of diminishing returns when we distinguish the difference of graphics cards by how the lighting looks.

[@opinali]

We are indeed at the 90%+ mark in visual fidelity. But don't forget some critical factors. 1) The missing 10% can make a big difference in crossing the Uncanny Valley, especially in areas like human models in story-rich games with professional voice/mocap acting. Imagine a game where NPC is like the woman in the Unity "Enemies" demo. 2) Ray tracing is a big part of that missing 10%, and when done right (still needs a couple of GPU gens) it's a huge improvement in most other aspects of realism. Our brains are just too hardwired for the way light works in the real world, we unconsciously notice the smallest lies from rasterization tricks. 3) If we are at 90% in visuals, we're still barely breaking the 10% in physical realism. I want a game where my pants look wet and saggy after crossing a shallow river, without game designers having to specifically program that, just a natural consequence of proper simulation of how cloth works. I want a game where I'll break a chair and it splits down in pieces in a realistic way depending on the position and force of impact and the materials it is made off, and the fragments remain in the game instead of magically disappearing in seconds. Notice that there are game design challenges with this, e.g. you can trivialize or break platforming/traversal problems with weapons that can destroy almost every wall; but then games simply have to be better designed, at least ones that are not over-the-top power fantasies where you can have a shoulder-mounted nuke launcher.

[@Weirdanimator]

How far we've come is pretty insane. The first GPU I played on was an ATI 3D Rage back in the 90s and even the worst on board graphics available today is hundreds of times more powerful. I doubt we'll ever again see an industry advance as fast as computer graphics has in the past 30 years.

[@tobiwonkanogy2975]

Theres a rage 3d still being sold on m.2 with a break out to vga . I expect its for very specific servers/industrial machines who just need a basic 3d output not handled by the cpu .

[@Weirdanimator]

@@tobiwonkanogy2975 Really? Wow. That's insane. Even the IGP on 2010 intel CPUs are massively more useful. Maybe it's to support more screens than an IGP can handle without the expense (in money, space and power) of a more modern GPU. I can't think of any other reason to still be making them.

[@innocentiuslacrim2290]

All aspects of computers from storage onwards have exploded in capacity during the last 30 years. My first own PC had 2MB RAM. My current one has 64GB. That is an increase of 32 000x. Mobile computing space has changed even more. The pace of advances are accelerating in technology, not slowing down.

[@andljoy]

Is it just me that thinks quake looks better with RTX off ? Its just too bright with it on. Already have my liquid devil 6900xt , that is basically already a 6950 :P Also dont think the generation on generation improvement is as impressive as it used to be 2080ti to 3090 was the smallest bump in performance in history.

[@wayland7150]

There are other challenges. All computer current graphics are just folded cardboard at the moment. Cut through the surface and the object is hollow. I think the new tech is called Voxels. If you cut into a cake you see the inside of the cake, it's not just a hollow cardboard stage prop. That takes a lot of GPU power.

[@tabernaclejones6115]

Lol no it wasn't. The jump from 10xx to 20xx was much much smaller. I been upgrading every generation

[@tabernaclejones6115]

I'm actually super impressed by the 30 series compared to the 20 series of nvidia gpus. Huge difference imo.

[@ThunderingRoar]

@@tabernaclejones6115 thats because nvidia didnt launch their 102 die at the launch of touring series but they did with ampere. RTX 2080 was TU104 and the actual 102 die were 2080ti and titan which were much faster RTX 3080 was GA102 and NV compared it to regular 2080 (again which was 104 die) to generate more hype with the "up to 2x faster" claim. In reality the 8nm samsung silicon is meh/disappointing and the cards run really hot, next gen tsmc ~5nm should be a massive leap

[@tabernaclejones6115]

@@ThunderingRoar makes sense. I'm going from a 2060 to a 3060ti. I believe the 3060ti is the same die as a 3070,,,where as a 2060 die was a 2060 die. I also had a 1060 6gb,,,and the jump from 1060 to 2060 was almost non noticeable , but the jump from 2060 to 3060ti is hugeeeee.

[@mayito-cuba-tv1534]

Hello friend, how are you? I bought a used RX 6900XT OC formula and I need to maintain it to improve the temperatures but I don't know what size the thermal pad is that that graph has, I have looked for that information everywhere and I can't find it, if you knew, let me know know. Thank you so much

[@MrErikchaugen]

Love your videos, shoving some love for AMD gpu's!!

[@zhenya7992]

Just got this while it was on sale for $760 (with 2 games, lol). At that price, the value is comparable to the base 7900 XTs. Also, now there is a big issue with the XTX models and I'm not sure if any XTs are also in trouble. Either way, too scary, and I'd rather get the very best of the previous generation, until I can afford Nvidia. I have been having some minor issues with my 6800 (non XT) and hardware acceleration causing crashes ( I think) but I'm willing to deal with it.

[@adrianteri]

The Gigabyte m32u review is unlisted?

[@Chewhance]

Would you go with a 6950XT today? Or wait till November?

[@roqeyt3566]

Man, am I the only one that got a 6800 xt instead of a 6900 or 6950xt? Personally just using a 1440p ultrawide tho

[@FreestylerAlbert]

I bought the same just Powercolor branding. To be honest still the driver thing is the issue most of the time. (I know because I have a weird setup, 2x1080p monitor; 1x 4k monitor; and a 49" G9 for sim racing 9 :D Trust me the driver thing crashes at least once in 2 days :D

[@glens18account]

great video, I think about this a lot. In the future we will have RT/lumen/pathtracing to handle perfect lighting, Nanite to handle perfect objects and AI is coming in to help with animations and... better AI for NPCS. We are soon hitting 4k, 150fps with all the bells and whistles. No the 4090 can't do it yet, the 4090 is probably half the speed of the card we need to actually do it, but a 2x faster GPU is likely just the flagship of 2 or at most 3 generations down the line. the 6090 or 7090 will be that GPU, then beyond that do we actually need more GPU power? what is there to be gained? We can only push things so far, scenes can get more and more elaborate and realistic looking, or impressive looking. Just keep adding detail to effects that don't need it. Make worlds ridiculously lush and full. Ok sure, so games get ridiculously dense but that is still not going to be enough to hold back gpu power for more than a couple generations beyond that. So a 8090 or 9090 and then what? Nvidia will try and push some BS feature that barely improves things and costs a ton of power and you don't need it. 8k resolution will get pushed, 360hz will get pushed, but it's all diminishing returns. What will happen, I think, and we are already seeing it, is very CPU intensive games. Yes we make the worlds as beautiful as we can and hit a wall of diminishing returns around 2030, however games can have much much more going on. Big Vram, Big 3d V-cache, Big Ram, Fast Memory, Beefy CPU to simulate whole ecosystems, to simulate entire armies, to simulate entire cities, to simulate AI intellegence NPCs. That is the future beyond making games pretty, and that is the real limit to gaming for hopefully most of my life, making evermore complex things. Because we are absolutetly reaching the point of diminishing returns in visuals alone. I think the good news is that in the next 8 years we will get to see some really nice growth visually and for PC hardware to get much better with 4k RT. The smart move to make is to understand where to draw the line on performance because hardware is getting super expensive on the GPU side and they will be pushing 8K which you don't need at all.

[@Kylethejobber]

Do you know what the max clock speed was and temps? I'm looking to get this card form newegg

[@51rwyatt]

best things I've bought in semi-retirement is (1) a nice PC and (2) a tractor.

[@timothybilotta8090]

Dude stop making Linus faces in the thumbnails. It's terrifying.

[@TheParadoxy]

Can't wait for that ROCm guide!

[@Jonnyb1925]

Hey did you guys do kvm testing on that m32u in that unlisted video? :)

[@Level1Techs]

Yep

[@Spikeypup]

Nice twilight zone reference. Good job. ;)

[@upgrayedd251]

Isn't Samsung only exiting the LCD business rather than the display business as a whole? 6:11

[@av_oid]

Gigabyte M32U or MSI Optix Optix MPG321UR-QD (with “Quantum Dots)?

[@LawrenceTimme]

Gigabutt

[@AllieRX]

Quake 2 with RT looks like a remake built from the ground up.

[@FrostyBud777]

I PAID 1250 FOR A 3070TI AFTER MENTAL BREAKDOWN AFTER MOTHS OF TRYING TO GET A CARD. NOW I JUST GOT A 6950XT ASROCK OC FORMULA FOR 700!!!!!!!! lol the 6950 used to be 1250, now I got it for 700, which the 3070ti should have been.

[@falapouco_masjoga]

John I just bought a 6950XT for $699 on new egg, I will get it tomorrow, are you happy with it?

[@FrostyBud777]

@@falapouco_masjoga I returned it immediately and got a 7900 XT XFX Merc Speedster for only 179 dollars more , BUT THEN new egg had 7900 XTX Hellhound for only 999. So I bit the bullet and instead of 700 dollars I paid 1000 dollars for the 7900xtx with 24 gb memory and faster than the 4080 in many games. If you have the money and can find the card for 999, I would recommend getting that instead then you won't have to upgrade for 4 years or more. I didn't want to buy the 6950xt and then need a new card in 2 years for new games, and have to buy another card for 700 more dollars and pay 1400 total. Plus if you pay 179 dollars more, you can get the 7900xt which is better in many games. and 20 GB video memory. Here is a video that made me change my mind. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oICrlGSnj9h3gNU Butt honestly, if you can , I would get the 7900 xtx for 999 and just pay now, then you wont have to pay later. Then you will be set to game the next 4-6 years with no need to upgrade at all with the 7900 XTX. I would try to get the 7900xtx over the 7900xt , for 100 dollars more IT IS WORTH IT. Plus if your going to pay 700 dollars, you might as well pay 1000 and be completely upgraded for all future unreal engine 5 games.

[@FrostyBud777]

This is why I got the 7900 XTX instead of the 6950 or 7900 xt. watch this , you might want to cancel order and try to get a 7900 XTX. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3-WioF3hc2mfs0 86 FPS 7900XT VS 55 FPS WITH 6950 XT FOR 300 DOLLARS MORE!!! MUCH BETTER ! 101 FPS 7900xtx vs 70 FPS 6950xt for 300 dollars more.

[@falapouco_masjoga]

@@FrostyBud777 got it thank you John!

[@choocharoo]

Hey there. So I’m looking at this video card and a 3080 ti. I’m running a 3440x1440p 120 hz Alienware monitor. Now i only play very high or ultra and I want to get my 120 fps in most games. Can this video card handle that or am I gone see drops to 80-90.

[@stolenhal0]

Dude, what's that massive apparatus surrounding the CPU? Looks epic af.

[@carlkidd752]

I replaced my 5ish year old samsung 48" 4k tv with Hisense 55U8G. Blows the samsung out of the water. I paid $800 and it is also my monitor now. HDMI 2.1 120hz (in game mode) ALL VRR Freesync and yes the speakers are typical tv speakers, but sound is via my BOSE sound bar. High end 2022 models supposedly will come with mini-led and ATSC 3.0. So if any of you are in the market for a TV/monitor this year, like always, wait for reviews. I also upgraded from an EVGA 1080Ti to 6900 from AMD. I would have bought their 6800XT, but like Nvidia, not even on their web site. I sure hope them maximizing profits bites them in their collective behinds.

[@jamescampbell8482]

Hey wendell. I've often thought that we need a modern display that mimics the characteristics of an old CRT to see the kind of "wow" benefits we want to see. I have my 1080p 144hz monitor overclocked to 177hz and I use backlight strobing to get about 1200 pixels per second in fast motion, with a pretty dim picture. I would prefer something like a MEMS based Laser Phosphor display that wouldn't be a fixed pixel display, and would be inherently low persistence. I would be more impressed with a display that could give full motion resolution, and better color at 60-80hz with more fidelity, but the same smooth motion because the display is better with motion resolution.

[@ThePhantomhorseman]

...Oled are Phenomenon for retro games

[@GarrethOriley]

This hits home! I am in a Situation where the update is needed for my personal gaming excess. A quick glance at PC Info shows an i5-6600K with a GTX 1080. I own Elden Ring and Total War Warhammer 3, not played them at all because I am aware that my PC is not going to give me the quality and performance I want for these games. I would love that same level of advice for a Motherboard and CPU. Yes I am willing to throw money at my gaming rig because that is my main hobby and has been for many years. But right now I do not feel tech CPU and GPU is at a stage where paying overpriced "crazy" is worth it. "New" scaling methods and technique's are worked on that will result in more mature and quality development in the coming two generations for CPU's for example.

[@thanatoast4]

cant speak for warhammer but if you get the fixes for elden ring, that pc should really be fine. a gtx 1080 is still very capable.

[@ThunderingRoar]

cpu market is fine, nothing is overpriced except maaybe 5800x3d by some retailers

[@mlbshiver]

B450 (MSI Tomahawk Max is good) plus R5 5600x is probably the best bang for buck atm. GPU choice would depend on your desired resolution/scaling. I'm currently running B450 + 5800x + 6700xt and play Elden Ring at max settings @ 80% of 4k upscaled (which looks great/no artifacts) - can run at 4K but this keeps GPU at less than full load for best response time.

[@mlbshiver]

I don't think an upgrade using that socket/motherboard makes sense - quite a bit of trouble (and probably money) for not much return. I would rebuild on a newer platform, and probably use the 1080 for a little while longer.. though, it could be a great time to buy a gpu very soon, particularly if you're willing to risk the used market.

[@frizzlefry1921]

@@mlbshiver Oof didn’t know off hand it was a 1151, nuff said nevermind.

[@elliotthanford1328]

Am I the only one the only one that finds the 4k labeling exasperating, like the old naming convention was just fine, 2160p

[@frizzlefry1921]

I tend to like numbers that actually mean something…

[@sryinex]

I missed an opportunity to get a 3090 for the same price as 6950's currently are at, so I'm trying to decide if this would be a worthwhile investment over a 3080ti. I do care about VR, and less sure of the importance of ray tracing/dlss. Running a triple monitor setup with the main being an ultrawide 3440x1440. I'm less enthused with waiting for the next generation of cards simply due to uncertainties surrounding them and opportunities to pickup this generation cards for pretty cheap. Is VR performance something that would be improved with driver updates as that's the main difference I'm a bit torn over. Any suggestions?

[@UPsideDOWNworld321]

when i got 6900xt , the smoothness of the games is mind blowing there is something about the game cache that makes it super super smooth its very hardd to put in words other than mind blowing

[@farmeunit]

There will be a difference, but don’t expect mind blowing. Not really worth in in my opinion. Just wait. You have the second fastest NVidia card that’s out right now. It’s basically the level of a 3090 without the VRAM. Unless you could get all your money back and then get an AMD card, then maybe. I have a TUF 6800 and MSI Gaming Z 6900XT. Both are great cards. But if you aren’t VRAM limited in an games you play, it’s just not worth it.

[@sryinex]

@@farmeunit I actually am currently running a 970gtx. There was an evga bstock deal that I missed out on(order didn't go through when I thought it did) that was for a 3090 which prompted my question. However, I managed to find another 3090 for a similar price this weekend and pulled the trigger on it. My only uncertainty now lies with the next next generation, but regardless I know this card will suit me well for some time!

[@farmeunit]

@@sryinex My misunderstanding. You made a good choice. I wanted a 3080 but couldn't get one initially so got the 6800 open box with an open box 5600X. Then got the 6900XT open box for $960 a few months ago. Probably skip next gen, but we'll see. I am excited to see what happens but will probably wait for Zen5 and build a new machine.

[@aaronjessome1032]

6950xt for 849$ CAD and even less than 800$ CAD is my suggestion for what to buy right now if they're going for a gpu.

[@592Johno]

6:11 source??? That's crazy wtfff?

[@AegisHyperon]

Basically open source as in basically beer or basically freedom?

[@TimBaoht]

LOOOOVE that intro beat!

[@4nyNoob]

love to see AMD trading blows with NVIDIA in the GPU department, but if its isn't asking too much what about 3d art, i do work a lot In blender and a machine that can render stuff faster would really benefit me, specially if i end up working with Houdini too blender 3.0 basically rewrote the cycles render engine, and it took until 3.2 to get radeon support for GPU rendering I'm looking forward to an RTX 3070, because it can game well and i can use it to render since CUDA and optix are made specifically for NVIDIA cards, but now i wonder what's AMD offering note that I'm in Brazil, so availability may be different here

[@Level1Techs]

Hi! You are not the first person to ask us about benchmarking with Blender. It is something we are interested in doing, but I'm not sure how soon that will actually be. We like to be as efficient as possible, while also being as accurate as possible! Thanks for the question though! ~Editor Autumn

[@200380051]

Running Navi 21 too, that thing rips

[@ibrudiiv]

Got a 6900XT at a great price but gonna be running it on ye old faithful 1080p 144hz monitor until I find a good 4k monitor that's not as much as the video card :-o

[@BatteryAz1z]

Samsung exiting the display business? Since when? (a quick google: they're exiting the LCD business with full focus on QD OLED)

[@tim3172]

Be careful: there is Samsung Mobile, Samsung Display, and Samsung Electronics. Mobile is displays for phones/tablets Display is for large-format displays (display walls and stadium displays) Electronics is for consumer TVs, Fridge displays, etc. So when "Samsung" is doing something you always need to figure out what division is doing it.

[@frizzlefry1921]

They ditched plasma first.

[@JamesSmith-sw3nk]

1440p gaming is suddenly affordable. A RX 6700 or 3060ti and 5600x or Intel 10 400 with 32gb ram goes along way and you might be able to do it all for only a $1000.

[@chriswright8074]

You don't need 32gb and 1440p was easy to do

[@JamesSmith-sw3nk]

@@chriswright8074 32gb isn't expensive anymore. 16gb of ram can get pretty lean in 2022 for AAA games.

[@Nobe_Oddy]

hey I bought one of them... but mine is Gigabyte..... for it on DAY ONE because I'm expect there to be another shortage because of Chyna shutting down so much because of their "zero covid" policy... I think I may ave been wrong..... but I think it was worth the $399 I paid for and the $399 I paid for a 165hz 1440p 32" monitor..... Plus I already have a 4k TV hooked up..... so I think I'm good to go for a lil while :)

[@Nobe_Oddy]

ohhh OOPS.... I thought I read it as 6650XT LMAO!!! "$399 MY ASS!!" lol sorry... I think I'll keep this up for the insult and comments on stupid and lack of reading properly... LOL - LET ME HAVE IT BOYS!!!! :P

[@EmergencyChannel]

Was gonna ask where you got a 6950 for $399, I would have bought a whole pallet :P

[@OhGeeWhy]

And here I am thinking spending around 1200 usd for a decently powerful pc when GTX 780 was hot and only Titan was stronger was quite a lot....

[@motherflerkentannhauser8152]

Has anything gotten any cheaper, ever?

[@OhGeeWhy]

@@motherflerkentannhauser8152 nope, then again paychecks, rents and food haven't gotten any better. Especially in last few years here so trying to justify 2k on a gpu is insane when you could have gotten 2 pretty good pc's in 2012

[@LawrenceTimme]

@@motherflerkentannhauser8152 yes of course it has.

[@tabernaclejones6115]

Back in 2017 I got a 1050ti from best buy for like 150 and that thing could play anything I threw at it at 60 fps medium settings. Now you can't get anything under 400 bucks and prebuilts cost as much as making ur own pc.

[@christenorio9555]

Do you think Intel Arc GPU will suck?

[@MK-xc9to]

Well ... , i bought an 6800XT for 679 Euro last week thats with VAT = for the US = 570 USD and in my Eyes its a way better Value than a 6950 XT for 1100 Dollar . Nearly half the price for only 10 % less Performance ( on Paper ) . Some undervolt and OC and you are faster than a 6950 @ stock . Its 72 vs 80 CUs which is not such a big Difference and some higher clocks which i can reach with OC , even higher , i can reach in Time Spy a 2480-2500Mhz constant Boost clock under Air , i am considering to Watercool the 6800XT , but on the other side i currently use an extrem undervolt Setting @892 mv until it crashes , suprisingly it seems to work , it limits the boost to 2188 Mhz , but it Boosts constantly over 2100 Mhz because of no Power and Temp Limits , this is for 1440p more than enough . Only RT Games may need a Performance Setting . If i use Chill and use the refresh rates of 165Hz as limit then its under 100 Watt Power usage @ 1440p in less demanding Games like World of Warships , otherwise it stays under 200 Watts . For 1440p you not really need a 6800XT but the 6800 was only 90 Euro cheaper and it is cut down 20 % vs the 6800XT . The 12 more RT Accelerators of a 6800XT maybe usefull in RT Games too , thats why i bought a 6800 XT . Even if i would buy an 4 K Monitor the 6800XT will be enough , at least if i use FSR 2.1 which can be easily implemented in Games which already use DLSS . The next GPU Gen may deliver more FPS , but 80-100 FPS are enough for me and currently i already limit the 6800XT in favor for less Power usage . EDIT : I had a major undervolt Breakthrough , i used the more Power Tool from Igor , i call it less Power Tool ... , to modify Voltages and min sliders of the Adrenalin Software . I now use only 808 mv with Boost of 2409 which translates to 2330-2350 Mhz Clock in Timespy , no addional Power , but its already an OC Bios with 272 Watts . Its Time Spy stable , the rest has to be seen

[@paulthebeardedonedowning6820]

pretty cool stuff whats going on with games you seen the Quarry the motion capture is crazy showing normies at work that game they're telling me who the actor is from the footage graphics man its so cool

[@eddieobscurant]

What's ray tracing 2.0?

[@JKHYT]

choosing Radeon and first test is path tracing... interesting choice

[@christopherjackson2157]

If asrock would make the oc formula mobos more available I'd probably buy one.....

[@theglowcloud2215]

This may just be me, but Quake with raytracing doesn't look very good. Yeah, it's a lot brighter than without raytracing, but is that better? Also massive performance loss.

[@POVgames]

I don’t know why you’d want to give up frames just to play at 4k

[@pkt1213]

I was just curious if you think that the 6950xt is worth $200 than the 6900xt is selling for.

[@stephen1r2]

I doubt it. I think it's about 2-5% -- but as a refresh the stock situation and price may shift around.

[@Vi-XiphiqiX]

30 Hurts

[@mikebutler9332]

I really can't bring myself to buy another Asrock product. Their warranty policies are horrible, especially around GPUs. Appreciate the rest of the video though!

[@Dell-ol6hb]

Horizon Zero Dawn actually came out before Shadow of the Tomb Raider funnily enough

[@somehow_not_helpfulATcrap]

Call me crazy but I would have preferred Quake 1 or Quake 3 with ray tracing. RT Quake 3 with how many games were made on the Quake 3 engine.... a boy can only dream of the Jedi Outcast games getting serious fan made mods to turn the visuals up to eleventy billion vs the original maximum.

[@sn0wb0ard1ng]

some games look pretty photorealistic but still almost no game has super realistic movement physics. everything always ends up feeling a little janky

[@bongobrandy6297]

Bayby Ryan sneaks in a cameo at 13:08.

[@viktortheslickster5824]

I'd love to see how far photorealism has come by say 2035. You might be shocked at the leap Wendell

[@cozza819]

Thumbnail is great 😅

[@Stoomhamer]

Nice card, good choice! Just one remark here: in Steam stats from May it says 1920 x 1080 67.32% +0.15%. Witch is so for many years now. The vast majority of people do not use 4K and do not have mutiple screens.

[@Jake9066]

4k 30hz? Welcome to the wonderful world of dual-link dvi!