The Radeon RX 6900/6950 XT Owners Thread.

Kaapstad · 17 Mar 2021 at 08:57

Sumanji said:
Haha, maybe I can help a little - @Kaapstad can you TROH me up please?

Bit confused about why this key cap is so much larger than my others... guess I won't be using it!!

Cheers,

Su

Which cards do you have there apart from the MBA 6900 XT?

BKUK · 17 Mar 2021 at 11:29

Yeh I defo upload a picture when the system arrives. I need to ask does everyone use display port or hdmi these days? I’ve brought Gigabyte M27Q to use. Been out of this game awhile seems things have changed over the years.

sparkymark75 · 17 Mar 2021 at 11:30

BKUK said:
Yeh I defo upload a picture when the system arrives. I need to ask does everyone use display port or hdmi these days? I’ve brought Gigabyte M27Q to use. Been out of this game awhile seems things have changed over the years.

I use DisplayPort as I always believed it was better. But I believe if your monitor supports HDMI 2.1, then that is now better than DisplayPort.

mikehhhhhhh · 17 Mar 2021 at 11:54

I use HDMI for my 3440x1440@100Hz ultrawide because the DP port is broken.

I use DP for my 3x 1440p @165Hz monitors on my simrig

I don't think it matters so long as the cable you're using supports the mode you want to run, but I tend to lean towards DP because it used to be required to hit high refresh rates on my 1440p monitors.

Sumanji · 17 Mar 2021 at 16:25

Kaapstad said:
Which cards do you have there apart from the MBA 6900 XT?

Just the 6900 XT!

The other card in the back is my old Sapphire Vega 64

BKUK said:
I need to ask does everyone use display port or hdmi these days?

I think for a lot of monitors you have to use DP to hit the advertised resolution / refresh rate specs. E.g. on my LG I can only do 120Hz over HDMI, and need to use DP to hit the full 144Hz.

Kaapstad · 17 Mar 2021 at 16:45

Sumanji said:
Haha, maybe I can help a little - @Kaapstad can you TROH me up please?

Bit confused about why this key cap is so much larger than my others... guess I won't be using it!!

Cheers,

Su

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BKUK · 17 Mar 2021 at 16:56

Thanks for the replies and info, display port it is then M27Q arrived today now just to wait afew days for the system.

The one they built last week had the Sapphire OC so I’m thinking that’s what it’ll be.

xR00Tx · 18 Mar 2021 at 01:16

This GPU is a beast!
I don't regret at all leaving nvidia behind!
Just enjoying my Sapphire Nitro+ 6900 XT!

https://ibb.co/jZSM5Rr
https://ibb.co/gM41hnG

https://www.3dmark.com/spy/18752377

Illuminist · 18 Mar 2021 at 02:14

xR00Tx said:
This GPU is a beast!
I don't regret at all leaving nvidia behind!
Just enjoying my Sapphire Nitro+ 6900 XT!

https://ibb.co/jZSM5Rr
https://ibb.co/gM41hnG

I had a 3090 for a little bit and missed the amd card so much I swapped back

LtMatt · 18 Mar 2021 at 04:23

xR00Tx said:
This GPU is a beast!
I don't regret at all leaving nvidia behind!
Just enjoying my Sapphire Nitro+ 6900 XT!

https://ibb.co/jZSM5Rr
https://ibb.co/gM41hnG

https://www.3dmark.com/spy/18752377

Welcome glad to see another happy 6900 XT owner. Just watched the HUB 6700 XT review and it was taking names in that.

mikehhhhhhh · 18 Mar 2021 at 08:17

xR00Tx said:
This GPU is a beast!
I don't regret at all leaving nvidia behind!
Just enjoying my Sapphire Nitro+ 6900 XT!

https://ibb.co/jZSM5Rr
https://ibb.co/gM41hnG

https://www.3dmark.com/spy/18752377

Wow impressive scores, outdoes my 3090 let alone my 6900xt.

I've not tried my clocks on the 6900xt set that high to be fair, is that with the stock power limit in the Radeon software?

JediFragger · 18 Mar 2021 at 08:23

Illuminist said:
I had a 3090 for a little bit and missed the amd card so much I swapped back

@Too Tall also had a 3090 and chose the 6900XT, faster in the games he plays. These things are vastly under-rated when tweaked!

LtMatt · 18 Mar 2021 at 08:44

xR00Tx said:
This GPU is a beast!
I don't regret at all leaving nvidia behind!
Just enjoying my Sapphire Nitro+ 6900 XT!

https://ibb.co/jZSM5Rr
https://ibb.co/gM41hnG

https://www.3dmark.com/spy/18752377

mikehhhhhhh said:
Wow impressive scores, outdoes my 3090 let alone my 6900xt.

I've not tried my clocks on the 6900xt set that high to be fair, is that with the stock power limit in the Radeon software?

Yes that is an excellent score indeed. You should post it in the Timespy bench thread.

heartburnron · 18 Mar 2021 at 13:45

xR00Tx said:
This GPU is a beast!
I don't regret at all leaving nvidia behind!
Just enjoying my Sapphire Nitro+ 6900 XT!

https://ibb.co/jZSM5Rr
https://ibb.co/gM41hnG

https://www.3dmark.com/spy/18752377

Cracking pics! :cool:

Welcome.

Kaapstad · 18 Mar 2021 at 16:16

xR00Tx said:
This GPU is a beast!
I don't regret at all leaving nvidia behind!
Just enjoying my Sapphire Nitro+ 6900 XT!

https://ibb.co/jZSM5Rr
https://ibb.co/gM41hnG

https://www.3dmark.com/spy/18752377

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Illuminist · 18 Mar 2021 at 18:15

Don't suppose anyone has a spare red devil waterblock? I ordered one on the 2nd of January and it keeps getting delayed, now its April 20th...

Sumanji · 19 Mar 2021 at 03:11

Sumanji said:
Chaps, having an annoying problem with the new card and my monitor...

Every time the monitor wakes up from power saving mode, the resolution drops to 1280x800 (maximum available to select in Windows). I need to turn it off and back on again for it to get back to 3440x1440. This didn't happen with my old Vega 64, so I assume it's a 6x00 series "bug". Monitor is an LG 34GK950F-B.

Any ideas what setting(s) I might need to tinker with? in either Windows or Radeon control panel?

Chaps, any ideas on how I might troubleshoot this monitor problem please?

I've ordered a new DP cable to see if that might help, but not sure what else to try.

LtMatt · 19 Mar 2021 at 04:04

Sumanji said:
Chaps, any ideas on how I might troubleshoot this monitor problem please?

I've ordered a new DP cable to see if that might help, but not sure what else to try.

Monitor power off after a certain period of time?

Try using a blank screensaver in Windows instead.

Sumanji · 19 Mar 2021 at 04:12

Yeah, I have the monitor set to turn off in the Windows Power settings (I think 10 mins).

It's never been a problem on my previous two cards (Vega 64 and R9 380), so weird that it is behaving this way now.

Good idea on the blank screensaver, but I don't think it's a good solve, as I don't want the monitor to be wasting power for most of the day

LtMatt · 19 Mar 2021 at 06:46

Sumanji said:
Yeah, I have the monitor set to turn off in the Windows Power settings (I think 10 mins).

It's never been a problem on my previous two cards (Vega 64 and R9 380), so weird that it is behaving this way now.

Good idea on the blank screensaver, but I don't think it's a good solve, as I don't want the monitor to be wasting power for most of the day

I use the blank screensaver for my OLED TV, i find it a better option that the monitor power off.

Strange bug. Is it feasible to try using HDMI on your display to see if it happens there?