The Radeon RX 6800 (XT) Owners Thread.

LtMatt · 23 Mar 2021 at 13:06

MANFACE said:
LtMatt, thanks for the info.

I did my research, minus the fans, that's why i wanted the XFM for it's air cooling.

I watched this video on the breakdown of the XFX PCB, by a guy who is quite a good electical engineer. XFX have done a really good job with good quality gear on the PCB.

https://youtu.be/VnsObIqEIZs

Cheers, I'll have a watch of that shortly.

welshrat · 23 Mar 2021 at 15:46

MANFACE said:
I noticed something yesterday. The system was super quiet, compared to having the Radeon VII in it.

I then decided to have a look at the fans on the card, they weren't spinning! I thought "oh no". Checked GPU-Z, 0 RPM?

Started 3Dmark FIRE STRIKE EXTREME to see if fans would spin, Yes they did and still quiet, thank god.

Got 23502, this is paired with a 3950X.

When the system is at idle, the fans on XFX Merc don't spin at the all, mind you the heatsink is massive.

Same on most cards these days as far as I am aware, my old sapphire pulse vega 56 and my current MSI gaming trio do the same. Have to say though these big Navi cards are quiet anyway. I haven't seen mine go above 63C and even when the fans do spin they are very quiet.

Vince · 23 Mar 2021 at 15:55

LtMatt said:
Merc is hands down the best air cooler money can buy for Big Navi GPUs, IMO.

Btw, all Big Navi cards have a Zero RPM mode. Fans won't kick in till the GPU reaches around 55c+.

Sapphire have always had this on the nitro+ models going back as far s I can remember! Even the rx470 Nitro+ had 0RPM fans.

Vince · 23 Mar 2021 at 15:56

LtMatt said:
Cheers, I'll have a watch of that shortly.

Not sure you can consider buildzoid an electrical engineer, more of an enthusiast with an understanding of electronics.

henson0115 · 23 Mar 2021 at 16:56

MANFACE said:
LtMatt, thanks for the info.

I did my research, minus the fans, that's why i wanted the XFM for it's air cooling.

I watched this video on the breakdown of the XFX PCB, by a guy who is quite a good electical engineer. XFX have done a really good job with good quality gear on the PCB.

https://youtu.be/VnsObIqEIZs

you can always disable the zero fan option in the driver if you want. i prefer a really low rpm to 0 rpm

LtMatt · 23 Mar 2021 at 17:18

Vince said:
Not sure you can consider buildzoid an electrical engineer, more of an enthusiast with an understanding of electronics.

Can you tell i made that comment without even watching the video? When i clicked it 30 minutes later i thought yeah, this won't age well.

henson0115 · 23 Mar 2021 at 17:33

LtMatt said:
Can you tell i made that comment without even watching the video? When i clicked it 30 minutes later i thought yeah, this won't age well.

Legionaire68 · 23 Mar 2021 at 19:02

First custom loop, running nice and cool.

Doh, how do I add the picture properly?

Kaapstad · 24 Mar 2021 at 06:02

Legionaire68 said:
First custom loop, running nice and cool.

Doh, how do I add the picture properly?

Welcome and on TROH.

The Roll of Honour.

Date 23/03/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Legionaire68, Link
Date 22/03/2021, Make XFX Merc 319 6800 XT, MANFACE, Link
Date 13/03/2021, Make AMD Reference 6800, t2na, Link
Date 09/03/2021, Make MSI Gaming X Trio 6800 XT, Buffalo2102, Link
Date 09/03/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Vince, Link
Date 08/03/2021, Make XFX QICK 319 6800, oweneades, Link
Date 24/02/2021, Make Gigabyte Aorus Master 6800 XT, Grandmaster Fap!, Link
Date 12/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Kirby Wurm, Link
Date 12/02/2021, Make AMD Reference 6800, old gamer, Link
Date 12/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, IainTKD, Link
Date 11/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, T1Cybernetic, Link
Date 11/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Johnny Silverhand, Link
Date 10/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, PzR Slim, Link
Date 10/02/2021, Make AMD Reference 6800, Harlequin, Link
Date 08/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, im4gine3, Link
Date 08/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, mattyc123, Link
Date 06/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800, leemk, Link
Date 04/02/2021, Make AMD Reference 6800, Mike_P, Link
Date 02/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Scoobynuts, Link
Date 02/02/2021, Make Sapphire Pulse 6800, Aztec2Step, Link
Date 01/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, atomixers, Link
Date 01/02/2021, Make Gigabyte Gaming 6800 XT, philo-sofa, Link
Date 01/02/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Vegeta, Link
Date 30/01/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Jimbo, Link
Date 29/01/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800, Johnny Silverhand, Link
Date 29/01/2021, Make PowerColor Red Devil 6800 XT, roger_37, Link
Date 27/01/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Unreal22, Link
Date 27/01/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, Davinnicus, Link
Date 27/01/2021, Make PowerColor Red Devil 6800 XT, Satchfanuk, Link
Date 27/01/2021, Make MSI Gaming X Trio 6800, welshrat, Link
Date 26/01/2021, Make AMD Reference 6800, Figo, Link
Date 21/01/2021, Make XFX Merc 319 6800 XT, w00dy85, Link
Date 13/01/2021, Make PowerColor Red Devil 6800 XT, Vimes, Link
Date 13/01/2021, Make PowerColor Red Devil 6800 XT, bimbleuk, Link
Date 11/01/2021, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, Shilz, Link
Date 08/01/2021, Make AMD Reference 6800, faceman123, Link
Date 04/01/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, KentMan, Link
Date 04/01/2021, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, sparkymark75, Link
Date 23/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Metalface Mark, Link
Date 23/12/2020, Make PowerColor Fighter 6800, MattBoxer, Link
Date 17/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, smellster, Link
Date 17/12/2020, Make XFX Merc 319 6800 XT, Sad Panda, Link
Date 16/12/2020, Make Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT, MaDMaX**, Link
Date 16/12/2020, Make XFX Merc 319 6800 XT, Apache14, Link
Date 14/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, Kangaxx, Link
Date 13/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Rezident, Link
Date 12/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Bonjour, Link
Date 11/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, gettothechopper, Link
Date 11/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, silk300, Link
Date 10/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, rolypolyman, Link
Date 10/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Haggisman, Link
Date 07/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, DynamicOCUK, Link
Date 05/12/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Jumper118, Link
Date 27/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, TripleT, Link
Date 27/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Phat-Bud, Link
Date 27/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Shuflie, Link
Date 27/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Heofz, Link
Date 27/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Kill_Phil, Link
Date 26/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, LtMatt, Link
Date 25/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, Glanza, Link
Date 24/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, sweenEire, Link
Date 24/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, BogEyes, Link
Date 23/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Milo01, Link
Date 23/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Sgt_Pepper, Link
Date 23/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, BigJack, Link
Date 22/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, phawk, Link
Date 22/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, AfrogoatST, Link
Date 22/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, JCLDJB, Link
Date 21/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, Darren_uk, Link
Date 20/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, dante6491, Link
Date 19/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, Rastan007, Link
Date 19/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, Gears, Link
Date 19/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, Chrisola, Link
Date 19/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, montymint, Link
Date 19/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800 XT, almoststew1990, Link
Date 19/11/2020, Make AMD Reference 6800, lovelyhead, Link

To get on the Roll of Honour all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your Radeon RX 6800 (XT).

Space Monkey · 24 Mar 2021 at 11:19

@Kaapstad

Think I'm the first on TROH with an Asrock 6800XT Taichi??

Space Monkey · 24 Mar 2021 at 11:21

Back on Team Red, first one since my 5700XT all those millenniums ago

@LtMatt

JediFragger · 24 Mar 2021 at 11:52

Space Monkey said:
Think I'm the first on TROH with an Asrock 6800XT Taichi??

There's a reason for that dude

/barfs into hand...

Space Monkey · 24 Mar 2021 at 11:54

JediFragger said:
There's a reason for that dude

/barfs into hand...

First I was like :mad:

Then my ban hammer spoke to me and said I'm bored who shall we ban?

And then I was like, hold my beer

JediFragger · 24 Mar 2021 at 11:55

Space Monkey said:
First I was like

Then my ban hammer spoke to me and said I'm bored who shall we ban?

And then I was like, hold my beer

Can you leave it til Gibbo posts the code in MM please?

On a more serious note (rare!), how is the cooling on it? Noisy? Tbf I was going off their previous 'efforts' with AMD cards, they may have sorted themselves out.

Space Monkey · 24 Mar 2021 at 11:57

JediFragger said:
Can you leave it til Gibbo posts the code in MM please?

On a more serious note (rare!), how is the cooling on it? Noisy? Tbf I was going off their previous 'efforts' with AMD cards, they may have sorted themselves out.

Only just arrived this morning, won't get to install until later today.

I'm going off reviews but it seems a beast of a cooler and good noise levels, far better than the 5700XT previously. It should rival the cooling of the MSI Suprim X which is probably the best around at the moment?

Space Monkey · 24 Mar 2021 at 11:58

JediFragger said:
Can you leave it til Gibbo posts the code in MM please?

On a more serious note (rare!), how is the cooling on it? Noisy? Tbf I was going off their previous 'efforts' with AMD cards, they may have sorted themselves out.

It also equals or sometimes beats the 6900XT which is amazing!

JediFragger · 24 Mar 2021 at 11:58

Space Monkey said:
Only just arrived this morning, won't get to install until later today.

Ok nice one Lee, let us know how it fares

(they're awesome btw, love the new AMD cards)

LtMatt · 24 Mar 2021 at 12:03

Space Monkey said:
Back on Team Red, first one since my 5700XT all those millenniums ago

@LtMatt

Back where you belong, with all the cool kids of the forum.

Let us know how you get on with it.

JediFragger · 24 Mar 2021 at 12:05

LtMatt said:
Back where you belong

Pfffft the guy has had more cards than me I think, he'll be back on a 3080 soon

Space Monkey · 24 Mar 2021 at 12:20

LtMatt said:
Back where you belong, with all the cool kids of the forum.

Let us know how you get on with it.

Now that I'm cool again, I can haz cheeseburger?