AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT Review
Temperatures and Power Draw
Published: 15th December 2020 | Source: AMD | Price: |
Temperatures and Power Draw
Modern graphics cards no longer rely upon the user to overclock them, as the drivers now make the most of any spare power or thermal headroom available to boost the clocks to give the smoothest performance. Thus the temperature graph is a little less important than it used to be unless the manufacturer has created a godly cooler, whilst Power Draw is fun on your energy bill, but most of us just care about performance rather than a handful of Watts here and there. With slight variance in ambient temperatures we're also including the delta temperature too, so you know exactly how well the card performs relative to the air temperature.
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Great review Tom !
Other people have said in their review that they think something is wrong on the driver and/or firmware side, A card with a fair chunk more under the hood should perform better, Not match a lower tier card or just slightly edge it out in certain titles, Unless RDNA2 really doesn't scale well like AMD said in the past and there are diminishing returns beyond a certain CU count.Quote
Other people have said in their review that they think something is wrong on the driver and/or firmware side, A card with a fair chunk more under the hood should perform better, Not match a lower tier card or just slightly edge it out in certain titles, Unless RDNA2 really doesn't scale well like AMD said in the past and there are diminishing returns beyond a certain CU count.Quote
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Originally Posted by Dicehunter
Great review Tom !
Other people have said in their review that they think something is wrong on the driver and/or firmware side, A card with a fair chunk more under the hood should perform better, Not match a lower tier card or just slightly edge it out in certain titles, Unless RDNA2 really doesn't scale well like AMD said in the past and there are diminishing returns beyond a certain CU count. |
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Originally Posted by AngryGoldfish
There's diminishing returns for overclocks as well. Hitting 2.8Ghz is nice, but it only introduces a little extra performance.
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Overclocking works well providing you keep the thing cool, failing that it is a case of diminishing returns because of throttling.Quote
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Originally Posted by Kaapstad
When the Asus Strix 6900 XT LC turns up it will be a beast because of the AIO unit it comes with.
Overclocking works well providing you keep the thing cool, failing that it is a case of diminishing returns because of throttling. |
Lets just hope the pump on it doent make a horrible whining noise like all the EVGA AIO cards..Quote
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They look like pro cards, no bells, whistles or blinky LEDs. Its been a while since I really liked an AMD reference card design.Quote