PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

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06-25-2022 at 05:24 AM #3

It's $10 less than the reference card was, which is good, but it would really be a deal closer to $400. It's a great card, good alternative to a $500 3060 ti if that's your only other option, but if you can get a $400 3060 ti it's not worth springing for this. Performance wise it's between a 3060 ti and 3070, but closer to a 3060 ti.

Was that confusing?

In other words: HODL.

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06-25-2022 at 06:13 AM #4

Price is $469.99 and needs to be added to the title / description.

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06-25-2022 at 01:54 PM #5

I've read Powercolor has terrible RMA on dead gpus.

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06-25-2022 at 05:33 PM #7

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As long as I have been using GPUs going all the way back to VooDoo FX; Power Color wasn't the brand when it came to reliability that was Sapphire. Also no one mentions the bit rate interface on these threads when they post the cards so I will post it. This card has a bit rate interface of 192 bit. Which cripples what is supposed to be a future proof card. I suggest looking for a card with a higher bit rate interface for future proofing.

I believe all 6700 XT's are 192-bit...but I can see how that might be important to some, so I added it

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06-25-2022 at 06:10 PM #8

192 bit or 256 bit, that's just the bus width, the bandwidth is what matters and that depends on the speed of the memory as well. There is absolutely nothing about having a 192 bit bus that makes this card "crippled" as a "future proof" card. There is also no such thing as "future proof". The 6700xt is a solid 1440P that's somewhere between a 3060Ti and a 3070 (closer to the former). It will probably serve you well for 3-4 years at 1440 P (especially with FSR2.0).

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06-25-2022 at 08:04 PM #9

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As long as I have been using GPUs going all the way back to VooDoo FX; Power Color wasn't the brand when it came to reliability that was Sapphire. Also no one mentions the bit rate interface on these threads when they post the cards so I will post it. This card has a bit rate interface of 192 bit. Which cripples what is supposed to be a future proof card. I suggest looking for a card with a higher bit rate interface for future proofing.

What card, pray tell, do you recommend for "future proofing"?

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06-25-2022 at 10:35 PM

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What card, pray tell, do you recommend for "future proofing"?

Well back when AMDs cards aged like fine wine. An R9 290 can run Halo Infinite around 40-50fps to this day using modded drivers such as Nimez Drivers. That card is 8+ years old and GCN architecture is 10+ years old. AMD is no longer the same company it used to be since the 2nd mining rush. They reduced quality and charged insane premiums for less. In the past AMD used to utilize HMB2 memory (which was expensive for the past two years but now costs have come down) in their cards. HMB2 is far superior than GDDR6. The bit rate interfaces were also larger, examples: Vega 56, Vega 64, and Radeon VII. Those cards can run most games in 4k today at 60+ FPS. HMB2 memory especially the Samsung version was able to transfer a jumbo amount of data in a single transaction. Now that costs have come down and are continuing to come down I hoping the new cards by AMD will utilize HMB3 and have a high bit rate interface so a card can last at least 8 years.

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06-25-2022 at 10:39 PM #11

giving 300 max for this my rx580 can still run all games and it is 5 yrs old. mines at 30 hash rate this card mines at 37-38 hash rate. drop prices by 30% bare min

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06-26-2022 at 05:43 AM #12

I'm just glad to see prices come back down so more gamers could stay in PC gaming cause gpu scalping/mining/shortages were starting to create demand destruction.

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06-26-2022 at 09:02 AM #13

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192 bit or 256 bit, that's just the bus width, the bandwidth is what matters and that depends on the speed of the memory as well. There is absolutely nothing about having a 192 bit bus that makes this card "crippled" as a "future proof" card. There is also no such thing as "future proof". The 6700xt is a solid 1440P that's somewhere between a 3060Ti and a 3070 (closer to the former). It will probably serve you well for 3-4 years at 1440 P (especially with FSR2.0).

Yes. 6700 xt is a great card for 1440p gaming. I have a reference card and it's beautiful on a 32 inch uw display

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06-26-2022 at 09:57 AM #14

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This card has a bit rate interface of 192 bit. Which cripples what is supposed to be a future proof card. I suggest looking for a card with a higher bit rate interface for future proofing.

Disingenuous. The use of "Infinity Cache" (L3 cache) negates the lower bus width, and the 12 GB of VRAM helps future proof the card.

Edit: Here's something fun, a "fair price" index using the RTX 3070 (4K) as a reference point:

https://videocardz.com/newz/this-...ance-alone

It puts the 6700 XT at $441 currently.

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06-26-2022 at 01:28 PM #15

If you have the patience, why bother buying one of these when next gen cards are right around the corner?... I'm holding out till next gen cards release so these current gen cards flood the market at discounted prices after they come out. 6800 XT, here I come 😅

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Product Name:	PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 12GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache
Manufacturer:	PowerColor
Model Number:	AXRX 6700XT 12GBD6-3DHE/OC
Product SKU:	B08Y934HZQ

ASIN:	B08Y934HZQ
Brand:	PowerColor
Item Dimensions LxWxH:	12.5984 x 5.1181 x 1.9685 Inches
Item Weight:	4.37 Pounds
Item model number:	AXRX 6700XT 12GBD6-3DHE/OC
Manufacturer:	PowerColor

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