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AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Triple Fan 16GB GDDR6 - $599.99
$599.99
This is $210 under the listed price, low stock card. LPU only, ymmv depending on micro center location. My local micro center in NJ, had 7 at time of posting.
CHIPSET
Form Factor
Full Height
GPU Manufacturer
AMD
Number of GPUs
1
GPU Chipset
Radeon RX 6950 XT
Boost Core Clock Speed
2310MHz
Stream Processors
5120
PCIe Bandwidth
PCIe 4.0 x16
Max Monitors Supported
4
MEMORY
Video Memory
16 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
Memory Bus
256-bit
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
Led Color
None
Color
Black
VR Ready
Yes
OpenGL Support
OpenGL 4.6
DirectX Support
DirectX 12
PCB Color
Black
HDCP Support
HDCP 2.3
3D Ready
Yes
Cooling
Fan
PORTS & CONNECTORS
HDMI
1 x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
2 x DisplayPort 1.4a
Other Connectors
USB Type-C
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Slot Width
Triple Slot
Interface
PCIe 4.0
THERMAL & POWER
Power Connector
2 x 8-pin
Recommended Power Supply
850 Watts
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Video Card Length
10.51 in. (266.95 mm)
Width
2.5 Slot; 1.97 in. (50.00 mm)
Height
4.72 in. (120.00 mm)
WARRANTY
Parts
2 Years Limited
Labor
2 Years Limited
https://www.microcenter
CHIPSET
Form Factor
Full Height
GPU Manufacturer
AMD
Number of GPUs
1
GPU Chipset
Radeon RX 6950 XT
Boost Core Clock Speed
2310MHz
Stream Processors
5120
PCIe Bandwidth
PCIe 4.0 x16
Max Monitors Supported
4
MEMORY
Video Memory
16 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
Memory Bus
256-bit
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
Led Color
None
Color
Black
VR Ready
Yes
OpenGL Support
OpenGL 4.6
DirectX Support
DirectX 12
PCB Color
Black
HDCP Support
HDCP 2.3
3D Ready
Yes
Cooling
Fan
PORTS & CONNECTORS
HDMI
1 x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
2 x DisplayPort 1.4a
Other Connectors
USB Type-C
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Slot Width
Triple Slot
Interface
PCIe 4.0
THERMAL & POWER
Power Connector
2 x 8-pin
Recommended Power Supply
850 Watts
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Video Card Length
10.51 in. (266.95 mm)
Width
2.5 Slot; 1.97 in. (50.00 mm)
Height
4.72 in. (120.00 mm)
WARRANTY
Parts
2 Years Limited
Labor
2 Years Limited
https://www.microcenter
Created 12-02-2023
at 07:35 PM
by lord_Vader
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The 6950xt performs better by like a 5% margin, very small difference. The 7800 xt can be had for ~ $500 which was actually the launch price.
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Side note: 6950XT was a small improvement over the 6900XT which in and of itself was not a big performance jump over the 6800XT. The 6800XT was THE card to get last gen and if I didn't have a 3080 right now I'd scoop one of the many sub $400 6800XT cards I've been seeing for sale as the performance differences are still pretty slim between the 6800XT and 7800XT in the games I personally play (Forza, games with RT off, etc.)... approximately 3% difference on average https://www.techpowerup
Not to throw another variable in there, but the 6800XT is $399 and only about a 4 FPS drop off for, the 7800XT.
Depending on how much you value the FPS, it might be worth it to you, to go with the 6950XT.
One other note though, AMD added Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling to the 7800 and above drivers. This could eliminate that gap in performance for a lot of scenarios as it improves FSR and AI Frame Generation. That feature was only recently added to the AMD drivers in the past week. So all the current benchmarks are likely behind the curve.
Oh and one last point, the 7800XT pulls ahead of all 6000 series cards when you turn Ray Tracing on, so the new driver feature is only going to make that worse. It should also be noted that the RT features aren't nearly as far behind NVidia as previous generations.
So, all things considered, I would grab the 7800XT for $519 at Best Buy. That should also make those who aren't near a Microcenter happy that they're not missing out.
a 6950xt would be higher. Driver updates won't make them much quicker.
The power usage is higher but try undervolting, and you can always limit the max MHz speed
Not to throw another variable in there, but the 6800XT is $399 and only about a 4 FPS drop off for, the 7800XT.
Depending on how much you value the FPS, it might be worth it to you, to go with the 6950XT.
One other note though, AMD added Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling to the 7800 and above drivers. This could eliminate that gap in performance for a lot of scenarios as it improves FSR and AI Frame Generation. That feature was only recently added to the AMD drivers in the past week. So all the current benchmarks are likely behind the curve.
Oh and one last point, the 7800XT pulls ahead of all 6000 series cards when you turn Ray Tracing on, so the new driver feature is only going to make that worse. It should also be noted that the RT features aren't nearly as far behind NVidia as previous generations.
So, all things considered, I would grab the 7800XT for $519 at Best Buy. That should also make those who aren't near a Microcenter happy that they're not missing out.
It just offloads the cpu on very basic scheduling tasks which aren't demanding anyway
It just offloads the cpu on very basic scheduling tasks which aren't demanding anyway
Oh and you're wrong. More efficient handling of system resources does directly affect game performance. Lower latency and high FPS.
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