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XFX SPEEDSTER SWFT319 AMD Radeon RX 6800 16GB GDDR6 GPU Gaming Graphics Card

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Best Buy has XFX SPEEDSTER SWFT319 AMD Radeon RX 6800 16GB GDDR6 Gaming Video Graphics Card (RX-68XLAQBDR) on sale for $349.99. Shipping is free.

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Specs (Details):
  • Base Clock Up to: 1850 MHz
  • Boost Clock Up to: 2190 MHz
  • Stream Processors: 3840
  • Memory Bus: 256bit
  • Memory Clock: 16 Gbps
  • Memory Size: 16 GB
  • Memory Type: GDDR6
  • Card Profile: 2.7Slot
  • Thermal Solution: 3 Fan
  • Dimensions: 340x130x52mm
  • Outputs: 3x DisplayPort 1.4, 1x HDMI 2.1
  • Requires 2x 8-Pin PCIe Power Connectors

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  • About this Product:
    • 3-Year Warranty

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Best Buy has XFX SPEEDSTER SWFT319 AMD Radeon RX 6800 16GB GDDR6 Gaming Video Graphics Card (RX-68XLAQBDR) on sale for $349.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter doublehelixx for sharing this deal.

Specs (Details):
  • Base Clock Up to: 1850 MHz
  • Boost Clock Up to: 2190 MHz
  • Stream Processors: 3840
  • Memory Bus: 256bit
  • Memory Clock: 16 Gbps
  • Memory Size: 16 GB
  • Memory Type: GDDR6
  • Card Profile: 2.7Slot
  • Thermal Solution: 3 Fan
  • Dimensions: 340x130x52mm
  • Outputs: 3x DisplayPort 1.4, 1x HDMI 2.1
  • Requires 2x 8-Pin PCIe Power Connectors

Editor's Notes

Written by Corwin | Staff
  • About this Offer:
    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
  • About this Product:
    • 3-Year Warranty

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Model: XFX - Speedster SWFT319 AMD Radeon RX 6800 16GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 Gaming Graphics Card

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Shows how overprice nvidia is. This card beats the rtx 4060ti with more vram, yet that 4060ti card is even more expensive than this.
If you don't need ray tracing then yes. It is more power hungry than the newer cards from both AMD and Nvidia but pure rasterization is good with this card.

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Quote from burgerbob :
Video card prices have been horribly stagnant. This card is 4 years old and was $380 a year ago.

https://slickdeals.net/f/17024440-xfx-speedster-swft-319-radeon-rx-6800-16gb-gddr6-video-graphics-card-380-free-shipping?attrsrc=Thread%3AExpired%3ATrue&src=SiteSearchV2Algo
It's still a decent card?
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Quote from BabyTantrum :
It's still a decent card?
If you don't need ray tracing then yes. It is more power hungry than the newer cards from both AMD and Nvidia but pure rasterization is good with this card.
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Hmm... after looking at a few reviews/benchmarks/etc I'd probably go with the 7700xt deal here

https://slickdeals.net/f/17852802-370-powercolor-hellhound-amd-radeon-rx-7700-xt-12gb-gddr6-graphics-card-2-pcdd-games-at-amazon?src=rcm_category_h

Seems like the 7700XT is equal to or slightly faster than the RX6800 on average, however RT and FSR seem to be better on the 7700xt. It does seem like games moving forward will favor GPUs with better RT/FSR performance.

Here is a video of Space Marine 2, a relatively new game, showing that the 7700XT performs closer to the 6900XT which is very impressive. Of course this is just one very specific game so this is probably a unique situation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxAQFdpm4JU

Here are some numbers from the 7700XT on release showing it was closer to the RX6800
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LEBEqsCwiM

So as time goes on the 7700XT should age a little better for future titles overall.

Tom's Hardware also seems to show that the 7700XT is slightly faster than the RX6800 on average at pretty much all resolutions.
https://www.tomshardware.com/revi...,4388.html
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This graphics card has good rasterization performance @1440p if you're in the market for a mid-tier GPU, but ray tracing not so much.

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It's still a decent card?
The card will play games fine, yeah. But it's crazy that nvidia is about to release a new generation of card and somehow AMD still has inventory of this old stuff that they refuse to drop the price on. No wonder their GPU market share is practically nothing.
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yeah at this point, this card should be ~300$ max. 270 is more of a realistic price.
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Recently bought this card from Best Buy for $369.99 and was able to price match over chat to get my $20 and change back. Repped!
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Meh. This card is def the best bang for it's buck at the moment, but honestly needs to be around $319.
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Quote from burgerbob :
The card will play games fine, yeah. But it's crazy that nvidia is about to release a new generation of card and somehow AMD still has inventory of this old stuff that they refuse to drop the price on. No wonder their GPU market share is practically nothing.
Quote from bonbon525 :
yeah at this point, this card should be ~300$ max. 270 is more of a realistic price.
Quote from Xtrenepro :
Meh. This card is def the best bang for it's buck at the moment, but honestly needs to be around $319.


Shows how overprice nvidia is. This card beats the rtx 4060ti with more vram, yet that 4060ti card is even more expensive than this.
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Quote from Yukikaze :
Hmm... after looking at a few reviews/benchmarks/etc I'd probably go with the 7700xt deal here

https://slickdeals.net/f/17852802-370-powercolor-hellhound-amd-radeon-rx-7700-xt-12gb-gddr6-graphics-card-2-pcdd-games-at-amazon?src=rcm_category_h

Seems like the 7700XT is equal to or slightly faster than the RX6800 on average, however RT and FSR seem to be better on the 7700xt. It does seem like games moving forward will favor GPUs with better RT/FSR performance.

Here is a video of Space Marine 2, a relatively new game, showing that the 7700XT performs closer to the 6900XT which is very impressive. Of course this is just one very specific game so this is probably a unique situation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxAQFdpm4JU

Here are some numbers from the 7700XT on release showing it was closer to the RX6800
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LEBEqsCwiM

So as time goes on the 7700XT should age a little better for future titles overall.

Tom's Hardware also seems to show that the 7700XT is slightly faster than the RX6800 on average at pretty much all resolutions.
https://www.tomshardware.com/revi...,4388.html
Doesn't less VRAM on the 7700xt make it less desirable/good?
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Quote from bonbon525 :
yeah at this point, this card should be ~300$ max. 270 is more of a realistic price.
I picked this up 3 weeks ago at Microcenter for $281 as open box/clearance (after $25 off coupon), so it's really hard for it to even drop to $300 as that is 6700 XT / 6750 XT range.

6800 is amazing, as I can run any new AAA game at 4K60 Ultra with my 5600X.
Last edited by wilmer007 November 6, 2024 at 04:02 PM.
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Quote from BabyTantrum :
Doesn't less VRAM on the 7700xt make it less desirable/good?
TLDR no I don't think 12GB VRAM is a problem today and for the next few years as long as you understand how to lower VRAM usage in the graphics settings.

This is a really tough question to answer tbh. IMO no, you can always turn textures down a little bit to alleviate any VRAM problems but you can't get more fps if the GPU can't deliver the framerate necessary. 12GB of VRAM should be good for a bit, by the time 12GB of VRAM is a major issue you'll most likely already be looking for a new GPU upgrade since the framerates will be too low already.

In the case of say the Space Marine 2 video for example, the 6800 can only deliver 63 fps with 53 lows at 1440p Ultra while the 7700xt is delivering 75 fps with 67 lows at 1440p Ultra.
As newer future titles come out, that should mean that the 7700xt will be able to maintain a smoother 60fps+ experience for a longer period of time where as the 6800 is already dipping below the 60fps bar today. Of course this all depends on exactly what kind of games you play, what framerate you consider "acceptable", your personal GPU upgrade cycle, etc...

Another reason I don't think 12GB of VRAM will be a problem is because Nvidia controls the majority of the market share right now. Nvidia makes a lot of GPUs with only 12GB of VRAM and even less than 12GB, so most game devs will target 12GB of VRAM.
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