Radeon RX 6900 XT
The fantastic Radeon RX 6900 XT goes toe-to-toe with Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3090 for $500 less, but doesn’t carve out a strong position for itself. Most pure gamers should opt for the Radeon RX 6800 XT instead, while content creators and performance enthusiasts might find the 3090 more compelling.
-- As reviewed by PCWorld
Product details
- Powered by RDNA2 Radeon RX 6900 XT
- Integrated with 16GB GDDR6 256-bit memory interface
- MAX-Covered cooling
- LCD Edge View
- RGB Fusion 2.0
- Dual BIOS
- 2 x DisplayPort 1.4a, 2 x HDMI 2.1
PROS
+ Excellent 4K and 1440p gaming
+ Quiet, luxurious cooler
+ Gets faster when paired with Ryzen 5000
+ Built for overclocking
+ Much more power efficient than Nvidia GPUs
+ 16GB memory capacity, radical Infinity Cache
+ Swanky cloth mousepad in box
+ Beats the RTX 3090 in several gaming scenarios
CONS
- Ray tracing limited to 1440p due to lack of DLSS equivalent
- Higher temperatures than other expensive GPUs
- Radeon RX 6800 XT is almost as fast for a lot less
- GeForce RTX 3090 is better for prosumers and price-is-no-object gamers
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By PCWorld on December 08, 2020
The fantastic Radeon RX 6900 XT goes toe-to-toe with Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3090 for $500 less, but doesn’t carve out a strong position for itself. Most pure gamers should opt for the Radeon RX 6800 XT instead, while content creators and performance enthusiasts might find the 3090 more compelling.
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