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
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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

Expert reviews and ratings

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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