Note: We talked to 1usmus after the video and it seems like the Radeon Monster Profile didn't work as well with our Intel processor. The Radeon Monster Profile tweaks Re-Bar which can significantly improve performance, but at times this seems to conflict with the Intel microcode leading to worse performance. If you have an all AMD build it should be even better. -AC

What amazes me are the fact that AMD doing a two front fights (gpu & cpu) with each front having much larger opponent (nvidia & intel) yet still manages to compete and stay relevant to this point.

Really looking forward to the mid range cards of the next generation, in my opinion the mid range cards actually dictate who won between AMD and Nvidia

AMD deserves a thanks for not asking for crazy high prices.

Maybe it's just me, but I think Alex saying he swapped his GPUs and forgot he had done it and saved $200 - this was by far the most valuable line in the video to me, as a prospective buyer. Far more than any chart or graph you could show me, anecdotal as it is

One of the interesting things is that as a Linux user, the situation with drivers are almost flipped. Nvidia has really wonky proprietary drivers that replace a large part of the Linux graphics stack, but AMD (and Intel) have open source drivers that use Linux's Mesa graphics stack, so they work out of the box with no additional drivers needed and have very good compatibility and API support.

My last 3 GPUs were all AMD, I played hundreds of different games on them. I never had any issues with AMD drivers.

There's some 6700XT going for as low as 300$ where I live. While 3060ti is still something like 400 to 450

One thing you cannot underestimate is how AMD supports open technology. Ignoring the fact their Linux drivers are open-source, they were one of the biggest creators of DisplayPort in the VESA group. They also created Freesync (using the DisplayPort technology they pushed) and they also provided basis for Vulkan to Kronos Group from their own, proprietary API (that no one used).

Wow that 6700 XT actually looks like a video card that goes into a normal computer and not something you have to build the rest of your computer around

It's amazing how good amd has got these years,I am now going to buy a high end laptop with an Amd cpu and honestly at the price I found it It is a lot more convenient than the high end alternative by intel,It will be a beast of a cpu

My 5700XT is still going strong two years down the line! I bought it at the height of the driver issues debacle, yet I haven't experienced anything related to drivers, or at least I haven't noticed the issues. While this hasn't done much for performance, I put it under water, which means the memory chips and VRM aren't affected by the 0 RPM mode issues others have experienced as well. I'm at the point of upgrading it though, my 1440p panel asks for more FPS, and those new RDNA3 cards are looking mighty interesting...

AMD is in a REALLY good spot now. Best decision I ever made was to wait for the big three (AMD, Nvidia and Intel) to release their flagships. I'm definitely getting an AMD.

I just went from a 2070 super to a 6800xt about 2 weeks ago and the upgrade was fantastic for me! Great increase in fps and everything has been quite stable with a manual UV and OC. I have a ryzen 5600x as well and ive been very happy with the move to team red so far.

Went from 1080ti to a 6950 xt and the only reason for was the pricing. I "saved" like 300-400 $ and got a really great card. I was unsure if i should rly change the side, but i have 0 regrets about. Never run into hard issues or games i couldn't play. Tbh i still paid too much but it has a much better value than a 3090 3090ti would have had. Beside that i can hold this card below 75 degree doesent matter what game im playing in 4k. Watt usage is same like the 1080ti was, but the RX has double the performance :) Im pretty happy with it!

Feedback for the editors - do you think when you have on-screen text like at 2:45, you could keep it there for a bit longer? Right now it's like a reaction time test to press the space bar or pause button, and inevitably failing and having to skip backwards to read it.

6750XT in my build currently. It's killing it on every game I play. I'm regularly getting 100+ FPS at 1440P high/ultra settings

It wasn't until I saw the video that I noticed that the Resize Bar technology performed much worse on Intel processors. The profile on 305W should show performance around 21900 points for TS, on the bench with Intel we get a result of 21200. Yes, this is the result, but you can do better. There are quite a few calibrations of innovations ahead. A little patience. Many thanks to the Linus Tech Tips team for this great video :)

There was a time when Linus wanted to give up, It's very cool to see him still in it, doing whatever he likes and not worrying too much about things he shouldn't, he hired and delegated perfectly, Keep it doing what makes yo happy!

I'm still running an rx580 8gb. So glad I've waited for new gpu releases. Please do an upgrade series 🙏

I am using rx 6600 right now. Nice little card, which consumes about 50-70 watts in most games (with a bit of undervolt). Completely fine for 1080p 60 fps gaming

I’ve always been a Nvidia customer but I may switch to Radeon graphics cards. They have low power draw and very competitive prices. For me, I care more about price to performance and it seems like AMD really delivers in that aspect.

Long time fan, I Love your content! I'd really like to see you guys do some throwback "build a trash gaming system" contests agian. Those were the best! It reminds me of grabbing towers from the dump in the 90s and cobbling together a doom machine lol. Keep up the great work!

excited for AMD's Radeon 7000 series to finally catch up in some of the features for encoding, now to see if they can get the rest of the productivity side caught up

AMD's improvements on drivers are clearly noticeable on older cards too, I've got a 5700 and in some games I've managed to go from medium settings to everything maxed out with the GPU not being maxed out.

It’s nice to see everyone’s tune starting to change. I got into PC gaming this summer with a 6700 XT and I’ve had a great experience. I’ve been so confused by the anti-AMD sentiment I’ve seen, but from videos like this it sounds like it was previously warranted. Whatever the case, competition is great for everyone and I’m glad there are multiple viable options these days.

AMD cards are REALLY good these days. And I am saying this although I experienced the dreaded "black screen" issue... After many hours of troubleshooting I finally came to the conclusions that it wasn't actually AMDs fault, but rather my motherboard's CPU overclocking utility (ASRock). Once I uninstalled it and used Ryzen Master and Radeon Software I haven't had a single issue. I have a 6600XT and I am super happy. I run Cyberpunk with a mix of High and Medium and the FSR 2 set to Quality. The game hovers around 80-115fps at 1440p. That's incredible! Image quality is great meanwhile almost running the game like a competitive shooter in terms of performance.

Good video! I saw myself in this video and Alex's story, except my experience was more similar to what you had at LTT with driver issues, but they really have improved as a company. Now they just need to fix their overheating (screw ZERO RPM) and their Ray Tracing floundering (I don't know enough to tell you what the main issue is there...probably still drivers).

My take on this: Never be an early adopter for products. It’s almost always in your best interest to wait 1-2 years post release for stability, performance, and prices to improve. Got a 6900 XT for 700$ and have had 0 regrets or issues.

Ive been dailying a 6800XT for almost a year now, I cant remember a time where I had an issue with it that was out of the ordinary. I had one issue with textures on War Thunder but I honestly don't think my Gpu or Drivers had anything to do with that problem. Very cool to see people making overclocking software like this, Not gonna say no to free performance without having to test it out myself bit by bit!

About a month ago I upgraded to an rx 6900xt for $600 new. I have spent a good bit of time tweaking it and playing with overclocks and have been extremely happy. I upgraded because my rtx 3070 had been giving me constant issues since I picked it up in June and wanted to try team red. I have to say I have been extremely impressed and my fear of picking them for gpu has disappeared.

The first gpu I bought was a 7900 GTO, it was a great, then I got an 8800 GTS G92, it was great...but both cards had issues for me with the Nvidia software and the build quality of both also became an issue later on where I had ot ran the fan manually faster to be able to game (obviously I could have replaced the paste and pads but still. Then I got the HD6950 from Sapphire and it was amazing, fantastic performance, Battlefield 3 all day every day, great card, 2 freaking gb of Vram, PLENTY of time to come as well as modding games like Dead Island with upping resolution because...again, Vram for days. But then it wasnt supported anymore, yes i used it THAT long, and I was getting visual artifacts in The Division, so I upgraded to an RX480 8gb edition and I used it to this day. Point is, AMD has always worked gangbusters for me, great products, no software issues for me and my sister is still using that HD6950 today. So yeah, for me AMD is fantastic and while im sure Nvidia is great....its just a crap company to me, I much rather support AMD and really, so should you, 80% of hte market in the hands of 1 of 2 companies.....yeah that is not competition and you are just pushing Nvidia to become more like Apple which is much worse for you, the consumer.

Can confirm. I picked up an MSI 6800XT Trio Gaming Z a few months ago for the princely sum of $800AUD (about $515 USD, and that includes our version of sales tax) and it's been fantastic. Zero crashes or driver weirdness and smooth performance in every game I've tried. I've been very impressed, especially with the options available in the driver software.

My first computer I built in 2012 was an fx-6300 and an hd 7850. All AMD back then, and since then every build has had at least an Intel CPU or an Nvidia GPU. Now, exactly one decade later, it will come full circle. I currently have a 5900x and 1080 ti. Assuming these cards are as good as they seem, I'm gonna be running full AMD once again with a 7900 xtx. What an exciting time to be a PC enthusiast!

I'm still using a Vega 56 and it has aged incredibly well. Keeps my gaming room warm in the winter as an added bonus 🤣🤣

Picked up an RX6600 this past summer because it was less than $200USD. First ATI card I have owned in at least 15 years. Paired with a Ryzen 5600, it's been great. Games work fine. VR works fine. Low power use. Low thermals. No driver issues. I do miss NVenc but I still have an older i7 PC with an Nvidia card and I don't do a lot of rendering anyway. Very happy with the price I paid and how much cash I didn't need to spend on the card. That savings went towards a gaming monitor.

With all the power usage saving they do, I wonder what performance they could provide if they didn't take into account power saving in their cards.

I made the switch back to AMD after a decade and... I've had basically no issues. Alex is dead on. I just enjoy my games without any thought in the matter. Edit: WOW I was not expecting this many likes! Good to see others have had a similar experience! :D

Can't recall if you've covered it previously, but NVIDIA first made their own tool for this 4 years ago, though it's not quite as specific with voltage tweaks by default. Most AIB overclocking software has it, and GeForce Experience has it. Runs its own testing to determine an overclock, and then with most OC software you can just flatline the frequency after it hits a power target you're comfortable with. You can then manually tweak voltages further, as well as adjust the memory clock to squeeze out a little more performance. This lets you get the same performance out of 30 and 40 series cards as stock, but typically with 30-40% less power consumption.

The driver improvements are really encouraging. Ray tracing isn’t what marketing makes it out to be. It’s not as prevalent. Most excellent games simply don’t have it. Making a purchase that’s “good enough” is wiser than chasing the best. Particularly when there’s a material financial impact on your life!

Excited to go full AMD this year. Back in 2015 I could have never imagined this.

Having offset voltage option for GPU! is such a life saver for undervolting.

AMD also has RSR, which is the driver level version of FSR. RSR will work on any game regardless of if it has been coded to work with FSR or DLSS.

Last I heard of 1usmus was his email with Igor of Igorslab, where 1usmus described being stuck in a warzone in his home country of Ukraine. Glad to hear he's okay and still able to do what he loves pumping out these tuning tools.

I've been using 1usmus clock tuner since I heard of it - it keeps my 3600 going quite nicely - and I might just be convinced to spring for a 6700XT, especially seeing that there's a similar utility for RDNA 2 cards too. Might hold off for the 7000 series midrange cards to be announced as they might come damn close to bridging that feature gap on top of better price/performance

best thing that ill state having used amd graphics for years, is if you are having driver issues, use LTS (long term support) versions. they are not very difficult to find and they can drastically reduce crashing and other problems if you are having them. Bleeding edge is bleeding for a reason. sometimes staying right up on the cuff can cause you to get hurt so taking a step back is never a bad thing if needed.

I've found that AMD is a better bang for your buck, but with their GPUs, I have experienced weird driver issues. I dunno what it is, but I swap in an Nvidia GPU and everything works flawlessly. Mind you, I would buy another AMD GPU just because the price point is better.

The market is so insanely exciting at the moment. I cant wait for what happens next in this legendary battle.

In 1usmus's claims that the 6800XT beat a 3090Ti, he used a 5950X which may have helped when it comes to Smart Access Memory.

Well went team red today and I'm impressed with the color. RX6700xt took the place of a RTX3050, and the colors are deep. F1 2022, that was impressive, I almost beat my laptime within three laps instead of 10-15. The visuals were sweet, crisp and very clear, colors were defined. For such a noob as I and even I could tell the difference between the 3050 and the 6700. The VR experience was well worth the effort for a card swap. Cosmos just dialed right in, and just worked, and way better than the team green I got. Actually feel I did a well deserved engine swap, and replaced some bushings. Feels like the car sticks better to the road in F1, could just be the colors. For some t'was bells, for me it's the colors (of course it is!). With a 3080ti way above budget, at least I can do e-sports with team red and still eat real food. When I start winning, I can go green. Every race starts at a red light, guess that's where I am at, the red light (traffic light!!! Not "District!").

@10:37 started sounding like one of the default ringtones on Android. Got PTSD of work phone sounds on a sunday

I can really tell how excited Alex is about this video. He cares so much about this, I love it.

Last year I sold my 3070 for 900 bucks and bought a 6700XT for 600 and while the 3070 was a little bit better I’m Very happy with the 6700XT and I would definitely consider AMD for a future upgrade.

There is a very specific but small reason I still use an nvidia gpu: I do VR gaming with a Quest 2. Which means I heavily profit from nvenc in terms of performance and visual quality when I hook up my Quest to the PC. I would love to see some tests done in that area with the new and also 6xxx generation AMD cards.

I started out with an NVidia 8600 GT in my prebuilt back in... 2008 or so. Did it's job for a good while, was happy with it. I switched to an AMD Radeon HD 5870 some years later. I had some initial problems, but that was faulty hardware and after two RMAs (first had the same problem, guess it was the same card again) I kept it running for a long time. In 2015 or 2016 I built a new pc and decided to go with an R9 280X at that time. It eventually had a fan problem - one of the fans would occasionally spin at 100% for no reason. Some years later, I believe it was early 2019 (maybe 2018), I bought a used 1060 6GB. I was a bit worried about buying used, but it worked fine. The system eventually ran into some trouble in VR (which I got March 2021), with lag spikes occuring frequently after spending about an hour in it. There were some audio issues as well. My two 500GB hard drives had migrated from the 8600 GT system right up to here with a 3TB one added later. Old Windows installs were kept on some drives, when I got a SATA SSD I cloned one drive to that instead of reinstalling, when I got an M.2 I cloned again. I think my Windows 10 on the second PC had its roots in an upgraded Windows 7 from the first PC. When I built my current PC in August 2021, an all AMD system with a 6600XT (bought a day or two after the release date), I decided to finally do a clean OS install instead of frankensteining the old install any further. Most problems I had before were gone (e.g. VR audio works fine now). I still have some old energy saving mode issues (the PC wakes up on its own, I wonder if the problem are some of my USB devices), but the big new problem was AMD driver corruptions that happened when the system activated power saving features (turning off the screen or going to sleep entirely). This started happening around new year and has since ended, but in the meantime I had to reinstall drivers about three times. I guess I've had slightly more problems with AMD than NVidia, but the only real GPU driver issues were for a few months this year and could be avoided by turning off all power saving settings running on a timer (which might have been a CPU issue more than GPU for all I know). In games the AMD drivers have worked just fine for me.

I've done a price/performance graph over time for current cards (available and new) in my area, and AMD has basically always had the top spots in the past year for that kind of value. 1usmus Hydra looks really cool, I'll definitely check that out when it comes out.

Been using the tool for a while now and it is AMAZING - getting the same performance but with much lower temps and power on my Zen 3 5950. Can't wait for the 7900xtx!

This channel has made realise that I am really into computer hardware. The innovations in the industry are rapid. Is there a subset of videos that focus on other use cases such as GPU performance for AI. E.g. GANs, LSTMs etc?

I wished Hydra could be used for RDNA 1 GPUs cause the chances of me upgrading with no money is zero and I'm trying everything I can to pull everything out of my 5700XT as I can. I've used Hydra for my 5600X, but I don't really need CPU tweaking if my GPU is chopped liver.

Integer scaling is still broken for me (the image sits at the top not centred) and a lot of the driver options don't work with older games anymore, for example v-sync only works with OpenGL. I hope AMD can improve on this 🙂

I had a AMD Athlon and ATI card back in the day and when it came time to upgrade I went intel and Nvidia route for a couple of generations. This is the first time since my old PC that I'm all in on AMD. Just built a 7600x system and can't wait for the 7700xt-7800xt to be released. Loving the experience so far. So far I'm having less stability teething issues that sometimes come with new builds than I did with my intel/nvidia systems. Those previous systems served me well for many years, but I was so skeptical of AMD for so long because of driver issues with their old video cards that I overlooked them for a long time. Very excited for the future of pc gaming right now because of the incredible time we are in right now with hardware

It took one year of updates before car numberplates and logos were rendered correctly in Forza Horizon 5 with my AMD card, otherwise the game has been running fine in a mix of high-ultra settings.

Swapping from GTX950 & fx6300 to Rx6700XT & ryzen 5600x Just built it as 1st timer and it booted! Tommorow 2 days from now Will instalall the system etc Can't wait

For me the open source drivers make the biggest difference, using my gtx 1660 in arch was a pain. It took so long for me to configure dual monitors, so AMDs resurgence would be a life saver.

Currently still using my 980ti but before then I used to rock dual radeon hd 6950s. Never really had any issues with those cards. Matter of fact, I loved those cards because they had dual bios and you could flash them turning them into 6970s! It was basically free performance for less money. Anyways, I plan on upgrading my 980ti with a a 7900XTX next year. So going back to team red.

I wish similar tools existed for Intel CPU/Nvidia GPU. The 1usmus tools including the Ryzen CPU and RAM calculators are just so cool.

I always thought of it like this, If I am stuck between 2 GPU's to pick I consider the OC ability of the slightly more expensive GPU. A 5% increase in performance for the stronger card is larger than a 5% increase in the weaker card. Then from there I consider if the OC performance to price is worth it.

I'm looking forward to future driver updates, as recently they've drastically improved performance

Navi21 (6800, 6800XT, 6900XT) is an extremely well designed chip, incredible performance/watt and scalability

I bought a 6900xt red devil ultimate about a year ago and couldn’t be happier, using the included OC bios with a little tuning in adrenaline

Cougar is still making their power supply cable sheathing like that? That's pretty cool, actually. I remember almost buying a PSU and Case Combo from them some 15~ years ago for that specifically.

I think I’m going to wait on these. I just ordered all new components for a new build and am waiting to see if some gpu prices come down a bit more. I think I’m going to go with a 6800 xt as I’m going to stick with 1440p. I have everything but the gpu. Thanks for your hard work Linus, your videos have helped me a lot!

I built my first PC with a RX 6600 and i5-12400F in the beginning of last month for 1080p gaming and it runs every game I throw at it really well. A great thing about it is the low power consumption which considery the energy costs in EU is a big plus for me. I have not had any driver issues and the AMD software is quite nice, it even has presets for undervolting and overclocking.

Will you guys make a video of what you can do with a 6800 on this software? I'm super intrigued

The more you try to push towards the limit of DVFS curve(dynamic voltage frequency scaling) the more chances for the silicon to age and get slower faster. While loss of performance is a factor at higher voltages, reliability impact at low power state gets far higher degradation increasing power consumption while still delivering lower performance. I would assume good skew/bin parts may stil be able to cope better but slow bin parts will be worse affected (where the user might be more tempted to use this).

Been running my rx480 since early 2017. I can remember some early stutters with the drivers. However, i have not had any problems with them for years. Only issues were with a far from optimal eyefinity setup. I guess its good that it tried in the first place which cannot be said about nvidia.

This is why I bought an RX 6600. Even at the $280 i bought it at during the tail end of the GPU shortage, the price to performance is insane, not to mention the power draw. I get about 90 fps average on pretty much max settings at 1080p in Shadow of the Tomb Raider. All while drawing under 60W and staying under 70C. In most games I actually notice my CPU (R5 5600X) drawing 20-50% more power than my gpu! Once I get enough fans for my case I'm definitely going to try and overclock the snot out of it just to see how far I can make it go.

Linus reading Alex's lines at 1:57 is hilarious

you got me with that horse hopping, first ad from you that i watched in 2 years :)..

Last month I got a 6800XT for 150€ less than any half decent RTX 3080 and I couldn't be happier. The card is absolutely slaying in 4K, has been super stable and there are so many nice features in Radeon software (big or small)

I always go with AMD. They may not be the “best” but they always have the best value for performance

Actually that foliage dithering (02:30) may be seen in most games on AMD and Nvidia. Actually i made same switch (3080 to 6800 XT) and i really happy i did.

I still love how Linus is using that 8-bitdo controller for the teleprompter.

I have an RX 6700 XT, I am incredibly happy with it, I dual boot Arch Linux with Windows 11, this is an incredible experience

Two years ago, the very last GPUs that were still around at non-scalper prices in late November 2020 were the Radeon RX 5000 series. I was building my first system, and really wanted to get my hands on a 3060 TI when it came out, but was worried because Nvidia had been waiting so long to announce it, it would almost certainly sell out immediately, and also with the intense budget I was under, I'll admit even a $400 card was really stretching my wallet. Ideally I had wanted a 2060, but at that point the whole RTX 2000 series was already being scalped as well. On the other hand, Newegg was still literally having SALES on the RX 5600XT and 5700XT, but I'll admit I was still pretty darn nervous about getting an AMD card. As someone who was very new to the building community, all I had heard my whole life was "AMD bad". Still, eventually the lack of even news on the 3060 TI mixed with my anxiety over wore me down, and upon doing some research online that although the 5600XT had some major driver issues at launch, they were mostly ironed out, I jumped and bought a factory OC'd 3-fan 5600XT on sale for just $300. Two years later, and I've honestly had no reasons to complain. I absolutely believe the stories I've heard from other people about their issues with older Radeon cards, and even the RX 5000 series, but I seem to have hopped on at just the right time for most of those issues to be gone, and instead I just lucked out on getting a great card right before all graphics cards were completely gone from the market. I may have bought into Radeon somewhat out of desperation, but I've been pleased as a peach with my card in the two years since then.

Hi graphs at 12:17 have the prices mislabeled!

I remember being in my dorm room back in 2011 playing WoW, Mass Effect, & BioShock with my All-AMD system. Had an FX-8350, Radeon HD 7970, Sabertooth 990FX motherboard, in a Corsair Vengeance C70 case. Those were the days!! Can’t wait to pull the trigger on a 7900 XTX to replace my 2080 Super! Really feels like the right time to go back in. Last time I had a Radeon card was with my 6700K and a RX 480!

I have to say I just bought an Rx 6700xt with my new PC that I just built. And it's amazing I haven't had a single issue with it and the oc headroom has been great for getting a little extra performances. Highly recommend

12:23 &12:14 the price is mislabeled and is 390 for the oc column in case anyone was confused like me

Great video guys! A great send off for RDNA 2 and primer for RDNA-3. I noticed allot of red/blue color scheming in both the graphs and elsewhere in the video. The mouse and the monitor stand seemed like stylized thematic choices. The stand especially really was a nice Radeon fit. I’m curious if the color styling was intentional not Green? At first I was kind of tripped up by the red bars in the graph thinking they were associated with AMD. I would suggest color coding by brand, and differentiating min/peak performance with tints and shades of the brands base color. I think this was my favorite episode with Alex in it yet, I loved his cheeky grin in the backpack scene. Overall I really enjoyed his fun playful vibe in this video. Is this what happens when linus goes on vacation? Ha ha, when the cats away the mice will play lol I’ve seen in psychological research that people often make more mistakes when being watched doing a task. But I don’t think that explains it, I think it’s love based. There’s fear of the authoritarian, and then there’s love for the idol. I would guess the whole crew really looks up to Linus and wants him to love them. I wonder how that may influence all the various cast members who are like “watch this trick dad” and then stumble in a moment of anxiety. I wonder if Linus just hanging with the boys would help alleviate dynamics of being star struck. Ultimately everyone wants linus to like them, in their hobbies and ideas to, which can induce some anxiety I would imagine. Maybe linus going on vacation gave the whole office a vacation from that emotional weight of managing their daily “hanging out with the hot chick” experience of working with a real life celebrity. The whole crew got to experience each other in a fresh newness where their energies were focused towards bonding with each other and found cheerful new energy. In all that sweet Nerdy Camaraderie. To put it simply, siblings behave differently when dad isn’t around. They find their own flow and that may be a powerful insight for LTT to leverage in some way as Linus slowly transforms into a Santa Claus like living god with many an elf in many a workshop.

Honestly, I've been on AMD graphics since 2014 with an r9 270x and then an rx 580. The last time I had a major driver issue was in maybe 2015 when I had the bug where your fan speed would get stuck at 20%. Other than that it's been perfectly acceptable. I think I might have had a driver crash running DaVinci Resolve earlier this year? The bugs on my laptop with Intel integrated graphics have been far worse. For months I regularly lost GPU acceleration entirely whilst using Firefox, prime video often won't play in 1080p, and watching prime video in chromium browsers often caused driver crashes if I had the audacity to interact with it in any way.

Hey Linus, I was looking for a new chassi for my computer but have a question about chassis, is there a big difference between a 20 dollar one and a 500 dollar one?

I got my 6800 XT in December 2020 and it has crushed everything I play! I had none of the Modern Warfare 2 crash issues that nvidia users were dealing with and my XFX Merc variation of the card overclocks like crazy while running cool and quiet. I’ve been AMD for multiple generations of GPU and the 6000 series was both the best cards they’ve ever made and the most competitive gen in years. Per HWUBs huge benchmark comparison video, the 6800 XT outperforms the 3080 on average across a huge sample of games in rasterization performance at 1080 and 1440p, the resolutions that the majority of players use. For the money, it can’t be beat, especially if you’re a competitive gamer that doesn’t care about Ray Tracing. And even if you do care about RT, it’s 60fps+ playable in a lot of titles, especially with FSR which has really leveled the playing field against DLSS in titles that support it.

I've been switching between the teams over the years and is rocking a 6800xt. It's been awesome! I'll stick with team red this generation.

Just did a build a couple weeks back with a Ryzen 5600 and a 6700xt that was over $100 cheaper than a 3060to brand new. Have to say, I haven’t had any issues at all. Great Series X replacement!

So I was deciding between the 2080 and 6700 just recently and I went with the 6700. I always have been a nvidia fanboy but I really wanted to try something different. Plus it was with in my budget for my first beefy video card. Once I have this my custom rig will be complete, out side of storage. The issue with storage now is there are so many hard drive scams out there online that I feel it responsible for people to let know of this. Many huge online retailers have them won't name names but if you are able go direct through the manufacturers website, or a trusted 3rd party vendor. Thanks! Long story short, nvidia is way to expensive for me to feel justified for any of there cards atm, which was also my major driving force of buying Radeon. I'm not trying to sell nvidia short though I love them, just my wallet doesn't lol. I will test it thoroughly, but with out over clocking because I just don't have experience with it at all.

I used to have a Nitro RX 480 and loved it. There was one driver update that completely messed up and I just reverted the driver and stuck it out until I got my RTX 2080.

My observations of having 2 of these cards. The latest AMD drivers are pretty good. I haven't had any crashes or bugs on my RX 6800 XT for a while. I also have a RTX 3080 12GB. In Firestrike the 6800 XT achieves a much higher score than the RTX 3080 12GB. In Timespy the 6800 XT achieves a slightly higher score than the RTX 3080 12GB. In Port Royal as expected the RTX 3080 12GB destroys the 6800 XT. In real world gaming without ray tracing they are very close in gaming. The ray tracing performance of 6800 XT performs similar to a RTX 3060 ti. The 6800 XT uses less power and doesn't dump so much heat into my case.

My biggest gripe with AMD is their drivers. Buying an expensive GPU that suffers running ENB mods is like a missing feature.

i did this with my polaris gpu, and now doing with the vega 56. its called undervolt and it works really well. with my vega i can push more processing power, lower power usage and with that lower temps