AMD Navi Discussion

EoinHef

16.30 would be the usual time for a store update on a thursday

wotzgoingon

EoinHef wrote: »

16.30 would be the usual time for a store update on a thursday

That's for the cards already released. They might do a new time for the release day of the 6700 XT.

kingtiger

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Well my card arrived today in a battered box

wtf were the delivery guys doing

glad to hear your card made it one piece though

EoinHef

wotzgoingon wrote: »

That's for the cards already released. They might do a new time for the release day of the 6700 XT.

Thats why I said usual time. It could be any time but if it hasn't happened by close to 16.30 id be close to a PC/phone about then

wotzgoingon

kingtiger wrote: »

wtf were the delivery guys doing

glad to hear your card made it one piece though

That big hole in the side they done. I was surprized it was even still in there considering how the cards are like gold dust and you could easily sell it for up to 2 grand. People out there are paying that for them.

Simi

wotzgoingon wrote: »

That's for the cards already released. They might do a new time for the release day of the 6700 XT.

I hope it's a 16.35 release. Might draw some attention away from the 6900 XT's so I can grab one

shrapnel222

wotzgoingon wrote: »

That's for the cards already released. They might do a new time for the release day of the 6700 XT.

I'm pretty sure the original card drop for the 6800 and 6800XT was 1030 am

EoinHef

I'm amazed there's so many people willing to spend €1000 on a graphics card. I know availability sucks but still,a lot of members here before now I dont think would have been happy spending €1000.

Especially since the 6900 XT is not that much faster than a 6800 XT

kingtiger

anyone know when we can expect to see the 6700XT reviews today?

BloodBath

EoinHef wrote: »

I'm amazed there's so many people willing to spend €1000 on a graphics card. I know availability sucks but still,a lot of members here before now I dont think would have been happy spending €1000.

Especially since the 6900 XT is not that much faster than a 6800 XT

It's not a problem if you have an old card to sell at an also inflated price. **** you might even make a profit if you can get 1 direct from AMD at MSRP.

TitianGerm

EoinHef wrote: »

I'm amazed there's so many people willing to spend €1000 on a graphics card. I know availability sucks but still,a lot of members here before now I dont think would have been happy spending €1000.

Especially since the 6900 XT is not that much faster than a 6800 XT

How many people have saved a good bit of money over the last 12 months though because of lockdowns and not being able to go for meals, or drinks, or holidays and other things like that.

My credit union account has never looked so good and I've gotten a PS5, a new PC with a 3070.

shrapnel222

i had no intention of spending that much on a GPU, but i preferred spending a little more on a new one and getting it at RRP , than buying a much weaker card at a crazily inflated price.

Squidgy Black

kingtiger wrote: »

anyone know when we can expect to see the 6700XT reviews today?

They're out now, performance seems to sit between the 3060ti and the 3070 from what I've seen so far.

Simi

shrapnel222 wrote: »

i had no intention of spending that much on a GPU, but i preferred spending a little more on a new one and getting it at RRP , than buying a much weaker card at a crazily inflated price.

Exactly. I want a 6800 XT but I'm not willing to spend €1100+++ on one when there's a chance I can get the 6900 XT for less.

So 6900 XT or if I can find a 3080 for sub €1000 maybe.

wotzgoingon

Simi wrote: »

Exactly. I want a 6800 XT but I'm not willing to spend €1100+++ on one when there's a chance I can get the 6900 XT for less.

So 6900 XT or if I can find a 3080 for sub €1000 maybe.

That's why I got one as the 6800 XT costs more. Admittedly at launch I thought the 6900 XT was too dear but since prices shot up it looks like a bargain.

Cuddlesworth

At 1000 quid for the second fastest card out there, yeah its a bargin. When you have 3070's and probably 6700xt's selling for the same price.

Simi

6700 XT is out at 13.00 tomorrow. Now the question is will the other card restocks still be at 16.35?

wotzgoingon

Playing my favourite game on PC today GTA V. 6900 XT hitting 2500MHz on the core and between 1995-2050MHz on the memory. You do not even need to overclock this card. Runs great out of the box. But can run hot at stock fans speeds. I turned them up higher and still can barely hear them just to make it run cooler.

ZeitgeistGlee

Is the 6800XT the better buy for the 10% price difference over the vanilla 6800? AFAIC reviews seem to shake up that way at 1080p but there's less margin at 1440p. Probably haven't a hope of getting either tomorrow tho.

wotzgoingon

Well I done more testing with the 6900 XT on the most demanding open world games I own. Mafia III and Watch Dogs 2 as well as GTA V. I have them all running in maxed out settings.(except GTA V I have MSAA @ x4 instead of x8 and the advanced graphics settings off in the column under graphics settings) and I have capped the FPS at 80FPS @ 4k so all those games run above 60fps @4k maxed out which is pretty cool. They actually are above 60 at all times with a couple of dips here and there.

Simi

ZeitgeistGlee wrote: »

Is the 6800XT the better buy for the 10% price difference over the vanilla 6800? AFAIC reviews seem to shake up that way at 1080p but there's less margin at 1440p. Probably haven't a hope of getting either tomorrow tho.

If you're playing at 1440p probably not. But It's 10% more for ~9% more performance, so you're not paying a premium for the extra performance so I'd personally aim for the 6800 XT for better long term performance.

It's all academic really though. The 6800 XT comes into stock at RRP once a week for a few seconds and the 6800 simply doesn't exist.

Judging by YouTube polls I've seen after the last two AMD.com drops, there are 10 times more 6900 XT's than 6800 XT's. Which makes perfect sense, as why on earth would you cut down a card to sell for ~€650 when people are jumping over each other to pay ~€1000 (Yields are supposedly excellent for these cards).

Keyzer

EoinHef wrote: »

I'm amazed there's so many people willing to spend €1000 on a graphics card. I know availability sucks but still,a lot of members here before now I dont think would have been happy spending €1000.

Especially since the 6900 XT is not that much faster than a 6800 XT

Its crazy alright but...

The last time I built a PC (pre-marriage, kids etc) was 15 years ago. My GPU at the time as 200 quid and I played that PC until it eventually fell apart.

I reckon, given what I'm looking to build a PC for (sim-racing), good investment now would get me at least 5 years of solid gaming. Perhaps I will upgrade in the meantime but it works out (overall) at about 400 quid a year. Not too shabby.

I want top dog GPU settings or as close to it as I can so I'm willing to fork out.

Plus I've been saving for over a year.

Retr0gamer

Another Parcel Alerts bull**** moment last night where I got one in the cart to be asked if I want amazon prime (so much for one click buy) and another where I got it in the cart only for it to be geolocked to germany.

I'm just going to try and get a 6900XT this evening. Booked a meeting in for myself in work as well in case the boss has any bright ideas

shrapnel222

ZeitgeistGlee wrote: »

Is the 6800XT the better buy for the 10% price difference over the vanilla 6800? AFAIC reviews seem to shake up that way at 1080p but there's less margin at 1440p. Probably haven't a hope of getting either tomorrow tho.

wow 6800xt has come down quite a bit since launch. At launch it was at least 25% more expensive than the 6800.

I've got the 6800 and can't fault it tbh but for the price difference now i would have gladly gone for the XT

ZeitgeistGlee

Simi wrote: »

If you're playing at 1440p probably not. But It's 10% more for ~9% more performance, so you're not paying a premium for the extra performance so I'd personally aim for the 6800 XT for better long term performance.

Yeah I figured, I'll be gaming at 1080p for the moment anyway.

Simi wrote: »

Judging by YouTube polls I've seen after the last two AMD.com drops, there are 10 times more 6900 XT's than 6800 XT's. Which makes perfect sense, as why on earth would you cut down a card to sell for ~€650 when people are jumping over each other to pay ~€1000 (Yields are supposedly excellent for these cards).

Agreed, but I definitely can't justify another €350 on top of the €250 I'm justifying to get the 6800XT at MSRP.

cherryghost

Where are people looking for 6700xt?

xtal191

Out of stock already on AMD, didn't even see them appear

ZeitgeistGlee

xtal191 wrote: »

Out of stock already on AMD, didn't even see them appear

Same. Wasn't listed at 13:01 but appeared and gone after I refreshed a minute later.

stamjoe

Joke, I really don't believe it showed as having stock

Retr0gamer

Saw them appear. Clicked add to cart but the site was frozen.