1 00:00:00,300 --> 00:00:03,940 - It's probably fine. Don't worry about it! 2 00:00:03,940 --> 00:00:08,720 We're complete professionals around here. At this point you must think I'm some kind of AMD fanboy. 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:12,773 Here I am looking at the RX 6800 XT again. 4 00:00:13,690 --> 00:00:18,620 This time it's an Aorus Master and they actually sponsored this ShortCircuit 5 00:00:18,620 --> 00:00:22,080 just so we can take a look at their unique cooling design 6 00:00:22,080 --> 00:00:25,080 and all the other things that make this particular card special. 7 00:00:25,080 --> 00:00:28,450 So clearly the key features of this card 8 00:00:28,450 --> 00:00:32,390 are exactly the same as a reference or, sorry... 9 00:00:32,390 --> 00:00:38,940 Yeah, they're reference, aren't they? They're not called anything special. Yeah, the reference-designed 6800 series. 10 00:00:38,940 --> 00:00:43,230 But if we we look at the rest of the box here, 11 00:00:43,230 --> 00:00:49,170 we've got MAX-Covered Cooling, which is 2 x 115-millimeter fans 12 00:00:49,170 --> 00:00:53,800 and 1 x 100-millimeter unique-shaped blade stack fans. 13 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:55,883 With Wind Claw design. 14 00:00:56,900 --> 00:00:58,573 Wind Claw. 15 00:00:59,922 --> 00:01:04,950 (Anthony laughs) - [David] It's like a cat pawing at the wind. (both laugh) 16 00:01:04,950 --> 00:01:09,440 - The Wind Claw apparently reinforces and channels the airflow 17 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:13,170 to completely cover the heat sink. And of course we've got RGB Fusion to- 18 00:01:13,170 --> 00:01:17,793 - [Siri] I didn't get that. Could you try again? - Yes, in fact, I can try again. 19 00:01:19,340 --> 00:01:23,270 I'm putting you in theater mode. And of course we've got RGB Fusion 2.0, 20 00:01:23,270 --> 00:01:29,070 which is Gigabyte's addressable RGB. And, ooh, what's this? 21 00:01:29,070 --> 00:01:30,663 LCD Edge View. 22 00:01:32,180 --> 00:01:36,080 Enthusiast mode. Chibi Time mode. (laughs) Okay. 23 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:39,380 Custom GIF mode and Custom Text mode. 24 00:01:39,380 --> 00:01:42,920 So this has got a display on the side. All right, let's get this opened 25 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:48,230 and see what's actually on the card and not, you know, whatever they say is on the box. 26 00:01:48,230 --> 00:01:53,043 All right. First thing is this little package here. 27 00:01:54,350 --> 00:01:58,040 Wonder what's in this. "You can enjoy a four-year warranty 28 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:02,660 by registering on the website within 30 days of purchase." It's also kind of adorable 29 00:02:02,660 --> 00:02:05,920 that there's broken English on here too, 30 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:11,120 like down here in the corner. "Get extend warranty and manage warranty period. 31 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,657 Service status more conveniently." 32 00:02:14,950 --> 00:02:18,430 Okay. Yeah. 33 00:02:18,430 --> 00:02:19,293 What's this? 34 00:02:22,436 --> 00:02:26,670 Aw, it's a little metal... Is it metal? Yeah, it looks like... 35 00:02:26,670 --> 00:02:29,823 Feels like a little sheet of metal. Case badge. 36 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,363 Let's get to peelin' here. 37 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,910 Ooh. Where does the plastic begin and where does it end? 38 00:02:43,910 --> 00:02:46,853 Wow, it tucks under. There we go. 39 00:02:48,828 --> 00:02:49,661 Wah. 40 00:02:55,940 --> 00:02:59,050 Hmm. I mean, the shroud is plastic, 41 00:02:59,050 --> 00:03:05,020 but it looks quite nice. It's got this brushed feel to it, 42 00:03:05,020 --> 00:03:08,523 so it doesn't feel tacky. It's quite a... 43 00:03:08,523 --> 00:03:11,830 Well, it's chunky. This is a three-slot card. 44 00:03:11,830 --> 00:03:16,950 But it looks pretty nice. It's got a lotta weight to it as well. 45 00:03:16,950 --> 00:03:18,900 And there's a little bit of... 46 00:03:20,430 --> 00:03:25,620 There we go. The pitch of the heat sink fins is actually quite large. 47 00:03:25,620 --> 00:03:29,420 There's a lot of space for air to flow, which is actually quite good. 48 00:03:29,420 --> 00:03:33,300 Presumably that's what the extended heat sink is for, 49 00:03:33,300 --> 00:03:36,840 so they can space that out a little bit more 50 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:42,310 but still have the surface are required to dissipate all the heat that's coming off of this thing. 51 00:03:42,310 --> 00:03:44,993 Speaking of which, these fans. 52 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:49,403 Interesting. Aw, there's more peels. 53 00:03:50,430 --> 00:03:57,660 Gotta peel 'em. There were two of these on that middle fan. 54 00:03:57,660 --> 00:03:59,853 I think. No, these are stuck to me. 55 00:04:00,870 --> 00:04:06,440 They just won't... They won't leave. These fans on the outside here are flanking this middle fan. 56 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:12,750 They're actually a little bit above where that fan sits in vertical space. 57 00:04:12,750 --> 00:04:16,220 So this fan in here seems to be the one with their, um, 58 00:04:16,220 --> 00:04:18,913 their Wing Claw design. 59 00:04:20,820 --> 00:04:25,073 It's kinda got like, I don't know, fingers on the tips of the fan blades. 60 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:30,860 I guess the design is supposed to be kind of like a scoop 61 00:04:30,860 --> 00:04:33,743 to pull the air that these fans are kinda pulling in, 62 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:38,483 like that, to kinda grab that and push it through. 63 00:04:39,340 --> 00:04:42,530 So according to Aorus, the way this works 64 00:04:42,530 --> 00:04:46,930 is that every millimeter of this heat sink's surface area 65 00:04:46,930 --> 00:04:50,050 is hit by airflow thanks to these fans. 66 00:04:50,050 --> 00:04:53,510 That lets the fans spin a little bit slower 67 00:04:53,510 --> 00:04:57,410 and that means that you're not dealing with that super loud whine, 68 00:04:57,410 --> 00:05:01,350 like when you're in the middle of a game or even if you just start up your computer, 69 00:05:01,350 --> 00:05:06,580 sometimes they do that. Around the back we've got this nice metal backplate back here. 70 00:05:06,580 --> 00:05:10,600 Not sure if it's actually cooling anything or if it's just to provide structural rigidity. 71 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:14,670 This thing is not twisting at all. But we also have a BIOS selector switch. 72 00:05:14,670 --> 00:05:18,920 So on the left is BIOS OC, which I think is currently selected. 73 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:25,030 Yup. And on the right is Silent, which I presume would further cap the maximum fan speed. 74 00:05:25,030 --> 00:05:28,100 Finally, on this edge of the card 75 00:05:28,100 --> 00:05:32,690 we have two 8-pin PCI Express power connectors. 76 00:05:32,690 --> 00:05:39,370 Sorry, NVIDIA. Nobody cares about your 12-pin connector. And we have this LCD on the side. 77 00:05:39,370 --> 00:05:43,260 It's kinda cleverly hidden. The glass or plastic... 78 00:05:43,260 --> 00:05:48,520 I'm not sure if that's glass or not. It kinda looks like it. It is very reflective. 79 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:52,810 There's very little to, I guess, 80 00:05:52,810 --> 00:05:57,420 delineate the LCD itself from the rest of that little bezel. 81 00:05:58,540 --> 00:06:00,840 Especially since it's picking up fingerprints. 82 00:06:02,650 --> 00:06:09,130 - [David] I like how you're using the Stealth hoodie and there's a microfiber cloth to your left. 83 00:06:09,130 --> 00:06:14,420 - Listen. We don't sell microfiber cloths on LTTStore.com. 84 00:06:14,420 --> 00:06:17,773 We do sell Stealth hoodies on LTTStore.com. 85 00:06:19,830 --> 00:06:22,960 All right, we're back. We've got a computer. 86 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:26,170 The video card is installed and you can see it has lovely... 87 00:06:26,170 --> 00:06:29,940 I think currently red LEDs. There they are, RGB. 88 00:06:29,940 --> 00:06:33,160 And that little animation going on on the little LCD, 89 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,367 which we change if we go into RGB Fusion 2.0. 90 00:06:37,732 --> 00:06:43,650 Oh! Well, I could just look at the screen. Yeah, GPU temperature, GPU usage, GPU clock, 91 00:06:43,650 --> 00:06:48,423 fan speed, VRAM usage, VRAM clock, and TGP, the graphics power. 92 00:06:49,450 --> 00:06:54,060 Custom image. We'll get to that. Custom text. 93 00:06:54,060 --> 00:06:56,137 Yeah, "Hi, Aorus." Let's do, "Hi, Aorus." 94 00:06:57,300 --> 00:07:00,363 Is that what it's saying now? - Yep. - Hi, Aorus. - Hi. 95 00:07:01,740 --> 00:07:06,430 - All right, let's change it to something different then. - [David] Bye, Aorus. 96 00:07:06,430 --> 00:07:10,030 - No, I changed it to something far more interesting, 97 00:07:10,030 --> 00:07:13,223 if I'm being completely honest. - [David] Nice! 98 00:07:16,332 --> 00:07:21,390 - LTTStore.com. Chibi Time. Yeah, that's... 99 00:07:21,390 --> 00:07:24,640 That's this thing. The frame rates are silky-smooth. 100 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:29,560 I don't have the FPS display up right now 'cause I just wanted to stress the card, 101 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:33,350 but it is very nice. 102 00:07:33,350 --> 00:07:36,193 I've got no complaints whatsoever here. 103 00:07:37,060 --> 00:07:40,320 So every hour you have your computer on it levels up. 104 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:44,180 - Nice! - That's, uh... Uh, that's a thing. 105 00:07:44,180 --> 00:07:48,570 I don't know. That's not very environmentally friendly. I would've thought that it would just level up 106 00:07:48,570 --> 00:07:51,840 when you're increasing power draw 107 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:54,113 or temperature or something. We're doin' it. 108 00:07:56,090 --> 00:08:00,320 Estimated upload time's (gasps) 11 minutes, 9 seconds? 109 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:04,251 - [David] Why? - What? 110 00:08:04,251 --> 00:08:08,870 Aw. All I wanted to do was give the people 111 00:08:08,870 --> 00:08:10,843 Flossing Linus on a graphics card. 112 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,653 So, CPU benchmark, go. 113 00:08:16,130 --> 00:08:19,130 Part of how it's managing to keep up this level of performance 114 00:08:19,130 --> 00:08:23,700 throughout the entire test here, and we're running it a second time now, 115 00:08:23,700 --> 00:08:28,700 is thanks to its entirely unified copper heat plate. 116 00:08:28,780 --> 00:08:32,780 So the CPU, or sorry, the GPU, 117 00:08:32,780 --> 00:08:37,440 and the memory are all part of one contact plate and it also has two other contact plates 118 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,900 for its power phases as well. So it's able to take all of the heat 119 00:08:40,900 --> 00:08:44,090 from those heat-generating components, 120 00:08:44,090 --> 00:08:48,600 pipe it out through several heat pipes built into the design, 121 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:52,310 and then it goes through the stacked fins 122 00:08:52,310 --> 00:08:56,200 that are inside of the cooler itself. And it's doing an excellent job. 123 00:08:56,200 --> 00:09:00,090 It's managing to do all of this, we started the benchmark, 124 00:09:00,090 --> 00:09:03,240 it spiked up to about 60-65, 125 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:07,220 and now it's at 66-66 towards the end of the benchmark. 126 00:09:07,220 --> 00:09:10,810 So it is doing a phenomenal job. (laughs) 127 00:09:10,810 --> 00:09:14,440 A lot of warm air is actually being kicked out of the back here. 128 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:18,470 And I think the majority of the noise that you're hearing there 129 00:09:18,470 --> 00:09:24,020 is actually from the CPU fan. That sounds like the Noctua cooler to me. 130 00:09:24,020 --> 00:09:26,373 In fact, I could very easily figure that out. 131 00:09:29,380 --> 00:09:31,173 Let's plug that back in then. 132 00:09:32,399 --> 00:09:35,460 - [David] You unplugged the fan? - Yeah. (David laughs) 133 00:09:35,460 --> 00:09:38,623 It's probably fine. Don't worry about it! 134 00:09:40,690 --> 00:09:44,270 We're complete professionals around here. So that just about does it. 135 00:09:44,270 --> 00:09:49,690 Thanks for watching, guys. Check out the Aorus RX 6800 XT Master Type C 136 00:09:49,690 --> 00:09:53,400 down below on Amazon and on Newegg, 137 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:57,110 and we'll have those linked. And we also have Gigabyte motherboards down there too. 138 00:10:00,163 --> 00:10:01,880 (PSU clicks off) - [David] Off!