{"video_id":"b9ALYCuqtho","title":"AMD Enters the Chat... RADEON 6900 XT Review","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2021-05-05T14:53:29Z","duration_s":593,"segments":[{"start_s":0.08,"end_s":7.2,"text":"The RTX 3090 or BFGPU as NVIDIA's CEO","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":4.4,"end_s":12.8,"text":"called it has been nicely toppled by a card that costs a nice 23 as much. At","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":10.32,"end_s":18.96,"text":"least that's what the nice guys at AMD would like us to believe. And this is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":16.24,"end_s":27.119,"text":"it. The RX6900 XT. It looks nice. It feels nice. It","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":24.16,"end_s":32.48,"text":"even smells nice. But can it really be that simple? Just tack a few more","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":29.439,"end_s":35.44,"text":"compute units onto the 6800 XT and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":32.48,"end_s":41.559,"text":"suddenly you're the top dog. Well, that would be nice, but it's also not quite","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":38.239,"end_s":41.559,"text":"that easy.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":47.92,"end_s":54.16,"text":"After the announcement, we hoped that AMD was doing more under the hood than","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":52.16,"end_s":61.199,"text":"just increasing the number of compute units because the RX6900 XT, at least on","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":58.239,"end_s":68.0,"text":"paper, is otherwise exactly the same card as the RX6800 XT. Same RDNA2","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":65.439,"end_s":74.799,"text":"architecture, same core clocks, same memory, same power draw. Hey, wait a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":71.119,"end_s":77.36,"text":"minute. AMD pulled a fast one here. The","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":74.799,"end_s":83.92,"text":"rated graphics power is the same, but the recommended power supply is 100","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":80.479,"end_s":86.32,"text":"watts higher for the 6TN00 XT. So, it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":83.92,"end_s":91.36,"text":"seems that in spite of those extra compute units and the cooler being","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":88.799,"end_s":97.92,"text":"identical, barring what AMD calls minor tweaks, the sixtyn00 XT is in fact being","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":95.04,"end_s":102.799,"text":"pushed quite a bit harder in boost than its sibling. Well, okay, mystery solved","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":100.479,"end_s":108.24,"text":"then. That's exactly what AMD says is happening. And the sixtyn00 XT is in","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":105.759,"end_s":113.28,"text":"fact a highly binned part capable of overclocking much more reliably than the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":110.64,"end_s":118.479,"text":"6800 XT can. It's an impressive feat considering just how fast some of those","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":115.36,"end_s":121.04,"text":"cards can go. Of course, we can't just","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":118.479,"end_s":125.6,"text":"take AMD at their word. This is Lionus Tech Tips. We've got to test it for","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":123.2,"end_s":129.44,"text":"ourselves. So, we grabbed the three fancy new Radeons and their","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":127.439,"end_s":134.16,"text":"corresponding GeForce cards and took them all for a spin. As you might expect","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":131.599,"end_s":137.599,"text":"by now, AMD crushed it in traditional rasterization, coming close to the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":136.08,"end_s":143.04,"text":"RTX3090 in Shadow of the Tomb Raider despite","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":139.44,"end_s":146.08,"text":"costing $500 less. Though, they fell","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":143.04,"end_s":148.16,"text":"well short of even the RTX3080 when it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":146.08,"end_s":152.8,"text":"came to real-time rayraced lighting. Minecraft RTX tells a similar story with","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":150.48,"end_s":157.519,"text":"AMD choking hard enough here that the sixt","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":154.4,"end_s":160.08,"text":"managed only half of the RTX3080s","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":157.519,"end_s":164.4,"text":"performance. To be fair though, ray tracing wasn't AMD's focus for this","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":162.319,"end_s":169.84,"text":"generation. And as much as we keep pointing it out, and it is the future,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":166.8,"end_s":172.08,"text":"path tracers like this aren't common","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":169.84,"end_s":175.44,"text":"yet. So, turning back to more traditional rendering, Wolfenstein Young","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":174.08,"end_s":179.92,"text":"Bloodood looks like a win for the RTX3090,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":177.12,"end_s":185.12,"text":"except that given the six-t managed numbers halfway between the 3080 and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":182.4,"end_s":189.599,"text":"3090, the price difference makes AMD's offering look very compelling here.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":187.519,"end_s":196.159,"text":"Microsoft Flight Simulator didn't do AMD any favors. Yeah, the SixT is a better","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":193.2,"end_s":200.56,"text":"value than the 3090, but then the 3080 makes both of them look like a ripoff,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":198.319,"end_s":205.519,"text":"and Counterstrike is nearly a win across the board for Team Red with the RTX3090","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":203.519,"end_s":210.799,"text":"only pulling ahead in minimum frame rates. Of course, all of this changes if","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":208.319,"end_s":216.159,"text":"you're willing to accept DLSS upscaling as a viable option. And in these cases,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":213.28,"end_s":223.44,"text":"the NVIDIA cards unquestionably dominate AMD in terms of raw FPS. Love or hate","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":219.84,"end_s":226.72,"text":"it, DLSS is here. Customers are using it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":223.44,"end_s":228.879,"text":"and it looks pretty darn good. So AMD,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":226.72,"end_s":234.159,"text":"you guys need to get on Fidelity FX Super Resolution and stat. In our review","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":231.44,"end_s":239.599,"text":"of the RX6800 series, we noted that AMD's productivity performance lagged","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":236.239,"end_s":241.92,"text":"behind, and it's no different here. AMD","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":239.599,"end_s":246.959,"text":"says they focused first and foremost on gaming performance, and that's fair","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":244.319,"end_s":250.959,"text":"enough, but it did cost them. It's not like it's bad at productivity if you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":249.12,"end_s":255.76,"text":"find the right workloads. I mean, just look at how it handles the more memory","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":252.72,"end_s":258.479,"text":"intensive Specview perf subtests. But","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":255.76,"end_s":264.24,"text":"there is one glaring exception where AMD firmly falls short, and honestly, I","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":261.44,"end_s":269.12,"text":"consider it unacceptable. Radeon Pro Render. We called out AMD's poor","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":266.8,"end_s":272.96,"text":"rendering quality in the 6800 series review. And in response, they gave us a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":271.28,"end_s":279.28,"text":"tweaked version of the tests to play around with, and okay, it's fast, but","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":277.28,"end_s":285.44,"text":"the problem is that it still looks like hot garbage. This is useful maybe as a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":282.96,"end_s":290.56,"text":"preview, but it is not good enough for a final render. So, sorry AMD. Until you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":288.56,"end_s":295.12,"text":"get hardware ray tracing support baked into the Blender cycles renderer like","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":292.479,"end_s":301.199,"text":"NVIDIA's optics engine, this is not even remotely a fair fight. Unlike our prices","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":298.32,"end_s":304.479,"text":"at ltstore.com, they're always fair. Oh, and we've got the ABCs of gaming in","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":302.96,"end_s":308.96,"text":"stock. Once again, smart access memory, while","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":306.8,"end_s":312.96,"text":"arguably the star of the show for gaming that pushed them into their competitive","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":310.479,"end_s":318.24,"text":"position, continues to do little or nothing for productivity. AMD reasons","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":315.759,"end_s":322.08,"text":"that while NVIDIA and Intel are both working on enabling the resizable bar","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":320.32,"end_s":326.32,"text":"feature that makes up smart access memory's core functionality, there is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":324.4,"end_s":330.8,"text":"far more that goes into the special sauce. Specifically, they claim that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":328.88,"end_s":335.12,"text":"significant driver optimization is required to help smart access memory","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":332.88,"end_s":339.52,"text":"reach its full potential. If that's true, then there is significantly more","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":337.039,"end_s":345.12,"text":"work ahead for team blue and team green than just toggling a switch. Or at least","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":342.479,"end_s":349.84,"text":"in theory. ASUS has apparently already enabled this functionality in their","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":346.96,"end_s":354.72,"text":"Intel Z490 motherboards, and early performance looks about as good as what","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":352.32,"end_s":357.84,"text":"we might see on an AMD platform. So, I suppose we're going to have to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":355.52,"end_s":363.84,"text":"investigate that. Get subscribed so you don't miss our coverage. Thermally, the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":360.4,"end_s":365.919,"text":"RX6900 XT is similar to, but on average","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":363.84,"end_s":370.56,"text":"a smidge hotter under load than the RTX3090 with the notable exception of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":368.639,"end_s":375.199,"text":"those memory bandwidth intensive tests at the end that we pointed out in our","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":372.479,"end_s":380.8,"text":"6800 series reviews. Compared to the 6800 XT, the bigger card doesn't take as","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":378.24,"end_s":385.6,"text":"long to heat up, but they both end up in roughly the same thermal envelope by the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":382.88,"end_s":390.08,"text":"end of the test. At 2.6 6 GHz. The sixtyn00 XT's core clocks are","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":387.68,"end_s":395.199,"text":"consistently 100 MHz higher than the 6800 XT. And like that card, these","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":392.88,"end_s":399.759,"text":"clocks appear to be quite stable. This hints that tinkerers might get great","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":397.44,"end_s":404.24,"text":"results from an undervolt, either to reduce power consumption and heat or to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":402.16,"end_s":408.72,"text":"potentially improve thermal or power headroom for better boost behavior. As","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":406.24,"end_s":413.36,"text":"for power consumption, this is becoming a bit of a pattern this generation. On","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":411.199,"end_s":419.199,"text":"average, power consumption is usually lower than the RTX3090,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":415.84,"end_s":422.24,"text":"but the sixtyn00 XT experiences spikes","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":419.199,"end_s":425.68,"text":"that can go much higher. Check out this","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":422.24,"end_s":427.759,"text":"462 W spike. These kinds of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":425.68,"end_s":431.28,"text":"instantaneous loads can trip up sensitive power supplies, and we","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":429.599,"end_s":436.88,"text":"actually had to swap out our test bench's CSIC 1,000 W unit for a Corsair","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":434.8,"end_s":442.16,"text":"one to avoid tripping the overcurren protection during benchmarking. Compared","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":439.199,"end_s":446.72,"text":"to the RX6800 XT, at least, it looks to average just about 50 watts higher under","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":444.4,"end_s":450.639,"text":"load at any given point in time. This is pretty crazy considering that it's got","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":448.479,"end_s":456.319,"text":"exactly the same cooler design as the 6800 XT, although it does have a beefier","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":454.24,"end_s":460.479,"text":"16-phase power delivery setup to go along with the 14 layer PCB that they","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":458.479,"end_s":465.36,"text":"share. Of course, AMD goes out of their way to point out that they're using","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":462.479,"end_s":469.28,"text":"standard sizes for their coolers and standard dual eight pin power","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":467.039,"end_s":473.12,"text":"connectors, which sounds like it shouldn't be something to brag about,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":470.639,"end_s":478.08,"text":"but turns out to be a sick burn on the 3090 with its behemoth size, not to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":476.08,"end_s":485.52,"text":"mention proprietary 12pin power connector. Oh, and the sixtyn00 XT has","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":481.12,"end_s":487.68,"text":"RGB. Checkmate, NVIDIA. Before I close","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":485.52,"end_s":492.4,"text":"out, I can't talk up AMD's promise of overclocking without actually doing some","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":489.28,"end_s":493.84,"text":"overclocking, can I? Yes, I can. You'll","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":492.4,"end_s":499.84,"text":"just have to wait for us to pit the RX6900 XT against the RTX3090 in a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":497.44,"end_s":505.599,"text":"head-to-head overclock off to see who can pull off 8K gaming the best. Stay","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":502.479,"end_s":509.68,"text":"tuned. For now though, make no mistake,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":505.599,"end_s":512.8,"text":"the RX6900 XT is a powerful card, and at","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":509.68,"end_s":515.12,"text":"$999, it undercuts NVIDIA's best by a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":512.8,"end_s":520.64,"text":"significant margin, even if it doesn't always beat or even meet it, and falls","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":518.159,"end_s":525.76,"text":"well short in productivity. This card looks like another classic AMD look for","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":523.519,"end_s":531.519,"text":"the gap in the market and fill it move. And given how expensive the RTX3090 is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":528.8,"end_s":536.16,"text":"and how relatively uncommon ray tracing still is in gaming, having a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":533.519,"end_s":542.8,"text":"ballsto-wall fast card that while not optimized for real-time ray tracing, can","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":538.72,"end_s":544.72,"text":"do it is still a pretty big deal. It","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":542.8,"end_s":548.72,"text":"would just really be nice if there were any to buy because if you've waited this","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":546.8,"end_s":554.64,"text":"long to pull the trigger, I can almost guarantee that they are gone by now. How","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":550.72,"end_s":556.399,"text":"do I know? Well, the RX6800 series was","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":554.64,"end_s":562.32,"text":"weaponsgrade unoptanium when it launched. And uh 3 weeks later, supply","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":560.0,"end_s":567.92,"text":"still hasn't caught up with demand. Then given that 6900 XTs are pretty much","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":565.04,"end_s":571.04,"text":"cherrypicked 6800 XTs, I think it's pretty safe to say that for the few of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":569.76,"end_s":579.2,"text":"you who will be able to get your hands on it at MSRP in 2020, well, enjoy it,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":575.36,"end_s":581.2,"text":"you lucky so. For the rest, maybe next","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":579.2,"end_s":584.08,"text":"year will be better. Thanks for watching, guys. If you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":582.48,"end_s":590.08,"text":"enjoyed this video, go check out our review of the RX6800 series to learn a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":587.279,"end_s":593.76,"text":"little more about the whole RDNA2 thing that makes this card tick.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"The RTX 3090 or BFGPU as NVIDIA's CEO called it has been nicely toppled by a card that costs a nice 23 as much. At least that's what the nice guys at AMD would like us to believe. And this is it. The RX6900 XT. It looks nice. It feels nice. It even smells nice. But can it really be that simple? Just tack a few more compute units onto the 6800 XT and suddenly you're the top dog. Well, that would be nice, but it's also not quite that easy. After the announcement, we hoped that AMD was doing more under the hood than just increasing the number of compute units because the RX6900 XT, at least on paper, is otherwise exactly the same card as the RX6800 XT. Same RDNA2 architecture, same core clocks, same memory, same power draw. Hey, wait a minute. AMD pulled a fast one here. The rated graphics power is the same, but the recommended power supply is 100 watts higher for the 6TN00 XT. So, it seems that in spite of those extra compute units and the cooler being identical, barring what AMD calls minor tweaks, the sixtyn00 XT is in fact being pushed quite a bit harder in boost than its sibling. Well, okay, mystery solved then. That's exactly what AMD says is happening. And the sixtyn00 XT is in fact a highly binned part capable of overclocking much more reliably than the 6800 XT can. It's an impressive feat considering just how fast some of those cards can go. Of course, we can't just take AMD at their word. This is Lionus Tech Tips. We've got to test it for ourselves. So, we grabbed the three fancy new Radeons and their corresponding GeForce cards and took them all for a spin. As you might expect by now, AMD crushed it in traditional rasterization, coming close to the RTX3090 in Shadow of the Tomb Raider despite costing $500 less. Though, they fell well short of even the RTX3080 when it came to real-time rayraced lighting. Minecraft RTX tells a similar story with AMD choking hard enough here that the sixt managed only half of the RTX3080s performance. To be fair though, ray tracing wasn't AMD's focus for this generation. And as much as we keep pointing it out, and it is the future, path tracers like this aren't common yet. So, turning back to more traditional rendering, Wolfenstein Young Bloodood looks like a win for the RTX3090, except that given the six-t managed numbers halfway between the 3080 and 3090, the price difference makes AMD's offering look very compelling here. Microsoft Flight Simulator didn't do AMD any favors. Yeah, the SixT is a better value than the 3090, but then the 3080 makes both of them look like a ripoff, and Counterstrike is nearly a win across the board for Team Red with the RTX3090 only pulling ahead in minimum frame rates. Of course, all of this changes if you're willing to accept DLSS upscaling as a viable option. And in these cases, the NVIDIA cards unquestionably dominate AMD in terms of raw FPS. Love or hate it, DLSS is here. Customers are using it and it looks pretty darn good. So AMD, you guys need to get on Fidelity FX Super Resolution and stat. In our review of the RX6800 series, we noted that AMD's productivity performance lagged behind, and it's no different here. AMD says they focused first and foremost on gaming performance, and that's fair enough, but it did cost them. It's not like it's bad at productivity if you find the right workloads. I mean, just look at how it handles the more memory intensive Specview perf subtests. But there is one glaring exception where AMD firmly falls short, and honestly, I consider it unacceptable. Radeon Pro Render. We called out AMD's poor rendering quality in the 6800 series review. And in response, they gave us a tweaked version of the tests to play around with, and okay, it's fast, but the problem is that it still looks like hot garbage. This is useful maybe as a preview, but it is not good enough for a final render. So, sorry AMD. Until you get hardware ray tracing support baked into the Blender cycles renderer like NVIDIA's optics engine, this is not even remotely a fair fight. Unlike our prices at ltstore.com, they're always fair. Oh, and we've got the ABCs of gaming in stock. Once again, smart access memory, while arguably the star of the show for gaming that pushed them into their competitive position, continues to do little or nothing for productivity. AMD reasons that while NVIDIA and Intel are both working on enabling the resizable bar feature that makes up smart access memory's core functionality, there is far more that goes into the special sauce. Specifically, they claim that significant driver optimization is required to help smart access memory reach its full potential. If that's true, then there is significantly more work ahead for team blue and team green than just toggling a switch. Or at least in theory. ASUS has apparently already enabled this functionality in their Intel Z490 motherboards, and early performance looks about as good as what we might see on an AMD platform. So, I suppose we're going to have to investigate that. Get subscribed so you don't miss our coverage. Thermally, the RX6900 XT is similar to, but on average a smidge hotter under load than the RTX3090 with the notable exception of those memory bandwidth intensive tests at the end that we pointed out in our 6800 series reviews. Compared to the 6800 XT, the bigger card doesn't take as long to heat up, but they both end up in roughly the same thermal envelope by the end of the test. At 2.6 6 GHz. The sixtyn00 XT's core clocks are consistently 100 MHz higher than the 6800 XT. And like that card, these clocks appear to be quite stable. This hints that tinkerers might get great results from an undervolt, either to reduce power consumption and heat or to potentially improve thermal or power headroom for better boost behavior. As for power consumption, this is becoming a bit of a pattern this generation. On average, power consumption is usually lower than the RTX3090, but the sixtyn00 XT experiences spikes that can go much higher. Check out this 462 W spike. These kinds of instantaneous loads can trip up sensitive power supplies, and we actually had to swap out our test bench's CSIC 1,000 W unit for a Corsair one to avoid tripping the overcurren protection during benchmarking. Compared to the RX6800 XT, at least, it looks to average just about 50 watts higher under load at any given point in time. This is pretty crazy considering that it's got exactly the same cooler design as the 6800 XT, although it does have a beefier 16-phase power delivery setup to go along with the 14 layer PCB that they share. Of course, AMD goes out of their way to point out that they're using standard sizes for their coolers and standard dual eight pin power connectors, which sounds like it shouldn't be something to brag about, but turns out to be a sick burn on the 3090 with its behemoth size, not to mention proprietary 12pin power connector. Oh, and the sixtyn00 XT has RGB. Checkmate, NVIDIA. Before I close out, I can't talk up AMD's promise of overclocking without actually doing some overclocking, can I? Yes, I can. You'll just have to wait for us to pit the RX6900 XT against the RTX3090 in a head-to-head overclock off to see who can pull off 8K gaming the best. Stay tuned. For now though, make no mistake, the RX6900 XT is a powerful card, and at $999, it undercuts NVIDIA's best by a significant margin, even if it doesn't always beat or even meet it, and falls well short in productivity. This card looks like another classic AMD look for the gap in the market and fill it move. And given how expensive the RTX3090 is and how relatively uncommon ray tracing still is in gaming, having a ballsto-wall fast card that while not optimized for real-time ray tracing, can do it is still a pretty big deal. It would just really be nice if there were any to buy because if you've waited this long to pull the trigger, I can almost guarantee that they are gone by now. How do I know? Well, the RX6800 series was weaponsgrade unoptanium when it launched. And uh 3 weeks later, supply still hasn't caught up with demand. Then given that 6900 XTs are pretty much cherrypicked 6800 XTs, I think it's pretty safe to say that for the few of you who will be able to get your hands on it at MSRP in 2020, well, enjoy it, you lucky so. For the rest, maybe next year will be better. Thanks for watching, guys. If you enjoyed this video, go check out our review of the RX6800 series to learn a little more about the whole RDNA2 thing that makes this card tick."}