The Radeon RX 6800 and RX 6800 XT will be released on November 18, 2020 while the Radeon RX 6900 Sapphire, for its part, will release the Radeon RX 6800 XT NITRO + and Pulse .
RX 6800 cards revisited
AMD's various partner manufacturers are preparing to release their revised versions. Asus will release the ROG Strix LC Radeon RX 6800 XT . It is a card with a hybrid air-liquid cooling system. This card is intended for overclocking enthusiasts due to the efficiency of the air-liquid cooling system. Asus will also present other cards such as the ROG Strix RX 6800 with a usual 3-fan cooling system. MSI for its part will release the MSI RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio, a Radeon version of the RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio in addition to other models such as MECH, EVOKE etc.
Sapphire is not left out as it has just announced its Radeon RX 6800 XT Nitro + and Radeon RX 6800 XT Pulse . The 1st model, Radeon RX 6800 XT Nitro + is intended for the most demanding enthusiasts looking for increased performance. The 2nd model displays reasonable performance with a usual 3-fan cooler cooling system. The 2 cards feature a sober black color and a compact and robust design. The Pulse model also has small touches of red. These cards are quite large and will take up 2.5 to 3 slots.
The performance of the Radeon RX 6800 XT
This new Radeon RX 6800 _ _ It is manufactured with a 7 nanometer etching process. It has 128 ROPs and 288 texture units. Its 28 billion transistors switch at 2.015 GHz and reach the maximum frequency of 2.250 GHz in boost mode . The Infinity Cache optimizes memory bandwidth which can transfer up to 512 GB of data per second.
This new card supports Ray Tracing and has 72 ray accelerators. AMD confirms that its new cards will support Ray Tracing if the title uses common standardized APIs such as Microsoft's DXR or Vulkan Raytracing. These cards will obviously not support Nvidia's proprietary APIs. The power consumed by the Radeon RX 6800 XT is around 300 Watts.
For the moment, Sapphire has not announced the prices of these two Radeon RX 6800 XT NITRO + and Pulse cards, but they are probably close to those of AMD: $649.
