6700xt OR 6800. Difficult decision

Manuel_KLG · April 13, 2021

So, as the title says, im between buying the RX 6800 or the 6700 XT. I have ALREADY ''booked'' my rx 6800 here and a month but I have no news about the card since the store that sells it, hasnt received ANY news from the manufacturer, so it could take a month or maybe even more, for the card to get to my hands. However, I just received a call today from the store informing me that they have an 6700 XT available RIGHT NOW on the store and they have put it aside for me.Its the Sapphire Nitro+ model. So I need to make the decision on if I want to buy it or not. Some info that will help you understand my situation:

1) I will be playing games like Far Cry 5, Witcher 3, heavily modded Skyrim, Battlefield V on a monitor with 1440p resolution, 165hz

2) I have EVERY pc component ready, except the GPU. The gpu is the only thing missing from building my rig

3) I can get the 6700xt in a few days, but unknown wait time for the 6800.

4) My cpu will be a Ryzen 5 3600x

The only thing that bothers me is that the 6700xt is priced the same as the 6800. Which sucks real bad. Considering that the 6800 is like 15% better than the 6700xt. Should I buy the card? Should I pay the same price for the card to be in my hands within like 2 days? Or should I just wait (probably more months) for the 6800 to become available? I really dont know what to do. I know that this decision is mine only to make and it depends on what I want, but I would like to see what other people would do. I dont wanna take a bad decision that I will regret later on.

Also, if I buy the 6700xt, can I overclock it so that it reaches close to 6800 performance?

Thank you

Canada Man · April 13, 2021

If you are wondering if it will handle those games, the answer is yes. If you want to know if it is a good financial decision, yes. You can sell it for many times the price on eBay after. There is only a moral problem with that because you are becoming the enemy (a scalper).

Manuel_KLG · April 13, 2021

1 hour ago, Canada Man said:

If you are wondering if it will handle those games, the answer is yes. If you want to know if it is a good financial decision, yes. You can sell it for many times the price on eBay after. There is only a moral problem with that because you are becoming the enemy (a scalper).

Thank you. I ended up buying the 6700 xt. Bought a 50$ cheaper model (gigabyte gaming oc) than the 6800 or 6700xt sapphire plus. Hope I wont regret my choice haha