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6900xt Underperforming? Help please!

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Hi Guys,

I feel my 6900xt Sapphire Nitro+ is underperforming. My card does not seem to want to even hit 2500mhz boost clocks. Not only that, It refuses to hit minimum clocks over 2200. If I set it 2300,2400,2500 etc… It will still got as low as 2200. This information is based off Time Spy and Port Royal. 

Can someone please tell me if this is normal or not? Is it time to RMA?

 

Troubleshooting done:

BIOS Update

DDU Uninstall/reinstall drivers

Windows reinstall.

Windows High performance power mode

Narrow (100 gap) min/max freqs

Wide (200-400 gap) min/max freqs.

Undervolting ( Anything under 1162 seems unstable with current settings)

VRAM – 2150 Fast timing on/off ( I’ve tried lower timing aswell)

 

Current Settings:

Power: +15%

VRAM: 2150 ( Fast Timings)

Min/max Freq: 2300/2600

Voltage: 1162

J Temp: Under 90c

GPU Temp: Under 65c

 

Benchmarks:

Portroyal: Low 10,000

Timespy (GPU) : Low 20,000

 

Specs:

Fractal Meshify 2 (Bought new as a troubleshooting measure for airflow) 

5800x w/ Lian Li Gallahad 360

6900xt Sapphire Nitro+

850rmx Gold+

B550 Vision D

Royal Trident 3600 CL19 32gb

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Could be normal.  Implies it’s not being pushed very hard at that time. 

Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

Life is like a bowl of chocolates: there are all these little crinkly paper cups everywhere.

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The big one would be what was or wasn’t running at the time.  Someone posted hwinfo numbers recently that were quite useful.

Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

Life is like a bowl of chocolates: there are all these little crinkly paper cups everywhere.

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Just now, Bombastinator said:

The big one would be what was or wasn’t running at the time.  Someone posted hwinfo numbers recently that were quite useful.

I did try to make sure everything was closed and after the fresh windows install I've downloaded very little, but when I get home I'll try and post the hwinfo stats. Thanks. 

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What resolution and hz monitor are you using? It does this in all games you play? 

14700k

Thermalright frozen prism 360mm aio

B760 Aorus elite ax ddr5

32gb ddr5 G skill s5 6000mhz CL30

2tb wd black gen 4 nvme 

2tb Solidigm P41 plus

2tb seagate hdd

Pny 5070ti

Fractal Ion 2+ 860watt platinum

Thermaltake View 380

AW2725DF 1440p 360hz oled

Aoc Q27G3XMN mini led

Ps5 Pro

Series X

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51 minutes ago, Slurps said:

I did try to make sure everything was closed and after the fresh windows install I've downloaded very little, but when I get home I'll try and post the hwinfo stats. Thanks. 

You're using 2 PCIE cables right? 2 8 pin cables at the GPU and 2 at the PSU. Not the pigtailed, 1 PSU connection does 2 GPU connections.

I'm not actually trying to be as grumpy as it seems.

I will find your mentions of Ikea or Gnome and I will /s post. 

Project Hot Box

CPU 13900k, Motherboard Gigabyte Aorus Elite AX, RAM CORSAIR Vengeance 4x16gb 5200 MHZ, GPU Zotac RTX 4090 Trinity OC, Case Fractal Pop Air XL, Storage Sabrent Rocket Q4 2tb, CORSAIR Force Series MP510 1920GB NVMe, CORSAIR FORCE Series MP510 960GB NVMe, PSU CORSAIR HX1000i, Cooling Corsair XC8 CPU block, Bykski GPU block, 360mm and 280mm radiator, Displays Odyssey G9, LG 34UC98-W 34-Inch,Keyboard Mountain Everest Max, Mouse Mountain Makalu 67, Sound AT2035, Massdrop 6xx headphones, Go XLR 

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CPU i9-9900k, Motherboard, ASUS Rog Maximus Code XI, RAM, 48GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB 3200 mhz (2x16)+(2x8) GPUs Asus ROG Strix 2070 8gb, PNY 1080, Nvidia 1080, Case Mining Frame, 2x Storage Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB, PSU Corsair RM1000x and RM850x, Cooling Asus Rog Ryuo 240 with Noctua NF-12 fans

 

Why is the 5800x so hot?

 

 

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38 minutes ago, Gohardgrandpa said:

What resolution and hz monitor are you using? It does this in all games you play? 

1440P UW. 

The second question I can't really answer, I played a solid 2 weeks of New World closed beta, then out came a baby. Time is stretched at the moment, not many games being played.  I barely have time doing these bench marks haha. 

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I have a 6800 XT and the clock speeds it reaches depends on the game or application that I am using. For some games it tends to boost pretty high (around 2500 to 2600 MHz) bit for some only around 2300 MHz. Not sure why this is. 

CPU i7 14700K | CPU Cooler Noctua NH-U12A | Motherboard MSI Pro Z690-A | GPU Zotac Airo RTX 4080 | RAM 32 GB GSkill Ripjaws V 4400
Mhz | Monitor Alienware AW2721D / Gigabyte M28U | PSU ASUS ROG Strix 850G

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5 hours ago, Slurps said:

It will still got as low as 2200. This information is based off Time Spy and Port Royal. 

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Is it time to RMA?

Imo nope?

 

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"up to" and you're still above the 2050mhz. 

 

also thats not how a gpu works, you dont just get the highest clocks, you need to push it, and have the hw to do so, maybe your cpu is limiting it (i dunno?)

 

Lastly there is no guarantee for overclocking, ever. 

 

 

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-Scott Manley, 2021

 

 

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I think it’s most likely something other than the Video card that is the problem.

Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

Life is like a bowl of chocolates: there are all these little crinkly paper cups everywhere.

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2 hours ago, Mark Kaine said:

Imo nope?

 

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"up to" and you're still above the 2050mhz. 

 

also thats not how a gpu works, you dont just get the highest clocks, you need to push it, and have the hw to do so, maybe your cpu is limiting it (i dunno?)

 

Lastly there is no guarantee for overclocking, ever. 

 

 

I understand your comment about the hardware. Thats why i included a thorough list of my specs, as I believe I do have the hardware to do so. If I don't could you please have a look at the specs list and tell me where you think I'm falling short. 

I'm also comparing my clocks to what i've seen around and what I'm trying to accomplish seems very modest. 

There are heaps of 6800xts with better scores , see the comment above. 

 



 

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10 minutes ago, Slurps said:

Hopefully I've done this report right... 

HWINFO.CSV 417.97 kB · 1 download

Never seen that hdwmonitor panel before.  Seems to just talk about memory use and virtual memory.  And is saying that even though you have virtual memory allotted (why? Probably doesn’t matter) you’re not even close to using it.  If you ever were of course it could explain the slowdown. You’re not though.

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Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

Life is like a bowl of chocolates: there are all these little crinkly paper cups everywhere.

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