RX 6800 XT or RX 6700 XT?

[Chiyawa]

I'm in a world of headache right now.

 

I found some of my local shops selling RX 6800 XT for about RM3000 to RM3200 (USD682.31 to USD727.80) including tax

 

RX 6700 XT on the other hand selling for RM1900 to RM2300 (USD432.13 to USD523.11)

 

Man, should I go for RX 6800 XT? I mean, sure, they are a little over my budget but I can get almost 2x the performance at about 1.6x the price (not to mention an additional 4GB of VRAM which helps at texture mapping and 4k gaming). I know RX 6800 XT is old, but wow, that's one great bargain.

 

I'm still not sure how much RX 7900 XT is going to sell in my area as of yet, though.

 

So... Yeah, now this really give me a big headache.

 

Anyway, enough rambling. Which would be the better choice? I'm thinking of going RX 6700 XT initially due to its price, but now with RX 6800 XT options became more appealing, it's quite difficult for me to make up my mind.

 

Help!

 

Regards,

Chiyawa

[191x7]

It all depends on the rest of your system (you didn't mention) and your resolution.

[Chiyawa]

6 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

It all depends on the rest of your system (you didn't mention) and your resolution.

Ah, okay, sorry. Just got too excited. My system is listed in my profile, but here's the summary:

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus X570 Pro WiFi

RAM: 2x 8GB DDR4 3600MHz Corsair Vengence

PSU: Gigabyte G750H 750W

Monitor: LG 29WK600 29 inch Ultra-wide 2560x1080p 75Hz.

 

I'll be upgrading my system this year, maybe getting used Ryzen 7 3800X or something. I'm aiming for 32 inch monitor with at least 1440p 144Hz too. I know 1440p is not much ideal to go for RX 6800 XT, but well, I mean I can now consider a 4k monitor now.

[Chiyawa]

I have 3 options for RX 6800 XT:

 

-AsRock Phantom Gaming D OC

-Asus TUF RX 6800 XT O16 Gaming

-Sapphire Nitro + OC SE (a little bit expensive)

 

So, which would you all recommend?

[Dukesilver27-]

6800 XT with R5 3600, some games would be bottlenecked, especially CPU intensive games such as CP2077, Spider-man Remastered/MM.

My 12400 is bottlenecking my 6800 XT in 1440p ultra on those games, the rest are fine, but 3600 is a lot slower,

so imagine UW 1080p ultra, I'd imagine the bottleneck is quite big.

 

I'd recommend the 6700 XT and save the money for a 1440p or higher hz 1080 monitor upgrade.

Also, instead of upgrading to 3800x, which performance gain would be very very small, I'd suggest 5700X.

If you'd upgrade to 5700X, then go for the 6800 XT, and go with the sapphire one, sapphire is the best AMD AIB, I have the TUF one, the fans are very loud at >80% speed. And I just avoid anything asrock in general.

 

[xAcid9]

You not buying online? 

[Chiyawa]

2 hours ago, Dukesilver27- said:

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I see. Thanks for your input.

 

Hmm... 5700X you say? I think I can consider it. After all, I'm considering upgrade my system. So Sapphire are better? Okay, got it. Thank you so much.

 

1 hour ago, xAcid9 said:

You not buying online? 

Risking my 1 month salary? Well, I mean, if everything went smoothly then okay, but I don't trust online shopping if it involves a large sum of money. It's not that I don't trust the merchant, but I don't trust the delivery service. I had once receive a package that has been ripped apart, at least the delivery service caught the culprit and I got compensated... Still, with all the hassle and complicated warranty claim procedure, I still prefer physical shop, at least I can see and inspect the product, can opt for in-store 1 to 1 exchange warranty and so on.