quick question about 2 amd cards.

[Ultimacloud]

is the AMD 6800 or the AMD 7700 XT better ? 

I am looking for a good 1440p Graphics card at 144hz or higher within the 600-650$ range.

Both these cards are currently within that range on AMAZON.CA

is there anything else that would beat these cards within that price range ?

or is this the best bang for my buck ?

I mainly look to play Apex Legends and Maybe Street Fighter 6 and League Of Legends. 

 

the 6800 is running on RDNA 2 and has 16GB and was released in 2020 

the 7700 XT is on RDNA 3 and has 12GB and was released in 2023 

 

Thanks for your help guys :D

 

[RONOTHAN##]

The 7700 XT is slightly faster, but only barely. The main reason to go for the 7700 XT over the 6800 is the extra features of RDNA3 like AV1 encoding, otherwise if you can save a bit of money by going for the 6800 that's probably the way to go. 

[mariushm]

According to techpowerup , 6800 is around 95-96% the performance of 7700 XT at 1080p or 1440p  and is slightly better at 4K, probably due to the 16 GB of vram

 

Unless you insist on hardware av1 encoding support, 6800 would probably be a better choice, because of more refined / polished drivers and the extra vram could give the card a bit longer life.

[Bagzie]

1 hour ago, mariushm said:

According to techpowerup , 6800 is around 95-96% the performance of 7700 XT at 1080p or 1440p  and is slightly better at 4K, probably due to the 16 GB of vram

 

Unless you insist on hardware av1 encoding support, 6800 would probably be a better choice, because of more refined / polished drivers and the extra vram could give the card a bit longer life.

It's not the vram amount it's the 100gb/s of memory bandwidth.

 

It's the same reason the 7900XT goes from neck and neck with a 4070ti at 1440p to 7% faster at 4k.

 

Bandwidth is important at 4k.

[Ultimacloud]

2 hours ago, RONOTHAN## said:

The 7700 XT is slightly faster, but only barely. The main reason to go for the 7700 XT over the 6800 is the extra features of RDNA3 like AV1 encoding, otherwise if you can save a bit of money by going for the 6800 that's probably the way to go. 

would AV1 be better if I was to stream my gameplay to twitch ? is that what its for ?

53 minutes ago, Bagzie said:

It's not the vram amount it's the 100gb/s of memory bandwidth.

 

It's the same reason the 7900XT goes from neck and neck with a 4070ti at 1440p to 7% faster at 4k.

 

Bandwidth is important at 4k.

Would the Vram or the memory bandwidth help with the amount of FPS ? obv I am going for a high FPS setup so the more I can get the better. I would def forgo the AV1 and stick to the 6800 if it will give me more FPS due to the Vram or Memory Bandwidth.

[Ultimacloud]

Thank you all for your responses btw I truly appreciate the time out of your day to help me out =)

[RONOTHAN##]

3 minutes ago, Ultimacloud said:

would AV1 be better if I was to stream my gameplay to twitch ? is that what its for ?

59 minutes ago, Bagzie said:

In the future yeah, though currently AV1 isn't supported on Twitch. If you stream to Youtube it's supported though. 

[Bagzie]

2 hours ago, Ultimacloud said:

would AV1 be better if I was to stream my gameplay to twitch ? is that what its for ?

Would the Vram or the memory bandwidth help with the amount of FPS ? obv I am going for a high FPS setup so the more I can get the better. I would def forgo the AV1 and stick to the 6800 if it will give me more FPS due to the Vram or Memory Bandwidth.

The higher the resolution the more the bandwidth helps , At 1440p where both cards belong they are very close performance wise

 

1440p is also the sweet spot for a mid range pc these days , it's much closer in image quality to 4k than 1080p without being so brutally demanding.