My one year old Nvidia 3060 ti FE 8gb is a nice little video card ( from a legacy build) , but began to be challenged in DCS and MSFS running ultra/high settings on my new system build- i7-13700, 2 x Sam 980 pro, 64gb ram, Seasonic Plat 850watts, 3x Sam 870 EVO, 4x Arctic 120mm case fans, 2x Arctic 120 cpu fans on Thermalrite Assassin, Antec P101 case. No real surprise since flight sims are notoriously challenging for frame rates,etc. DLSS helps some but native horsepower rendering really counts using TLAA, etc. The 40XX series is generationally lackluster ( except 4090) , pricey, and stingy on VRAM. Rumors are that Nvidia has drastically slowed 40XX production to support prices on existing cards for sale due to weaker demand. AMD on the other hand are slashing prices the last few months on superbly built cards, equipped with more VRAM. AMD has also decided to reportedly focus on mid tier cards going forward and likely ceding the 4090 high ground to others. As competition heats up for gpu chips with AI exploding, prices and scarcity of consumer gpus may get problematic in 2024 and beyond. Cryto bad? Dont know. This new XFX 6950 XT is built like a tank and it is mucho grande. It dwarfs my 3060ti in the photo. All metal design, three fans, two 8 pin sockets, super reinforced IO shield to pcb support- little to no card “ sag”, unlike other giant AIB cards. It has three DP ports and one HDMI. With DP, it supports my 1440 165mhz Dell monitor. The 6950XT can go ballistic and compete at 4K if I decide to go to an LG OLED. Many users report using these for VR. This card natively performs about 65-75% better than my 3060ti. It runs about 10C cooler, about 500-700 mhz faster, uses about 10% less vram and has DOUBLE the total vram. The only downside is its increased power consumption. At full tilt, the 6950 XT consistently reports using about 300 watts , and with my i7-13700 cpu , the whole computer maxes out at 485 watts at the wall plug- measured by a Kill a Watt plug in meter. That gives my Seasonic 850watt power supply plenty of headroom. For comparison, my 3060 ti and i7-13700 measured about 350 watts at the wall during gaming ( about 39% less power). The 6950 XT shows about 20 watts power usage at idle. I have played with the fan curves a bit and the Adrenaline software used to load your AMD drivers is easy to use. I have only used the card a few days but I am IMPRESSED ! I feel great about the purchase due to its: relative price/ performance; superb build quality; beastly native performance; 16gb moving forward into an uncertain GPU environment between Nvidia, AMD and Intel. This card was nearly double the price about a year ago. I considered the 7900XT but a minimalist 16% performance increase did not justify a 36% price increase. I did mildly consider the Asus 4070 but the $110 (16%) price increase to get a triple fan Asus model with LESS performance - about 16% LESS in 1440 and 27% LESS in 4K with 4gb LESS vram. No thanks.BTW- AMD is releasing two new mid tier cards tomorrow at Gamescon and will be announcing the release of FSR 3, a competitor to Nvidias DLSS 3. Lately, I have seen more and more former Green team owners now buying Team Red video cards. Now I know why. The AMD 68xx and 69xx cards were great performers- now at greatly reduced prices ( relatively speaking). Buy them before AMDs last gen super cards are no longer available. Like me, you will likely be impressed. Further, I used DDU Uninstall in Windows safe mode to uninstall the Nvidia drivers before I installed Adrenaline which contains the latest AMD drivers. Many YT vids on this simple and straightforward process.Registering your new video card at the XFX website reportedly extends your warranty to THREE years and XFX video cards generally have strong customer reviews for build quality, long term longevity, etc.UPDATE: 11/2/2023My original XFX RX 6950XT continues to amaze me. I recently built another computer to be used at another location and tried an Nvidia RTX 4070 12gb FE gpu in it because recently both MSFS and now DCS offer DLSS, an Nvidia exclusive. The Nvidia RTX 4070 12 gb FE demonstrated moderate performance at best, and worse, it started demonstrating hemispheric shading issues after being used for just a few days after purchase. Back it went to the partner retailer and i JUST BOUGHT ANOTHER XFX RX 6950XT for that alternate computer. Folks, this video card is just that good. For exactly the same cost as the Nvidia RTX 4070 12 gb FE, it smokes the Green card in pure, unbridled performance. These last gen AMD super cards are disappearing over time. Buy one before the inventory is exhausted. It will be a BIG DOG for quite awhile . Stunning build quality and Mach speed performance for the co$t.