Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsAmazing card!
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2022
This card is an absolute gaming monster! It handles everything I throw at it with ease, including MSFS and Plague Tale Requiem at 4k. Overclocking and undervolting is an absolute breeze with AMD’s Adrenaline software. I’ve not had any significant coil whine issues some seem to have, but that could be due to the power supply I’m using : Corsair RM1000x. Speaking of components, the rest of my system is as follows:
CPU: i5-13600k
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Peerless Assassin 120
MOBO: MSI MAG MORTAR DDR4 WiFi
RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance 3600 CL18
Fans: Arctic P12 and P14 PWM ARGB
For the 3DMark scores posted, I had the power slider set to +15, voltage left alone at 1200, GPU clock sliders set to 2700-2800, and memory on fast timings @2312mhz. I’m running mine in a Lian Li O11 Air Mini with 140mm fans in front of it, and 120mm under it constantly supplying fresh air so my temps are great. Highest junction temp I saw while benchmarking was 92, with the GPU temp between 70-72 at the most.
For regular old gaming, I don’t run that OC profile. My particular card doesn’t seem to undervolt very well, I was getting constant crashes in Time Spy under 1135mv regardless of clocks. So for gaming, I run an UV profile of 2500-2600 core clocks, fast memory timings @2312, power slider at 0, and voltage @1140, and a custom fan curve that starts gradually ramping up at 55*C. Even running Microsoft Flight Sim at 4k, I’ve never seen GPU temps go above 65* with temps typically hovering between 55 and 60.
The only negative is that the fans are pretty loud when they get going. I do have mine set pretty aggressively as I’d rather sacrifice a bit of noise for a cooler running system since I typically have a headset on anyways. But if you don’t game with a headset, you will hear the fans when they ramp up.
All that said this is a phenomenal card that only BARELY loses to the new 7900XT. AMD 6000 series cards also do not seem to have been plagued by the driver issues of 5000 series and now seemingly the 7000 series cards. If you’re looking for a high end card, the 6950XT is pretty hard to beat at 780 bucks unless you’re lucky enough to find a 6900XT sub 700.
