AMD’s RX 6800 is likely one of the greatest worth high-end graphics playing cards available on the market – and immediately you’ll be able to choose up this GPU with Starfield Premium Version for simply $430 at Amazon US, down from $490.
This explicit mannequin is the XFX Speedster SWFT319 variant, which comes with a ‘city’ and ‘gritty’ naming scheme (that I stay mystified by… why 319?) and a cool triple-fan design. XFX aren’t absolutely the best-loved AMD GPU maker, however their designs have all the time labored effectively in my expertise, and there is definitely sufficient thermal heft right here to make sure a cool and quiet expertise for this 250W card. This mannequin comes with reference clocks, rated as much as 2105MHz increase, however as with different fashionable GPUs will increase past this if thermals and energy budgets enable, so you are not lacking out in comparison with an ‘OC’ mannequin actually.
When it comes to precise efficiency, the RX 6800 is an effective match for 1080p and 1440p gaming, however will stretch to 4K with RT disabled in lots of titles. Again in early 2021, Katharine’s assessment revealed ~60fps or better averages at 4K that in contrast effectively with Nvidia’s RTX 3070 within the likes of Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Murderer’s Creed Valhalla, Horizon Zero Daybreak, Monster Hunter World and Metro Exodus, although it fell behind its competitor in Whole Warfare: Three Kingdoms and Remaining Fantasy 15.
Sadly, RT efficiency in these crop of titles (the place out there) is far worse than the RTX 3070, and plenty of video games additionally help DLSS relatively than AMD’s FSR 2, resulting in the 3070 having a stable lead in these titles. With RT enabled, the RX 6800 is extra of a 1440p card, which is a disgrace – however relying in your tastes, it could be an entire non-issue.
In any case, Starfield is rumoured to solely include FSR 2, so you will not have any such points within the AMD-sponsored title… and also you get a free copy of the premium version of the sport, which is nice.
That almost does it for now, so I hope you discovered this beneficial and have an incredible weekend!