

The exposed heatsink fin design will supposedly allow better airflow. The side has a very simple design with a loud red outline. The Radeon RX 6800 XT reference model also comes with a full-length silver backplate with a very minimalist design. Like Nvidia, AMD opted for a fan-style cooler for its reference design instead of the conventional blower-style cooler. The reference model of the RX 6800 XT is simply gorgeous, making it one of my personal design favorites. Unlike the generic soft styrofoam cover found on most graphics cards, AMD stepped up with quality printed cardboard protecting the RX 6800 XT. The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT uses a flip-style cover where you are greeted with a welcome message on the lid upon opening. I personally prefer this type of packaging compared to the half-box style found on the AMD RX 5700 XT and Nvidia’s RTX 20 series.

If so, AMD has done a great job with the box design. We have not yet confirmed if the RX 6800 XT we received will be the same for retail cards. We will also have a local price estimation based on the previous AMD GPU releases in the latter part of the article.
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Instead, AMD issued a different embargo to talk about the physical overview and features of the RX 6000 series which we’ll discuss in this article. AMD’s latest comeback attempt at the GPU space is very intense as the RX 6000 series competes at the higher end spectrum, rivaling Nvidia’s RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 graphics card.ĪMD has sent over the Radeon RX 6800 XT for us to review but the embargo has not yet lifted so we aren’t allowed to show any performance numbers yet. Last October 28, AMD announced the much-awaited Big Navi GPUs properly known as the Radeon RX 6000 series.
