Question 6950XT or 6800XT

[DaDuckster]

Building a system…Ryzen 5 7600 and trying to decide on a 6800XT or a 6950XT. $499 vs $579, so the 13% “better” card is 16% more expensive. Neither will be used anywhere near capacity for now, however the Ryzen was picked to allow a later CPU upgrade. Is the 6950 enough of an advantage to pay for it now, or is the 6800 enough?

 

[Lutfij]

What sort of titles will you be taxing the proposed GPU purchase with?

If you have the funds and the PSU that can deliver power to the card + the innards, my vote goes to the 6950XT.

 

[DaDuckster]

What sort of titles will you be taxing the proposed GPU purchase with?

If you have the funds and the PSU that can deliver power to the card + the innards, my vote goes to the 6950XT.

No plans to tax either, for now. Limited to some Steam gaming, stuff that’s still running on my 1060-ti with an i7-4770…just wondering if the performance increase for the 6950 is worth it for minor future proofing.

 

[thestryker]

Right now is a pretty bad time to be trying to future proof a graphics purchase. The question to answer is what sort of display will you be using. If it's higher refresh rate then a higher performing card will matter proportionally more. With pricing being as it is today I'd say 6950xt for 4k/1440p ultrawide high refresh (144hz+), 6700xt/6750xt for 1080p, and 6800xt for 1440p/1080p high refresh (240hz+).

 

[Kona45primo]

I'd get the 6950. I'd reason it'll keep you going through another generation compared to the 6800 and have a higher resale value when it's time to upgrade again.

 

[Avro Arrow]

No plans to tax either, for now. Limited to some Steam gaming, stuff that’s still running on my 1060-ti with an i7-4770…just wondering if the performance increase for the 6950 is worth it for minor future proofing.

If that's what you're doing then I'd say that the RX 6800 XT is what you should be getting. When both cards are overkill, get the cheaper one, especially if they have the same VRAM configuration.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Thanks for best answer! I have an RX 6800 XT myself and it's fantastic. I'm playing jedi Survivor at 1440p and getting over 80FPS on average. It's an amazing card and I think that you'll love it!