PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory

As others have reviewed this card did had slight coil whine when I first got it. PowerColor on the box recommends at least a 950W PSU and I only had an EVGA 850W Gold so I upgraded to a EVGA 1000W Platinum PSU and the coil whine went away and is even quieter than my wife's PowerColor 6800XT. This is a heavy card so I highly recommend using the included GPU bracket to prevent card sag long term and PCIE x16 socket stress. I play triple screen 4k games, (75% of 8k resolution) and stock card settings on COD Vanguard with ultra settings, triple 4k, FSR set to ultra quality, I get 85-90 fps with dips down to 75 so it keeps my 70hz 4k monitors well fed. Flight Simulator 2020 gets 22-25fps on high settings triple 4k so enough to fly but not ultra smooth, such a non optimized game. Far cry 5 triple is 45-55 fps on ultra so a bit lower. I should note these numbers are with Smart Access Memory enabled as well. Also for context my CPU is a Ryzen 9 - 5950x. I have found that AMD's eyefinity surround works much better and more consistent than nVidia surround. I did have an EVGA 3070 and had soo many issues with surround, like disabling monitors in windows after leaving surround mode. I like eyefinity's ability to go into surround only when playing games as this is my work-from-home PC so for premier pro, affinity publisher and the like I prefer the normal Windows scaling experience. This card pulls around 289W on stock settings and temps are decent (70c), enabling extra watts via +20% power makes this card pull 346 watts and gets very warm, (82c-85c). My case is a Thermaltake View 71 (Large Case) and my CPU is on a 360 radiator so there is decent airflow with my additional 5 case fans. I did buy a damaged box card (saved $150 buying from Amazon Warehouse) and the card has been great so far.

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.

I have a 3440x1440 (UWQHD) ultra wide 144Hz monitor. At resolutions just over 2K, this GPU is amazing! Every game I have played is an amazing experience. Coil noise is apparent, but doesn't really bother me. Never had a single driver issue, and handles ray tracing decently well. I've actually undervolted this card, and saved about 100 watts of power usage. Every game still runs perfectly with no noticeable difference in gameplay whatsoever. I'm not a frame rate chaser. IMO higher frames does not immediately dictate a "better" GPU. If a GPU can handle my desired resolution at right around 60 FPS, it's a fantastic GPU for my application. Here's the average frame rate for some of the more popular games I play (stock GPU power settings). Cyberpunk, Ultra Settings, RT off - 62 FPS average Cyberpunk, Ultra Settings, RT on, FSR set to Balanced - 59 FPS average Forza Horizon 5, Extreme settings, RT on (max setting) - 93 FPS average Stray, max settings - 67 FPS average Apex Legends, max settings - (frame cap) 144 FPS constantly, no lower Subnautica Below Zero, max settings - (frame cap) 144 FPS constantly, no lower Assetto Corsa, max settings - (frame cap) 144 FPS constantly, no lower Rocket League, max settings - (frame cap) 144 FPS consistently The Last of Us, max settings - 63 FPS average

I’ve had the card a few months now. There’s a few things that have stood out to me. I purchased before the price drops of all the current cards at time of writing, do I feel like I should have waited? Yeah, but I don’t feel like I was ripped off. This card blows away anything I throw at it. Red devil has a lead to allow the card to the motherboards rgb header, so it matches the motherboard rgb colors for an easier rgb matching. Team red offers a top end gpu with stable drivers, I’ve had less issues with the programs I work with compared to my previous gpu (2080 Super). I don’t use any driver software such as adrenaline or GeForce now, so that doesn’t make a huge difference to me. Overall, great card. Quiet, fast, handles everything I throw at it at 4K or 1440 ultra wide.

Very powerful GPU, but the first one I got was defective, and as I was in dire need of a GPU I had to get it from another store while I waited for the return process to finish. The new one was perfect and still powers through everything I throw at it.

Got it discounted, amazing performance for the price, the build quality is very good, and it looks great. Handles most games on ultra settings at 2k (+120 FPS) or 4k (+80 FPS) without any problems, as long as you disable ray tracing which is highly over rated. It supports ray tracing but you'll need to lower the settings to get good FPS when it's on. Heard a slight coil whine on a couple of occasions in two games only, but it's not loud nor bothersome (seems worse for people using less than the required 950W PSU). Runs hot, so make sure you have good air cooling with a tweaked fan curve.

Plus de 350watts, 2500mhrz et vous pouvez facilement atteindre les 100 degrés ... même dans un boitier extrêmement bien ventilé, j' ai dû changer le profil de ventilation par défaut en le faisant tourner à fond ( 3000 rpm ) pour me maintenir vers les 80°, ça turbine fort, ça turbine trop mais les perfs sont clairement au rendez-vous ! Le gain de perfs par rapport à ma 1080 ( non TI ) est stratosphérique, tout tourne à fond en 1440p . Bref, la ventilation n' est pas à négliger, si j' avais su j' aurais envisagé la version waterblock pour plus de confort ! Après quelques optimisations ( changement de boitier et plus de ventilos ), j' escompte obtenir quelque chose de correct au niveau auditif ! Pas de problème de pilote et l' application " Adrenalin " est vraiment top, bien mieux qu' Nivida de ce côté-là, AMD ne rigole plus .

la tarjeta es muy buena por el precio que la compre es lo mejor salio 3 mil pesos mas cara que una 3070, corre todo sin problema alguno, si consume bastante energia recomendable tener una fuente de almenos 850w, tiende a calentarse bastante con juegos demandantes, en el hotspot llega alcanzar temperaturas de 110c el gpu usualmente anda en 70-76c, en cuanto a rendimiento ray tracing es equiparable a una 3070ti , ya encuanto a rendimiento sin ray tracing se ubica entre una 3080 como muy bajo hasta una 3090ti dependiendo el juego. lo que si es que es bastante ruidosa ya con los ventiladores al maximo, igual presenta el famoso coil whine .

La scheda è davvero un mostro di potenza, l'unico difetto che per ora posso constatare che è parecchio ingombrante, ottima l'idea di includere un piccolo sostegno addizionale per il lato libero della scheda.