Windows 10: Is RX 6800 XT worth it?

I am buying a new graphich card to combine with my AMD Ryzen 7 5800x CPU. I cheched bottle neck and RX 6800 XT will work great with my current cpu. But I am worrying about drivers with microsoft because apparently there is a bug that microsoft keep replacing AMD drivers. Should I go with Nvidia?

 

Question Is a 6800 XT with three connectors better than a 6800 XT with two?

Hello! My name is Mostafa, and I’m an independent advisor and a long-time Microsoft user, and I will try my best to assist you with this so that you find a satisfactory solution.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming 6800 XT and Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT are similar in performance, and differences in overclocking performance could be due to variations in GPU silicon quality. The card's BIOS determines the power limit observed and is not related to the number of power connectors on the card. The number of power connectors on a graphics card does not determine its performance.

I hope the above steps helped you. In case of additional questions, reach out back to me, and I will be happy to help and try my best to resolve your issue. Thank you.

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Mostafa

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Question Is a 6800 XT with three connectors better than a 6800 XT with two?

I had an [ASRock Phantom Gaming 6800 XT](https://pg.asrock.com/Graphics-Card/AMD/Radeon RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming D 16G OC/index.asp) with 3 connectors, but I was having issues with it and returned it for a [https://www.sapphiretech.com/en/con...n/consumer/pulse-radeon-rx-6800-xt-16g-gddr6) with only 2 connectors. Is the Pulse worse than the Phantom Gaming then, or are they the same? I did get the Pulse for $15 less than the Phantom Gaming which is something.

I was able to OC my ASRock to a minimum of 2450, a maximum of 2550, a VRAM frequency of 2124 with fast timing, and undervolted to 1000mV. For my Sapphire, I can only OC it to a min of 2309, a max of 2409, and a VRAM frequency of 2112 with fast timing on, and undervolted to 1100mV. Is this just because of the silicon lottery, or is this because the Sapphire has only 2 connectors?

It seems to be reaching the power limit when I run Time Spy. The PPT limit percentage gets to 99% to 100% when Time Spy crashes, but it also gets to that point when Time Spy doesn’t crash; I suppose something else is causing the crashes then like the silicon lottery. Additionally, the PPT limit is 312.8W anyway when I set the power limit to +15% in Adrenalin, and I heard the most I can get with 2 connectors is 375 W; I don’t plan on using MPT to raise my power limit even more, so that seems to be unrelated to how many connectors I have anyway. Is this actually related to how many connectors I have, or is this limited by the BIOS?

 

nVidia GeForce GTX 1070 to AMD RX 5700 XT - Worth it?

Good day.

Do you think it's worth to swap a GTX 1070 for a Radeon RX 5700 (with or without XT)?

I am not interested in Ray Tracing. Or it would be better to purchase some RTX Super model?