AMD's Radeon RX 6900 XT is now available for £699.99 in the UK

[WYP]

Last-gen GPU prices are getting forced down.



Read more about AMD's RX 6900 XT being available for £699.99.

 

[AlienALX]

That's pretty epic. Would do any one for a few years that. Tis a nice model too.

 

[Bagpuss]

The price is only 'good' relative to the absurd overpriced market of the last 2yrs.


..in normal times, these things wouldn't cost a penny over £500 at this stage in their life.

 

[AlienALX]

The price is only 'good' relative to the absurd overpriced market of the last 2yrs.


..in normal times, these things wouldn't cost a penny over £500 at this stage in their life.

The price is good. The market hasn't been absurdly overpriced for two years. The 20 series Nvidia cards were also very expensive. The 2080Ti cost more than the RRP of this card.

I must have explained it to people a thousand times, but it doesn't seem to sink in. Since RT was announced die sizes have grown off the scale. That means much more cost. That is just something you are going to have to get used to and live with. It isn't going to change very much. Whilst AMD care a lot less about RT they are still making GPUs capable of actually doing it.

£699 for this IMO is excellent. Mostly because it will be absolutely ages before AMD release anything at around the same price. Firstly those $999 and $899 cards they just announced are going to be gouged. Meaning each one will cost at least $200 more, even more so in the UK. They also don't include taxes. In the UK? that is 20%. If you remove 20% from £699 you end up at around £560. Because 20% is going to the govt.

If AMD's top end cards cost that, they you can bet they will decrease by about $100 as the range goes down. Meaning by the time you get to $699? it will be a card that will perform around the same. Only you waited months and months for it.

This is always the best time to buy a GPU. But never ever the new GPU. You stay one gen behind.

And ignoring RT? the 6900XT will last you bloody years. So personally, considering it has a huge die and a ton of VRAM? and is a top end model well built with a proven good cooler? I think it's a complete bargain.

 

[AlienALX]

BTW if it still doesn't make sense.

The 6700XT has a larger main die than the new XTX.

So you can expect AMD's lower end cards to be much cheaper than last round. Once they crack making all of the dies small? the prices should go down like crazy.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

The price is good. The market hasn't been absurdly overpriced for two years. The 20 series Nvidia cards were also very expensive. The 2080Ti cost more than the RRP of this card.

I must have explained it to people a thousand times, but it doesn't seem to sink in. Since RT was announced die sizes have grown off the scale. That means much more cost. That is just something you are going to have to get used to and live with. It isn't going to change very much. Whilst AMD care a lot less about RT they are still making GPUs capable of actually doing it.

£699 for this IMO is excellent. Mostly because it will be absolutely ages before AMD release anything at around the same price. Firstly those $999 and $899 cards they just announced are going to be gouged. Meaning each one will cost at least $200 more, even more so in the UK. They also don't include taxes. In the UK? that is 20%. If you remove 20% from £699 you end up at around £560. Because 20% is going to the govt.

If AMD's top end cards cost that, they you can bet they will decrease by about $100 as the range goes down. Meaning by the time you get to $699? it will be a card that will perform around the same. Only you waited months and months for it.

This is always the best time to buy a GPU. But never ever the new GPU. You stay one gen behind.

And ignoring RT? the 6900XT will last you bloody years. So personally, considering it has a huge die and a ton of VRAM? and is a top end model well built with a proven good cooler? I think it's a complete bargain.

I agree. The days of 1080Ti's and GTX 970's and RX 480's are gone.


That said, I think there's good reason to wait for the lower end models of RDNA3, and that's the massively smaller coolers they'll come with. I don't want a 6900XT in my case. That's a huge amount of power and heat. I'd rather wait to get the same performance at the same price with much lower power draw/heat.

 

[AlienALX]

I agree. The days of 1080Ti's and GTX 970's and RX 480's are gone.


That said, I think there's good reason to wait for the lower end models of RDNA3, and that's the massively smaller coolers they'll come with. I don't want a 6900XT in my case. That's a huge amount of power and heat. I'd rather wait to get the same performance at the same price with much lower power draw/heat.

It's not as ill mannered as you would think. All you do is click "Radeon Chill" and your problems are solved.

At stock they are quite mild mannered. At least my 6800XT is. Just don't ever, ever click the Rage Mode button !!

They even have an undervolting button, so it has never been simpler tbh.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

It's not as ill mannered as you would think. All you do is click "Radeon Chill" and your problems are solved.

At stock they are quite mild mannered. At least my 6800XT is. Just don't ever, ever click the Rage Mode button !!

They even have an undervolting button, so it has never been simpler tbh.

Nice!

To be honest, I don't even need 6900XT performance. I only really need 6750XT performance.