Asus ROG Strix Radeon RX 6700 XT OC Gaming Review: Way Better Than The 5700 XT Version
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Video Index:
00:00 - Welcome back to Hardware Unboxed
01:16 - A look at the card
03:19 - Tearing it down
05:45 - Test System
06:01 - Shadow of the Tomb Raider
06:27 - Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
06:39 - Watch Dogs: Legion
06:54 - Power Consumption
07:18 - Stock GPU Hotspot Temperatures
07:39 - Stock GPU Edge Temperatures
07:52 - [40dBA Normalized] Stock GPU Hotspot Temperatures
08:18 - [40dBA Normalized] Stock GPU Edge Temperatures
08:28 - Final Thoughts
Asus ROG Strix 6700 XT OC Gaming Review
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I think it is a good decision to focus on noise normalized results rather than OC results. The cooler is not as random as the OC can be. If it is a model specifically for OC though like an unlocked card like the Kingpin then of course it needs to be looked at.
Hardware Unboxed used to do both (noise normalized and OC). Now they test noise normalized only and you somehow celebrate it this as a major advantage?
@@niko5514 I'd like both but I pick noise normalized over OC. If you know how good the cooler is and the power limit of the card then that pretty much tells you the OC headroom anyway.
@@niko5514 Not so much celebrating, as recognising that it's good practice not to show likely misleading results. I understand the frustration of having less information to work with, but having inaccurate info is worse
@@timr3168 exactly.
All we need now is to be able to buy it without paying +150% for it
he just needs to review prebuilds that have gpu in them, thats the only freaking GPU's the public will be able to get their hands on
@@michalthekind most expensive i've seen so far in Romania is a 3090 suprim x at 4600 euros. Also the cheapest 6700xt i can find here is around 1200+ euros i mean fuck that. It's fucking bonkers.
@@michalthekind APU will save us from mobile gaming
i've got an RTX quadro so i'll be doomed to mediocrity forever. they never die
@@drakomus7409 I'd take APU gaming any day over mobile gaming
Shout out to my former roommate with a 5700XT strix that is too grumpy to fix it or claim warranty. Gotta get them high Temps and loud fans
kudos for noise normalized temps and getting rid of overclocking results! noise normalized makes it easier to compare cooling while overclocking has little value in this day
Overclocking seems to be getting less and less worth it with every gen and I've never found the gains to be worth the faffing about anyway, stability is always better.
For the 5700 XT, the reference clocks hover in the 1750-1850 Mhz range. Most 3rd party cards hover in the 1980 Mhz range though, so they're all "overclocked" so to speak.
And I did ended up underclocking and undervolting my card, because why not? It ended up being around 1930 Mhz anyway. Same performance at less temps, power used and noise.
Depends on the generation, some are just better than others.
The manufacturers don't want you getting more than you paid for. If you want more than the 3 or 5% "OC" then they'll sell you a higher tier model. Or they would if they had any
@@granolatimes7185That's flat out wrong.
There's no difference in cores between the models.
A cheap RTX 3070 has the same core as a more expensive model.
The only difference lies in the bios and board design/cooler.
Steve even mention it in this very video...
@@oxfordsparky Wrong, the core itself is everything.
Better power delivery and cooler means nothing, if the chip won't push higher than standard clock speed.
Hence why Steve has dropped overclocking in his reviews, due to the silicon lottery being a very real thing.
The fact that you try to claim otherwise, just means you don't know what your talking about.
"At 73% over MSRP I would rather play at 780p" sums up my feelings perfectly! Nice review and it looks like a good card but the prices no way!
Few days ago, I sold my RX 580 4GB and 1600AF for decent amount. Now I use 3400G and I play older games at 1080p and wait for GPU prices to be normal. Last week BTC drop below 50k$....
@@beli96 i wish all the cryptomining collapse
@@beli96 As in 2016, BTC is not the issue here, it's ETH and other minor GPU crypto. And as the opposite of BTC, ETH has the particularity to mechanically lose value over time so even if BTC stay around 50k USD the amount of miners will slowly decrease and the user market will start to be flooded by their panic sales.
@@PainterVierax If BTC goes down, ETH will follow. But, when the BTC is over 40k...
Maybe miners will start selling their GPUs out of fear if BTC goes below 40k
@@inamullah1417 Been mining 4 years, I make my living off it, I hope all gamers get lives hahahahaha
I just sold all my pc components and start playing outside :)
Weak
No thanks
How many Fps?
Based
@@peshomusukuma4912 the human eye can only see 30fps
5700xt version had somethings the 6700xt doesn't: Price and was actually able to be purchased
Yeah, the 5700 xt for 400 bucks was really good when it could match 2070S performance. 6700 xt is overpriced and scalped. Can't justify it.
*had*
I picked up my 5700xt in December for around 120% msrp($580+tax and shipping) and it was great for the 3 months it lasted, it had a boot issue that caused to the need to be returned and sadly my seller only exchanged for a cash refund. That 5700xt price now is like $1500, whereas you can buy a 6700xt for around $1200
@@RafitoOoO And other cards aren't? lol
Truth is 6700 XTs are probably the most widely available GPUs on the market right now. And are being scalped and overpriced at a lower degree than other cards, particularly Ampere cards.
Your "criticism" says nothing new and is woefully misdirected at just the RX 6700 XT, which ridiculous pricings and availabilities aside, is nonetheless the best choice right now. If one really has to get a GPU in this climate ofc.
The "able to be purchased" part is actually the case with the 6700xt though. It’s by far the best available card of the current generation.
But of course the price ain’t it
Just shut up about the “not in stock” talk already, we all know this and you just look dumb commenting it
The B-roll camera moves are so smooth. I don't think i'll admire this card irl.....if I got one , So satisfying to watch.
Day 169. Still waiting on the XFX "Thiccest Boi" model...
XFX 6900 XT Big Chungus
For overclocking tests.. maybe just mention the average performance increase vs the reference spec seen on a given sku for all your samples so far? That gives a more reasonable impression that isn't tied to any one model, but also gives people mostly interested in tweaking the sort of info that is useful to them.
just wanted to help the algo as always amazing video
true
Great to see fan headers on the board, this needs to be a standard feature for GPUs in my opinion.
Great to you see Australian & US pricing. There are few Aussie channels on CZcams of this calibre which I would trust the recommendations of, so it is good you talk about our market as well. Keep up the awesome work.
Good choice to not do over clocking results. Glad you do the temperature and noise normalized results, that's my main consideration between models.
I think it's useful to have a range of overclocking results, just to give an idea of the range of what different 6700 XTs are capable of (while understanding that each of the cards tested aren't necessarily representative of all cards of that model), though I understand how it can cause confusion, so it may be better overall to not bother with specific overclocking tests.
Completely agree with the oc explanation.
I needed this yesterday while waiting 12 hours overnight trying to get one. Sadly, they didn't have this model, but i'm more convinced this is the one i want.
Thank you for your continuous work and free content we ve learned so much with your channel. Keep on rocking
Do you think you can get your hand on the binned Sapphire Toxic Extreme Edition 6900XT?
hi guys, can you test resizable bar availability? I have an i7 9700f and a gigabyte z390 UD paired with a gigabyte 3080 gaming oc, I was surprised to see that my z390 UD had a bios upgrade that enabled resizable bar even though Nvidia insists that only 10th and 11th gen cpu have the feature. I'm curious which boards and other generation of cpus both amd and intel that secretly support resizable bar.
"Sorry ladies... heatsink stays on"
Hopefully this gen's Rog Strix cooling system becomes a golden standard. It works damn well.
MSI is better
@Marcus R nonono, this is much beefier.
I was originally planning to get a 3070 Tuf, but it went out of stock and I got a Rog Strix. Cost a bit more, but it is also better in every way.
@@martymcfly88mph35 is it? From the multitude of reviews for 3070 I remember Rog Strix being the best one, pretty much in every way.
@@Kknewkles well I like the design of the MSI cards more. So they objectively are better by that benchmark
@@Kknewkles It has the best cooling system, but at the same time it's the most expensive card out of them all. TUF is way better when it comes to price/performance ratio, because it's only slightly warmer than Strix and doesn't cost an arm and leg, while maintaining some OC capabilities. Not worth it, but maybe someone wants the best, the most expensive and with RGB.
With variability in back-end supply to manufacturers, I must say your decision to not test OC going forward is a sound one. These reviews have been measured and have been produced sparingly - a really responsible approach too. Thanks for your dedication to your craft. :)
Is there a point in testing the power consumption? Are the values locked in terms of voltage or is it just lottery on how good of a chip you get?
As an owner of a Red Devil 6700 XT, this video was really interesting comparing thermals and noise! Thanks :)
is it safe to assume you'll also be ditching oc results for cpu testing moving forward?
Hey just a question right now in Australia the Asus strix is going for 1399$ and the red devil version from power cooler 1249$ is the $150 difference worth it?
hello
which one would you choose between this one and the SAPHHIRE version of the same card?
Great review. I’m personally still in favour of looking at OC results, even from a sample size of one, just for a basis of comparison, as I often use it as a gauge to see what might be possible, but I respect your reasoning for excluding it.
Just curious, but is their a reason that most reviewers, not just hub, use the gigabyte gaming oc and not the Aourus? Is it just an availability thing? I managed to get an Aourus 6800xt and it works great, but i couldn't really find any video reviews.
One way to include some OC results, would be to only show the average or median OC of all the available cards as well as the best and worst (without naming them).
If using the median it would also mean that very poor or very good cards won't have an effect on the result. That would be interesting to compare with 3060's and 3070s (OC'ed as well) to get and estimate of the potential for overclocking. A minimum of 3-4 cards should likely be used before providing any OC results still.
Well done on the oc decision!! The gains available even on good dies, simply aren't as significant as reliable CPU oc was in the past. More is likely to be gained by under-volting and running cooler with the dynamic power management on modern chips.
Strictly for the card itself and ignoring current circumstances, ASUS did a good job overall. Well done. This is a quality people expect when buying an ASUS's product.
Not really it's $800 for a $479 msrp. No that's not scalper price it's the official price from them. So HELL NO this card is not good.
@@tmacfan2132 which part of my comment did you skipped on reading
@@rush21hit No you obviously missed what I said. Their msrp on the card is $800. Regardless of circumstances they want $800. Price to performance is TERRIBLE.
@@tmacfan2132 So does everyone else, at this point. But I'm done here.
@@tmacfan2132 Agreed.
If everything was normal regarding prices and availability, you could buy a 6800, which would kick the crap out of this thing for way less.
So regardless of build quality it's a dud.
Thanks for the focus on the cooler.
Asus ROG Vega 64 owner here with a loose cooler right out of the box.
I realize I'm an outlier but how are the AMD 6000 card performances in VR on a Quest 2?
I've been told Nvidia has better video encoders but I was wondering how large the performance gap was? cant find a whole lot of information about AMD performance in VR
How come the 7 heatpipe of Stix and Red Devil have the same noise normalised temps as the 4 heatpipe Nitro+? Are heatpipes overrated?
Hi bro..plz what do u think in ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3070 AMP Holo ? Performance and cooling
Thanks for these videos, when everything returns to "normal" at least we already know which one refrigerates better. The one from xfx right?
I am actually putting a pc together today with the merc 319 and I'm curious what the oc's will be on it.
+1 for excluding oc tests
snf I really dig the noise normalized tests
My favorite part of hardware unboxed is the beginning with the introduction music It's so good and calming and exciting and familiar I can give you that feeling that here is Hardware unboxed my mind just Settle Down and I know I will have a great 15 minutes and head of Me Thank you Team You're the best Channel
One thing I would still like to hear about is more about the OC limits on the cards. If the manufacturer locks things down please mention it.
I own on of this card and these rear fan headers aren't spinning, how can I manually tune them?
I like to see OC results to see how much the chip can go when having good thermal headroom. The OC with the reference models are usually handicapped because of this. Maybe it should be a separate piece and not an AIB comparison/review. Just it's own RX 6700XT OC video, and emphasizing at the start that silicon quality variability is at work here for the different restults.
Can anyone explain me why rx 6700 xt 12 ,gb vram is worse than rx 5700 8 gb vram in mining? Is it reduce mining capability by radeon ,problem with drivers or something else? I cant get it
i feel movement in my pantaloons
Do you think you’ll review the Acer X34GS anytime soon?
Hopefully there are more supply at the end of the year for GPUs, or else "playing on a APU at 720p" is the best option now.
Wish i could buy this one love the design so much!!!
so i just picked this up from newegg for $430 american or $630 aud. pairing it with a ryzen 7 3700x. tell me i didnt get scammed?
Please also do temperature review of PC cases and Coolers. Thank you.
no
Hello, i just ran across a gigabyte radeon rx 6700 xt elite 12gb, and i am aiming to play games at 1080p, can you please tell me if its any good. Thank you
"Welcome back to Harvard unboxed" New t shirt in the making lol
If your taking out overclocking can you please include the stock power limit and max power limit as this can vary a lot and is a big deciding factor of us who always overclock.
Bro this intro is so chill
Hi Steve, I'd like to move from 1080p to 1440p gaming. Since you made a video about AMD cards performing better with older CPUs (in my case i7 6700k), do you think it's worth upgrading only the GPU? How would you compare the 6700XT against the RTX 3070 with older CPUs?
1440p testing for CPUs makes little sense, it could be included in addition to 1080p but certainly not replace it.
Hello Hardware Unboxed : Can you do an image quality test between NVIDIA and AMD , iv heard amd is better in rendering games ??
Nice work Stevo.
I agree with your decision not needing to include OC results for specific products. Example I had two reference 6900XT's and one would not OC barely at all, did not even like to be undervolted. Ran perfect at stock settings and that was where it liked to be. But the second reference model I had could OC 200mhz higher. Total luck.
what PSU did u pair this Card with???
While I agree you shouldn't look at the OC performance of a single card, it would still be interesting to see how well a certain graphics card (like the rx 6700xt) overclocks on average across all the models you have (Except for the reference design maybe).
I can't believe reviews are still being done. Just a slap in the face.
I think a good compromise would be to show OC results on at least reference models to get an idea how much you can potentially squeeze out of graphics cards.
Does anyone know what this card would be like running ff14 at 4k ? Trying to find out if it would be better than the 5700 Xt ?
That Speedster Merc tho. 👀
I have the Reference, so great purchase.
Keep doing OC results with the top spec kingpin tier gpus please, its the only reason to even buy them lol
do you recommend this card? i'm going to purchase the same one. Do you have any driver issues?
I run a 6700xt and no driver issues here
I currently have a rx580 with an i78700k, and a Asus Prime z370A mb, and a solid PS. Will have to get the specs on that. I only mentioned it, thinking of getting this card I assume I got to make sure there's enough room on the motherboard power supply will run it and the case is big enough....thanks for the review. I suspect this will be a good upgrade for my 8 gig video card. I mostly play Doom Eternal which is a phenomenal game. Compared to what you might ask? Why of course Duke Nukem from the 90s.
I picked up the ASRock 12GB OC version recently, it was sad not to see it included in the review. I've run a few games at 1080p with max settings it HW Monitor reports 143watts max.
I somehow less and less interested in video review content nowadays and more fond of the video where you guys talking each other regarding to the recent news\event. Out of my curiousity, did that kind of things show up in your youtube statistics??
Video review content is much less interesting when it's almost impossible to buy any of the parts
Me too
I have the asus tuf version of the card and I can't believe how quiet and cool it is, I think that the metal part of the cooler is identical. But I noticed that the tdp is just too low on my gpu on stock when going 100% gpu won't use more than 160w while running around 2500mhz, If I oc it to effective 2750+mhz (2850 in wattman) the tdp is still around 200-210w. Reported by the msi afterburner, amd overlay and hwinfo.
can this behemoth slot in matx mobo and case?
I like how XFX went from being considered bottom of the barrel on RDNA 1 to being the top of the list with RDNA 2.... Still prefer Sapphire and my Pulse 6800 though lol
Is this better than xfx 6750xt Merc?
Steve, your comments about using noise normalized results instead of OC make perfect sense to me. I have a PNY GTX 1080 with an utter crap cooler but great GPU and memory silicon, and which can't keep them cool enough. It's like a 120-140W cooler on an 180W GPU. The silicon's happy enough to do over 2100 and the memory 12,000 which ofc clocks itself down to 2000 at 83°C under load. I prob should watercool it but instead I go 1923MHz @0.9V and 11,600 memory, using135W at about 70°C. Undervolt FTW with crap coolers.
Very nice when they become in full stock mode and at msrp I might consider this bad boy. :)
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Which is good,asus rog strix 6700xt oc, or aorus rtx 3070ti master oc
Please reply
Depends if you like AMD or Nvidia more, both cards are good for 1440p.
I understand the reason not to test OC, but I still think that people are interested in how high a chip can get in general. So I think that you should test this and perhaps do a feature on that once in a while, instead of making it part of the review.
I do thank you for not including OC information. I appreciate your ethos of keeping your data pure; or, at least as un-adulterated and bias-free as possible. It is your wonderful expertise I have come to rely upon after I found this channel.
Could you also please include tests with maximum rpm? Some guys like me use their pc with headphones or just dont care about noise, but only about cooler perfomance
you already can extrapolate this result with the temp chart and the freq. The noise normalized chart also gives you indications of which card is cooler just by blasting air.
Do an overclocking/undervolting vid pls
Thanks for the Information.
I agree on not paying these ridiculously inflated prices. I planned on upgrading my system with a new GPU *but* as you're aware they're extremely hard to find. If you manage to find one sellers want 30, 40, 50, 60, 70% more than retail to purchase. No thank you. I wanted one to improve my fps not bankruptcy my checking account.
If cards return to being in stock and at a reasonable price then I'll buy. Not until even if my GPU fails.
I see you are still sporting Teddy. Kevin would be proud.
Sometimes I can watch HU with the notification squad when insomnia strikes.
How can one AIB card be more power efficient that the other when they use the same GPU? is it down to the voltage curve or VRM or something?
Power stages, capacitors, fans and cooler design, I think. Also temperature and voltage curves are non-linear, so a better cooler and better capacitors might mean same performance with slightly less power draw. A better cooler also means less power drawn by the fans, which means more power headroom for the GPU.
It's the components and power delivery and even the silicon quality itself.
just bought the asus tuf 6700xt oc open box £360 :) nice upgrade over my rog strix rx580 8Gb what I was sold on ebay for £220 :)
I was thinking of the 3080 or 6900xt but both over £1000 so it was a no brainer till the new amd comes out and we will se how prices will drop in a year time
OK, no OC stats which you reasonably explain. I'm fine with that, even going forward. Rather play at 720p on an APU? I call bullsh*t on that ...
I love how they put ASUS on the pcie slot tab.
You're doin a giveaway right???
Looks like the Hellhound is the best all rounder.
Would love to see your OC findings. I'm yet to find the best stable OC setting on my Reference PowerColor 6700 XT - Seems the stock GPU overclock (2704MHz) may be the limit (with max fan speed settings), but there may be more room to move...
I like seeing the overclock findings too but he's right. I have the Rog Strix LC 6800 XT and mine overclocks to 2.75 ghz without crashing and Hardware Unboxed's sample reached the limit of 2.8. A person I was talking to with the same exact card as mine only went up to 2.515 ghz.
@@TerraWare Mine was actually stable @ 2830 Core, 2150 VRAM with Fast Timing & 1100mV in Superposition, Heaven, Time Spy, Fire Strike, but crashed hard during gaming 😭
I don’t need the OC though. I just caught the bug because it’s my first build in so long & wanted to see how far it would go 😏
@@TheEthNick I hear you, I built my first PC early last year with a Nitro + 5700 XT but never really tinkered with it. Once I got the strix lc 6800 xt at Micro Center I was messing around with it since these cards have high clock potential. Highest mine goes 100% stable is 2.7ghz. I've stressed the hell out of it. 2.75 isn't always stable, anything above that crashes.
Did you see Der8auer's 6900XT LN2 Liquid Devil video? He broke the world record with a 3.2ghz. That's nuts but yeah it's just for fun at the end of the day. I mostly run my card with a 2.6ghz max/2.4ghz min OC and sometimes even go to automatic.
The differences aren't that significant but are there and like you say it is fun to tinker and tune your build. I have different profiles for different games. I like that about the Radeon Software.
Are U sure noe OCing with sample size of 1? This standpoint wil only get you 3 a cards of each model and lots more work to do :-)
Hm, my wife bought me one for 850, was wondering if i should just go back and return it lol. I like the card, but hate the price she got it for, should I get a refund and just game on my 1080ti until this shortage blows over? It's the xfx merc version.
Review the HP Omen 27i please😁😁
should i get this ASUS strix 6700xt or get the ASUS TUF 6700XT? they have the same specs. same triple fan. almost same price.
strix is higher end
I had my 5700xt for almost year before I had to change it for a new one. Its still not great but atleast it won't get hot no more like before
G'day Steve & Teddy Jr.,
If I could afford a new RX6700XT the choice for me would be simple as not only is the Strix Stoopid Expensive, I don't like the looks,
I'd much prefer a 😈 Red Devil OC & $350AUD in my pocket
with strix cards, you’re paying for better internals on the card for an OC, strix cards have usually 50w higher power limit than the next best card to it
Man, I just can't help but wince when somebody in tech says the word "brace" now. Thanks verge
Was able to get it at microcenter in chicago for 880 with taxes included on a business trip. Can't complain better then notheing atleast now have a card for the next gen comes out next year with the current crazy prices.