AMD RX 6900 XT Review

The AMD RX 6900 XT ships in identical packaging to the RX 6800 XT, with a large image of the graphics card visible from the front. The back of the box is mostly left bare, except for some text in the top left corner advising customers to download the user manual.

The box opens to reveal an insert, and the card itself sits below this, surrounded by stiff foam.

The 6900 XT also comes with an AMD-branded mouse mat, as well as a Radeon keycap.

Taking a look at the RX 6900 XT itself, it uses the exact same cooler as the RX 6800 XT, so the two look identical. This means we once more have a premium-feeling die-cast aluminium shroud, which is mostly black but with some prominent silver sections.

It also uses the same triple-fan arrangement, with three 80mm axial fans – the blower-style coolers of old are now a thing of the past. Each fan sports the ‘R' Radeon logo on the central hub.

In terms of its dimensions, the card measures 267 x 115mm, and it is a 2.5-slot thickness. This is exactly the same as the RX 6800 XT, and while the RX 6800 looks the same, that card is a dual-slot thickness.

The front side of the card is home to the Radeon logo, and here we are in for a slight surprise – this logo is actually RGB! AMD provided us with an RGB control software, so be sure to check that out in the video.

As for the backplate, this is almost entirely silver, and it stretches the length of the card. There’s a cut-out behind the GPU core, but other than that it is entirely solid.

Just like the RX 6800 XT, power requirements consist of two 8-pin power connectors. AMD makes a point of referring to these as ‘industry standard’ connectors, in a thinly-veiled jibe at Nvidia’s new 12-pin connector.

For display connectors, there’s 2x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI 2.1, and 1x USB-C.

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