AMD RX 6900 XT Review

1. Introduction2. AMD RX 6900 XT3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing6. Borderlands 37. Control8. Death Stranding9. The Division 210. F1 202011. Far Cry New Dawn12. Gears 513. Ghost Recon: Breakpoint14. Metro Exodus15. Middle Earth: Shadow of War16. Red Dead Redemption 217. Shadow of the Tomb Raider18. Total War Saga: Troy19. Watch Dogs: Legion20. Performance Summary (14 Game Average)21. Cost Per Frame Analysis22. Ray Tracing - Control23. Ray Tracing - Shadow of the Tomb Raider24. Ray Tracing - Watch Dogs: Legion25. Productivity Benchmarks26. Clock Speed27. Temperatures28. Acoustics29. Noise-Normalised Temperatures30. Power Consumption31. Performance Per Watt32. Overclocking33. Closing Thoughts34. View All Pages

Here we revisit Control, this time testing with the in-game ray tracing effects set to their highest values.

In terms of the 6900 XT's ray tracing performance, we start with Control. At 1080p, the 6900 XT delivers 63FPS with ray tracing set to its highest value, which means it's barely 7% faster than Nvidia's £369 RTX 3060 Ti. RTX 3080, meanwhile, is in another league entirely, as the 6900 XT is 30% slower.

As for 1440p, the average frame rate falls to 41FPS, and that's a 57% performance hit compared to playing with ray tracing disabled. The 6900 XT is now 32% slower than the RTX 3080.

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