PowerColor RX 6800 XT Red Devil Review

1. Introduction2. PowerColor RX 6800 XT Red Devil3. Testing Methodology4. 3DMark Fire Strike & Time Spy5. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing6. Control7. F1 20208. Gears 59. Ghost Recon: Breakpoint10. Metro Exodus11. Red Dead Redemption 212. Watch Dogs: Legion13. Clock Speed14. GPU Frequency Response15. Temperatures16. Acoustics17. Noise-Normalised Temperatures18. Power Consumption19. Overclocking20. Closing Thoughts21. View All Pages

For our temperature testing, we measure the peak GPU core temperature under load. A reading under load comes from running the 3DMark Time Spy stress test for 30 minutes.

In terms of out of the box thermal performance, both BIOS provide reductions in edge temperature compared to the reference design, with the Silent BIOS peaking at 77C, compared to 73C for the OC BIOS due to its more aggressive fan curve. Against the reference card, those are reductions of 4C for the Silent BIOS and 8C for the OC BIOS. Both modes also reduce the junction temperature, which hit 98C for the reference card.

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