The recent computer market, especially the high-performance gaming computer market, is a gloomy time. Compared to the end of last year, overall system sales have decreased from as much as 70% to as little as 50%. This is due to the shortage of graphics cards and the cost of most electronic devices used in computers due to the corona pandemic. In fact, the shortage phenomenon may be found due to the surge in sales due to the coronavirus, but in early 2020, due to the limitation of computing development, most of them did not invest in personnel and factory facilities in anticipation of significant production cuts in mainstream products other than the high-end market This is the biggest reason not to see the blame. Despite such a situation, as the time spent living indoors in offices and homes increases, consumption of online content is rapidly increasing. Among them, the “game industry” is also seeing significant reflection benefits. Finally, the AMD Radeon RX 6000 series was finally launched last week in the most competitive mainstream computer market.
Today, we will predict the performance of the new performance graphics card AMD Radeon RX 6700XT at Brainbox, the background of its birth, and how the graphics card market will develop in the future. Let’s take a look at the appearance and specifications of the Radeon RX 6700XT, the main character of this article.
■ AMD, Radeon RX 6700XT reference
▲ Brief specifications: RX 6700 XT / 7nm / Boost clock: 2581MHz / Stream processor: 2560 / PCIe4.0x16 / GDDR6(DDR6) / Output terminal: HDMI2.1, DP1.4 / Additional functions: 8K resolution support, 4K resolution Support / Power consumption: Up to 230W / Rated power 650W or more / Power port: 6-pin x1 + 8-pin x1 / Power: 11 phases / 2 fans / Horizontal (length): 265mm / Back plate / A/S 3 years / Infinity Cache: 96MB / RDNA2
The appearance of the AMD reference-based RX 6000 series graphics cards, which was first released, was designed to have a clean and refined image compared to the previous generation Radeon graphics cards. The overall appearance of the graphics card is a typical two-fan structure cooler that cools the GPU, GDDR6 memory, and power through a heat pipe-heat sink inside. The fan is applied with the zero-fan function, which is now the trend, and automatically starts the fan according to the usage of the GPU or the temperature measured by the graphics card.
▲ The letter “R” located between the two fans tells us that the DNA of this graphics card is AMD Radeon.
▲ Power supply of Radeon RX 6700XT graphics card consists of one 12V 8-pin connector and one 12V 6-pin connector through power, and the power consumption of the entire graphics card is 235W. It is good to use, buy. Since the price of 650W power and 700W power are not very large, we recommend a power with an output of about 700W if possible.
▲ The output port configuration of the graphics card consists of three display ports and one HDMI port. The display port supports version 1.4 and the HDMI version supports version 2.1, so the number and version of competitors’ output ports were the same.
■ AMD Radeon RX 6700XT performance test setup
● Processor: Intel Core i9 10900K
● Memory: GeiL DDR4-3200 CL22 16GB x2
● Motherboard: ASUS Z590 Gaming-E WiFi
● Storage: WD BLACK SN750 Gen3 x4 1TB
● Operating system: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (20H2)
● Driver: AMD and NVIDIA (latest version March 2021)
● Special Note: Activate the SAM function of the Z590 chipset motherboard
First of all, I checked 3DMARK’s score, which allows you to quickly and easily check the performance of the graphics card. Since the specifications of the graphics card are above the intermediate level, let’s check the performance of each graphics card when it is 4K resolution rather than general FHD resolution.
Today’s main character, the Radeon RX 6700XT graphics card, showed performance between the GeForce RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 Ti in the NVIDIA graphics card lineup. In the case of the time spy test, the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti showed a slight difference in performance, but the FireScribe Extreme showed a performance result that was on the contrary.
When I increased the 3DMARK test resolution to 8K and tested it, it showed similar results to the results at the previous 4K resolution.In the case of FireStrike, it exceeded the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, but in the Time Spy, it showed a little sagging compared to the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. . The biggest difference between these two tests is the difference between the two versions, DirectX 12 and DirectX 11, which seems to be the difference in performance due to this.
Now, let’s check the performance of the Radeon RX 6700XT through the average frame results in real games.
First of all, the division 2 frame test results showed that the Radeon RX 6800 graphics card exceeded the performance of the GeForce RTX 3070 in each resolution, and the Radeon RX 6700XT graphics card lightly exceeded the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti at all resolutions. The in-game performance results were relatively satisfactory.
First of all, when the image quality option of Borderlands 3 was set to the highest, the performance of Radeon series graphics cards was measured quite high at each resolution. In this game, the Radeon RX 6700XT showed similar results to the frame number of GeForce RTX 3070. This part can be understood as an example to show that there is not a small amount of performance improvement according to the degree of optimization of the engine and driver in the game compared to the previous two games.
This story seems to show a small difference in performance depending on which graphics card the game developer optimizes for and how the driver operates in the game in which the graphics card manufacturer receives it. To better understand the difference, Tomb Raider tested each graphics card with Nvidia’s DLSS option turned off. As shown in the results, Radeon graphics cards showed quite impressive frame results.
■ The first of competitors Radeon RX 6700XT impact on 12GB graphics card release?
Nvidia’s GeForce XX60 series were traditionally released with 6GB of graphics card memory. If you go back about four years, the GeForce GTX 1060 model was released and sold as a 3GB model or a 6GB model. After that, the RTX 2060 product was released, and this initial product was also released as a 6GB model, but with the release of the RTX 2060 SUPER model in the middle, it changed to an 8GB model. And the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, which was released at the same time and is still on sale, is no exception, so it is released and sold as a 6GB model.
On the other hand, AMD Radeon graphics cards were released with a relatively large amount of memory, and the RX 470 model was released as a 4GB model or an 8GB model, and through today’s article, the Radeon RX 5700 series was also released as an 8GB model. Strangely, however, this Radeon RX 6700 XT model was scheduled to be released with a unique graphics card capacity of 12GB. So, the competitors carried out the “Operation Kim Min-gi” here, and that model can be seen as the GeForce RTX 3060 12GB model that was released just a while ago. In other words, it is inevitable to release this product in order not to be pushed by the specifications in the product with intermediate performance, because in fact, the GeForce RTX 3060 6GB model was also scheduled to be released after that.
Therefore, the title of this mainstream 12GB graphics card was the first to be captured by Nvidia. As a result, unlike the original purpose of providing gamers with a 12GB high-capacity graphic card at a low cost, these two graphic cards are not commonly seen around the world, and this frustrating situation seems to continue for the time being. Do. AMD and Nvidia These two graphics card GPU developers can be seen to be stimulating to some extent through competition, and Nvidia can be seen to be struggling to avoid losing leadership in the graphics card market. The rivalry between the two will eventually provide a good value for money to computer users or gamers, as can be seen from the current relationship between Intel Core processors and AMD Ryzen processors.
Anyway, Nvidia and AMD will also introduce sub-models based on these two competing models, so seeing the memory capacity that these sub-models are equipped with would be an interesting point to watch.
Now, let’s clear it up. Radeon RX 6700XT graphics card released today was located between GeForce RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 Ti based on NVIDIA graphics card in normal games. It also showed a performance close to that of the GeForce RTX 3070, but in games with ray tracing or DLSS, it showed the opposite phenomenon. The reason why recently released games and masterpieces are dancing according to graphic card makers is that they are at a crossroads where they have to choose between two graphic cards, GeForce and Radeon, from the development of the game. In particular, at the point of completion in the early stages of development, Nvidia or AMD bundles the game, which is the result of considering even the “Sales” part from the game company’s point of view.
As FHD or QHD resolution, which can be viewed as the flagship resolution, is actually pulling out more than average frames, as it has become an upward standardization, it fits the budget of consumers and is right now. If there is a graphics card available, it seems best to buy that product.
■ I hope that it will be a graphics card that delights gamers rather than somebody in the pocket.
Currently, all graphics cards as a whole, new and old graphics cards are also disappearing as if they were evaporating somewhere. Of course, it is true that fewer numbers are being produced and sold compared to the previous generation, but it is not an exaggeration to say that the current computing market is dominated by graphics cards that can reduce the overall sales number of computers. The “virtual currency” that is contributing to the current graphics card shortage, to be precise, “Ethereum” is located in a fairly mid-zone that can be mined from NVIDIA’s GeForce graphics cards and this Radeon RX series.
So, this product is also expected to flow into this virtual currency market not too little. As the original purpose of the graphic card is, it shows gamers higher image quality and graphic performance, making it a pleasure for gamers, not a graphic card in someone’s pocket. Radeon RX 6700XT of AMD reference style that introduced today’s article was imported, and most of the models distributed in Korea in the future are touched by AMD Radeon partners, and RGB LEDs are A high-performance cooler design that can be applied visually and feels excellent cooling effect, and a product that can bring out extra performance through its own factory overclocking will be released. It seems to have to go through a long journey.
How about changing the sales direction from various angles or attempting so that domestic AMD graphics card partners can more wisely and stably install gamers’ computers as much as possible. Somehow, it seems that it is not the time to think about a new sales method rather than the existing sales route.
Lastly, the article on the gaming utilization of the generous graphics card memory of the Radeon RX 6700XT along with the AMD Ryzen processor is being prepared immediately, so please look forward to it.
