AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT: AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Review: The Emperor's New GDDR6

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Review: The Emperor's New GDDR6 – by Tom's Hardware

Sapphire RX 6950 XT Nitro+ Pure tested

Reasons To Buy

✓ Great non-ray tracing performance
✓ Affordable compared to Nvidia cards
✓ Reasonably efficient

Reasons To Avoid

✗ AMD RDNA 3 and Nvidia Ada are coming
✗ Not a major upgrade from an RX 6900 XT
✗ Sapphire card needs lots of room

Overall Rating

7.0

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Verdict

The Sapphire RX 6950 XT Nitro+ Pure boasts some of the fastest non-ray tracing results we've ever seen. Technically the RTX 3090 Ti still wins at 4K ultra, but 1080p and 1440p go to AMD, for a bit more than half the cost of Nvidia's latest tour de force. The main drawback is that AMD's RDNA 3 architecture should arrive before the end of the year, providing even better performance and features.

Last modified on May 10, 2022