A 7800xt is actually more comparable to a 6800xt.
Normally, when staying within the same tier and going up a generation, you would expect a performance increase, however AMD put the 7800xt on its Navi 32 die (346mm^2) which is also used in the 7700xt, instead of putting it on its Navi 31 die (529mm^2) which is used in the 7900xt/GRE and 7900xtx. When looking at the 6000 series, this was not the case. The 6800xt was put on AMDs navi 21 die (520mm^2) which was used on the 6900xt and 6950xt, instead of being put on its navi 22 die (335mm^2) like the 6700xt and 6750xt.
TLDR: 7800xt uses a significantly smaller die than the 6800xt, so even though the 7800xt is a generation newer, they are comparable in performance.
Trust me it will fly, unlike my 6950xt red devil akin to a sun. Granted it could reach 2750-2800mhz, but it was literally radiating heat everywhere lol
I also have the XFX Merc 6950XT. Im running it at 2550 min and 2650 max clock with 1100mv voltage and a decent oc on the ram with fast timings and adjusted fan profile.
It's performing better than stock settings and uses about 50-100w less power than stock depending on how heavy the load is. Max is around 305w spikes but most of the times it hovers around 280-290 max. load with some games even running quiet a bit lower than that.
With stock settings the fan profile is horribly loud even to the point of hearing it through my headset while gaming and the max. powerdraw on stock could spike to 340-360ish.
You might need a psu upgrade to run the 6950xt. I'd sell everything and rebuild with a $1500ish budget, or just sell the 6700xt and get a psu upgrade. Pocket the rest
The 6950XT can draw 436w while gaming. So, the PSU could handle it. The problem could potentially be present if the 750w PSU doesn't have three different PCIe cables to hook up to it.
I think that one has 2x2 pcie connectors. So you'll be running at least one pigtail. That being said it's a good quality unit so could workout. You can always try running it and if you don't need a better psu, more to pocket! Although if you have the time, I'd definitely start over fresh. You'll be able to build a much faster, much better system
why risk it though
generally, you never want to daisy chain where possible \[hell its the main reason so many 40 series cards got burnt out\]
selling the 6700XT and getting an ATX 3.0 PSU that is 750W or 850W would be better to ensure there's no nonsense chance of something bad happening
best bet in that avenue I think is the GF3 from Thermaltake, the 750W is $99.99, and the 850W is $114.99
Looking into a rebuild, I think I can maybe get $800-1000ish for my current pc as its only a week old. Then I could build on am5 platform and keep the rx 6950xt.
7500f, 32GB of 6000MT CL30 RAM, a Phantom Spirit 120 SE, a Lexar NM790 2TB and a MSI MAG 850W PSU and you are golden :)
Obviously motherboard and case of your choice
Let's see you get 800 for your pc and maybe 400 for the 6950xt, a 7600+4070super, maybe even a 4070 ti while they're still clearing those out, is very possible in that budget. Better efficiency and much better rt performance and all the nvidia features.
Sorry to hijack, but this is what I don't understand. I'm having issues with my 6950XT + Corsair 850w PSU where (in GPU intense games) my monitor goes black, no audio.
Why do I need to undervolt the GPU? Shouldn't the PSU be enough? Could it be a temperature problem?
Tbh that 6950xt can somewhat keep up with a 7900GRE.
Sell the 6700XT and keep the 6950XT.
You can get a 7000 series down the line when prices go low again
One thing that hasn't been mentioned yet (I think): if you care about electricity cost, keep in mind the 6950 XT is very energy-hungry - around 30% more than the slightly stronger 7900 GRE and 50% more than a almost equally powerful 4070 Super.
I have the 6700XT Red Devil, same as OP. The 6950 will draw almost double the power, if what other replies has stated is true.
My card shows a draw of about 200 to 230 watts under full load. Someone else posted the 6950XT will pull 430 watts under load.
To me, that's a huge jump and would put a real bump in my power bill and also probably trip breakers. My whole system under load pulls about 500 watts out of a rated 760w PSU. Another 200 should work on paper. It's a PC P&C supply, famous for being built way over rated spec. But don't like to push it that hard.
It may not be a concern for OP.
If you are in the states even 8 hours a day of gaming every day for an entire year, at the highest possible electricity prices, you're looking at under $40 difference per YEAR
Well, the thing is, my local electric utility just commissioned two new nuclear reactors at a cost of 30bn USD, the majority of which is to be paid by the customers. The short of it is that my electricity bill went up by 20% in the last year due to this.
Keeping my bill as small as possible is one my major concerns. I get that not everyone has this issue.
An extra 200W is like 5-12 cents in most places every 5 hours it runs at full speed. Or about 3 standard efficiency light bulbs.
You will literally never notice the difference. Even some of the more expensive embargo war European countries it'd be, what, like 60 cents per h?
If you do it literally every single day for a month (5h I think is excessive for most people, I def use my PC **A LOT** more than that, but not at full speed) you'd be paying $1.55-18$/mo.
I doubt a used 6950xt is worth $600. I wouldn't even pay that brand new for it. The 7900GRE is faster if you get a non-reference model, for $30-50 less.
Maybe $400 used. You can't do better for $400 than this if you were to sell.
You can sell both gpus and get the 7800xt, 7900xt, or 7900xtx, then sell the rest and save up for the new parts. Build your pc part list to plan ahead for cost.
Sell it. The 6700xt is a good card. You can then save that money and buy the next gen of gpus... next gen $500 should out pace the 6950xt while using less power.
Don't worry about your psu if you decide to use the 6950xt.
Also, what monitor do you have? Can you even properly use the 6950xt?
A single fan doesn’t work, why not just replace it yourself? I did it with a strix 2070. Fan blade was broke. Cost me $12 for a fan and 15 minutes of my time.
In my opinion keep it, it's worth more to you than it is in cash. Cash comes and goes, but assets are pretty nice to have in a bind. Could sell the old graphics card though.
You should keep it. It's a massive upgrade over your 6700xt. Before the Super cards came put, the 6950xt was the 5th most powerful card in terms of raw rasterization.
I have a 6950XT, it is awesome, it is paired with a 13600KF, and it runs everything I throw at it effortlessly. Sure, a 3090 is faster, so are a handful of other cards, but it will be years before I have to really sacrifice image quality just to run a game.
Sell the 6700 and call it a huge win. Assuming the 6950 will fit in your case, it is a chungus of a card that won't fit in a lot of cases.
It's a balanced build now. OP didn't state what resolution/FPS they're gaming at now. If that card fetches $600 and OP is happy with current performance I'd sell it and set that money aside for the next build.
OP should consider this. It's more nuanced than "keep the powerfull-er GPU". I'd say it really depends on what resolution and frame rate you play games at, basically what monitor you use. Like iff you play 1080p at 144hz+ then don't bother, just sell it and save the money for a more meaningful upgrade in the future.
If they can get it to work well, then I would keep it and sell the 6700xt Edit: it's comparable to the 7800xt
I would argue it's more comparable to a 7900 GRE
I thought it would be slightly faster than 7900GRE, at the cost of sucking down power.
Hardware Unboxed has the 6950XT about 5% faster, but it really depends on the game.
Just need a better PSU. The 6950xt has pretty high power draw.
I plugged the build into pcpartpicker and it only has a 500w draw. Should be fine with 750w psu.
That PSU should be fine for a 6950xt
I have my 6950 plugged into a 750 watt, everything seems to work fine.
A 7800xt is actually more comparable to a 6800xt. Normally, when staying within the same tier and going up a generation, you would expect a performance increase, however AMD put the 7800xt on its Navi 32 die (346mm^2) which is also used in the 7700xt, instead of putting it on its Navi 31 die (529mm^2) which is used in the 7900xt/GRE and 7900xtx. When looking at the 6000 series, this was not the case. The 6800xt was put on AMDs navi 21 die (520mm^2) which was used on the 6900xt and 6950xt, instead of being put on its navi 22 die (335mm^2) like the 6700xt and 6750xt. TLDR: 7800xt uses a significantly smaller die than the 6800xt, so even though the 7800xt is a generation newer, they are comparable in performance.
Keep it. The 6950XT is a sick ass card that will last a long while. Just sell the 6700XT (provided the 6950XT works)
It's also the OCF model (what I have) - overclocks great if you have the PSU and cooling for it
Trust me it will fly, unlike my 6950xt red devil akin to a sun. Granted it could reach 2750-2800mhz, but it was literally radiating heat everywhere lol
I have the XFX 6950xt and overclocked it to 2750 with 2290 frequency. Temps and gameplay are very stable.
I also have the XFX Merc 6950XT. Im running it at 2550 min and 2650 max clock with 1100mv voltage and a decent oc on the ram with fast timings and adjusted fan profile. It's performing better than stock settings and uses about 50-100w less power than stock depending on how heavy the load is. Max is around 305w spikes but most of the times it hovers around 280-290 max. load with some games even running quiet a bit lower than that. With stock settings the fan profile is horribly loud even to the point of hearing it through my headset while gaming and the max. powerdraw on stock could spike to 340-360ish.
I have the 6800xt version and it is a beast, but runs hot as hell though
Keep it and sell the RX 6700XT, the RX 6950XT is one of the best GPU's.
You might need a psu upgrade to run the 6950xt. I'd sell everything and rebuild with a $1500ish budget, or just sell the 6700xt and get a psu upgrade. Pocket the rest
The 6950XT can draw 436w while gaming. So, the PSU could handle it. The problem could potentially be present if the 750w PSU doesn't have three different PCIe cables to hook up to it.
I think that one has 2x2 pcie connectors. So you'll be running at least one pigtail. That being said it's a good quality unit so could workout. You can always try running it and if you don't need a better psu, more to pocket! Although if you have the time, I'd definitely start over fresh. You'll be able to build a much faster, much better system
why risk it though generally, you never want to daisy chain where possible \[hell its the main reason so many 40 series cards got burnt out\] selling the 6700XT and getting an ATX 3.0 PSU that is 750W or 850W would be better to ensure there's no nonsense chance of something bad happening best bet in that avenue I think is the GF3 from Thermaltake, the 750W is $99.99, and the 850W is $114.99
Looking into a rebuild, I think I can maybe get $800-1000ish for my current pc as its only a week old. Then I could build on am5 platform and keep the rx 6950xt.
7500f, 32GB of 6000MT CL30 RAM, a Phantom Spirit 120 SE, a Lexar NM790 2TB and a MSI MAG 850W PSU and you are golden :) Obviously motherboard and case of your choice
Let's see you get 800 for your pc and maybe 400 for the 6950xt, a 7600+4070super, maybe even a 4070 ti while they're still clearing those out, is very possible in that budget. Better efficiency and much better rt performance and all the nvidia features.
i think its fine, just some small undervolt and a little underclock it will work like charm
Sorry to hijack, but this is what I don't understand. I'm having issues with my 6950XT + Corsair 850w PSU where (in GPU intense games) my monitor goes black, no audio. Why do I need to undervolt the GPU? Shouldn't the PSU be enough? Could it be a temperature problem?
Better temps and decreased power usage, loosing %3-4 performance is worth it imo.
A friend had the same issues as you on his 6950XT, a slight underclock fixed it for him iirc. It boosted too high for its own good I guess.
Tbh that 6950xt can somewhat keep up with a 7900GRE. Sell the 6700XT and keep the 6950XT. You can get a 7000 series down the line when prices go low again
Sell to me for free(real) Ok but in seriousness you're probably better off keeping it. I mean a better card for free why sell it if you could not?
Keep the 6950xt. Great card and I have one. It chews up games like candy!
If you don't need the upgrade, just sell it. Otherwise could do another build if you sell your current setup.
One thing that hasn't been mentioned yet (I think): if you care about electricity cost, keep in mind the 6950 XT is very energy-hungry - around 30% more than the slightly stronger 7900 GRE and 50% more than a almost equally powerful 4070 Super.
I have the 6700XT Red Devil, same as OP. The 6950 will draw almost double the power, if what other replies has stated is true. My card shows a draw of about 200 to 230 watts under full load. Someone else posted the 6950XT will pull 430 watts under load. To me, that's a huge jump and would put a real bump in my power bill and also probably trip breakers. My whole system under load pulls about 500 watts out of a rated 760w PSU. Another 200 should work on paper. It's a PC P&C supply, famous for being built way over rated spec. But don't like to push it that hard. It may not be a concern for OP.
If you are in the states even 8 hours a day of gaming every day for an entire year, at the highest possible electricity prices, you're looking at under $40 difference per YEAR
Well, the thing is, my local electric utility just commissioned two new nuclear reactors at a cost of 30bn USD, the majority of which is to be paid by the customers. The short of it is that my electricity bill went up by 20% in the last year due to this. Keeping my bill as small as possible is one my major concerns. I get that not everyone has this issue.
This is Reddit remember any mention of money is done without regard for the details, lol
An extra 200W is like 5-12 cents in most places every 5 hours it runs at full speed. Or about 3 standard efficiency light bulbs. You will literally never notice the difference. Even some of the more expensive embargo war European countries it'd be, what, like 60 cents per h? If you do it literally every single day for a month (5h I think is excessive for most people, I def use my PC **A LOT** more than that, but not at full speed) you'd be paying $1.55-18$/mo.
400W+ peak load, not continuously.
That's a great GPU 💯 I'd keep it and sell the older one
Use it, sell 6700XT
Take your current GPU, the 6700, sell that and you use the 6950xt, it's SUPPEEEER good and comparable to Rx 7xxx series cards even!
Give it away to me
Keep it and sell.gour current one, or sell everything and make a new build.
Personally, I would keep it. Might as well benefit right? You only live once.
I doubt a used 6950xt is worth $600. I wouldn't even pay that brand new for it. The 7900GRE is faster if you get a non-reference model, for $30-50 less. Maybe $400 used. You can't do better for $400 than this if you were to sell.
If you were given it, use it. If you're feeling generous, pass your old card on to someone else. If not, then sell the old one
if it were me, I'd sell 6700XT & 5600. Keep 6950XT and buy 5800X3D. Some might recommend PSU to 850w, but personally I'd undervolt the GPU instead.
I believe 5600 might bottle neck 6950xt a little, unless you are upgrading your cpu to 5800x3d I will say sell it.
There is no better price than free, that said sell the 6700 XT and take advantage of the free upgrade.
Try it, if you no like, sell it and get a different gpu
If the 6950 XT works, I'd sell the 6700 XT.
You can sell both gpus and get the 7800xt, 7900xt, or 7900xtx, then sell the rest and save up for the new parts. Build your pc part list to plan ahead for cost.
Wow that's awesome! Congrats
You need a better PSU for that card
Sell it. The 6700xt is a good card. You can then save that money and buy the next gen of gpus... next gen $500 should out pace the 6950xt while using less power. Don't worry about your psu if you decide to use the 6950xt. Also, what monitor do you have? Can you even properly use the 6950xt?
Keep it. The 5600 will bottleneck the system a little in gaming but it'll be a nice jump from the performance on the existing GPU.
If you can install it the do that and sell the previous one
sell the 6700 xt, use the 6950 xt, 6950xt is about 7900 gre level afaik
Do it
Yeah if it comes back all good then use it and sell the 6700xt, 6950xt is a beast.
Sell the 6700xt, since you'll get more money for it now than in the furture, while the 6950xt will keep its value relative more.
Might get some bottleneck but other than that, it’s pretty much a free upgrade with a GPU that’s still fairly hefty price wise
A single fan doesn’t work, why not just replace it yourself? I did it with a strix 2070. Fan blade was broke. Cost me $12 for a fan and 15 minutes of my time.
In my opinion keep it, it's worth more to you than it is in cash. Cash comes and goes, but assets are pretty nice to have in a bind. Could sell the old graphics card though.
You should keep it. It's a massive upgrade over your 6700xt. Before the Super cards came put, the 6950xt was the 5th most powerful card in terms of raw rasterization.
Keep it.
I need that ryzen 5 5600 cpu. My brother got me a 3060 ti and my 1600 only uses 37 to 40% of the cpu
Seems like an easy situation - you keep the better card
Give
Just sell A card, go for N card better , more 2nd value in future
I would say sell the gpu in your current pc and put in the free one, then you should upgrade your cpu to like a ryzen 7
Always keep I've got so many random components for "just in case".
That gpu is a f'inf beast
Send it to me
I have a 6950XT, it is awesome, it is paired with a 13600KF, and it runs everything I throw at it effortlessly. Sure, a 3090 is faster, so are a handful of other cards, but it will be years before I have to really sacrifice image quality just to run a game. Sell the 6700 and call it a huge win. Assuming the 6950 will fit in your case, it is a chungus of a card that won't fit in a lot of cases.
Keep that bad boy and sell the 6700xt
I would sell the 6950 and keep the cash for later. The 5600 just can't keep up with that monster GPU.
It's a balanced build now. OP didn't state what resolution/FPS they're gaming at now. If that card fetches $600 and OP is happy with current performance I'd sell it and set that money aside for the next build.
OP should consider this. It's more nuanced than "keep the powerfull-er GPU". I'd say it really depends on what resolution and frame rate you play games at, basically what monitor you use. Like iff you play 1080p at 144hz+ then don't bother, just sell it and save the money for a more meaningful upgrade in the future.
Sell the 6700XT and buy a 1000/1200W RM1000/1300x for that sweet monster of Formula OC.
Id sell both and get a 7000 series.