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If you’ve been waiting to get your hands on a brand new AMD Radeon 6800 XT, then you may be in luck. Gigabyte’s gaming division, Aorus, streamed a launch event live to YouTube and Facebook on December 14 to announce the latest AIB series (add-in-box or custom) Radeon RX 6800 cards.
The 6800 and 6800 XT versions were unveiled for the Aorus Master and Gaming OC lines, but if you were expecting some low-cost gaming with this announcement, then you are set to be disappointed. To try and get money out of its pocket, Gigabyte did a performance comparison with the latest generation of RX 5700 XT cards, with graphically demanding new games like Watch Dogs: Legion and Assasins Creed: Valhalla.
Great power, great price
First up, we have the RX 6800 Aorus Master version priced at $ 719 (about £ 540, AU $ 1,000), making it the cheapest of the line. Note that this is not the XT version of the Radeon card, and the price is still well above the reference card’s MSRP of $ 579 (about £ 599, AU $ 820).
The next announced GPU (graphics processing unit) is the Gigabyte Gaming OC 6800 XT at $ 849 (about £ 635, AU $ 1,130), also sporting a steep price increase with a 31% markup from the card. of the founder’s edition. Gigabyte has also included its ‘screen cooling’ technology on this card, promising a cooler and quieter gaming experience.
Finally, we have the premium option for the Aorus Radeon RX 6800 XT Master Type C. This GPU comes with all the comforts, with an LCD monitor where you can display custom graphics or information (even your favorite gifs), and a USB Output option – C. This will set you back $ 899 (about £ 670, AU $ 1,200) over the $ 649 MSRP (about £ 649, AU $ 960) of the benchmark AMD card, an increase of 38.5%.
The cards have been released on the Gigabyte website, however we are unable to locate any stock for them at this time.
While the prices are not in the region of what you see for the custom GeForce GTX 3090 cards, it is still painful to see the premium that is charged for these non-benchmark GPUs. It’s standard for custom GPU makers to raise the price of benchmark graphics cards, but that doesn’t make the pill any easier to swallow when AMD cards were marketed as ‘affordable’.
With the high demand for next-gen hardware for console and PC games, we are also likely to see more of these high prices in the future. We will keep our fingers crossed that the stock shortage is resolved soon.
