ASCII.jp: AMD Announces “AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series” Supports Late Runs and Saves Power

Radeon RX 6900 XT / Radeon RX 6800 XT / Radeon RX 6800 line

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

On October 29 (local time), AMD announced the “AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series” graphics card for next-generation PC gaming.

The line includes the flagship “AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT”, “AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT” and “AMD Radeon RX 6800”, for a total of three products. AMD Radeon RX 6800 / AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT will be available worldwide starting November 18, and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT will be available December 8.

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Additionally, AMD Radeon RX 6800 / AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT will be released from AIB partners such as ASRock, ASUS, GIGABYTE, MSI, PowerColor, SAPPHIRE, and XFX in early November 2020.

AMD Radeon RX 6800

The AMD Radeon RX 6000 series is based on the “AMD RDNA 2” gaming architecture and in some game titles it is up to double that of “AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT” with “AMD RDNA”. It is said that it will demonstrate its performance. A comparison of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT also achieved a performance improvement of up to 54% per watt. It has 16GB of memory (GDDR6) and also supports PCIe 4.0 technology, which is why it is said to support 4K workloads.

The main functions are “AMD Infinity Cache”, which extends the bandwidth per watt up to 2.4 times, and “AMD Smart Access Memory”, which is a dedicated function that can speed up CPU processing. Additionally, the visual rendering rate has been improved by supporting DirectX 12 Ultimate, DirectX Raytracing (DXR), and Variable Rate Shading (VRS).

As a gaming function, it supports “Microsoft Direct Storage” that realizes high-speed loading time and high-quality texture, “Radeon Anti-Lag” that shortens the response time from input to screen, and stable overclocking. . It also has a configurable “software Radeon” performance preset.

The main specifications of the AMD Radeon RX 6000 series products are as follows.