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[Crayon]

The lowest i can get this card in Canada is $899cad (has seen it for like $859.99, but it's too rare). I don't know if its worth it as an upgrade to the 6800xt for 1440p.

Borderline, imo. You could ride out a 6800xt for quite a while, if you want. You'd just have to balance out your settings, usually taking some minimal hit to the graphics. I just came off a 6800 and while you have to get a mix of settings on wukong for 60fps, it's still notably better than a PS5, which is really all that's needed for years.

If you really want future games to look "way" better for several years, then maybe worth the upgrade. Best might be the compromise of seeing what's available in 2-3 years.

 

[SILKYSMOOTH30FPS]

Only upgrade if you are unhappy with what you have.

I "upgraded" from a 7900xt. FSR4 and better RT made my $200 upgrade fee worth it.

I am not unhappy with my 6800xt, and don't really care about RT because it eats too much frames, but the reason why i was kinda thinking of upgrading is because i can still get a good chunk of cash back by selling my gpu.

 

[SILKYSMOOTH30FPS]

Borderline, imo. You could ride out a 6800xt for quite a while, if you want. You'd just have to balance out your settings, usually taking some minimal hit to the graphics. I just came off a 6800 and while you have to get a mix of settings on wukong for 60fps, it's still notably better than a PS5, which is really all that's needed for years.

If you really want future games to look "way" better for several years, then maybe worth the upgrade. Best might be the compromise of seeing what's available in 2-3 years.

2-3y is a long ass time

 

[Crayon]

2-3y is a long ass time

In that case, YOLO!!!!!!!!!

 

[StereoVsn]

2-3y is a long ass time

It's worth upgrading then, especially if you could sell your card for some $$.

9070XT is going to provide a decent amount of IGP improvement and it has FSR4 capabilities.

 

[Zathalus]

The lowest i can get this card in Canada is $899cad (has seen it for like $859.99, but it's too rare). I don't know if its worth it as an upgrade to the 6800xt for 1440p.

50-60% increase in raster performance, massive leap in RT performance, and FSR4 is a real step up. It would be a noticeable upgrade for sure. PS6 will likely launch in about 2.5 years and it will easily last until then, especially at 1440p. I would say it's a worthy upgrade.

 

[SILKYSMOOTH30FPS]

In that case, YOLO!!!!!!!!!

It's worth upgrading then, especially if you could sell your card for some $$.

9070XT is going to provide a decent amount of IGP improvement and it has FSR4 capabilities.

50-60% increase in raster performance, massive leap in RT performance, and FSR4 is a real step up. It would be a noticeable upgrade for sure. PS6 will likely launch in about 2.5 years and it will easily last until then, especially at 1440p. I would say it's a worthy upgrade.

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. I guess i have to yolo it before the selling value for the 6800xt drops. Right now i am seeing it being sold for around $550cad, which is pretty good.

 

[Crayon]

50-60% increase in raster performance, massive leap in RT performance, and FSR4 is a real step up. It would be a noticeable upgrade for sure. PS6 will likely launch in about 2.5 years and it will easily last until then, especially at 1440p. I would say it's a worthy upgrade.

It'll be good well past then. Cross-gen might last more than half the PS6 gen, and PS5 staying the baseline gives an excuse to target so much other lower specced hardware.

I do believe PS5 is good enough to host 98% of games for another many years though, so that's good. Some aaa games are ratty, but some are properly made for that level of performance and look great. We've even seen proven that you can use the hardware for rtgi and leave behind baked lighting. It loads fast. Including the PS4 library, it has uncountable games. If we are going to get stuck on a graphical plateau for a minute, it could have been worse.

 

[TwinB242]

Im new to AMD from Nvidia. I don't understand how the driver updates work. I had installed what I assume was the latest version, which is now showing as 25.6.1 in the Adrenalin client. However, the recent version with the big performance improvements is 25.6.3, yet my current version is showing as being up-to-date. Why is the latest version not auto-installing? Do I have to manually download and overinstall the latest Adrenalin client to get the latest drivers?

 

[Crayon]

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. I guess i have to yolo it before the selling value for the 6800xt drops. Right now i am seeing it being sold for around $550cad, which is pretty good.

If you need some help with questionable justifications, just let me know.

How much are you going to pay over msrp? And how much is a speeding ticket? If you drive slow for the next few weeks, you can avoid that speeding ticket, basically get the card for msrp. And that's a deal you can't pass up.

 

[winjer]

Im new to AMD from Nvidia. I don't understand how the driver updates work. I had installed what I assume was the latest version, which is now showing as 25.6.1 in the Adrenalin client. However, the recent version with the big performance improvements is 25.6.3, yet my current version is showing as being up-to-date. Why is the latest version not auto-installing? Do I have to manually download and overinstall the latest Adrenalin client to get the latest drivers?

Sometimes, AMD releases minor updates that are labeled as optional.
The 25.6.3 are optional updates. The link is in the previous page, but here it is again:

https://www.amd.com/en/resources/support-articles/release-notes/RN-RAD-WIN-25-6-3.html

AMD sometimes also releases Preview Drivers. These are beta drivers that include new features. Such as new Vulkan extensions, or some update for Machine Learning, etc.

 

[Mr Moose]

Im new to AMD from Nvidia. I don't understand how the driver updates work. I had installed what I assume was the latest version, which is now showing as 25.6.1 in the Adrenalin client. However, the recent version with the big performance improvements is 25.6.3, yet my current version is showing as being up-to-date. Why is the latest version not auto-installing? Do I have to manually download and overinstall the latest Adrenalin client to get the latest drivers?

It's an optional update.

https://drivers.amd.com/drivers/amd-software-adrenalin-edition-25.6.3-win10-win11-june-rdna.exe

Highlights

• New Game Support for AMD FidelityFX™ Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4)
  • Monster Hunter Wilds
  • Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced
  • See the complete list of supported AMD FSR 4 games here
• Fixed Issues and Improvements
  • AMD FidelityFX™ Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4) is not enabled while playing DragonKin: The Banished, Blades of Fire, RoadCraft, The Alters, Star Wars Outlaws and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl on Radeon™ RX 9000 series graphics products.
  • Intermittent system or application crash maybe observed while playing Black Myth: WuKong on Radeon™ RX 7650 GRE graphics products.
  • Texture flickering or corruption may appear while playing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered with AMD FidelityFX™ Super Resolution enabled on Radeon™ RX 9070 XT.

• Stutter may be observed while playing games with some VR headsets at 80Hz or 90Hz refresh rate on some AMD Radeon™ Graphics Products such as the Radeon™ RX 7000 series. Users experiencing this issue are recommended to change the refresh rate as a temporary workaround.
• Intermittent system or application crash may be observed while playing Cyberpunk 2077 on some AMD Radeon™ Graphics Products such as the Radeon™ RX 7000 series and Radeon™ RX 9000 series.
• Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed while playing Monster Hunter Wilds with Radeon™ Anti-Lag and Instant Replay enabled.
• Stutter may be observed while playing Call of Duty®: Warzone™ Season 03 'Verdansk' map on some AMD Graphics Products.
  
  
  
• Stutter and lower than expected performance may be observed while playing 4K resolution YouTube videos in Chrome. Users experiencing this issue are recommended to play videos in full screen as a temporary workaround.

 

[SILKYSMOOTH30FPS]

If you need some help with questionable justifications, just let me know.

How much are you going to pay over msrp? And how much is a speeding ticket? If you drive slow for the next few weeks, you can avoid that speeding ticket, basically get the card for msrp. And that's a deal you can't pass up.

Right now i am pretty much following a sub reddit where people are posting deals, and the plan is to grab whichever 9070xt that is sub $899cad. MSRP is too rare in Canada, so you're usually at least overpaying by $30-50.

 

[Crayon]

Right now i am pretty much following a sub reddit where people are posting deals, and the plan is to grab whichever 9070xt that is sub $899cad. MSRP is too rare in Canada, so you're usually at least overpaying by $30-50.

I ended up overpaying significantly just because I was tired of thinking about it. I got a good deal for the rest of the upgrade and it evened out to an alright price for a whole pc. And it let me sell the old one complete. I'm going to leave some money on the table there, too if I can find someone who could really use a hand with an affordable pc. Think I might have found someone.

So between going over for the card, and selling under for the old pc, I'm probably out $300 but whatever. That's not nothing for me, but also nothing to lose sleep over. Just had some car vandalism that fucked me for $1000 in the blink of an eye. Helped put things in perspective.