Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares evaluation: return of the god of war

By the end of 2020, AMD RX 6000 series with RDNA2 architecture Graphics card With the launch, the A card is back to its peak, not only catching up with its old competitors in terms of performance, but also developing its own black technology, introducing Infinity Cache, which makes GDDR6's video memory bandwidth soar like GDDR6X's. Today's evaluation is from A-Card's long-term partner Dylan RX 6800 XT X Zhanshen.

The long-term impression of A card in users' minds is that it has a high cost performance ratio. The good point of this word is that the ratio of performance to price reaches a high value. In fact, it means "no money, buy A card". However, in this RX 6000 series graphics card, outstanding performance is definitely the most brilliant advantage.

Before the evaluation, the author summarized some characteristics of the video card for you to read:

1. Comprehensive Transcendence of Theoretical Performance Score RTX three thousand and eighty

2. High frequency and low power consumption, up to 2360MHz, power consumption increased by 54% compared with RDNA

3. Redesigned appearance, more advanced

Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares

On the whole, Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares graphics card has a higher performance than the public version, and has doubled the performance compared with the previous generation. The geometric lines with sharp edges and corners and the timeless black silver color match make the appearance design of X Zhanshen more advanced in this generation. Faced with such an "increase" of graphics cards, we are also full of sincerity in terms of cost performance. We often joke: Thank AMD for letting me use a cheaper N card. But this time we want to say thank you to AMD for making us use of the really useful A card.

01 Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares appearance

First of all, look at the appearance. As Dylan's flagship product, the X Zhanshen series has always been known by players. This time, in the RX 6000 series graphics card, the appearance of X Ares has been completely revised, and the most important part is the color matching.

Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares

Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares uses the timeless black silver color scheme, and has a sense of sophistication. In addition, the position of the logo light is "hidden" in the appearance design of the graphics card, which is integrated with the graphics card when the power is off. It can be seen that the design of this generation of X Zhanshen series is very careful. In terms of size, this video card has a circumference of 311 × 128 × 51mm, occupying about 2.6 slots, which is very compact in this generation of video cards.

Close up of Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares fan

In terms of active heat dissipation of graphics card, three 90mm fans and double ball fan bearings are adopted, which are more silent and durable. In addition, this video card also supports the intelligent start and stop design of the fan, which can completely stop when the temperature is not high, giving players a quieter use environment.

Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares linkage light effect

In terms of the logo light effect on the top of the graphics card, Dylan has also made a more ingenious design. When the power is off, make a look at the light emitting parts that are actually "hidden" in the geometric shape of the shroud, without destroying the aesthetic feeling of the overall design.

Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares backplane

On the video card backplane, Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares uses an integrated metal backplane. The back of the chip has a hollow design, which is convenient for chip heat dissipation. In addition, there is also a large hollow at the tail, which can see exposed fins, which is more convenient for hot air exhaust.

Paddle adjustment area

On the side of the graphics card, we can see two paddles, corresponding to "BIOS SWITCH" and "RGB SWITCH". BIOS adjustment is divided into performance mode and mute mode. The frequency in performance mode is 2110-2360MHz, and the mute mode is 2015-2250MHz. The default is performance mode.

5V 3pin synchronous interface

The RGB paddle on the right can adjust the light effect mode of the graphics card, and the left is the synchronization mode. It can be connected to the motherboard through the 5V 3pin interface at the tail of the graphics card (5V 3pin synchronization cable needs to be provided) to synchronize with the whole machine. Turn to the right for independent mode, which can control the color of the graphics card light independently.

Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares lamp effect control button

In the independent mode, different light effects can be switched through the red "RGB MODE" button on the back panel of the graphics card. There are two modes: constant light and breathing.

Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares power supply interface

On the power supply interface, Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares uses the same 8+8pin power supply as the previous generation, which is convenient for users to upgrade. However, the power consumption of the RX 6000 series graphics card is significantly higher than that of the previous generation, requiring 750W or more power supply.

Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares video output interface

The video output interface adopts the current standard DP 1.4 * 3+HDMI 2.1 * 1 4-interface design. Compared with the public version DP 1.4 * 2+HDMI 2.1+Type-C interface, it also conforms to the user's usage habits.

02 Introduction to test platform and parameters

For this test platform, we chose the Ryzen9 5950X CPU. The motherboard is MSI MPG X570ACE Ares board and Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares board.

In terms of test results, benchmark test adopts 3DMARK , the game performance test uses the game's own Benchmark At the same time, in order to reduce the error, each test result is tested three times to take the average value.

First, let's look at the parameters of GPUZ. Diran RX 6800 XT X Ares uses Navi 21 chip. The frequency of Diran RX 6800 XT is 2110-2360MHz, and the public version is 2015-2250MHz. In addition, due to the difference between card A and card N, which is convenient for comparison and reference, the author made a simple summary:

Compared with the N card, the RX 6000 series graphics card has an Infinity Cache, a bandwidth amplifier. Although the new graphics card still uses GDDR6 video memory in the whole system, with a 256bit video memory bit width, the bandwidth is 2.17 times that of 384bit GDDR6, and the power consumption is reduced by 10%. This is the black technology Infinity Cache of RDNA2 architecture.

Infinity Cache

In addition, the game frequency and acceleration frequency in the above table also have 2015-2250MHz values. This is because the Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares uses a dual BIOS design, which is considered by Kamer as the performance mode, that is, 2110-2360MHz. The user can manually adjust the mute mode on the video card backplane.

03 3D MARK theory test

In this test, we selected a total of 7 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080/2080 Ti/3070/3080, AMD Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT and Dylan RX 6800 XT X Zhanshen X graphics cards for comparison test. The first step is to measure the graphics card DX11 The 3DMARK FS package with theoretical performance: FS, FSE and FSU respectively correspond to the theoretical performance of the graphics card at 1080P, 2K and 4K. The actual test results of the graphics card scores are as follows:

3D MARK FS package test

In the 3DMARK FS suite test for the graphics card DX11 environment, Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares has an overall advantage, 22% higher than RTX 3080 in the FS single item; FSE is 20% higher; The FSU is 18% higher, and Dylan's X Ares graphics card is slightly ahead of the AMD public version by virtue of its high-frequency advantage.

In the theoretical test based on DX11 environment, it is not difficult to find that the RX 6000 series graphics card is only significantly ahead of the NVIDIA RTX 30 series graphics card, but we will see how it performs in DX12 environment.

3D MARK TS package test

In the Time Spy and Time Spy Extreme tests for the DX12 environment, the RX 6000 series graphics card has no advantages. The TS score is basically the same as that of the RTX 3080 and RTX 2080 Ti. Dylan RX 6800 XT X Zhanshen leads the public version by virtue of its small high-frequency; However, at 4K resolution, it still lags behind RTX 3080 and RTX 3080 Ti.

3D MARK light tracing test

In the test for real-time ray tracing, the score gap of RX 6800 XT is obvious. Even though Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares has higher performance than the public version, it still lags 25% behind the RTX 3080. However, this result is also expected. NVIDIA has been optimized by two generations of optical trackers, and the technology is quite sophisticated. AMD, on the other hand, belongs to the category of "overtaking at curves". It first lets the overall performance catch up with the old competitors, and then slowly gropes after the icing on the cake.

04 Game performance test

In the game test, we chose the newer《 Assassin's Creed : Hall of the Spirit, Land Without a Master 3, Dust 5 and Galaxy Cracker to test the score of these graphics cards.

Assassin's Creed: Hall of the Spirit

The first is "Assassin's Creed: Hall of the Spirit", which is a game with A-card optimization tendency. At 1080P resolution, the frame number of Dylan RX 6800 XT X Zhanshen is 20% higher than that of RTX 3080; At 2K resolution, it is increased by 12%, but at 4K resolution, it is inverted by RTX 3080 by one frame.

Land Without a Master 3

In Land Without a Master 3, we chose the highest villain image quality preset, in which Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares is 19% higher than RTX 3080 at 1080P resolution, and 12% higher at 2K resolution; At 4K resolution, it is 4% higher and slightly improved compared with the public version.

It is not difficult to find that the higher the resolution, the smaller the gap between the RTX 3080 and the GDDR6X based RTX 3080. Although it has 16G large video memory, the bandwidth is still slightly smaller than that of the GDDR6X based RTX 3080.

Dust 5

Dust 5 is a racing game. It is not difficult to find that AMD's optimization is quite in place through test results. Among them, Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares is 46% higher than RTX 3080 at 1080P resolution; 36% higher at 2K resolution; 18% higher at 4K resolution. In addition, it is not difficult to find that the optimization of the game is very important for the score of the graphics card through Dust 5. In general, the RTX 3080 should not have such a big score gap.

The Galaxy Breaker turns off the light pursuit screen settings

In Galaxy Cracker, the test of light pursuit is added. In addition, as this game is in the stage of preemptive experience, there are still many imperfections in the content, and there is no preset picture quality settings, so the author lists the display settings for easy reference.

Galaxy Breaker

Galaxy Cracker is a 2.5D God perspective RTS like game, which combines the childhood《 Alien Shooter 》The operation and construction mode of RTS games is novel. Because it is 2.5D, the score is very high without optical tracking.

At 1080P resolution, Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares is 19% higher than RTX 3080, 19% higher at 2K resolution, and 12% higher at 4K resolution,

The Milky Way Cracker opens the screen setting of light pursuit

Next, we will test the number of frames in the light tracing environment. In the picture setting, we will turn on the light tracing option, set the light tracing quality to the highest, and turn on variable rate coloring.

The Milky Way Cracker's achievements

Similarly, in the test of opening the optical pursuit, the RTX 3080 is far ahead. Although the score of Dylan's video card is about 5% higher than that of the public version, it still lags far behind the RTX 3080. The RTX 3080 has 17% advantage in 1080P resolution, 27% advantage in 2K environment, and 28% advantage in 4K environment, while the RX 6800's ray tracing test result is lower than the RTX 3070.

Turn off ray tracing (click the picture to view the large picture)

Open ray tracing (click the picture to view the large picture)

In Milky Way Cracker, the benchmark running picture can see the huge difference between the open and closed light pursuit effect, and of course there is also a huge difference in the number of frames. The instant frame number when light pursuit is turned off is 207, and the number of frames after light pursuit is turned on is 68.

05 Temperature and power consumption test

In the test of temperature and power consumption, the room temperature is 24 ℃, and the test platform is used to simply test the heat dissipation of the graphics card itself.

Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares FurMark copying machine test

In the power consumption test, GPU-Z At present, there is only chip power consumption. RX 6800 XT is about 288W. The power consumption of the whole card is tested by the power consumption meter.

Power consumption comparison

The whole card power consumption of Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares is about 310W, and the recommended power supply is 750W. From the actual test results, it basically meets the requirements.

Temperature contrast

In terms of temperature test, Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares is 75 ℃, and the temperature is within the normal range. In addition, from GPUZ's real-time monitoring, we can see that the speed of the fan is about 44%, and there is still room for speed improvement. If the player wants to lower the temperature further, he can use AMD drive Manually adjust the fan speed in. However, according to the current temperature and speed, it is the choice to keep the performance and mute of the graphics card relatively balanced.

06 The return of low-key luxury Ares

The A card camp has added another strong player. Since AMD released the RX 6000 series, the attention of the A card has continued to rise. The outstanding performance and high cost performance ratio have kept the RX 6000 series graphics cards highly competitive among many RTX 30 series graphics cards.

As far as Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares graphics card is concerned, it keeps Dylan "stable" as always. At the same time, more details have been added in this upgrade, such as the logo light adjustment button, 5V 3pin light effect synchronization slot, light effect switch button, BIOS switch button, etc.

Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares

In terms of appearance, Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares has changed a lot compared with the previous generation. Although it can still be identified as the "X Ares" video card at a glance, it is more advanced in color matching and decoration of small details. Black silver color matching is never out of date, and it has a sense of sophistication. In addition, the position of the logo light is "hidden" in the appearance design of the graphics card, which is integrated with the graphics card when the power is off. It can be seen that the design of this generation of X Zhanshen series is very careful.

Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares

In terms of performance parameters, the introduction of the Infinity Cache of the RX 6000 series graphics card has dramatically increased the performance of GDDR6 video memory, which was originally bandwidth constrained. Although the capacity of this cache is only 128MB, the results can be comparable to GDDR6X, achieving a chemical reaction of 1+1>2.

Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares

From the game test results, most 3A games can run smoothly under the highest 4K resolution and image quality. With super computing power, it can be said that Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares can play all 3A masterpieces in the past one or two years. Although the RX 6000 series video card is weaker than its old rivals in light tracking, the light tracking game of A card is still not mainstream at present, In addition, the light pursuit performance of this video card is also better than that of the RTX 3070 in the run, and it still has the strength of the first battle.

Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares

On the whole, Dylan RX 6800 XT X Ares graphics card has a higher performance than the public version, and has doubled the performance compared with the previous generation. The geometric lines with sharp edges and corners and the timeless black silver color match make the appearance design of X Zhanshen more advanced in this generation. Faced with such an "increase" of graphics cards, we are also full of sincerity in terms of cost performance. We often joke: Thank AMD for letting me use a cheaper N card. But this time we want to say thank you to AMD for making us use of the really useful A card.

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