ASRock Radeon RX 6750 XT Phantom Gaming OC Thermals
AMD showcased some impressive performance uplifts with its first outing of the RDNA 2 graphics architecture infused within the DNA of the Radeon RX 6000 series lineup. Now, more than a year since its launch, AMD has decided to refresh its entire Navi 2X portfolio of graphics cards with the latest Radeon RX 6950 XT, RX 6750 XT, and RX 6650 XT.
The 2nd Generation RDNA 2 architecture delivers an impressive leap in performance per watt while offering a range of new features. Now, these features and the same performance uplift are coming to higher-performance optimized variants which include the latest feature set & offer higher clocks.
The AMD RDNA 2 architecture for its Big Navi Radeon RX 6800/RX 6900 & mainstream Radeon RX 6700/RX 6600 series graphics cards have a lot to offer. In addition to architectural enhancements, you can expect hardware-accelerated ray tracing, smart access memory, Infinity Cache, and a lot more features on the deck which make the lineup one of the most competitive enthusiast families that AMD has ever positioned against NVIDIA.
Some of the main features of the AMD Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards include:
- AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition – Brings advanced and innovative capabilities to unlock the full potential of gaming experiences on AMD graphics- and processor-powered systems. The latest release offers up to 10 percent higher performance across a range of select DX11 titles. In addition, AMD Radeon Super Resolution 1.1 driver-based upscaling technology now adds support for select AMD Ryzen 6000 Series processors equipped with Radeon integrated graphics.
- AMD FidelityFX Technology – AMD FidelityFX technology is an open-source toolkit of visual enhancement effects for game developers available at AMD GPUOpen. It includes AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) 1.0 spatial upscaling technology, which is supported in 80+ games and counting. It also includes the forthcoming AMD FSR 2.0, a cutting-edge temporal upscaling solution that boosts framerates in supported games and generates similar or better than native image quality on a wide range of graphics cards.
- AMD Smart Access Memory (SAM) Technology – Unlocks higher performance when pairing AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series graphics cards with select AMD Ryzen desktop processors and AMD 500 Series motherboards by providing AMD Ryzen processors with access to the entire high-speed GDDR6 graphics memory. SAM can provide up to 14 percent higher performance in a system equipped with an AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT graphics card and an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor.
- AMD Infinity Cache Technology – Last-level data cache integrated on the GPU die is designed to reduce latency and power consumption and can help enable higher gaming performance than traditional architectural designs.
- DirectX 12 Ultimate Support – Enables games to deliver mind-blowing visuals with real-time DirectX Raytracing (DXR), Variable Rate Shading, and other advanced features, elevating games to a new level of realism.
- AMD Radeon Anti-Lag – Helps decrease input-to-display response times, making games more responsive and offering a competitive edge in gameplay.
- AMD Radeon Boost – AMD Radeon Boost with support for Variable Rate Shading can provide up to a 48-percent performance increase in Warframe during fast-motion gaming scenarios by dynamically reducing image resolution or by varying shading rates for different regions of a frame, increasing framerates and fluidity, and bolstering responsiveness with virtually no perceptual impact on image quality.
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT - Navi 21 KXTX Powered Flagship
The AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT will come packed with the Navi 21 KXTX GPU in its fully-enabled die config featuring 80 Compute Units or 5120 SPs. The card will also feature 16 GB of GDDR6 memory across a 256-bit bus interface. There are also 80 Ray accelerators for ray-tracing enablement on the graphics cards (one RA per Compute Unit). The graphics card will operate at a GPU clock of 2.1 GHz and a boost clock of 2310 MHz. That's an increase of up to 4% over the RX 6900 XT reference model which clocked at 2015 and 2250 MHz, respectively. The graphics card will offer up to 23.65 TFLOPs of peak FP32 performance.
In addition to the standard memory, the Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card will also feature 128 MB of Infinity Cache on the GPU die. The cache will help boost bandwidth for higher performance at resolutions beyond 1080p HD. The 128 MB Infinity Cache boosts the standard 512 GB/s bandwidth by 3x, delivering an effective bandwidth of up to 1.728.2 TB/s. The graphics card will feature 18 Gbps GDDR6 memory dies, delivering an effective bandwidth of 576 GB/s. The card will rock a 335W TBP (a 35W bump over the RX 6900 XT).
As for the design of the graphics card, it will ship in the same 'Midnight Black' flavor as the 6800 XT Limited Edition with a 2.5 slot cooler, a massive triple-fan cooled heatsink, and power provided by 2 8-pin connectors. In terms of performance, the Radeon RX 6950 XT should offer 4-5% better GPU performance than the RX 6900 XT and around 10% better performance than the RTX 3090, making it around as fast as the RTX 3090 Ti.
AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT - The Fastest Navi 22 KXT Mainstream
The AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT will be packing the Navi 22 KXT GPU and feature 40 compute units which are equal to 2560 stream processors. The graphics chip also features 40 Ray accelerators for raytracing capabilities on the RDNA 2-based GPUs. The graphics card will come clocked at 2495 MHz 'Game' and 2600 MHz 'Boost' clocks, an increase of up to 3% versus the 2424 MHz 'Game' & 2581 'Boost' clocks of the RX 6700 XT, respectively. The gra[jocs card will offer 13.31 TFLOPs of peak FP32 performance.
The graphics card will feature a 12 GB GDDR6 memory buffer along with a 192-bit bus interface. AMD will be using 18 Gbps dies which would net a total bandwidth of 432 GB/s for the cards. The GPU additionally packs 96 MB of Infinity Cache. The effective bandwidth is rated at 1326 GB/s with the Infinity Cache, an increase of 3.06x.
The GPU will be fully Gen 4.0 compliant. As for the TBP, the card will feature a 250W (a 20W bump over the RX 6700 XT) design. This is solely due to the use of higher clock memory dies which will lead to increased power consumption. The graphics card will get a brand new triple-fan 'Midnight black' reference design with a dual-slot design and power provided through an 8+6 pin connector configuration. In terms of performance, the RX 6750 XT is going to be around 7% faster than the RX 6700 XT and on par with the RTX 3070 graphics card.
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT - Navi 23 KXT Powered Budget Delight
Lastly, we have the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT graphics card which will be powered by the Navi 23 KXT GPU, featuring 11.06 Billion transistors packed within a 237mm2 die. The Navi 23 GPU features 32 Compute Units with a total of 2048 stream processors. The card will also rock 32 MB Infinity Cache and features an 8 GB GDDR6 memory capacity running across a 128-bit wide bus interface at pin speeds of 17.5 Gbps for a total bandwidth of 280 GB/s and an effective memory bandwidth of up to 468.9 GB/s, an increase of up to 1.67x.
The core clocks will be maintained at 2410 MHz 'Game' and 2635 MHz 'Boost' for the AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT, an increase of up to 2% over the 6700 XT which clocks in at 2359 MHz 'Game' & 2589 MHz 'Boost' clocks. The graphics card will offer 10.79 TFLOPs of peak FP32 performance.
Just like the Radeon RX 6600 XT, the card will operate with a single 8-pin connector and TBP will be rated at 180W, a 20W bump over the RX 6600 XT. The graphics card will get a brand new dual-fan 'Midnight black' reference design with a dual-slot design and power provided through a single 8-pin connector configuration. In terms of performance, the RX 6650 XT is going to be just 2% faster than the RX 6600 XT but 23% faster than the RTX 3060.
AMD Radeon RX 6000 Refresh Graphics Cards Specs:
| Graphics Card | AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT | AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT |
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| GPU | Navi 21 KXTX | Navi 21 XTX | Navi 22 KXT | Navi 22 XT | Navi 23 KXT | Navi 23 XT |
| Process Node | 7nm | 7nm | 7nm | 7nm | 7nm | 7nm |
| Die Size | 520mm2 | 520mm2 | 336mm2 | 336mm2 | 237mm2 | 237mm2 |
| Transistors | 26.8 Billion | 26.8 Billion | 17.2 Billion | 17.2 Billion | 11.06 Billion | 11.06 Billion |
| Compute Units | 80 | 80 | 40 | 40 | 32 | 32 |
| Stream Processors | 5120 | 5120 | 2560 | 2560 | 2048 | 2048 |
| TMUs/ROPs | 320 / 128 | 320 / 128 | 160/64 | 160/64 | 128/64 | 128/64 |
| Game Clock | 2100 MHz | 2015 MHz | 2495 MHz | 2424 MHz | 2410 MHz | 2359 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2310 MHz | 2250 MHz | 2600 MHz | 2581 MHz | 2635 MHz | 2589 MHz |
| FP32 TFLOPs | 23.65 TFLOPs | 23.04 TFLOPs | 13.31 TFLOPs | 13.21 TFLOPs | 10.79 TFLOPs | 10.6 TFLOPs |
| Memory Size | 16 GB GDDR6 +128 MB Infinity Cache | 16 GB GDDR6 +128 MB Infinity Cache | 12 GB GDDR6 + 96 MB Infinity Cache | 12 GB GDDR6 + 96 MB Infinity Cache | 8 GB GDDR6 + 32 MB Infinity Cache | 8 GB GDDR6 + 32 MB Infinity Cache |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit | 192-bit | 192-bit | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 18 Gbps | 16 Gbps | 18 Gbps | 16 Gbps | 17.5 Gbps | 16 Gbps |
| Bandwidth | 576 GB/s | 512 GB/s | 432 GB/s | 384 GB/s | 280 GB/s | 256 GB/s |
| Effective Bandwidth | 1728.2 GB/s | 1664.2 GB/s | 1326 GB/s | 1278 GB/s | 468.9 GB/s | 444.9 GB/s |
| TBP | 335W | 300W | 250W | 230W | 180W | 160W |
| PCIe Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Price | $1099 US | $999 US | $549 US | $479 US | $399 US | $379 US |
AMD RDNA 2 Desktop GPU 'Radeon RX 6000' Refresh - Pricing & Availability
There is also going to be a small price difference too for the new AMD Radeon RX 6000 Refresh cards.
These cards not only come in the reference 'Midnight Black' card flavor but also get custom treatment. Based on the existing prices, the RX 6950 XT might hit retail for $1099 US, the RX 6750 XT at $540 US, and the RX 6650 XT at $399 US. Prices of the existing models will remain unchanged.
- Radeon RX 6950 XT vs RX 6900 XT - $1099 vs $999 US MSRP
- Radeon RX 6750 XT vs RX 6700 XT - $549 vs $479 US MSRP
- Radeon RX 6650 XT vs RX 6600 XT - $399 vs $379 US MSRP
In case you want to read our full AMD RDNA 2 GPU architecture deep dive, head over to this link.
The ASRock Radeon RX 6000 Refresh lineup consists of three models, the top OC Foruma, the high-end Phantom Gaming, and the mainstream, Challenger D. The sample we received is a Phantom D variant which features a massive 2.75 slot design, a huge heatsink, and also comes with a triple-fan cooling design.
The ASRock Radeon RX 6750 XT Phantom Gaming D OC features a fully custom PCB design that has a range of features such as Dr.MOS 60A Power Chokes, 2oz Copper PCB, a high-density glass fabric PCB, and a factory overclock out-of-the-box which pushes the boost clocks to 2623 MHz, a 23 MHz increase over the 2.6 GHz reference clocks. The card retains its triple DisplayPort 1.4 (DSC) & single HDMIM 2.1 (VRR) outputs. As for power, the card is equipped with dual 8-pin connectors that offer up to 375W of juice to the board. ASRock recommends a 700W PSU for this card.
Following are some of the features of the ASRock Radeon RX 6750 XT Phantom Gaming D OC:
Clock: GPU / Memory
- Boost Clock: Up to 2623 MHz / 18 Gbps
- Game Clock: Up to 2554 MHz / 18 Gbps
- Base Clock: 2623 MHz / 18 Gbps
Key Specifications
- 7nm AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT Graphics
- 12GB 192-bit GDDR6
- AMD RDNA 2 Architecture
- DirectX 12 Ultimate
- PCI Express 4.0 Support
- 2 x 8-pin Power Connectors
- 3 x DisplayPort 1.4 with DSC / 1 x HDMI 2.1 VRR
Key Features
- Polychrome SYNC
- Phantom Gaming 3X Cooling System
- Striped Axial Fan
- Reinforced Metal Frame
- Stylish Metal Backplate
- 0dB Silent Cooling
- Super Alloy Graphics Card
The ASRock Radeon RX 6750 XT Phantom Gaming OC comes inside a standard cardboard box. The front of both packages has a large "AMD Radeon" brand logo along with the "ASRock" logo on the top left corner and a large 'Phantom Gaming' logo in the middle.
The packaging has put a large emphasis on the AMD RDNA 2 architecture as the first feature enlisted by AIBs. Each card has been devised for a certain gaming segment, the RX 6950 XT is aiming the 4K, RX 6750 XT aims the 1440p and RX 6650 XT aims at the 1080p gaming segment.
The back of the box is very typical, highlighting the main features and specifications of the cards. The six key features include the Phantom Gaming 3X Cooling System, the Stylish Metal Backplate, the Polychrome Sync RGB technology, the Reinforced Metal Frame, the 0db Silent Cooling fans, & the LED On/Off Switch.
There's also a focus towards AMD.com on each AIB card through which users can download the latest drivers and the Radeon Software applications which are a must for gamers to access all feature sets of the new cards.
The sides of the box once again greet us with the large Radeon RX branding. There's also the mention of memory available on the cards. For each specific card, you get 16 GB on 6950 XT, 12 GB on 6750 XT, and 8 GB on 6650 XT. The higher memory bandwidth delivered through the new GDDR6 interface and infinity cache would help improve performance in gaming titles at higher resolutions.
Outside of the box, the graphics card and the accessories are held firmly by foam packaging inside another box. The only accessory that you will get with the card is a Quick Installation Guide so we can see that ASRock is keeping things simple here which isn't a bad thing at all.
The card is nicely wrapped within an anti-static cover which is useful to prevent any unwanted static discharges on various surfaces that might harm the graphics card. It's best to ignore any form of drivers that ship with the card and instead install the latest software and graphics drivers directly from the AMD and ASRock's official web pages as the ones shipped in the disks could be older versions and not deliver optimal performance for your graphics cards.
After the package is taken care of, I can finally start talking about the cards themselves. The ASRock Radeon RX 6750 XT Phantom Gaming X is a massive card. It's the highest-end 6750 XT on offering by ASRock which features the iconic Phantom Gaming cooling so let's see if it performs really well too.
The Radeon RX 6000 Phantom Gaming lineup from ASRock features an updated design and modern looks compared to the Radeon RX 5000 Phantom Gaming lineup. The cooling has been upgraded with new fans, bigger heatsinks and a more premium look.
The ASRock Radeon RX 6750 XT Phantom Gaming graphics card is huge and requires a lot of space. The cooling shrouds on all cards extend beyond the PCB. The back of the cards features a solid backplate that looks stunning. The backplate offers a lot more functionality than just looks which I will get back to in a bit.
In terms of design, we are looking at an updated version of the Phantom Gaming 3X cooling system and heatsinks. ASRock has really upped the game in a short time since their entry in the discrete GPU segment with the RX 500 series lineup.
The new heatsink looks great with the main changes being the shroud and heatsink design which retains an aggressive shroud design on the front and a combination of three fans. Two of the fans on the card are colored black while the one in the middle is a white-colored design. All fans have a acrylic texture.
Coming to the fans, the cards actually features the brand new Striped Axial system. The fans deliver an enhanced airflow to optimize cooling from not only the stripe structure on each fan blade but also the polishing surface on the bottom side.
The fans are outfitted with 0db silent cooling technology which means that you can undergo silent operation under light workloads. The temperature profile is set to 60C. The card also features full use of ASRock's Polychrome Sync RGB technology which looks great in action.
I am back at talking about the full-coverage, full metal-based backplate that the card uses. The whole plate is made of solid metal with rounded edges that add to the durability of this card. The brushed matte-black finish on the backplate gives a unique aesthetic.
There are cutouts in screw placements to easily reach the points on the graphics card. We can also see the Phantom Gaming logo on the back which looks stunning. Additionally, thecard has vents on the backplate that can push air through the backside of the PCB for further airflow.
With the outsides of the card done, I will now start taking a glance at what's beneath the hood of these monster graphics cards. The first thing to catch my eye is the humungous fin stack that's part of the beefy heatsink that the cards utilize.
The large fin stack runs all the way from the front and to the back of the PCB and is so thick that you can barely see through it. It also comes with the new air-deflecting design which I want to shed some light on as it is a turn away from traditional fin design.
The air deflecting fin design helps guide the airflow to go more regularly and quickly to enhance the cooling efficiency through the V-shaped cutting fins and the V-shaped air vents. The heat pipes are consolidated to maximize the contact among each other and also the GPU baseplate for the optimized heat dissipation.
The GPU baseplate makes use of a nickel-plated copper surface which provides a premium copper base heatsink design, the direct contact area to the GPU would be maximized to improve thermal transfer effectively.
To top it all off, ASRock uses their exclusive Nano Thermal paste which is said to offer a higher thermal interface and heat transfer compared to traditional TIM applications.
ASRock adds extra protection to its impressive PCB by including a reinforced metal frame on the side to protect the PCB from bending.
I/O on the graphics cards sticks with the reference scheme which includes three Display Port 1.4a & a single HDMI 2.1 port.
As for the PCB, the card uses a dual 8-pin connector to boot and features a 12-phase VRM. There's also a switch on the PCB which can be used to disable or enable the LEDs.
We used the following test system for comparison between the different graphics cards. The latest drivers that were available at the time of testing were used from AMD and NVIDIA on an updated version of Windows 10. All games that were tested were patched to the latest version for better performance optimization for NVIDIA and AMD GPUs.
MSI Radeon RX 6000 Refresh Graphics Cards Test Setup:
| CPU | Intel Core i9-12900K @ 5.0 GHz |
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| Motherboard | AORUS Z690 Master (DDR5) |
| Video Cards | MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT Gaming X MSI Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming X MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio MSI GeForce RTX 3080 SUPRIM X MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti SUPRIM X MSI GeForce RTX 3070 SUPRIM X MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X Trio MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming X Trio MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming X Trio MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio ASUS GeForce RTX 2070 STRIX OC MSI GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Gaming Z MSI GeForce RTX 2060 Gaming Z MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT Gaming X MSI Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming Z |
| Memory | G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series 32GB (2 X 16GB) CL36 6000 MHz |
| Storage | Teamgroup T-Force A440 Pro 2 TB Gen 4 |
| Power Supply | ASUS ROG THOR 1200W PSU |
| OS | Windows 12 64-bit |
| Drivers | AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 22.5.1 NVIDIA GeForce 512.15 WHQL |
- All games were tested on 1920x1080 (FHD), 2560×1440 (2K), and 3840×2160 (4K) resolutions.
- Image Quality and graphics configurations have been provided in the screenshots below.
- The “reference” cards are the stock configs while the “overclock” cards are factory overclocked configs provided to us by various AIB partners.
- All cards were tested with resizable-BAR enabled.
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Doom Eternal
DOOM Eternal brings hell to earth with the Vulkan-powered idTech 7. We test this game using the Ultra Nightmare Preset and follow our in-game benchmarking to stay as consistent as possible.
DOOM Eternal
Red Dead Redemption 2
Developed by Rockstar San Diego, Red Dead Redemption II is one of the most visually stunning open-world games I've played to date that is backed up by a rich story set around the protagonist, Arthur Morgan. The game is based on the RAGE engine which features an insane amount of graphics fidelity but also requires a lot of power to run maxed out. For the purpose of this test, we set the graphics settings to Ultra with AA turned disabled.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
Wolfenstein is back in The New Colossus and features the most fast-paced, gory, and brutal FPS action ever! The game once again puts us back in the Nazi-controlled world as BJ Blazkowicz. Set during an alternate future where Nazis won the World War, the game shows that it can be fun and can be brutal to the player and to the enemy too. Powering the new title is once again, id Tech 6 which is much acclaimed after the success that DOOM has become. In a way, ID has regained its glorious FPS roots and is slaying with every new title.
Wolfenstein
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Battlefield V
Battlefield V brings back the action of the World War 2 shooter genre. Using the latest Frostbite tech, the game does a good job of looking gorgeous in all ways possible. From the open-world environments to the intense and gun-blazing action, this multiplayer and single-player FPS title is one of the best-looking Battlefields to date.
Battlefield V
Battlefield V Raytracing DLSS (Quality)
Death Stranding
Sam Porter Bridges has delivered one of PS4's most anticipated games to the PC community and opened a whole new world of possibilities. This was the first game to feature the Decima Engine on PC and unarguably did it the best. Death Stranding may not feature ray tracing effects but it does showcase that DLSS can be used effectively even when RT isn't around. We tested this one just like we did in our launch coverage with DLSS enabled.
Death Stranding DLSS/FSR (Quality)
Forza Horizon 5
Forza Horizon 5 carries on the open-world racing tradition of the Horizon series. The latest DX12-powered entry is beautifully crafted and amazingly well executed and is a great showcase of DX12 games. We use the benchmark run while having all of the settings set to non-dynamic with an uncapped framerate to gather these results.
Forza Horizon 5
Halo Infinite (DX12 Highest)
Next up, we have the latest entry in the Halo franchise, Halo: Infinite, which makes use of a brand new Slipspace engine that is based on the DX12 API. The game rocks some incredible environments for Master Chief to visit on the Halo ring.
Halo Infinite
Hitman III (DX12 Highest Settings)
Hitman III is the highly acclaimed sequel to the 2016 Hitman & 2018 Hitman II which was a redesign and reimaging of the game from the ground up. With a focus on stealth gameplay through various missions, the game once again lets you play as Agent 47. The game runs on the IO Interactive Glacier 2 engine which has been updated to deliver amazing visuals and environments on each level while making use of DirectX 12 API.
Hitman 2
Shadow of The Tomb Raider
Sequel to The Rise of the Tomb Raider, Shadow of The Tomb Raider is visually enhanced with an updated Foundation Engine that delivers realistic facial animations and the most gorgeous environments ever seen in a Tomb Raider Game. The game is a technical marvel and really shows the power of its graphics engine in the latest title.
Shadow of The Tomb Raider
Shadow of The Tomb Raider Raytracing DLSS/FSR (Quality)
Metro Exodus
Metro Exodus continues the journey of Artyom through the nuclear wasteland of Russia and its surroundings. This time, you are set over the Metro, going through various regions and different environments. The game is one of the premier titles to feature NVIDIA’s RTX technology and does well in showcasing the ray-tracing effects in all corners.
Metro Exodus Extreme Preset
Metro Exodus Raytracing DLSS (Quality)
Resident Evil Village
Resident Evil Village is the latest in the horror franchise that was wonderfully rekindled with RE7 and onto the RE2 Remake. But now the RE Engine is back and better than ever with Ray Traced Reflections and Lighting that makes the world just come to life, unironically. The game was tested in the center of the village itself with all graphical settings maxed out and with raytracing enabled.
Resident Evil Village (Maxed)
Resident Evil Village Raytracing FSR (Quality)
No graphics card review is complete without evaluating its temperatures and thermal load. The MSI Gaming X graphics cards come with a triple (Tri-Frozr) or dual (Twin-Frozr) fan cooler with 0db fan technology, a massive heatsink that is composed of several aluminum fins and heat pipes, and an extended backplate that covers the entire PCB.
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Temperatures
Note – We tested load with Kombuster which is known as a ‘power virus’ and can permanently damage the hardware. Use such software at your own risk!
I compiled the power consumption results by testing each card under idle and full stress when the card was running games. Each graphics card manufacturer sets a default TDP for the card which can vary from vendor to vendor depending on the extra clocks or board features they plugin on their custom cards. Default TDP for the Radeon RX 6950 XT is 335W, for the RX 6750 XT its 250W and for the RX 6650 XT its 180W
Power Consumption
When AMD introduced its Radeon RX 6000 Refresh lineup, we called it a decent step up from the existing parts with custom variants more or less being priced the same as their existing parts. The graphics cards have since seen a major decline in pricing and we are now back at MSRP levels. The RX 6700 XT can be found for under $500 US at $489 on average while the RX 6750 XT is going for around $550 US at various retail outlets. ASRock is charging a heavy premium for its new Phantom Gaming card at $629 US, which is $90 US more than the MSRP and a further $130 US over the RX 6700 XT.
With that said, the performance of the AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT usually ended up around 10% faster on average in the titles we tested. The card looks phenomenal with its triple-fan cooling which holds up with the Navi 22 KXT GPU. We saw maximum clock speeds in the 2.8 GHz range. The graphics card ran at a steady 62C temperature throughout our testing and the fans didn't produce that much noise to make it seem noticeable. In fact, they were slightly more silent than MSI's Twin Frozr 8S solution on the high-end RX 6750 XT Gaming X Trio.
The looks might be appealing for gamers but those who don't want RGB can simply turn off the LEDs through a switch located on board the PCB which is easily accessible. ASRock could have added a secondary BIOS to the graphics card as this is a premium model that we are looking at. Besides that, the lower temperatures do allow for higher overclocking capabilities and you can manually set the clock speed to 2.9 GHz for an additional 5% boost so overall, we are looking at a 15% gain over the RX 6700 XT. Plus, the GDDR6 memory is known for its impressive overclocking capabilities and that too can be pushed further.
ASRock's Radeon RX 6750 XT Phantom Gaming is a great graphics card on its own with a stunning gamer look and lots of overclocking potential which can push it close to the Radeon RX 6800 Non-XT levels though its pricing is on the really high side. With the recent price drops, you can find an RX 6800 XT at slightly higher prices which should be a far better deal. If you can find the ASRock PG for under $600 US, it is a worthy choice but we will have to wait and see just how far down the prices can be pushed in the coming months.
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