AMD Radeon RX 6800 (XT): Gigabyte introduces Aorus and the game series

Just in time for the launch of custom designs based on the new Radeon RX 6800 XT and RX 6800, which was once again accompanied by the scarce availability of graphics cards, Gigabyte introduces the Aorus and gaming series, which will soon be launched with Sapphire Nitro + and PowerColor Red Devil (test) should measure.

Two series with a total of five custom designs

With the Radeon RX 6800 XT Aorus Master, Aorus Master Type C and Gaming OC and the Radeon RX 6800 Aorus Master and Gaming OC, Gigabyte is introducing a total of five new graphics cards based on the Navi-21-GPU and RDNA-2 architecture . Navi-21-XT with 72 compute units and 4,680 FP32-ALU is used three times and the slightly smaller Navi-21-XL with 60 CU and 3,840 shaders is used twice.

TDP ratings and PSU recommendations match those of AMD’s reference design, also offered by the manufacturer. While the Gaming OC series is decent overall, the Aorus series has an individually adjustable OLED display as well as elaborate RGB lighting.

The Gigabyte Radeon RX 6800 XT Aorus Master Type C is the only one of the new graphics card that stands out from all other models by a USB Type C port. Otherwise, the graphics cards each have two display ports 1.4a HDMI 2.1 up to 4K with 120 Hz. Type C meanwhile has to do without a display port.

The cooling solutions largely correspond to those already used in the custom designs of the Aorus and gaming series with gaming amplifiers and each is based on a configuration of three fans and a metal backplate.

Aside from the Gaming OC series, which runs at 2,045 and 2,285 MHz (Radeon RX 6800 XT) and 1,925 and 2,155 MHz (Radeon RX 6800), Gigabyte keeps all other information under lock and key.

The manufacturer also did not provide any information on the availability, with which AMD is no better than Nvidia with the RTX 3000, and on the selling price of the five graphics cards.