Biostar now also offers the reference design

For the release of the new high-end graphics cards of AMD Radeon RX 6800 and 6800 XT based on the RDNA 2 graphics architecture on November 18, all well-known manufacturers had already announced the standard version of the new models in the form of MBA (Made by AMD ) first should then continue on November 25 with the launch of the custom models on the market. With Biostar as a bit late laggard, another council partner is now following, which announced the cards in a press release just a day after the next generation of graphics cards were launched on the market.

According to the packaging, the Radeon RX 6800 and 6800 XT listed on the manufacturer’s official website are assigned the “Extreme Gaming” label, which is already known, for example, from the manufacturer’s Radeon RX 5700 XT. Based on AMD’s reference design, however, there are no surprises and so you can see the cooler, which turned out to be good in the test, along with a cover from the rack and adapted fan stickers, while underneath the “Navi” chips 21 XL “and” Navi 21 XT “work with their known key data regarding compute units, clock frequency, etc., which also applies to specified power consumption and variety of connections. According to the data sheet, the supply includes quick instructions only.

In addition to the known key data and associated performance, Biostar swears in its press release on the longevity of the new cards. Meanwhile, the manufacturer does not provide any information on availability or prices, but here too the indicative values ​​are 579 euros and 649 euros RRP, which are currently exceeded at best due to limited availability. Another supplier in the form of Biostar may only be useful for the current poor delivery situation, but the models may not even hit the market in this country. At the moment it is not possible to find the two graphics cards from Biostar in the PCGH price comparison.

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