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Published on November 20th, 2020 | by Adrian Gunning

AMD Radeon RX 6800 Series Graphics Cards Now Available

Today, AMD launched the AMD Radeon RX 6800 Series graphics cards, delivering powerhouse performance, vivid visuals and incredible experiences to gamers. The lineup features the Radeon RX 6800 graphics card, an ideal upgrade for gamers looking to step into 4K gaming, and the Radeon RX 6800 XT, providing world-class, ultra-high refresh rate 4K gameplay.

The Radeon RX 6800 and RX 6800 XT are available starting today from etailers/retailers and on AMD.com with an SEP of $949 AUD and $1049 AUD, respectively.

Model $AU $NZ
RX 6800 $949 $1049
RX 6800 XT $1049 $1159

Powered by AMD RDNA 2 architecture, the Radeon RX 6800 Series balances high quality visuals with exceptional performance. RDNA 2 offers a number of innovations, including applying advanced power saving techniques to high-performance compute units to improve energy efficiency by up to 30 percent per cycle per compute unit. It also includes new AMD Infinity Cache technology offering up to 2.4X greater bandwidth-per-watt compared to GDDR6-only RDNA-based architectural designs.

Additionally, raytracing support for the new Radeon graphics cards expanded as Gearbox Publishing and Counterplay Games are planning to enable DXR 1.1 raytracing in Godfall today. Developed on RDNA 2, Godfall offers incredible visual fidelity and performance on Radeon RX 6800 Series graphics cards. Be sure to download the public Radeon Software driver available today to check out this next-generation feature.

With next-generation Radeon RX 6800 Series graphics cards and new Ryzen 5000 Series desktop processors, AMD is the only company delivering the ultimate gaming platform for enthusiast gamers.


About the Author

agun@impulsegamer.com'

Adrian lives in Melbourne Australia and has a huge passion for gaming, technology and pop culture. He recently finished his a Bachelor of Journalism and is currently focusing on games journalism. When not writing and playing video games, Adrian can be found in Comics 'R' Us debating the pros of the DC Universe and cons of the Marvel Universe.



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