As part of a live stream presentation, Gigabyte launched its first own models of the Radeon RX 6800 XT and Radeon RX 6800 shown. Unlike the competition, the manufacturer also called price recommendations for the custom designs that have it all: The top model Radeon RX 6800 XT Aorus Master costs 885 US dollars, the Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming OC with less expensive cooler 850 US Dollar and the Radeon RX 6800 (Non-XT) Aorus Master 720 U.S. dollar.

Converted including 19 – percent VAT (not included in US prices) corresponds to just under 885, 835 or 710 Euro. Gigabyte names the prices in the introduction video from minute 40 : 40. For comparison: AMD recommends the Radeon RX 6000 XT 650 Euro, for the Radeon RX 6800 about 580 Euro.

Excessive prices So far, all graphics cards from the current generation are poorly available and therefore overpriced. In addition to AMD’s Radeon series RX 3000, this also applies to Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3000. So far, however, the high prices have primarily come from retailers. Gigabyte is now the first manufacturer to openly admit to triggering the price problem at the root.

Gigabyte Radeon RX 6800 XT Aorus Master and Gaming OC (16 Pictures) Radeon RX 6800 XT Aorus Master (Image: Gigabyte) No matter how good the cooler is – for the first time Gigabyte is offering an Aorus Radeon with superimposed fans, previously these were reserved for GeForce graphics cards -, no air cooler should be worth more than 200 Euro surcharge. The GPU clock speeds just drop 30 to 60 MHz higher from.

AMD is apparently also aware of this: Manager Scott Herkelman recently announced on Twitter that the reference models of the Radeon RX – 6000 – graphics cards should continue to be produced until further notice. Actually, the AMD versions are only available at the start, until the partner manufacturers’ own creations are widely available.

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