AMD's Upcoming RX 6950 XT Could Boost to 2.5GHz Out of the Box

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AMD’s RX 6950 XT could boost to 2.5GHz out of the box.

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If it’s achievable with a standard dual slot cooler then it’s going to be amazing.

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Greymon55 a prominent leaker indicates that the RX 6900 XT could feature a boost clock of over 2.5GHz.

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250MHz or at least 10 percent is increased over the base 6900 XT’s 2.25Ghz boost clock.

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RX 6950 XT is set to take its place as the best RDNA 2 card before the release of RDNA 3.

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It’s all speculation really, not much else is known about this card.

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The other 6X50 refreshes will get a memory speed bump, up to 18Gbps.

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The cheaper RX 6500 XT includes 18Gbps VRAM, the newer and more expensive cards will include it too.

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If there are any 7nm process optimizations then their TDP increases could be small, if the refreshed cards are simply higher clocked variants.

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There are many 6900 XT cards that can reach 2.5GHz out of the box; they can mostly use the binned Navi 21 XTXH GPU.

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Asrock Rx 6900 XT OC Formula is an example.

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Our OC formula review sample maintained 2.55GHz over the long run, with its stock cooler.

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The 6900 XT cards are overclocking monsters.

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