Tom's hardware reported: the price of the radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card, which was launched on December 8, 2020, has fallen below the $1000 mark** Taking the online retailer Newegg as an example, the quotation of the RX 6900 XT gaming OC model of Gigabyte brand once dropped to $949 (about 6269 RMB). If you superimpose the mail refund (MIR) discount, the hand price can be as low as $899 (5939 RMB).
Screenshot (from: Newegg website，via Tom's Hardware)
As a non-public graphics card, the brand positioning of Gigabyte RX 6900 XT gaming OC is one level lower than that of the company's aorus master.
However, according to the word "OC" in the model name, Gigabyte RX 6900 XT gaming OC still has higher original overclocking parameters (using three groups of 8-pin external power supply design), and the large-scale radiator helps to lower the temperature than the public version.
VideoCardz It is pointed out that the default GPU frequency of the card has been increased from 2015 MHz to 2050 MHz, and the acceleration frequency has also been increased from 35 MHz (to 2285 MHz).
Although it is not the most powerful RX 6900 XT product on the market, the price adjustment of Gigabyte RX 6900 XT gaming OC is expected to attract more consumers to start with it (rather than competitive products such as NVIDIA geforce RTX 3090 / 3080 Ti).
【TechPowerUp Update] after the discount lasted for several hours, xinegg has restored the price of Gigabyte RX 6900 XT gaming OC game graphics card to US $999 (about 6599 RMB), but the hand price superimposed with Mir discount is still US $949 (6269 RMB).