yeah, for me 3070 and 6700xt may be already enough for me,
for older game i will just turn the graphic quality to max or even running at 4K, things look really sharp combined with AMD internal sharpening filter.
i have a lot of old games that will still probably looks good in newer GPU, just waiting the gpu price to return to normal lo.

Also Fidelity FSR is coming in june according to rumor.

6900xt still. Selling at 200% msrp here, cheapest is still more expensive than 3080ti,
Retailers here can jack up all they want, people will just wait for next gen lol.

There were once selling at msrp but I guess people sapu them all lol

where you buying? beware of shopee and lazada though
SG Lazada here flooded with seller copy info from legitimate seller, then priced with much lower price.
probably offload from mining gpu.

6900XT is selling 4600 myr (1.2k SGD) here

RDNA3 launch next week, availability probably another month or next year.
i'd say wait for release and see if there's price drop, normally they have to clear stock to make a way for new stuff coming.

the price is still crazily expensive here.
most shop is still selling gpu like the crypto crash never happened

Gigabyte 6900XT is the cheapest here, near msrp but still high, the price here its chaotic mess, 6800XT from gigabyte still selling near 2K, nvidia gpu are still 3K...
no need to guess how well does it sells lol.

yup, need to compare with 3080 too, especially RDNA2 still does not have strogn RT performance.
nvidia side sometimes cheaper due to AIB does not setting at cutthroad price.

If price is sweet, my budget is 3.3k. Might consider nvidia too
amd simply don't add new features to old gpu anymore

i skipped buying anything since the crypto boom until now, luckily my vega 64 still working.

Image sharpening still works, except the super resolution and color enhancement does not exist for old GPU.
still have 2 PC for backup till rx7000 come out.

Remember they mocking nvidia with the 12vhpwr connector?
Both companies probably outsourcing their qa to someone who doesn't know how to test gpu properly 😹

iirc, you can change the fan curve in the catalyst software, no need another software,

just change the fan curve that below 40c = 0

yeah, their gpu are tuned for silent by default.
mine was vega64 and usually the fan noise is almost non existence, and most blower fan are PWM with range from 800 rpm to 6000, very easy to tune and will not have loud noise except when you boot up your pc.

2/3 pins fan have minimum start up voltage, some start at 5v, high powered one usually 7v,
and 2/3 pins fan can be controlled via voltage, the only difference between them is 3rd pin is for reporting tachometer/RPM to mobo or other fan controller.

4pin pwm can be controller via voltage and pwm too.
you can have 12v 6000rpm
or 7v 4500 rpm, for example.

to override the gpu fan voltage you can use psu 7v instead of original 12v, so your fan will operate probably 25% lower speed
https://www.aliexpress.com/i/1005004238542471.html

or if you can get one of the speed reducer from nocuta https://www.amazon.sg/dp/B00650P2ZC?flyingspaghettimonster=emc_s_m_5_i_atc


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psu fan is usually quiet. some have switch like SeaSonic, cant remember the function, probably to enable zero rpm at low load.
if fan broken usually better to get Noctua or San Ace, both are top notch due to using FDB/ball bearing, quiet, but expensive

increasing psu fan is usually not necessary unless your casing have limited vent,

do you have brand preference? budget?

if you want quiet and long life then choose blower type, or just go with sapphire, MSI, etc, they usually play nice with the radeon software.

low end eg rx6400 = usually 2 pins only.
i would go for rx6600 or 7600

you can tune the noise to your liking, or just stick to default fan speed which is very quiet but high temp, blower type gpu wont dump the heat back to pc, my vega was a tank, had it since 2017 and lasted during the crypto craze, gpu scalper and post covid.

now im happy laptop user lol

1280x720 FSR2 then upscaled to 4K on my lowly R7 5700U RX VEGA 8 IGP
not too bad