Asrock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X OC

A card that demands to be shown off.

There are subtle cards, silent cards and affordable cards and then there’s the Asrock Taichi X. This is a card that demands to be shown off in a case with a PCie riser. It’s the joint highest clocked of the tested cards and the highest performing one too.

It’s got everything including a strong PCB design with dual BIOS, lashes of RGB lighting (that can be turned off via a switch) and a powerful cooler with 0db mode. At $1,499 its price is surprisingly reasonable compared to other flagship tier cards.

The Taichi X consistently topped the testing leaderboard and in some cases gets close to the 6900 XT. The Taichi was among the hotter running cards. It also gets audible under load but it’s still nothing like the noisy blower cards of old. The card requires three 8-pin PCIe power connectors, which means there’s some serious power on tap if you want to push it hard. Asrock rates the TDP at 300W though we think it’s higher than this after measuring a peak 289W GPU power draw, the highest of the test.

Contrary to its name that suggests peace and harmony, the Taichi X is big, bright and in your face. At $1,499 it’s pricey a couple of months ago, but it’s truly expensive now. Whether the cost is worth it over the likes of the Sapphire may depends on whether you want to show it off or not. As the fastest and most unmistakably premium card of the test, it’s pretty hard to top the Asrock Taichi X.

Critical Specs:

Asrock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X 16G OC, 1,925MHz Base Clock, 2,360MHz Boost Clock, 16GB GDDR6 16Gbps memory, 512GB/s Memory Bandwidth, 2x Display Port 1.4, 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x USB-C, 3x 8-Pin Power Connector, 300W TDP.