Gigabyte Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming OC

A card that goes about its business with no fuss.

The Gigabyte Gaming OC is one of the company’s more value oriented offerings, sitting below the premium Aorus products. It’s the most compact of the cards. Though it’s still a triple slot card, its height makes it easier to fit into smaller cases.

The Gaming OC uses the company’s Windforce 3X cooler. It’s got dual BIOS’ and the RGB Gigabyte logo on the side is the only RGB present. It’s a card that eschews bling. That alone will appeal to many users. Notably it comes with a pair of HDMI ports to go with two DisplayPorts. It’s the only card in the test with this configuration.

Despite its relatively low rated boost clock, the Gigabyte performed better than expected. It appears that this card is a strong sample in terms of the silicon lottery. A measured GPU chip power draw of 264 watts meant the card was able to consistently boost higher. In fact the card was able to maintain an average of boost clock of 2,350MHz (only behind the Asrock). The card isn’t loud by any means, though it does become notably audible under a sustained load.

The Gigabyte Gaming OC is a good all-rounder, offering surprisingly strong performance to go along with a more compact and subtle design. It’s not the quietest card in the test and its prerelease pricing is on the high side which hurts it. We can’t put too much weight on pricing volatile market though. The Gigabyte Gaming OC will surely become a more compelling option as volume picks up and pricing settles to more representative levels.

Critical Specs:

Gigabyte Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming OC, 1850MHz Base Clock, 2,285MHz Boost Clock, 16GB GDDR6 16Gbps memory, 512GB/s Memory Bandwidth, 2x Display Port 1.4, 2x HDMI 2.1, 2x 8-Pin Power Connector, 300W TDP.