AMD RX 6800 XT runs at almost half the frame rate of Nvidia's RTX 3080 in Vulkan Ray Tracing tests

Things can only get better, right?

[Damrock]

Better than CDPR offering 60 seconds per frame I guess :P

[Ristul]

Looks like a win for nvidia when it comes to raytracing.

[Babadook7]

Yes. But this is day one support from AMD. Let’s see how things are in 2-12 months.

[Ristul]

In that time, Nvidia will not stand still, they will keep improving their ray tracing technology as well. I have a feeling nvidia will keep the advantage for the foreseeable future.

[Babadook7]

@Ristul

There is a peak performance limit (with diminishing returns the closer one gets to the limit) and AMD is likely a lot further from that limit with day one optimization than nvidia is with 2 years of optimization. So it’s likely the gap can only go down. And I’m not an AMD guy. Just pointing out the obvious.

[MrDead]

Looks like I made the right call getting the 3080... phew. I know ray tracing isn't the be all and end all but when the cost is so close its good to know that I got the more capable card. Also RTX and dlss are frickin awesome!

[Neonridr]

me too. I had preordered an ASUS Strix 3080 but it took a while for the order to finally ship to me. Contemplated cancelling and then holding out for the 6800 XT. But glad I stuck it out. It will be a while before AMD can match Nvidia in the ray tracing department. And like you said, DLSS is pretty amazing.

[ABizzel1]

I look at you in anger as I got stuck with a 3060 Ti, but it'll hold me over until the 5nm RTX 4000 series which is what I'm really looking for lol. Congrats on the 3080.

[IanTH]

"Stuck with" you say! I chuff in your direction, sir! I look at you in anger as I actually wanted a 3060Ti, but couldn't manage to get my hands on one. Signed up to EVGAs notification system and all, still no dice :-(.

I kid, of course. I'm still stuck on my GTX 1080, so feel good about what ya got :-p.

Still mostly happy with it, surprisingly, but I'm ready for the upgrade now at a little over 3.5 years. I like sticking to the $400 price range on GPUs, so that's how I'm looking at this. That even though the xx60 series is 2 rungs lower in the product stack than my xx80 series, it provides a huge rasterization uplift in the same pricing tier and includes some extra bells and whistles.

RT and DLSS will be great on the few games that support it, but I'm still mostly looking at pure rasterization at this point. That said, Nvidia is still the better bet right now for similar money (unless you need the bigger frame buffer - 16GB on all AMD cards is nice in our 4k/high texture future). They currently have the more mature RT implementation, and DLSS can make a huge difference - but even more so, if there's any chance the rumors of DLSS 3.0 allowing for basic abilities on any game that supports TAA, that's a bet worth taking on RTX. At least until AMD shows what their solution is.

[Sircolby45]

Same here...I think the 20 series was not fast enough for proper Ray Tracing, which is why I gave it a skip, but the 30 series is where it is going to start exploding. It is finally fast enough and we are going to see the support grow exponentially from here on out. Give it a few years and the majority of AAA games will have a Ray Tracing option.

[Whitey2k]

Im gonna stick and still get the 6800xt cheaper on price and it and its very close to the 3080 in terms of performance without raytracing. As much as it looks good on raytracing mode but i just wait be4 it becomes the new normal so im just happy to play everythink on very high/ultra at a smooth framerate

[nickanasty206]

This is sort of a bummer considering the next gen consoles are using AMD Tech. Not a huge deal, just allows me to keep my expectations in check on what to expect console wise, also considering the console tech is much weaker than an 6800XT. Raytracing is certainly the future though, and i can't deny it after playing Cyberpunk on PC with a 3090. It completely changes the game and essentially is the defining feature in the next generation of games. AMD will have a solution on the next round of cards I'm sure.

[Asuka]

1st gen hardware accelerated RT from AMD vs. 2nd gen RT cores/3rd gen Tensor cores from Nvidia. Its to be expected...

[STK026]

Putting aside the fact that getting your hands on either a 6800xt or a 3080 is near impossible for most, I think it's fair to say that the 3080 is the better option at the moment.

It has comparable performance in non ray tracing games, although the 7800xt beats it by a small margin in multiple titles. But the added benefits of RTX and DLSS are pretty great.

With that being said, if I could get a 6800xt at retail price, I'd jump on it with no hesitation.

[StoneyYoshi]

16gigs of Vram can be very beneficial in future games compared to 10gigs. Especially once games are developed with these GPUs in mind.

[kryteris]

and it is on par with the 2k series correct? which was their target. Oopsies