This allows the GPU to intelligently control the level of detail and shading of scenes to prioritize what’s most perceptible to the gamer. Of specific note are mesh and variable rate shading. Importantly, RDNA 2 also works with DirectX 12 Ultimate.

This also means higher clock speeds and better performance per watt than the RX 5700 XT. That means gamers can expect most of the same benefits I’ve reported on with previous Radeon RX 6000-series cards: hardware-based ray tracing, Smart Access Memory, and AMD’s Infinity Cache solution to reduce memory latency and boost performance. As such, there are some scale-backs here, but this is definitely a full-featured card designed to compete with the current generation of gaming GPUs. At the time of its release, the 6700 XT is the lowest-tier offering and the most accessiblely priced. As expected, the RX 6700 XT is built on the RDNA 2 architecture and is part of AMD’s effort to deliver a full range of GPUs for gamers this generation.

Still, it’s a sleek, svelte card with a two-fan cooler and two-slot width that should fit in most PCs. The blacked-out heatsink even looks a bit like a grille, though I suspect the red trim and illuminated Radeon logo won’t be to everyone’s liking, especially if they already have custom lighting in their PC. That means a GPU that looks almost like a futuristic sports car with its mix of black and chrome-accented silver. 9 Images AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT - Design and FeaturesThe RX 6700 XT is the fourth Radeon card to release this generation and continues the same styling of its predecessors.

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