ASRock Radeon RX 6800 Phantom Gaming D Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 2 (RX6800 PGD 16GO)

Pros: - Runs quite cool in standard case - Fans never reach full speed even OC'd, Quiet - Big step up from last gen - 16GB VRAM is quite nice for high-res textures

Cons: - Cooler seems like total overkill (which adds cost) - One of the most expensive AIB Partner cards - Some coil whine (nothing crazy)

Overall Review: Going back to team red for the latest gen cards, this 6800 is quite the improvement. It overclocks well (currently @ 110% TDP, 2100MHz mem, 2400MHz core), although I am constantly running into the 250W TDP limit rather than clock speed for games. Computational loads can push the core all the way up, but it's still very close to the TDP limit. This particular card has what I'm guessing is the same cooler as the 6800 XT, and it is indeed overkill. In a standard size case, even overclocked, the reported temp with continuous Heaven/FurMark/etc. was 57C with Tj at 66C. The default fan profile was running them at ~50%, so there's quite a bit of thermal headroom with this AIB. In fact, if you're not planning on putting the card in some cramped mini-case, you should probably save your extra monies with a slightly less absurd cooler. I got this specific card as it was the only one in the series available (at time of writing) due to the ongoing GPU supply disaster over at AMD. That said, it's a solid card on Windows so far. Linux needs the latest kernel, rebuilt MESA, etc., but that's to be expected on a new card.