The Radeon RX 6800S is a lower-power, higher-efficiency version of the Radeon RX 6800M, similar to what Nvidia has been doing with what used to be Max-Q products.
AMD Radeon RX 6800S Review: Power Efficient GPU for Gaming Laptops
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George Keech
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Does that statement in itself not imply your Bias? I don't care about ray tracing if the option 30FPS with RT vs 60FPS without ill take the 60 thanks. I've played with it on and off and honestly I'm not saying I cant tell a difference but I already think games have too many reflections in them its like there is no such thing as a matt surface everything is always glossy. its just not that big of a deal for me.
Squid Surprise
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I'd love to see this card reviewed in an Intel laptop... without the advantage of being paired with an AMD CPU, I suspect it would fair even worse...
Alas, AMD never really mastered the mobile GPU... they do good iGPU and CPUs though...
Alas, AMD never really mastered the mobile GPU... they do good iGPU and CPUs though...
zamroni111
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6800s is actually smaller chip than 6700m
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon_RX_6000_series#Mobile
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon_RX_6000_series#Mobile
QuantumPhysics
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Because of the poor optimization of games like Battlefield and Cyberpunk, I prefer the most powerful option of a GPU possible so I can brute force my way into decent settings.
However, you only really need an 8core CPU nowadays running about 3GHz for most games.
However, you only really need an 8core CPU nowadays running about 3GHz for most games.
Rt offers new gameplay elements that traditional methods dont. You can dodge incoming bullets flaming arrows spells or whatever it is that are casted offscreen, cause you can see the reflections of it.
George Keech
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I cannot tell if you are being sarcastic or not.
Everybody cares about RT performance!
And most people's conclusion is that it delivers small (if any) IQ improvements, only in select games, and costs way too many FPS for that small benefit.
I care about both IQ and FPS, certainly enough to turn on RT, have a look, and then turn it off and continue with high FPS.
One day I wish I will spot a gamer playing on a laptop running on battery
Actually I feel the Navi 23 can be quite a potent GPU in the laptop space because of the low power requirement. In most games, a factory overclocked version usually pulls about 120W. However because of the severe gimp in the cache size, this will not be able to keep up with the RTX 3070 class of GPUs in GPU intensive titles, especially at 1440p.
Nope, it's actually a thing. Try it in, Doom for example. You can dodge stuff that's behind you offscreen just by the reflections on the floors / walls. It's pretty neat
George Keech
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Yeah, whenever some new tech comes out in graphics world they put it in everywhere.
It is like they are not sure people would like it, just add more reflective surfaces.
What do you find funny about a factual statement?
AMD next gen is also right around corner...
I play Doom Eternal on Nightmare difficulty right now. Trust me if you focus on damn reflections instead of focusing on the enemies, you won't even beat the first level.
Tams80
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Lol. RT is going to be only barely better than the proprietary Nvidia stuff they pump out. AMD and Intel are working on ray-tracing, so it's not going to be as useless, but it's not going to be a necessity in the slightest.
And as this is PC gaming; you can just disable it.
Try disabling it in Metro Exodus EE then, AMD GPUs get wrecked in this title for a reason, regardless of settings; You can't turn it off. RT is used even on lowest settings. More games will follow suit very soon, because having RT lighting and shadows is much easier for dev's and it looks way more impressive on top.
AMDs RT perf is laughable at best, even with FSR enabled you can't get 60 fps solid in 1440p with a 6900XT
Try disabling it in Metro Exodus EE then, AMD GPUs get wrecked in this title for a reason, regardless of settings; You can't turn it off. RT is used even on lowest settings. More games will follow suit very soon, because having RT lighting and shadows is much easier for dev's and it looks way more impressive on top.
AMDs RT perf is laughable at best, even with FSR enabled you can't get 60 fps solid in 1440p with a 6900XT
They even had to rename and release an entirely new version of the game just shoehorn RT in with Metro Exodus. A PR stunt. You can still play Metro Exodus on any card and as usual, RT differences are rarely if ever worth the FPS loss. If you're arguing for DLSS, now that's a real feature improvement as at least it *adds* FPS. But RT. Lol, no.
