MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT

MSI has a reputation for being one of the best gaming brands on the market, and that’s especially true when it comes to their graphics cards. Their Gaming X Trio may not be their most extreme flagship series, but it’s pretty darn close. It’s no surprise then that this card performed close to the Sapphire Nitro+ 6800 XT and even exceeded its performance a little in some tests.

MSI’s RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio took AMD’s reference card and improved upon it in almost every way. This includes a factory overclock and 13-phase VRMs, a more effective and quiet heatsink in the Tri Frozr 2 cooler, and an overall appearance improvement. The drawback to having these features is a price increase. A reference model AMD RX 6800 XT’s MSRP is $650, MSI’s Gaming X Trio will hit your wallet for over $850; a significant increase over MSRP, not that you can find any 6800 XT anywhere close to that price.

The MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio has the best cooler out of all RX 6800 XT cards that we've reviewed so far. With just 67°C, this triple-slot, triple-fan design runs extremely cool, yet stays very quiet at the same time. As expected, idle-fan-stop is included, too.

Guru3D (Recommended): We like the Gaming X TRIO edition of this MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT. However, there are three pillars that we would have liked to see improved though, first, we think the factory tweak compared to the competition is a tiny bit shy. Secondly, the aesthetics do not feel right with the grey inserts, and thirdly, of course, the price of 849 USD / 899 EUR is nauseating.