AMD’s Radeon RX 6800 XT and 6800 cards’ custom models were revealed yesterday and one of the cards that are wowing people is the Gigabyte Aorus Master RX 6800 XT which has a small LCD display on the side of the cooler. Gigabyte has revealed the Aorus Master series of cards for the first time along with its mainstream Gaming OC lineup.
The Aorus Master RX 6800 XT has a massive triple-slot design and has a triple-fan cooler. The card has RGB all over it. The card also has an impressive backplate with the Aorus logo which is also RGB lit. However, the feature that is catching almost everyone’s eyes is the mini LCD screen on the cooler shroud.
The LCD screen is capable of displaying custom GIFs, images as well as monitoring the GPU temperatures and other usage stats as well. According to Gigabyte:
The LCD monitor not only displays graphics card information, but also various favorite texts, pictures, and GIFs. You can also adjust lighting effects via RGB FUSION 2.0 software.
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Coming to the cooler specifications, Aorus is marketing it has Max-Covered cooling. The Max-Covered cooling features 2x 115mm and 1x 100mm unique blade stack fans with wind claw design and alternate spinning, so the air pressure can completely cover the heatsink.
The large copper plate and heat pipes make direct contact to the GPU and VRAM. The large copper plate combines the composite heat pipes to efficiently transfer heat generated from the interior cores to the heat sink.
The RX 6800 Aorus Master has the same design as the 6800 XT, only the internal specifications are changed. The cards also feature elaborate VRM circuitry and are powered by dual 8-pin PCI-Express power connectors.
Both cards come with three DisplayPort 1.4a ports and one HDMI 2.1 port, but the RX 6800XT Aorus Master also comes in a variant that swaps one of the DisplayPort outputs for a Type-C port.
Gigabyte has not yet revealed the clock speeds for the cards. There is also no information regarding the pricing and availability of the cards. We will have to wait for further information from Gigabyte in this regard.
