chameleoneel
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That's the V-synced 60hz 1080p chart. Which is something AMD has been relatively worse at, for awhile. Its not only the newest RDNA3 cards.Huh? The 6800 and 6900 are two of the worst cards in the chart.
If you look at the main power usage chart for "gaming", where they don't V-sync and the cards are allowed to fully utilize: you will see the efficiency of the 6800 (if you understand that the 6800 is as good or better than the 3070 ti. And not a lot worse than the 3080).
And the 7900 XTX spanks the 3090 and 3090 ti in performance and power usage-----when you are actually using the card for what it probably should be used for.
7900 XT also beats the 3090 on power usage, for similar or better performance.
As for why someone would test V-sync at 60 hz?
Well, a lot of people still have 60hz displays, for one.
But also, 60 fps is considered the standard for gameplay. So, if someone is interested in keeping heat and power usage down, they might like to know how much power/heat they can save, if they limit their games to 60fps/60hz. Summers are hot these days and many people don't have good Air Conditioning. Even with AC, a small bedroom or office can heat up noticeably, after playing a game for an hour, with a computer which is using 300 - 400 watts, etc.
**P.S. even with Freesync/Gsync, you should still V-sync to your refresh rate. There's a big article about it on Blur Busters.
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