AMD has launched Radeon RX 6900 XT Liquid Cooled Edition for the DIY market in Europe. In comparison to the air-cooled RX 6900 XT, the RX 6900 Liquid Edition has a pre-binned Navi 21 XTXH GPU with faster clock speeds. The GPU was eventually used in custom AIB solutions, but the LC edition is the only official reference design with this GPU.
AMD made it clear at launch that the RX 6900 XT LC would not be available to the DIY market. The card was initially available in a limited quantity only to select integrators and OEMs.
AMD has never promised that it will eventually enter the DIY market. However, just a few days after the announcement, Indian retailers began selling the card to do-it-yourself customers. Despite the obvious violation of AMD guidelines, those listings are still available today.
The card appears to be available to DIY customers in Europe as well.
German retailer Mindfactory has PowerColor’s model listed (product code AXRX 6900XT 16GBD6-MW2DHC) for as much as 1749 EUR. The card is in stock and shipping to customers. It should be noted that the currently listed price is actually the highest since the card appeared in the store. The card was briefly available for 1679 EUR for a week or so. The Geizahls price tracker indicates that the LC edition was being sold since early November. The RX 6900 XT LC features 5120 Stream Processors clocked up to 2435 MHz.
Although the card features the same memory capacity as the air-cooled RX 6900 XT model, the memory speed has been increased from 16Gbps to 18Gbps.
Via MindFactory