RX 6950 XT no 4k or Ultra graphics

Bugs and Support
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I’m having an issue with my 6950 XT and graphics/textures being very basic and blurry.

I’ve read that cards need to be manually added on the developer back end and this isn’t a fix that can be done by me.

I’ve contacted support but I’m getting general advice about updating drivers and turning it off and on again.

Is this card supported and if not can it be added?

I’d really like to get this sorted otherwise I’ll have to return the v2 ride bike and trainer package because graphics quality is important to me.

Thanks, DP.

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TrainerDX says that card was first observed in a submitted Zwift log file in game version 1.39 (May 2023) and it is on the Basic profile. They would need to add it to a list and ship a game update to change the profile.

You can change the resolution by manually editing the game preferences but you can’t change the profile. You can tweak a few things in the config to increase the graphics quality but you can’t put it on Ultra profile yourself.

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Thanks, I’ve been told that as well. I guess the only quick fix is a new GFX card, sigh… as waiting on this sounds like a long if ever problem now.

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I imagine this was an oversight so it’s possible we can get their attention on it sooner rather than later.

If you want to check the profile of any card you can find it on the GPU Profiles tab on trainerdx.com. That relies on someone submitting a log file that reveals the profile, but it should be accurate for any popular product.

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In the world of the older Intel powered Apple Mac Pro workstations it was somewhat common for folks to flash the RX6950XT with the bios of a reference RX6900XT and that would allow them to work under MacOS (which never supported the 6950, only the 6900XT and W6900 32GB).

If you were really desperate you could look into that - but I do not recommend it unless you are very savvy and have another computer you can use to do it. This might get Zwift to recognise it as well by fooling it into thinking the card is a 6900. You should check with the folk on Macrumors how their cards work under windows also before you try that.

The relevant topic to ask about it is here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/gpu-compatibility-list-for-cmp.2174600/ (note they can be somewhat grumpy over there)

Hopefully Zwift can get it supported in a future release. I suggest to wait and see what they do.

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somewhat?! :grin: I agree. There can be pearls found amongst all the flotsam and jetsam.