GPT-6 Astra at Max reasoning effort impresses in real test but torches usage limits, user says
CtrlAltDwayne · x · 2026-10-13
User CtrlAltDwayne shares hands-on observations of GPT-6 Astra: at Max reasoning effort the model shows genuinely intelligent behavior — a screenshot shows it autonomously editing files, reading code, running commands, and searching the web, decoding over 2.49 million rows across two large files on a first broad pass while tracing remaining binary-field parse failures.
But he complains it's only usable when he has usage resets: unlike GPT-5.6 Max, setting GPT-6 Astra Max as the default would 'obliterate' his usage allowance — highlighting the tension between high-effort intelligence and quota costs.
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