Codex with GPT-6 Astra burns 2.4M tokens on a promo video and fails
A test using GPT-6 Astra in Codex to generate a promo video used 2.4 million tokens, 14% of the weekly limit and 29 minutes, producing unusable off-grid layouts; the author advises against it and suggests switching to Claude.
🚨 codex users!! PLEASE DO NOT BUY CODEX!! I have $20 codex I used GPT-6 Astra of Max I asked it: "Here is the project, create a promo video. Give me your best" and disabled all the skills Now... the results are... BAD: - 2.4 Million tokens ONLY!!!! - 14% weekly limit used (98% of 5 hr limit) - 29 minutes of work - $5.7 API usage!!! This is absurd!! Only ~$40 of usage weekly?? Claude gave me 40 Million tokens for 13% weekly!!! And the output?? Unnecessary object and off-grid placements of bars... I can't use it Needs a LOT of work ngl I'd highly recommend switching to claude right now (for this month) NOTE: I used "max" because this is completely logical stuff... so it had to think to its max capabilities