Thursday, July 29th 2021
AMD Announces Radeon RX 6600 XT Graphics Card
AMD today announced the new Radeon RX 6600 XT graphics card, its latest entrant to the RX 6000 series, based on the RDNA2 graphics architecture, with full DirectX 12 Ultimate support, including raytracing. The RX 6600 XT is suitable for AAA gaming at 1080p, or e-sports gaming at 1440p. The card debuts the new 7 nm Navi 23 silicon to the desktop, and maxes it out. It is endowed with 2,048 stream processors across 32 RDNA2 compute units, 128 TMUs, 32 ROPs, and a 128-bit wide memory interface, holding 8 GB of GDDR6 memory running at 16 Gbps (256 GB/s bandwidth). The chip also has 32 MB of Infinity Cache memory. With a board power of 160 W, the card can make do with a single 8-pin PCIe power connector. The game clocks are up to 2359 MHz.
As for performance, AMD claims that the RX 6600 XT offers a 2.2-2.5 times performance gain over the GeForce GTX 1060, providing a viable upgrade. It also offers a 40% performance uplift over the previous-generation RX 5600 XT, and runs consistently faster than the RX 5700, perhaps even trading blows with the RX 5700 XT. In the current generation, AMD claims a 15% performance lead over the GeForce RTX 3060 on average, with both cards having Resizable BAR / Smart Access Memory enabled, at 1080p. Available from August 10, the card starts at USD $379, and is a partner-exclusive, meaning that only custom-design cards will be available, the company will not sell reference design ones.
As for performance, AMD claims that the RX 6600 XT offers a 2.2-2.5 times performance gain over the GeForce GTX 1060, providing a viable upgrade. It also offers a 40% performance uplift over the previous-generation RX 5600 XT, and runs consistently faster than the RX 5700, perhaps even trading blows with the RX 5700 XT. In the current generation, AMD claims a 15% performance lead over the GeForce RTX 3060 on average, with both cards having Resizable BAR / Smart Access Memory enabled, at 1080p. Available from August 10, the card starts at USD $379, and is a partner-exclusive, meaning that only custom-design cards will be available, the company will not sell reference design ones.
62 Comments on AMD Announces Radeon RX 6600 XT Graphics Card
Makes perfect sense.
aas i test both my amd and nvidia gpu amd gain more than nvidia. Nvidia resizable bar barely noticable , but testing them both at 4k pretty much no gain for my case. i wont believe in cherry pick just 20-30AAA games we will get a clear picture
So that is AMD's latest trend. Look at their cpu prices too. I liked this company, but currently i really don't.Or RX480 4 GB 200$/€ -> RX6600XT 8 GB 380$/€ is also a pretty disgusting move. The RX5600XT 6GB 280$ -> RX6600XT 8GB 380$ isn't any better...
I bought AMD cards, because they were cheaper and offered better options than NV (like 1060 3gb vs 480 4 GB). For the same reason i bought their cpus too. At the moment i don't find (either of) their lineup desirable to buy.
Of course IMO.
It's funny though. Buying a GTX970 for $330 MSRP~ in 2014 got you a top end GPU in performance charts. Was also one of the best performance per wattage.
Now? A low end GPU is somehow $400 bucks due to a global shortage and mining craze. Something that would have formally fell into a 250~ USD price bracket with inflation metrics. Crazy.
not sure why there is another one for a much higher price..
- Less VRAM
- Significantly worse raytracing performance
- Worse AI upscaling (FFX vs DLSS)
- Significantly worse encoder
- Fewer supported games (because not all RTX games are also DX12 DXR games)
I feel that AMD will be lucky to sell these for more than a 3060. The small performance advantage might be enough to tempt buyers away from the list of negatives I've just mentioned. The biggest problem is that the 3060Ti's MSRP is only $20 higher and the 3060Ti will slap the 6600XT around like it's a joke.- Less VRAM --- at this tier that does not matter
- Significantly worse raytracing performance --- none of them can do rt lol....
- Worse AI upscaling (FFX vs DLSS) --- for now, at it's almost equal at the highest preset
- Significantly worse encoder --- won't comment, don't know what's that for
- Fewer supported games (because not all RTX games are also DX12 DXR games) --- for now
This list is kind of irrelevant............Both of them are overpriced pieces of shite.How freaking clueless could one be, holy, freaking, smoke?!?!?
It's like saying "hey, Ryzen pricing wasn't great, see, I can buy 8 core Intel CPUs for WAY LESS than $1k".
Yeah, NOW you can.
RDNA2 wrecked HAVOC on Ampere lineup.
No, NV did NOT plan to sell you 3080 for $699. It was supposed to be higher tier card with 20GB VRAM.
No, NV did NOT plan to sell you 2080Ti performance for $499 either (3070) it was supposed to be a higher tier card with 16GB.
Oh, you see that 3060 that has MORE VRAM THAN 3080? Oh, that's why all that happened, you know, when you drop a tier on cards and suddenly without planned outrageous pricing old VRAM configs no longer work.Go.
Buy.
That $250 GPU.
From AMD's competitor.1) it is called FSR
2) It doesn't use AI buzzwords, stop attaching it to it
3) All reviewers, but DF (who franly shat their pants) were positive about FSR, literally stating "at ultra quality nearly indistinguishable from native" (despite solid fps boost)
4) Some found it to be better than DLSS reviewing them in the same game
www.igorslab.de/en/nvidia-dlss-and-amd-fsr/4/Only in significantly (and specifically) crippled (ancient) titles. (if one bothers with that "kill my fps" gimmick to begin with)Poor AMD. Having it's APUs in:
* PS4, PS5
* XSeX, Xbox something and xbox something else
* Steam Deck
How could it cope with game developers simply ignoring it... poor, poor team red...