Friday, October 15th 2021
Gigabyte Launches AMD Radeon RX 6600 Eagle 8G Graphics Card
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd, a leading manufacturer of premium gaming hardware, today announced a new AMD Radeon RX 6600 graphics card - the Gigabyte Radeon RX 6600 Eagle 8G. The Eagle graphics card is the best choice for those who desire a unique design optimized for power efficiency and durability, and the ability to experience incredible high-framerate 1080p gaming.
AMD Radeon RX 6600 graphics cards are based on the breakthrough AMD RDNA 2 gaming architecture, designed to deliver the optimal balance of performance and power efficiency. Offering 32 MB of high-performance AMD Infinity Cache, 8 GB of GDDR6 memory, AMD Smart Access Memory technology and other advanced features, the new graphics cards are designed to bring next-generation desktop gaming experiences to the midrange market. They also support AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution, an open-source spatial upscaling solution designed to increase framerates in select titles while delivering high-resolution gaming experiences.
The Gigabyte Windforce 3X cooling system features three unique blade fans, alternate spinning, composite copper heat pipes in direct contact with the GPU, 3D active fans, screen cooling and graphene nano lubricant that work together to provide efficient heat dissipation. These cooling technologies keep temperatures low at all times, resulting in higher and more stable performance. The middle fan spins in reverse to optimize airflow for heat dissipation, enabling more efficient performance at a lower temperature. Screen cooling extends the heatsink to allow air to pass through, providing better heat dissipation and preventing heat accumulation so to improve stability. In addition, graphene nano lubricant can extend the fan life by 2.1 times, delivering nearly the lifespan of the double ball bearing while providing quiet operation.
The design of Eagle graphics card is inspired by science-fiction with mechanical materials, providing a transparent cover and bright logo. In addition, the back plate not only strengthens the overall structure of the graphics card, but also prevents the PCB from bending or sustaining damage. GIGABYTE graphics cards use a multi-phase power supply, providing over-temperature protection and load balancing for each MOSFET and allowing the MOSFET to operate at a lower temperature. The Ultra Durable-certified chokes and capacitors provide excellent performance and longer system life.
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AMD Radeon RX 6600 graphics cards are based on the breakthrough AMD RDNA 2 gaming architecture, designed to deliver the optimal balance of performance and power efficiency. Offering 32 MB of high-performance AMD Infinity Cache, 8 GB of GDDR6 memory, AMD Smart Access Memory technology and other advanced features, the new graphics cards are designed to bring next-generation desktop gaming experiences to the midrange market. They also support AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution, an open-source spatial upscaling solution designed to increase framerates in select titles while delivering high-resolution gaming experiences.
The design of Eagle graphics card is inspired by science-fiction with mechanical materials, providing a transparent cover and bright logo. In addition, the back plate not only strengthens the overall structure of the graphics card, but also prevents the PCB from bending or sustaining damage. GIGABYTE graphics cards use a multi-phase power supply, providing over-temperature protection and load balancing for each MOSFET and allowing the MOSFET to operate at a lower temperature. The Ultra Durable-certified chokes and capacitors provide excellent performance and longer system life.
53 Comments on Gigabyte Launches AMD Radeon RX 6600 Eagle 8G Graphics Card
I play games with headphones on, so a slightly louder GPU over one that's a little quieter probably wouldn't bother me. Coil whine, on the other hand....those high pitch noises pierce through my eardrums, even with headphones on. Thankfully none of my recent GPUs have had that issue.
For me the differentiating point on this card is having 2 hdmi and 2 display port ports instead of the usual 3/1 split, I wish more manufacturers did that
The Sapphire RX 6600 XT Pulse vs. the ASRock 6600 XT Phantom Gaming D illustrates this nicely at a noticeably higher power draw: Sure, the Pulse runs 9°C hotter (and unfortunately has poor hotspot temperatures, but that's a cold plate or contact issue, not a heatsink size/dissipation issue), but it's also 2dBA quieter than the three-fan ASRock. The ASRock also boosts ~90MHz higher due to its ~15W higher power budget - but that's hardly a meaningful difference. Is the ASRock cooler overall better? You could say so - it keeps a 15W higher power draw 9 degrees cooler under load, while only being marginally louder. But the thing is: this results in a 2.4fps increaseover TPU's test suite. That's not noticeable for anyone. Does the ASRock have more overclocking headroom? Sure. It clocks 25MHz higher than the Sapphire and clearly maintains that clock speed better due to its higher performance. But the difference is still at most ~5%. And it's worth noting that TPU doesn't measure noise levels in their OC testing, so we don't know whether that up-to 5% increase comes at the cost of a lot more noise (it likely does).
Of course you also have bad two-fan coolers like the Asus that's listed in the same comparsion linked above - it's comparable to the ASRock in temperatures, but at more than 41dBA, and it's still loud in quiet mode at >34dBA. But the Sapphire clearly shows that a two-fan cooler can effectively cool far more power than an RX 6600 can output while staying very quiet.
Modern GPUs just don't OC well. That's been reality for at least three generations now. Boost algorithms extract most of that headroom already. So as long as a cooler is able to maintain performance at reasonable noise levels, it is sufficient, and anything beyond that moves into overkill territory. That's just reality. You can still prefer overkill - and that's perfectly fine - but that doesn't make it useful or meaningful outside of your preference.
Listen, I'm not debating this matter with you. It's not worthy of such a lengthy effort. Either you get it and see the value of such "overkill" engineering or you don't. If you don't, that's cool, buy something else. For those people who see the value of such engineering, this is for them. It's that simple.