ASUS Radeon RX 7600 Strix OC

[ksio89]

Asus tax has gone too far this time. And GPU midrange segment will really suck when RX 6000 stock ends.

 

[wheresmycar]

Asus tax has gone too far this time. And GPU midrange segment will really suck when RX 6000 stock ends.

It's typical of AMD to reduce prices. Theres several key factors which will drive the price down 1) Hopefully no body buys it at the suggested price/s 2) 6000-series depletion 3) 4060 coming towards the end of June/July 4) for the suggested MSRP a more powerful 6700 XT easily fits the boots and sprints faster. Not looking good for RDNA3 at this performance division.

Bottom line: Always avoid the early buyers tax.. things will get better as we go along.

 

[ARF]

most people don't even use AV1 decode.. also .. on a low-end card?

AV1 is the normal setting used by YouTube. If your card doesn't support AV1 decode (at least), you will see elavated power consumption and depending on the video resolution (up to 8K@60), you will probably get severe terrible stutter.
You don't want 100% CPU utilisation and 50% GPU utilisation because of lack of media acceletation prowess.

Learn to Turn on YouTube AV1 Settings | Why You Should Pick It

Do you want to know how to turn on YouTube AV1 settings? Why choose AV1 instead of VP9 and other formats? To find the answers, simply read this page.

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[W1zzard]

AV1 is the normal setting used by YouTube

YouTube uses VP9 as default but does encode some popular videos as AV1. The VP9 data still exists, plus other codecs that get selected dynamically. Don't spread FUD

 

[Chrispy_]

3% more performance for 26% more money. Thanks Asus for failing to meet my lowest possible expectations of your scumbag, pointless attempt at "value" as always.

Anything with 8GB is dead in the water above $300, and not exactly appealing even at $250.

$179 RX 6600 is still looking like the best 8GB card, period - with 6700XT and 3060 12G being the next valid step up from that. To prove a point, spending $90 more on even a base-model 7600 does not get you a significantly better experience than the RX 6600. Your 50% more money gets you maybe 10-25% more performance, depending on the game. That's simply not worth it, and the older 6600XT is much closer to the price/performance curve, despite it being difficult to recommend at the $250 threshold for low-end 8GB products.

 

[Dr. Dro]

AV1 is the normal setting used by YouTube. If your card doesn't support AV1 decode (at least), you will see elavated power consumption and depending on the video resolution (up to 8K@60), you will probably get severe terrible stutter.
You don't want 100% CPU utilisation and 50% GPU utilisation because of lack of media acceletation prowess.

Learn to Turn on YouTube AV1 Settings | Why You Should Pick It

Do you want to know how to turn on YouTube AV1 settings? Why choose AV1 instead of VP9 and other formats? To find the answers, simply read this page.

youtubedownload.minitool.com

This is FUD. We are not anywhere even close to that point. H.264 stream is still available on all videos up to 1080p/60 (even 10 year old GPUs accelerate this format), with VP9 being widely available as well. It's AV1's rollout that is currently in experimental stage. It will get there but the other formats will not die just yet.

 

[ARF]

This is FUD. We are not anywhere even close to that point. H.264 stream is still available on all videos up to 1080p/60 (even 10 year old GPUs accelerate this format), with VP9 being widely available as well. It's AV1's rollout that is currently in experimental stage. It will get there but the other formats will not die just yet.

AV1 will soon be the standard. Read the news
Don't be so negative about the most superior codec.

NVIDIA today announced that it is enabling live-streaming of gameplay through NVIDIA Broadcast in the new AV1 video format. This takes advantage of the AV1 format hardware encode acceleration in the latest GeForce GPUs, and lets streamers vastly improve the quality of their video streams at comparable bandwidths to the legacy H.264 format. AV1 is taking over much of the streaming video landscape by storm, thanks to its royalty free nature, and quality that's comparable or superior to H.265 HEVC, making it a favorite for giant video streaming services such as YouTube, Twitch, and Netflix.

NVIDIA Announces that AV1 Format Livestreaming is Coming Soon to YouTube

NVIDIA today announced that it is enabling live-streaming of gameplay through NVIDIA Broadcast in the new AV1 video format. This takes advantage of the AV1 format hardware encode acceleration in the latest GeForce GPUs, and lets streamers vastly improve the quality of their video streams at...

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[Dr. Dro]

AV1 will soon be the standard. Read the news
Don't be so negative about the most superior codec.

NVIDIA today announced that it is enabling live-streaming of gameplay through NVIDIA Broadcast in the new AV1 video format. This takes advantage of the AV1 format hardware encode acceleration in the latest GeForce GPUs, and lets streamers vastly improve the quality of their video streams at comparable bandwidths to the legacy H.264 format. AV1 is taking over much of the streaming video landscape by storm, thanks to its royalty free nature, and quality that's comparable or superior to H.265 HEVC, making it a favorite for giant video streaming services such as YouTube, Twitch, and Netflix.

NVIDIA Announces that AV1 Format Livestreaming is Coming Soon to YouTube

NVIDIA today announced that it is enabling live-streaming of gameplay through NVIDIA Broadcast in the new AV1 video format. This takes advantage of the AV1 format hardware encode acceleration in the latest GeForce GPUs, and lets streamers vastly improve the quality of their video streams at...

www.techpowerup.com

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I'm not being negative, read my initial reply to W1zzard, I'm amongst the most enthusiastic for this format. I'm just saying you're wrong.

 

[ARF]

I'm not being negative, read my initial reply to W1zzard, I'm amongst the most enthusiastic for this format. I'm just saying you're wrong.

Oh, you are really negative and don't even tell the truth.
You contradict with your initial sayings, and do post subjective feelings on the matter, while lacking knowledge on the current situation.

We are not anywhere even close to that point.

Which point ?

the other formats will not die just yet.

Where did I say "the other formats will die" ?

This is FUD.

Your posts are FUD

New technologies don't fall from the sky. At least try harder and use the available settings - YouTube allows it.

 

[Dr. Dro]

Oh, you are really negative and don't even tell the truth.
You contradict with your initial sayings, and do post subjective feelings on the matter, while lacking knowledge on the current situation.



Which point ?



Where did I say "the other formats will die" ?



Your posts are FUD

New technologies don't fall from the sky. At least try harder and use the available settings - YouTube allows it.

I know I shouldn't reply to obvious trolling but, bro, have you read what I said earlier? AV1 support isn't required to experience YouTube just yet. And it won't be in the close future either.

 

[sLowEnd]

I don't see any reason why H.264 and VP9 would be completely supplanted by AV1 any time soon on Youtube. Chances are pretty good they'll just exist concurrently, with AV1 content presented to AV1 decode capable devices. There's still a huge amount of hardware out there that doesn't decode AV1 well.

 

[W1zzard]

I don't see any reason why H.264 and VP9 would be completely supplanted by AV1 any time soon on Youtube. Chances are pretty good they'll just exist concurrently, with AV1 content presented to AV1 decode capable devices. There's still a huge amount of hardware out there that doesn't decode AV1 well.

This. YT will always follow the money. Imagine all those old phones and tablets that they want to show their YT ads on.

 

[NesteaZen]

don't want to bring you down but jfyi the 6600 is missing from power consumption @W1zzard not implying you should redo, just for next time
power https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asus-radeon-rx-7600-strix-oc/38.html
bench https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asus-radeon-rx-7600-strix-oc/31.html

seems like it was deliberate. 6650xt missing too

 

[W1zzard]

don't want to bring you down but jfyi the 6600 is missing from power consumption @W1zzard not implying you should redo, just for next time
power https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asus-radeon-rx-7600-strix-oc/38.html
bench https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asus-radeon-rx-7600-strix-oc/31.html

seems like it was deliberate. 6650xt missing too

Because I don't have reference cards for these two models

Edit: actually I have a RX 6600 reference, so I guess that's a bug then (I have to tag cards as "reference, power" in my database, so that they get included in those charts)

Edit 2: I see RX 6600 non-XT in the bench charts (your 2nd link)

 

[NesteaZen]

jesus. it's like flash gordon in the forums.

alright. thanks
guess I'll have to use guru ^^; then again they have (or had) 6750xt but not 6700xt. mumbo jumbo


or well just use the individual TPU cards' reviews.

 

[blacksea76]

Ridiculous price, definitely not worth it for 3-4 fps gain.

 

[ADB1979]

I am very glad about this review for two reasons.

1.) I bought my 5700 XT Red Devil when I did.

2.) I didnt sell it when I had the chance and it's eBay value was over 50% of what i bought it for, which would have had me return to an RX480, for what I though would be 1-year max.

Between those two very fortunate choices, I have had a decent performing high/mid range card for years, that is not far off of the current card (per this review).

This says a hell of a lot about what has happened to the GPU market and global economics etc over the last few years.

Also FYI, here is (one of the reviews) that ultimately drove my choice to buy this rather than go nVidia.

PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil Review

The PowerColor Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil is overclocked out of the box and uses a massive triple-slot, triple-fan cooler that delivers outstanding noise levels. It's actually the quietest Radeon card we ever tested, and quieter than all NVIDIA RTX cards except for one custom-design.

www.techpowerup.com

 

[Anymal]

oh, no, not a Strix version of 7600...

 

[rbgc]

Extremely important feature to have and an area where AMD had been lacking severely until this generation. IMHO - it's an essential feature which should be present on all current generation GPUs from all brands, and the one thing I miss having the most with an Ampere graphics card. It's not DLSS 3 frame generation, it's the latest-generation NVENC with AV1 encode.

CPU-based AV1 encoding is exceptionally harsh and was not at all feasible at decent speeds until very recently, and still requires an exceptionally high performance CPU to be done in real-time. I mean, people are actually buying Intel Arc A380 GPUs solely due to their hardware AV1 encode capabilities, for use in streamer boxes. This codec offers an immense improvement over AVC/H.264, and is capable of producing videos with superior clarity and fidelity even at very low bitrates. It is widely considered to be the holy grail for streaming, as it outperforms HEVC/H.265 and has a royalty-free license. The patent problem is why both it and its successor VVC/H.266 were shunned by the industry in favor of AV1.

Yes, important feature for some users already.

Nice that AMD moved forward with RX 7000 Series. But output quality is behind NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series. Tested and AMD is disappointment for me. Returned back to NVENC. Ada Lovelace AV1 hardware encoder is much better. CPU-based AV1 encoding is nonsense.

 

[Dr. Dro]

Yes, important feature for some users already.

Nice that AMD moved forward with RX 7000 Series. But output quality is behind NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series. Tested and AMD is disappointment for me. Returned back to NVENC. Ada Lovelace AV1 hardware encoder is much better. CPU-based AV1 encoding is nonsense.

It is, but we can all agree that it is no longer the extreme disparity it once was. The difference between Turing and Ampere-class NVENC and pre-RDNA 3 in quality was intense. We requested work on this for a very long time to AMD, and I am glad they listened.

 

[thierrybo]

Power consumption "v-sync" https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asus-radeon-rx-7600-strix-oc/38.html

I do not understand why the more powerful cards are the one that have the lower power consumption.

 

[sLowEnd]

Power consumption "v-sync" https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asus-radeon-rx-7600-strix-oc/38.html

I do not understand why the more powerful cards are the one that have the lower power consumption.

Don't need much GPU utilization for high performance cards to hit 60fps cap at 1080p
Low clocks = low power

You can see in the clock speed page

ASUS Radeon RX 7600 Strix OC Review

The ASUS Radeon RX 7600 Strix OC comes with the best cooler of all RX 7600s tested so far and achieves unbelievable noise levels. Our review confirms that thanks to its large factory overclock, the Strix is also the fastest RX 7600 available at this time.

www.techpowerup.com

The RX7600 only needs to go to about 1800MHz under the vsync test -- a far cry from the 2600MHz+ at full tilt