AMD partners launch Radeon RX 6600 graphics cards

In late July, we saw AMD release the Radeon RX 6600 XT graphics card, “designed to deliver ultra-high frame rates, high precision, and high responsiveness in 1080p gaming.” Now he has followed the widely leaked and predicted Video card Radeon RX 6600 “to provide the mid-range market with a visually stunning 1080p gaming experience at high refresh rates.”

It’s worth talking about the Radeon RX 6600 and XT together since they’re built on the same Navi 23 RDNA2 GPU, but the new cheaper sibling has seen a few cuts. The $50 MSRP difference when comparing the Radeon RX 6600 and XT is about 15 percent, and you’ll get a proportionate reduction in the number of stream processors and texture units at your disposal for less (though ROPS remains at 64). However, that’s not all, as the cheaper graphics card also has slower GPU, game, and memory clock speeds (14 vs. 16 Gbps).

Overall, the result, as stated in AMD’s quotes in the introduction, is that the new Radeon RX 6600 is excellent for modern 1080p gaming at a moderately high refresh rate (and is described as “future-ready” in this regard).

Looking at the many third-party tests and comparisons of new Radeon RX 6600 graphics cards from partners published in recent hours, it is quite clear that the RX 6600 (132W) compares very well with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 (170W). ), which has the same suggested retail price. As usual, the green team’s product is preferred for certain games/engines, while the red team’s has its own quirks, but overall they fit together quite well. Sometimes, depending on the game, the ray tracing performance of a new AMD card is also acceptable, but often it will need help from FSR if available.

Consumers may not enjoy as much luxury of choice as they used to with graphics cards, to put it mildly, but if you see the Radeon RX 6600 at a reasonable price close to MSRP, you can be happy with the performance if you’re only looking for fast 1080p or entry-level 1440p resolution level (depending on the game).

One of the nicest aspects of the new GPU is its power efficiency. It has a power rating of 132W, which means it should cool easily and run quietly. However, for now, it looks like the partners have managed to reduce development costs by reworking the RX 6600 XT (160W) designs, so the partner line of cards is replete with bulky examples with three and two fans.

AMD Radeon RX 6600 graphics cards are expected to be available from AMD partners including ASRock, Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, PowerColor, Sapphire, XFX and Yeston. Hopefully, if you are interested, you can find the item in your area at a reasonable price. Pre-built PCs that use these cards should also start to appear.

With the launch of this GPU, AMD is being updated chatter about the release of Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050/Ti series for desktop PCs. According to rumors about 6/12GB GDDR6 models in development, they may also have improved VRAM quotas on desktops.