Review RX 6600XT Reviews Thread

[Stuka87]

Rather than burry these in some 1000 page thread, may as well make them easy to find.

The performance is better than I expected. Fair bit faster than a 5700XT, but at a lot lower power consumption. Ray Tracing is poor, but that should not be a surprise. I do find it sad that TPU had to change their `Performance per Dollar` chart to include the obscene street prices

ASUS Radeon RX 6600 XT STRIX OC Review

The ASUS Radeon RX 6600 XT STRIX OC is a custom design variant with a triple-slot, dual-fan cooler. The card achieves excellent performance in Full HD, giving you 60 FPS or higher in every single game we tested. Temperatures are very low, and overclocking potential is good, too.

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AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT Review: The Memory Compromise

Navi 23 only has 8GB GDDR6 on a 128-bit interface

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[Insert_Nickname]

if my 290x breaks I will probably just get some crappy 710gt to run my machine and buy a ps5/xbox instead.

Even if you could find one, a graphics card may actually be cheaper. I've just checked, I found it in stock here in Denmark, but the pricing is trough the roof (7999DKK, that'd be ~$1260)...

Edit; Oops, typo on calculator.

 

[jpiniero]

Nice deflection. I'm making things amply clear for you that even under normal market conditions AMD sets outrageous MSRPs in my country. And here you are refusing to understand this simple fact because it's obvious that AMD can do no wrong in your eyes.

Allright, so what does the 3060 go for in your country compared to the 6600 XT?

 

[Stuka87]

I don't care about your meaningless comparisons with US MSRP. I'm talking about MSRP in my country. It's not my problem if you're that slow to understand that I'm talking about garbage AMD GPU MSRPs for my country.

I would like to go out and thank you for completely taking my thread intended for talking about reviews of a new GPU and single handedly taking it off topic so you can complain about things that have nothing to do with this new card. We now have like 5 pages of you going back and forth with people about something that happened 6 years ago.

 

[Leeea]

Do basic economics not work the same way in your country as everywhere else on the planet?

The overhead of doing business in his country is much higher, something we frequently forget to factor in.

I'm making things amply clear for you that even under normal market conditions AMD sets outrageous MSRPs in my country

How is it AMDs fault that all the palms need to be greased, the politicians bought, the civil "servants" purchased, and stock loss to theft compensated for?

AMD is just passing the cost of doing business in your part of the world to you.


Why should I care? Do you even want me to care?

 

[tamz_msc]

I would like to go out and thank you for completely taking my thread intended for talking about reviews of a new GPU and single handedly taking it off topic so you can complain about things that have nothing to do with this new card. We now have like 5 pages of you going back and forth with people about something that happened 6 years ago.

Discussing pricing of a newly released card in its review thread is not off-topic.

Allright, so what does the 3060 go for in your country compared to the 6600 XT?

Exact prices vary a lot depending on the retailer, but if you buy from a brick and mortar store, people are confirming that the 3060 Ti LHR was selling for ₹50,000 a week ago, roughly same as the asking price for a 6600 XT. 3060 non Ti costs slightly less.

 

[tamz_msc]

How is it AMDs fault that all the palms need to be greased, the politicians bought, the civil "servants" purchased, and stock loss to theft compensated for?

AMD is just passing the cost of doing business in your part of the world to you.


Why should I care? Do you even want me to care?

You don't have to, but don't be upset when I say that AMD GPU prices are garbage in my country. It's funny that NVIDIA has to deal with the same set of people to get their cards selling in my country, but it's never a problem for them; on the other hand when it comes to AMD its only excuse after excuse.

 

[Abwx]

Discussing pricing of a newly released card in its review thread is not off-topic.

Exact prices vary a lot depending on the retailer, but if you buy from a brick and mortar store, people are confirming that the 3060 Ti LHR was selling for ₹50,000 a week ago, roughly same as the asking price for a 6600 XT. 3060 non Ti costs slightly less.

Yes, they vary a lot, moreover when bad faith is driving the discourse...

In India, the GPU will have a starting price of INR 31,990 + 18 % GST = INR 37,748, and considering the GPU shortage, it will not be available less than Rs.50k in India.

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is now available, Indian pricing revealed

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT graphics cards are expected to be available from AMD board partners including ASRock, ASUS, BIOSTAR, Gigabyte, MSI, PowerColor,

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[tamz_msc]

Yes, they vary a lot, moreover when bad faith is driving the discourse...

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is now available, Indian pricing revealed

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT graphics cards are expected to be available from AMD board partners including ASRock, ASUS, BIOSTAR, Gigabyte, MSI, PowerColor,

technosports.co.in

Nothing you've posted contradicts what I said.

 

[blckgrffn]

You don't have to, but don't be upset when I say that AMD GPU prices are garbage in my country. It's funny that NVIDIA has to deal with the same set of people to get their cards selling in my country, but it's never a problem for them; on the other hand when it comes to AMD its only excuse after excuse.

I mean, you've made your point? In your specific region of your specific country AMD is regularly non-competitive based on pricing. Got it. Cool. I understand this makes you upset. For you specifically, the 6600XT is garbage release because the MSRP situation sucks. This I also understand.

Were you planning on buying one?

Otherwise, this is a rollo/keys troll of a review thread with constant refocusing on a singular aspect of AMD's release strategy rather speaking about this cards performance relevance. It's faster than a 3060 and they dared to price it higher* but AMD should know their place! It's almost the same price* as a 3060Ti but isn't nearly as fast! I think everyone understands this and how it is some level of pearl clutching to make more out of a down line card release that is otherwise a bit boring.

*at fictional MSRPs. Actual prices will be set by supply and demand.

 

[tamz_msc]

I mean, you've made your point? In your specific region of your specific country AMD is regularly non-competitive based on pricing. Got it. Cool. I understand this makes you upset. For you specifically, the 6600XT is garbage release because the MSRP situation sucks. This I also understand.

Were you planning on buying one?

Otherwise, this is a rollo/keys troll of a review thread with constant refocusing on a singular aspect of AMD's release strategy rather speaking about this cards performance relevance. It's faster than a 3060 and they dared to price it higher* but AMD should know their place! It's almost the same price* as a 3060Ti but isn't nearly as fast! I think everyone understands this and how it is some level of pearl clutching to make more out of a down line card release that is otherwise a bit boring.

*at fictional MSRPs. Actual prices will be set by supply and demand.

Performance relevance? It's as relevant as a 5700 XT was two years ago. I didn't know that this thread was only for heaping praise on the 6600 XT and not talk about its negatives, from the point of view of the individual posting in the thread.

 

[blckgrffn]

Performance relevance? It's as relevant as a 5700 XT was two years ago. I didn't know that this thread was only for heaping praise on the 6600 XT and not talk about its negatives, from the point of view of the individual posting in the thread.

The only negatives you’ve mentioned are the pricing, near as I can tell.

Like, over and over. With no care to nuance.

Not adding critiques of any reviews themselves, etc.

You don’t like the price in a scenario where the world wasn’t messed up. Noted.

I think it’s worth noting no one likes the price? We are living in a world where a “real” GPU off the shelf costs north of $500. That sucks.

 

[tamz_msc]

The only negatives you’ve mentioned are the pricing, near as I can tell.

Like, over and over. With no care to nuance.

Not adding critiques of any reviews themselves, etc.

You don’t like the price in a scenario where the world wasn’t messed up. Noted.

I think it’s worth noting no one likes the price? We are living in a world where a “real” GPU off the shelf costs north of $500. That sucks.

I've given ample context as to why AMD's pricing is obnoxious from my point of view. The moment I mentioned it, you people were out with pitchforks defending AMD's pricing, even without knowing/accepting the history of price dynamics in my country.

 

[Golgatha]

Guys, even the MSRP prices are bad for all new gen GPUs not only the retail prices.

We had 6600XT level of performance @ $400 MSRP two years ago. And that performance at $400 two years ago had increased from the prior generation due to NVIDIAs Turing cards.

$300 for the RTX3060 and $380 for the RX6600XT for 1080p gaming in 2021 is too high no matter how you see it.

Just remember that latest consoles are aiming 4K gaming at $500-600, none should consider that $300-400 GPUs for 1080p is ok even in this global market.

Unfortunately the majority of the consumer doesnt have consumer ethics, they buy what they can afford without even think about it. So AMD now that has a competitive line of products they price accordingly. They are a corporation and they need to make money, im ok with that but im not ok spending 400-450 for a 5700XT with RT and lower power two year later. Same goes for the NVIDIA parts.

Just my two cents

Let's not forget a $299 console, the XBox Series S namely, can do 1080p+ gaming pretty competently.

 

[blckgrffn]

I've given ample context as to why AMD's pricing is obnoxious from my point of view. The moment I mentioned it, you people were out with pitchforks defending AMD's pricing, even without knowing/accepting the history of price dynamics in my country.

I am sorry you don't live in an area that AMD's GPU division sees as more strategically important.

Your point is made. It's fairly amazing you have Brick & Mortar stores with any GPUs on hand. The US economy is over heated and there is nothing available. Which makes the situation here significantly different.

Getting into that any further takes us even further from 6600XT itself, the specs and performance of which is relatively static compared to pricing and supply which is very fluid.

"There are no bad products, just products at bad prices" to badly quote Anand.

On the subject of availability I tried to get one sorta yesterday - including entering the shuffle for many units. There must have been enough interest as my name wasn't drawn.

No 6600XTs in the shuffle today either, so who knows how many units were even available.

Shuffle pricing today on 3060 is $399 on a EVGA KR and $479.99 on a EVGA KL 3060ti for reference.

 

[blckgrffn]

Let's not forget a $299 console, the XBox Series S namely, can do 1080p+ gaming pretty competently.

I have an Series X and all that but....

Let's not forget the $299 Xbox Series S is meant to be accompanied by $15 per month Gamepass subscription and is subsidized by a wall garden of software sales and is in a life or death show down with Sony to capture an exploding market. It's got some dynamics going on.

 

[Abwx]

I mean, you've made your point? In your specific region of your specific country AMD is regularly non-competitive based on pricing. Got it. Cool. I understand this makes you upset. For you specifically, the 6600XT is garbage release because the MSRP situation sucks. This I also understand.

There s nothing specific, he say that there s a 25% mark up over the launch price i posted, it goes everywhere like this, the few first to buy at Mindfactory in Germany got it at regular price (379€) , a few hours later it was 469€ in the same shop, that is, close to 25%...

 

[blckgrffn]

There s nothing specific, he say that there s a 25% mark up over the launch price i posted, it goes everywhere like this, the few first to buy at Mindfactory in Germany got it at regular price (379€) , a few hours later it was 469€ in the same shop, that is, close to 25%...

I get that. Why are we ragging on the card directly about this situation? I wanted one at MSRP too here in the states. I don't think I can buy them *anywhere* right now here in the states. NewEgg sold out, nothing at Amazon, nothing at Best Buy...

Holy crap, Power Color is in stock at my local Microcenter at $440. Have to go in person, that has to be some sort of mistake. I'll refresh that later today to see if I should have made a pilgrimage across the cities (Microcenter is extremely regional and not available to most of the US.)

 

[Golgatha]

I have an Series X and all that but....

Let's not forget the $299 Xbox Series S is meant to be accompanied by $15 per month Gamepass subscription and is subsidized by a wall garden of software sales and is in a life or death show down with Sony to capture an exploding market. It's got some dynamics going on.

Let's be realistic though. When was the last time you purchased a PC game physically? Also, anymore, if you purchase a physical copy of a PC game, you get a download code in the box most of the time. Gamepass is completely optional and is available for PC games as well.

 

[blckgrffn]

Let's be realistic though. When was the last time you purchased a PC game physically? Also, anymore, if you purchase a physical copy of a PC game, you get a download code in the box most of the time. Gamepass is completely optional and is available for PC games as well.

Sure, my point was Series S is subsidized with profits coming from software - Microsoft sells the hardware to sell the software. Random GPU is sold once with no additional value stream. The prices include some reflection of this.

And I play different games with different people on my PC vs my Xbox and PlayStation. I don’t think we are quite to the point where you can trivially swap out a PC for a game console.

I am not sure the numbers exactly but PC gaming is booming last I checked and the hardware costs don’t seem to have stemmed the tide…

I don’t disagree with @AtenRa at all. The prices are too high. But somehow I can go to Facebook and Craigslist and eBay and these cards are going for 2x+ MSRP constantly. I saw a $800 6700xt and got excited the other day. Yikes.m

But prices don’t exist in a vacuum and compared to real street pricing on the 3060 and 3060ti it seems likely to a slot in fine. Most of the 3060tis I see are basically priced the same as a 3070, leaving a huge gap.

Hopefully the 6600XT by virtue of existing will help this situation. I mean, before that the only card even on the lineup below the 6700xt was the 5700xt and older RDNA 1 cards that have basically been 100% MIA as AMD shuffled their production lines around. I have no idea if they meant for the 5600xt or similar to hit $200 a while back in a perfect world. AMD has that roadmap somewhere.

Based on the reviews, if I can get a 6600xt for $450 or less I will - to get a new card under warranty and replace my dads 5700 which is out of warranty and can likely be sold for $350-$450. It would be a solid step on several fronts, and he is a 1440p gamer.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

No 6600XTs in the shuffle today either, so who knows how many units were even available.

Seems like S.I.s got the bulk of them. ibuypower and cyberpower both have builds with it, right now.

 

[Stuka87]

Discussing pricing of a newly released card in its review thread is not off-topic.

You spent 3 pages talking about the pricing of Polaris cards that came out half a decade ago.

At *NO POINT* have you actually talked about the cards. All you have done is talk about general pricing in your specific area of the world, and how much you hate AMD.

If you have other things related to the reviews of this card and how it compares to the competition, you are welcome to discuss them.

But leave the nuances of socioeconomic variances by region and such out of it.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Eth will but something new will come along to replace it.

- Just have to mind the gap and grab the offloaded cards before the Next Big Thing swoops in and gobbles them up.

I worry for those of us hoping for the used market to save us, since so many people will be hungry for cards that the second hand market will still be pricey by historical standards, just not as bad as scalpermania.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Yeah seems like a typical AMD card. Not quite as good as the nvidia competitor but costs $30 less.
With our current screwed up marketplace I predict the majority of buyers want a 3060ti but found a 6600xt.
BTW I do not blame amd for the price increase because someone is getting that margin our choices are:
AMD makes some extra bucks
Scalper makes some extra bucks
Miner makes some extra bucks.

I choose AMD

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Yeah seems like a typical AMD card. Not quite as good as the nvidia competitor but costs $30 less.
With our current screwed up marketplace I predict the majority of buyers want a 3060 but found a 6600xt.
BTW I do not blame amd for the price increase because someone is getting that margin our choices are:
AMD makes some extra bucks
Scalper makes some extra bucks
Miner makes some extra bucks.

I choose AMD

Due to supply and demand, they will ALL still make extra bucks.But I do like the new/Su AMD. I could roast 75 percent of these forums digging up posts about how AMD is done, put a fork in them. AMD response - How do you like me now?

They have done everything and more, every detractor thought they couldn't, but they still are not happy. I wonder why?

 

[Leeea]

You don't have to, but don't be upset when I say that AMD GPU prices are garbage in my country. It's funny that NVIDIA has to deal with the same set of people to get their cards selling in my country, but it's never a problem for them; on the other hand when it comes to AMD its only excuse after excuse.

So the jest of your problem here is AMD is not as good at the corruption game as Nvidia?

AMD needs to up its game when negotiating with criminal scum?

AMD is just not buddy buddy with the right criminal organization to get the best prices?