AMD has lifted the lid on the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, a fresh RDNA 2 powered GPU that will be launching August 11.
This is another 1080p focused card, which still remains as the most popular PC gaming resolution by far. Our own survey shows it clearly, as does Steam. It's still pretty much no contest there so it's truly not surprising to see AMD launch a new card for 1080p gamers.
While technically it's going to be launching properly on August 11, AMD have said that system builders will be getting them at the beginning of August but the likes of SRock, ASUS, BIOSTAR, Gigabyte, MSI, PowerColor, SAPPHIRE, XFX and Yeston will be on August 11 for anyone wanting to just buy a card.
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Model |
Compute Units |
GDDR6 |
Game Clock (MHz) |
Boost Clock (MHz) |
Memory Interface |
Infinity Cache |
TBP |
Price |
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AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT |
32 |
8 GB |
2359 |
Up to 2589 |
128 bit |
32 MB |
Starting at 160 W |
$379 |
“1080p has long been the most popular resolution for PC gaming, and in 2020 more than two-thirds of the gaming monitors shipped were at this resolution,” said Scott Herkelman, corporate vice president and general manager, Graphics Business Unit at AMD. “However, the most popular older-generation 1080p graphics cards can struggle to even hit 60 FPS in modern games. The Radeon RX 6600 XT raises the bar for 1080p gaming. It was specifically designed to deliver the ultimate 1080p gaming experience for all gamers, offering powerhouse performance and advanced features to bring beautiful, complex and hyper-realistic worlds to life.”
Really though, the question is: how long until they're all sold out? Is it going to be another "paper launch"?
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
I do wonder if GPU manufacturers are struggling with 4k, high refresh-rates, and low power consumption. They all seem to be struggling with creating GPUs that can cover the criteria.
TheRiddick Jul 30, 2021
QuoteReally though, the question is: how long until they're all sold out? Is it going to be another "paper launch"?
The real question is when that huge gap in the market, same-gen videocards below the high-end, is going to be filled.
PublicNuisance Jul 30, 2021
Quoting: The_AquabatMy 5600 XT does 84fps on Ultra with Shadow of the TR, on 1440p. Obviously this card is also good for 1440p. (Except high demanding games like Cyberpunk or similar you won't have issues)Really? Mine struggles in some scenes and not even reaches 50fps, at 1080p.
In other ones it reaches 120...
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Last edited by Shmerl on 30 July 2021 at 10:14 pm UTC
Quoting: GuestFeral port.Quoting: kokoko3kQuoting: The_AquabatMy 5600 XT does 84fps on Ultra with Shadow of the TR, on 1440p. Obviously this card is also good for 1440p. (Except high demanding games like Cyberpunk or similar you won't have issues)Really? Mine struggles in some scenes and not even reaches 50fps, at 1080p.
In other ones it reaches 120...
Are you using the Feral port or forcing Proton? For me the Feral port gets close to 100 FPS on highest settings. With Proton it does as you describe, will be getting 100 and then suddenly go down all the way to 20 in some scenes. That's at 1080p.
One of the scenes i'm speaking about is on the first village on the sea.
Maybe it is particullary cpu bounded there and my i5-4590 is just not enough.
Will check asap.
Last edited by kokoko3k on 31 July 2021 at 5:32 am UTC
Quoting: The_AquabatI think you are getting CPU bound, a Ryzen 2nd gen should be enough for avoiding cpu bottleneck. You are having a serious CPU bottleneck there imho.Yeah thanks for the info, I never understood how to read those stats.
When you finish the benchmark what are the results? at the end it tells you if you are CPU bound or GPU bound, my result is 96% GPU Bound, so virtually no CPU bound problem here.
Will check in a couple of days when i'll be home.
Time to look for a new cpu/mobo/ram combo, sigh...
and its average consumption is about 300W ... that's a lot (a GPU for cold winter days, OK nvidias top-rtx3 aren't using less); this sounds like it will make a lot of noise... when this power demands increase go on like that at some point i'll have to get an additional powerline just to run the GPU of one computer...
One weird thing: the online shop I buy my stuff at lists Linux as supported system for the 6800XT but not for the 6900XT...
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