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.
|
Model |
Compute Units |
GDDR6 |
Game Clock (MHz) |
Boost Clock (MHz) |
Memory Interface |
Infinity Cache |
TBP |
Price |
|
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.
Quoting: peta77this 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...
I have Sapphire Pulse RX 6800 XT - it's really quiet in general.
Linux support listed for the card doesn't mean much. They are all supported by amdgpu and Mesa by now.
Last edited by Shmerl on 1 August 2021 at 4:14 am UTC
Quoting: ShmerlI have Sapphire Pulse RX 6800 XT - it's really quiet in general
What means in general? No GPU, no matter how much power it needs, gets noisy when displaying the desktop, simple applications or Videos. How loud does it get when it's under full load and how annoying is the sound? Like there's graphically demanding games out there that don't have constant action, are rather quiet and then it matters.
Quoting: peta77What means in general? No GPU, no matter how much power it needs, gets noisy when displaying the desktop, simple applications or Videos. How loud does it get when it's under full load and how annoying is the sound? Like there's graphically demanding games out there that don't have constant action, are rather quiet and then it matters.
I mean under full load obviously. Under idle load fans don't rotate at all, so it's completely quiet. I prefer quiet operation in general and I don't have any complaints about this card in this regard. But if you want exact values like noise measurements, you'd have to search for some reviews.
Last edited by Shmerl on 1 August 2021 at 7:59 am UTC
That's still 250€ above my comfort zone, but with the ongoing GPU shortage, I don't see a low to medium end model available in the 200,- to 250,- price range any time soon. And even then I would have to compromise on 16GB RAM instead of 32 to get down to what I would spend without second thought. And I'd rather not.
So I'll keep my eye out on this, because I'm really itching to replace my GTX950 and this one combined with a Ryzen 5600X would neatly fit with my current PSU and also offer a big enough leap in performance to be worthwhile. They're even still making mainboards with PS/2 connectors, so I can keep my trusty keyboard as well :-D. Wonder why that is ... because USB doesn't support n-key rollover?
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