OcUK RX6500XT review thread

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Asus

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asus-radeon-rx-6500-xt-tuf-gaming/
https://www.wepc.com/reviews/amd-radeon-rx-6500-xt/

Gigabyte

https://www.kitguru.net/components/dominic-moass/amd-rx-6500-xt-review-ft-gigabyte-eagle/
https://www.sweclockers.com/test/33...ming-oc-en-alldeles-for-nedskalad-grafikkrets

MSI

Powercolor

https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/radeon-rx-6500-xt-review,1.html

Sapphire

https://www.eteknix.com/sapphire-pulse-radeon-6500-xt-4gb-review

XFX

https://www.club386.com/amd-radeon-rx-6500-xt-review/
https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Rade...view-Benchmarks-Hashrate-vs-RTX-3050-1387328/
https://www.wepc.com/reviews/amd-radeon-rx-6500-xt/
https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/reviews/amd-radeon-rx-6500-xt-review-xfx

Group tests

https://www.profesionalreview.com/2022/01/19/asus-tuf-gaming-rx-6500-xt-oc-review/

PCI-E Scaling

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-radeon-rx-6500-xt-pci-express-scaling/

Looking at the performance data generated by this review I suspect that even at PCIe 4.0 x4 there's a significant performance loss for the RX 6500 XT. My estimate would be around 6-10%, which isn't huge, especially in this segment, but it's still performance that could have been easily be achieved for a minimal cost increase. If the cost difference was substantial, everybody would have slimmed down their PCIe interfaces for a long time.

Averaged over our game test suite, we found a 13% loss in performance when switching from the PCIe 4.0 interface to PCIe 3.0. This will happen to you when running the Radeon RX 6500 XT on an Intel platform that's older than Rocket Lake (10th generation and older). On the AMD side PCIe 3.0 is the fastest option when using first generation Zen processors, or when using lower-end motherboards with cheaper chipsets.

I also ran a full batch of tests for the RX 6500 XT operating at PCI-Express 2.0 mode, which is a fairly unlikely scenario. I doubt there's still PCs used for serious gaming with that bus speed. It's still an interesting data point for science. Here the performance loss is another 21% vs PCIe 3.0, and 34% in total when compared against the PCI-Express 4.0 baseline.

Linux review

Video reviews

Hardware Unboxed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5_oM3Ow_CI

Gamers Nexus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFpuJqx9Qmw

LTT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYp6pEDm4E8

Hardware Canucks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArW4-mkGHSw

eTeknix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpko3K7EoL0

KitGuruTech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmE8iZWaLWE

 

[RavenXXX2]

Worst GPU: Radeon RX 6500 XT Review, Corner Cutting Edition

It's awful!

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Worst GPU: Radeon RX 6500 XT Review, Corner Cutting Edition

It's awful!

 

[Minstadave]

Wow. It's a stinker.

 

[NinjaCool]

Gigabyte RX 6500 XT Eagle
https://www.kitguru.net/components/dominic-moass/amd-rx-6500-xt-review-ft-gigabyte-eagle/

XFX Radeon RX 6500 XT Speedster Black Quicksilver 210
https://www.club386.com/amd-radeon-rx-6500-xt-review/

XFX Radeon RX 6500 XT Speedster Black Quicksilver 210
https://www.pcworld.com/article/605...eview-affordable-graphics-cards-are-back.html

ASUS TUF RX 6500 XT
https://www.wepc.com/reviews/amd-radeon-rx-6500-xt/

 

[Harlequin]

Let the cherry picking begin.....

 

[faceman123]

Tbh what does everyone else expect in 2022 for £180, It's priced the same as USED RX 570, - yes it's not the best card, but for £180, this is a god send, comes with warranty and longer driver support.

 

[Minstadave]

Tbh what does everyone else expect in 2022 for £180, It's priced the same as USED RX 570, - yes it's not the best card, but for £180, this is a god send, comes with warranty and longer driver support.

Some things are pretty unforgiveable to be fair. Needing a PCI-E 4 board so you're not losing a significant chunk of performance seems a really odd decision.

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

The 3060Ti is pretty much the best budget card if you could have gotten one at MSRP anyway.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

TPU tests over a dozen games with different PCI-E link speeds:
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-radeon-rx-6500-xt-pci-express-scaling/

Looking at the performance data generated by this review I suspect that even at PCIe 4.0 x4 there's a significant performance loss for the RX 6500 XT. My estimate would be around 6-10%, which isn't huge, especially in this segment, but it's still performance that could have been easily be achieved for a minimal cost increase. If the cost difference was substantial, everybody would have slimmed down their PCIe interfaces for a long time.

Averaged over our game test suite, we found a 13% loss in performance when switching from the PCIe 4.0 interface to PCIe 3.0. This will happen to you when running the Radeon RX 6500 XT on an Intel platform that's older than Rocket Lake (10th generation and older). On the AMD side PCIe 3.0 is the fastest option when using first generation Zen processors, or when using lower-end motherboards with cheaper chipsets.

I also ran a full batch of tests for the RX 6500 XT operating at PCI-Express 2.0 mode, which is a fairly unlikely scenario. I doubt there's still PCs used for serious gaming with that bus speed. It's still an interesting data point for science. Here the performance loss is another 21% vs PCIe 3.0, and 34% in total when compared against the PCI-Express 4.0 baseline.

 

[Kurgen]

i ordered, now im cancelling

 

[RavenXXX2]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1483770431333142532

 

[varkanoid]

Dont need to watch the Youtube video's just look at their collective faces !

 

[Armageus]

Tbh what does everyone else expect in 2022 for £180, It's priced the same as USED RX 570, - yes it's not the best card, but for £180, this is a god send, comes with warranty and longer driver support.

Exactly this imo - I'm not sure what people to expect - should people on a budget just not buy a graphics card? or I suppose £200 5 year old ex-mining RX570's are what are recommended?

I appreciate the reviews are comparing apples=apples, but ultra quality settings for everything are never going to be a realistic option for a 4GB card

I'm sure e.g. the AC: Valhalla 60fps 1080P is probably easily achievable by dropping a couple of settings or using the Auto configure options that most games have these days
https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_rx_6500_xt_review,11.html

 

[Poneros]

People who need this and aren't biting at £180 are going to end up kicking themselves later, same as what happened with the 6600/XTs. In my neck of the woods they've been put up for 360 euros!!

 

[Defy Belief]

If you have pcie4.0 it's not *that* bad but I feel most people that will buy these won't...very pleased with the 6600 I got from the b Grade section now

People also happily buying gtx 1650s for £150+ second hand so again not bad on that front for a new product with warranty as someone else stated.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

If you have pcie4.0 it's not *that* bad but I feel most people that will buy these won't...very pleased with the 6600 I got from the b Grade section now

How much was that??

 

[Defy Belief]

How much was that??

£200.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

£200.

Wow!

 

[Defy Belief]

Wow!

Indeed, bought a vega 64 from there that wasn't fulfilled so I offered £200 (which is what the vega 64 was listed at) and was amazed that it was accepted! Might be one off with the nature of them not being able to fulfill my order.