OcUK RX6600 review thread

subbytna · 14 Oct 2021 at 10:26

£400 for the MECH ....whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat??? :cry:

Ross Thomson · 14 Oct 2021 at 10:51

Prices are laughable. Hopefully one intel arc comes out it will push prices down.

The_Arbiter · 14 Oct 2021 at 10:52

subbytna said:
£400 for the MECH ....whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat???

Why price your new budget card at a lower price to your previously new budget card when you can just raise the cost of said previous budget card up a notch.

GGWP

I'm surprised Gibbo hasn't chimed in yet, he was on the ball the past year letting us know what the score was with GPUs. Saying about AIB costs, price predictions and stock numbers. Would be nice to know if the stock received was similar to the 6600xt which took a while to sell out at the £350/£400 mark? The 6600s have just vanished.

Harlequin · 14 Oct 2021 at 11:00

Ross Thomson said:
Prices are laughable. Hopefully one intel arc comes out it will push prices down.

lol wont happen.

Alt0153 · 14 Oct 2021 at 11:07

Harlequin said:
lol wont happen.

yeah more likely you will just have 3 overpriced gpu suppliers instead of 2

Brutal biff · 14 Oct 2021 at 11:09

PlayStation and Microsoft must be loving

Ross Thomson · 14 Oct 2021 at 12:31

Harlequin said:
lol wont happen.

i can dream

JediFragger · 14 Oct 2021 at 12:32

Ross Thomson said:
Prices are laughable. Hopefully one intel arc comes out it will push prices down.

LOL! Intel are gonna do nothing but join their little club...

gpuerrilla · 14 Oct 2021 at 13:07

JediFragger said:
LOL! Intel are gonna do nothing but join their little club...

Correct. I fail to see why people forget how awful intel are in their business practices from the CPU evidence. They wont give a hoot about the consumers as long as they cream off the profit. Expect them to be priced like AMD (short in supply and way over MSRP).

KompuKare · 14 Oct 2021 at 13:36

Th0nt said:
Correct. I fail to see why people forget how awful intel are in their business practices from the CPU evidence. They wont give a hoot about the consumers as long as they cream off the profit. Expect them to be priced like AMD (short in supply and way over MSRP).

All that, plus Intel are just using the same limited supply: TSMC wafers!

Nvidia won't want to reveal numbers, but it looks like what started out as stinginess ("we don't want to pay TSMC's wafer prices") has actually worked out well for them. Although I rather suspect if AMD was able to use more wafers for the 6800 XT and 6900 XT then Nvidia's power hungry Ampere cards wouldn't be doing so well. Still, amazing that Nvidia were able to shift the narrative away from power this gen. That's very strong PR. Wonder if a 400W 3090 Ti will raise any eyebrows or was hot and power hungry a meme when it didn't apply to Nvidia?

kaiserc · 14 Oct 2021 at 13:37

This card does what a 3060 does but at 40 watts less. Miners will love it.

Trying to finish my wife's pc - hopefully these prices come down. I can't see it

gpuerrilla · 14 Oct 2021 at 14:58

KompuKare said:
All that, plus Intel are just using the same limited supply: TSMC wafers!

Nvidia won't want to reveal numbers, but it looks like what started out as stinginess ("we don't want to pay TSMC's wafer prices") has actually worked out well for them. Although I rather suspect if AMD was able to use more wafers for the 6800 XT and 6900 XT then Nvidia's power hungry Ampere cards wouldn't be doing so well. Still, amazing that Nvidia were able to shift the narrative away from power this gen. That's very strong PR. Wonder if a 400W 3090 Ti will raise any eyebrows or was hot and power hungry a meme when it didn't apply to Nvidia?

Yeah you hit the nail on the head. Samsung was part luck, part circumstance; nvidia also hoping nobody remembers power consumption/efficiency! Probably the free mindshare propaganda did that for them, but very convenient this gen how its 'not important' yet RT is.

Harlequin · 14 Oct 2021 at 16:00

Th0nt said:
Yeah you hit the nail on the head. Samsung was part luck, part circumstance; nvidia also hoping nobody remembers power consumption/efficiency! Probably the free mindshare propaganda did that for them, but very convenient this gen how its 'not important' yet RT is.

I think its this - the reason Nv might well be staying at Samsung ; they can actually supply what they want (not need, but want).

MCFC_ANDY · 14 Oct 2021 at 17:06

JediFragger said:
LOL! Intel are gonna do nothing but join their little club...

not so sure on that one, inflated obviously, but they need to break into the market, all they have to do is sell slightly lower and their in. one thing have noticed since human malware is folk will buy any old tat and seriously inflated prices, due to one word. FOMO

CuriousTomCat · 14 Oct 2021 at 18:36

MCFC_ANDY said:
not so sure on that one, inflated obviously, but they need to break into the market, all they have to do is sell slightly lower and their in. one thing have noticed since human malware is folk will buy any old tat and seriously inflated prices, due to one word. FOMO

They should be reasonably priced if Intel produces their own FE versions but I doubt they will.

Its the AIB partners, component costs and everything in between that's pushing the prices up. Not AMD or Nvidia.

RTX was an example of Nvidia directly pushing prices up but this gens MSRP weren't that bad in my opinion. Its other circumstances that's working against us.

roadie · 14 Oct 2021 at 21:41

My Hellhound version arrived today and more than doubled my FPS in PUBG compared to my RX 480. It also reduced my desktop energy usage by 20W and runs cool and quiet.

Purgatory · 15 Oct 2021 at 00:40

GAC · 15 Oct 2021 at 07:51

CuriousTomCat said:
Its the AIB partners, component costs and everything in between that's pushing the prices up. Not AMD or Nvidia.
RTX was an example of Nvidia directly pushing prices up but this gens MSRP weren't that bad in my opinion. Its other circumstances that's working against us.

so nvidia making more profit margin then ever has nothing to do with them upping the price on the cards and the add in partners are just handing over extra money out of the goodness of their heart are they ?

end of the day everyone from nvidia right through to stores selling the cards have ALL added a few percent here and there to make hay while prices and buyers are being downright idiotic.

CuriousTomCat · 15 Oct 2021 at 08:03

GAC said:
so nvidia making more profit margin then ever has nothing to do with them upping the price on the cards and the add in partners are just handing over extra money out of the goodness of their heart are they ?

end of the day everyone from nvidia right through to stores selling the cards have ALL added a few percent here and there to make hay while prices and buyers are being downright idiotic.

AIB profits are up 80% since 2018.

https://www.techpowerup.com/286270/...oard-aib-market-hits-usd-11-8-billion-in-q221

Nvidia's profits are up 2.6% since 2018. That's lower than inflation.

https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:NVDA/explorer/gp_margin

gpuerrilla · 15 Oct 2021 at 08:04

GAC said:
so nvidia making more profit margin then ever has nothing to do with them upping the price on the cards and the add in partners are just handing over extra money out of the goodness of their heart are they ?

end of the day everyone from nvidia right through to stores selling the cards have ALL added a few percent here and there to make hay while prices and buyers are being downright idiotic.

Nvidia started it with Turing. This was before pandemic and supply chain issues + component shortages...