OcUK RX6500XT review thread

[Uriel]

I think there's a point here in that the RX 6500 XT is competing with the existing graphics cards in people's PCs. And if you have any card of comparable price from about the last 6 years, it's not worth changing.

 

[Alan McFall]

#"Several, all of which are better. The RTX 3050 is the most direct competitor,"

With the 3050 iat least £150-200 more expensive I don't know how they can come to that conclusion

3050s has been in stock at a certain retailer for £320 and £330 over the weekend.

 

[Ross Thomson]

3050s has been in stock at a certain retailer for £320 and £330 over the weekend.

that doesn’t really make it any better tbf - that’s 130 more than the 6500XT. Going the other way that means you can compare the 3050 to a 6600XT.

 

[Alan McFall]

that doesn’t really make it any better tbf - that’s 130 more than the 6500XT. Going the other way that means you can compare the 3050 to a 6600XT.

I guess it all depends what settings you'll settle for.

 

[4K8KW10]

Meanwhile... https://www.digitaltrends.com/desktop-computer-reviews/amd-rx-6500-xt-review/ 'Not even worth the list price'.

Quite telling.

Pros

• Some models are available near list price
• Technically supports ray tracing

Cons

• Disappointing gaming performance, even at 1080p
• Terrible ray tracing performance
• 4GB is a problem in multiple games
• PCIe bottleneck locks out older hardware
• Outclassed by hardware from nearly five years ago

I would stay very very far from anything that looks similar or reminds me of this..

 

[NinjaCool]

Best and Worst "Budget" GPUs - AMD vs Nvidia
(6500XT, 6600, 6600XT, RTX 3050, RTX 3060)

 

[humbug]

Best and Worst "Budget" GPUs - AMD vs Nvidia
(6500XT, 6600, 6600XT, RTX 3050, RTX 3060)

Finally a sane review....

 

[Bill Truelove]

ASUS Radeon RX6500XT Dual OC Edition Unboxing & Review

 

[Alan McFall]

A standalone review.

 

[CuriousTomCat]

If a GT 1030 or a GT 710 is starting to struggle then a 6500 XT would be a nice upgrade.

There's a gap in the market for that level of ultra budget hardware because Nvidia haven't released anything more recent than the 1030.

 

[Ross Thomson]

Best and Worst "Budget" GPUs - AMD vs Nvidia
(6500XT, 6600, 6600XT, RTX 3050, RTX 3060)

neither AMD or Nvidia have released budget GPU's lol

 

[Uriel]

Indeed. There are no budget GPUs in this generation, unless you count CPUs with integrated graphics - and RDNA2 hasn't been released in that capacity yet.

I would argue the only 'budget' GPU of this generation is in the Xbox Series S. Doesn't help PC gamers much.

 

[muon]

Below MSRP now at £169.

Remember how it was supposedly impossible to sell cards this cheap.

I'm glad the market crashed underneath AMD for this shambolic money grab card.

 

[=XDC=FluphyBunny]

Below MSRP now at £169.

Remember how it was supposedly impossible to sell cards this cheap.

I'm glad the market crashed underneath AMD for this shambolic money grab card.

It’s a terrible card sold to people that were desperate.

 

[humbug]

Below MSRP now at £169.

Remember how it was supposedly impossible to sell cards this cheap.

I'm glad the market crashed underneath AMD for this shambolic money grab card.

Well buy a sub £200 GPU from Nvidia, oh wait.... they wont sell you anything for less than £300.

 

[Harlequin]

Rtx 3050 still above msrp

 

[humbug]

Rtx 3050 still above msrp

Oh but that's worth up to £400, you should buy that.

 

[Joxeon]

Well buy a sub £200 GPU from Nvidia, oh wait.... they wont sell you anything for less than £300.

Is this not a good shout for a Nvidia gpu in that price range? beats the competition easily.

30% faster and 2gb more VRAM, also no need for a pcie gen 4.0 system.

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1660 StormX 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-04R-PL) = £199.99

Total: £209.89 (includes delivery: £9.90)​

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[Harlequin]

Still above £200

 

[Joxeon]

Still above £200

Not if you get forum member free delivery which most on here should.