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PC Gamer: RX 6500 XT looks worse on paper than AMD's $199 GPU from six years ago
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Soldato
It would be ironic if AMD’s attempt at creating a budget 4GB card miners don’t want ends up as a card not only gamers don’t want but also can’t afford!
There was nothing stopping AMD selling a reference RX6500XT directly or through partnered retailers at RRP.
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I'd hope this would sit on the shelves unsold, but when you have people buying 730s and 1030s still, i doubt it.
I look forward to seeing the prices in GBP now
I look forward to seeing the prices in GBP now
Soldato
You can bet Nvidia wont be selling anymore FE cards next gen when they can print way more money selling to AIB`s and far less hassle with returns
The FE is a good marketing tool though as Nvidia can price the cards lower and look better in reviews.
Soldato
MLID already suggested this is the case with the new Nvidia releases - AMD never even got there for lots of regions.
Soldato
*sigh*, go watch MLID about the cherry picking that is going to happen. Literally he has already said it, and you are doing it. For a card that isnt even out yet.
Its important to remember that this is a review of the 5500XT. I'm still optimistic, and have hope that they know what they are doing.
I also think people vastly underestimate how many gamers burn out their GTX760 every day, and all they want is something cheap and functional to plug in.
These pre-release prices are concerning though.
I also think people vastly underestimate how many gamers burn out their GTX760 every day, and all they want is something cheap and functional to plug in.
These pre-release prices are concerning though.
What cherry picking, HUB tested a range of games and showed 4GB vram is not enough for 1080p gaming
Soldato
Thank you for proving my point. Exactly.
Soldato
Steve has the 6500 and probably already tested it but can't say out for NDA. Expect same performance degradation on review day.
Soldato
And thank you as well for proving my point as well. Cherry picking results already to support *your colour team* and attack*other colour team*
I don't see why a 4GB RX 5500 should behave any different than a 4GB RX 6500 when on PCI-E 3.0 x4. It's the same bottleneck. If your game wants to use system memory to compensate for the lack of VRAM, your limit is the PCIE bus. 4GB means you hit that bottleneck more frequently.
This is another RX 5500 test. https://www.techspot.com/review/2396-pcie-bandwidth-test/
If you're on PCI-E 3.0 it's a major limitation and there is no reason whatsoever why the RX 6500 is going to be any different. The combination of 4GB and PCIE 3.0 x4 knackers it in a way that wouldn't happen if you had either a x8 bus, a PCIE 4.0 bus or 8GB VRAM.
This is another RX 5500 test. https://www.techspot.com/review/2396-pcie-bandwidth-test/
If you're on PCI-E 3.0 it's a major limitation and there is no reason whatsoever why the RX 6500 is going to be any different. The combination of 4GB and PCIE 3.0 x4 knackers it in a way that wouldn't happen if you had either a x8 bus, a PCIE 4.0 bus or 8GB VRAM.
Soldato
Thats the same company, techspot is the written review, HUB is the video channel 
. MLID is right though, cherry picking of results for an unreleased card - has already started.
. MLID is right though, cherry picking of results for an unreleased card - has already started.yup, the 6500xt is a terrible gpu glad you understood
Soldato
There you are doing it again. Thank you for proving my point. Bless you. Im sure you'll slso cherry pick results which show how smazing the £400 RRX 3050 is as well.
I wonder if the x4 is a GPU limitation or board limitation? As in, could AIBs exercise a bit of freedom and engineer a much better graphics card out of these? It looks like either moving up to 8GB or making it a x8 card would massively improve things, in cases the pci-e bus bottleneck is being hit.
Soldato
Supposedly the 6500 is salvaged laptop dies, which would explain the x4 PCIe.