ASUS Radeon RX 6600 XT STRIX OC

[Chrispy_]

You forgot the most important metric, generation-over-generation price icrease, compared to RX 5600 XT, is an impresive 35% LOL!! (35% minus 35% = zero improvement)
This is not an upgrade over the RX 5600 XT at all. At most this is a side grade over the RX 5700 XT.

You get raytracing that's mostly too slow to bother with because most titles with raytracing are Nvidia-sponsored RTX titles and run like ass, but you're forgetting the most important part; The model number is 900 numbers bigger. That's a 16% improvement in model number alone so I don't know why you consider this just a sidegrade!!!1

 

[Turmania]

It is not a bad card, just very bad pricing.

 

[HTC]

Might be worth a separate article

Are you aware of this?

It appears PCIe scaling can vary quite wildly depending on the title.

 

[W1zzard]

Are you aware of this?

Of course, I've been doing PCIe scaling articles for more than a decade

 

[oxrufiioxo]

The sad thing is once the dust settles given current real pricing not fake msrp this might end up the best value current gen gpu.

 

[HTC]

Of course, I've been doing PCIe scaling articles for more than a decade

Perhaps that Doom Eternal difference comes from testing an x8 card instead of a x16 card. Dunno: just an hypothesis.

I've been seeing your PCIe scaling reviews and this much of a difference ... i don't recall seeing it before, hence the question.

 

[Operandi]

Well maybe elsewhere they do, but not in Germany. My neighbor and his wife work at Mindfactory, largest German retailer and they're saying Amperes are flying off shelves like crazy despite inflated prices, but Radeons are collecting dust now that 3060(TI), 3070(TI) and 3080TI are in stock again. The problem Mindfactory is having it that it can't lower prices on RDNA2 GPUs because they themselves bought them either directly from AIBs or from distributers at highly inflated prices. But they both said they'll have to bite in the bitter apple and lower prices until the end of the fiscal year if mining craze doesn't return.

Its still just supply and demand economics. Smaller regions might get screwed over because AMD or nVidia can't get the pricing structure right but that just means its lost in the aggregate of the overall market. If thats the case its still a supply and demand problem that will sort itself out or the retailer will just not buy those and any other similar SKUs from the distributor. Or are you saying that Germans are willing to overpay for nVidia but not AMD?

 

[N3M3515]

You get raytracing that's mostly too slow to bother with because most titles with raytracing are Nvidia-sponsored RTX titles and run like ass, but you're forgetting the most important part; The model number is 900 numbers bigger. That's a 16% improvement in model number alone so I don't know why you consider this just a sidegrade!!!1

I think FSR will step on DLSS eventually.

 

[W1zzard]

Perhaps that Doom Eternal difference comes from testing an x8 card instead of a x16 card. Dunno: just an hypothesis.

The 3080 is physically a x8 card when i test it, i'm taping off the lanes, with actual tape, not just switch the bios to x8

haven't tested doom eternal in pcie scaling, but my frametime charts show some spikes for the 6600 xt, so maybe it's that

 

[Chrispy_]

I think FSR will step on DLSS eventually.

DLSS's current advantage is that it has motion vector reprojection which makes it much cleaner on moving objects, something that FSR cannot really handle as well because it's a (very fancy, very capable) upscaler only.

This is FSR v1.0 vs DLSS v2.0 and we're all well aware of the ass-dribble that Nvidia delivered with DLSS v1.0.

IMO, DLSS 2.0 is the superior upscaler but I have no doubt that FSR will improve in future versions too; It's definitely a better first bite at the cherry than Nvidia's attempt was, and it's far more versatile too.

 

[W1zzard]

which makes it much cleaner on moving objects, something that FSR cannot really handle as well because it's a (very fancy, very capable) upscaler only.

otoh FSR has zero problems with moving objects, because it's not temporal

 

[Xuper]

AMD 5600 XT Price at launch : $279 , AMD 6600 XT Price at launch : $379 ~ 35.8%
AMD 6600 XT Performance = 100% , AMD 5600 XT Performance= 74% ~ 35.1% ( 1080p res)

By looking at Spec (5600 XT / 6600 XT ) , It's really impressive that L3 cache does improve massive performance and avoid massive GPU bottleneck with 128bit memory interface.
anyway , due to global crisis , I don't blame them until 2023 !

 

[Shatun_Bear]

Most important stats:

- 12% faster than 3060
- More efficient than 3060

Will lose in RT. So if you can eventually get this nearer msrp, it's good value compared to the 3060.

 

[N3M3515]

Most important stats:

- 12% faster than 3060
- More efficient than 3060

Will lose in RT. So if you can eventually get this nearer msrp, it's good value compared to the 3060.

More important than that, for 20 more you get a superior gpu 3060Ti (MSRP).

It's definitely a better first bite at the cherry than Nvidia's attempt was, and it's far more versatile too.

Definitely. And easier to implement. Works on older gpus.

 

[HolyCowImAnoOb]

Nice review,

I noticed on the Hardware Unboxed review that pcie3 x8 vs pcie4 x8 there is a pretty large performance hit on some titles?

Would you guys be keen to take a deeper dive into the review and look into it?

 

[Oasis]

22c difference between Edge Temp and Hotspot Temp, is this normal?

 

[Sithaer]

Eh, performance is about where I expected it to be which is fine with me but that pricing oh boyo thats a big no no. 'not even trying to imagine what its gonna cost in my country'
Also not exactly fan of that x8 pcie3 design cause I'm still rocking a B350 mobo, even if it only causes performance differences in specific games I rather wouldn't want that to be honest cause whatever I buy its gonna be longer term for 3-4 years.

As it stands right now, for my use case a 3060/2060 Super would be still better and cheaper too + I happen to like DLSS as a tech.

Idk gonna wait till early December or so and see how the GPU market is in my country but I'm leaning towards Nvidia at this point and price range. 'talking about new-ish second hand market'

 

[W1zzard]

22c difference between Edge Temp and Hotspot Temp, is this normal?

Yes, around 20°C is normal

 

[Rebe1]

@W1zzard

"Sapphire RX 6600 XT Pulse Not allowed yet by AMD" in cooler performance section.

Any particular reasoning why we cannot see Sapphire Pulse results? Are we waiting for similar to 5600 XT premiere day 1 firmware update?

 

[W1zzard]

Any particular reasoning why we cannot see Sapphire Pulse results?

It's explained in the conclusion. AMD doesn't allow reviews yet for cards other than the card they sent themselves

 

[Rebe1]

I somehow missed that, thank you!

This is very strange premiere...

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

Even if it turns out to be some OC beast, charging the same price as the 6800xt msrp for a 6600 is pure highway robbery.

 

[Shatun_Bear]

Not surprised at how bad the performance/dollar is, after all, AMD does not have the ability to grow their revenue by selling more stuff (they are already at max. supply), so the only way to keep the stock holders happy is to fleece the customer by selling overpriced trash in a seller's market. Way to fuck over all the people who where keeping the company afloat for all those years when AMD did not have any competetive products.

Who kept the 'company afloat all those years'? Their marketshare at the time you frame was diabolical to reflect their competiveness.

More important than that, for 20 more you get a superior gpu 3060Ti (MSRP).


Definitely. And easier to implement. Works on older gpus.

No no no I keep seeing this, tell us all where we can buy 3060 Ti's for $400? I would buy one right now. The fact is that price is total fantasy (but I think you know that already).

The cheapest you can get a 3060 Ti here is £600 if you're lucky.

 

[neatfeatguy]

Who kept the 'company afloat all those years'? Their marketshare at the time you frame was diabolical to reflect their competiveness.



No no no I keep seeing this, tell us all where we can buy 3060 Ti's for $400? I would buy one right now. The fact is that price is total fantasy (but I think you know that already).

The cheapest you can get a 3060 Ti here is £600 if you're lucky.

Get lucky on newegg shuffle or a local retailer here, like Micro Center, and you can get a 3060Ti for around $460 (give or take a little). It's not MSRP, but it sure is a whole hell of a lot closer than the $700-800 they were going for not too long ago.

 

[Akkedie]

What if I told you...