7:15 I was trying out capping Jedi Survivor to 40 FPS in Rivatuner for this capture. As you can see, the frametime graph is rock solid. Highly recommended, especially if you have a monitor with a 120Hz mode!
Another great value gpu is the rtx 2060 super. Similar if not better performance in some games and access to more upscaling modes with dlss and such and is typically a bit cheaper.
Ordered an open box 6600 from Microcenter today for $145. They called me up and said they couldn't find the clearance item, so they were going to have to give me a new card instead of a used one and asked me if it was okay. ASKED ME IF IT WAS OKAY.
The nerve of them trying to push a new card at you like that instead of giving you what you order. You should head down to their store and demand to speak to the manager.
Heck even 1440p, I rock a 1440p 165hz screen, and you can drop a bit a settings on most games and use FSR in 1440p, good 60fps experience in all games, and 165 in esports.
I have one, good 1440p card too as long as you play games that developers actually spent time improving the performance of. There is a game called "The Isle" I play often, it's a UE5 game with pretty good looking graphics, I play it at 1440p mostly maxed out settings (other than shadows being on high instead of Epic) I get 60-120 fps depending on where I am on the map. Oh also this is with no upscaling too.
Try $238 for RX 6700XT top model XFX Merc (with box and everything) or the RTX 3090 I bought two days ago for $504 top model Asus ROG Strix - again with its box and still 1 year warranty. As good as new.
@@hussainali1340 Try £0 for a R5 5600, 16GB Corsair 3200mhz and MSI RX6600 Mech 2X. My lad brought a R7 5800x3d,64gb of ddr4 4400mhz and RX 6700XT ,so gave me his old parts if I installed them for him.
@@hussainali1340 well you got lucky to get that card for that price, where i live, they are pricey af ! Even 2nd hand they are asking msrp prices from when they came out, its like the covid BS is still takced to the price.
i remember being so dumbfounded when i found out about this card, because in my country the 6600 costs 66% (SIXTY SIX PERCENT) less than a 3060 while being comparable or even at times faster. i bought it 2 months ago and its absolutely crazy how people are willing to pay the nvidia tax. ALSO IT RUNS AT 100 WATTS MAX. its fantastic
3060 definitely faster.. paired with a decent ryzen the caches will make up ground, but I honestly would pit that against my sons 3050 OC and 12,900k (cheap combo'd up deal) pairing.. They're all gated by bus lbr.
Wdym? The rtx 3060 8gb is 15-20 percent faster than an rx 6600 but is 30 percent more expensive than an rx 6600. So amd's card is a way better buy and forget about the 3050. That card is horrible. Besides they dont even compare. The rx 6650 xt is better by 10% than a 3060 while being cheaper. @@Benito650
I bought this card as a stopgap during the scalper pandemic after my laptop died and I went for a brand new PC. I only used it for a year, but during that year, I had absolutely zero complaints. It was and is one of the best "I have no budget, but I want something decent" cards that have ever been made.
I did the same thing, I got my 6600 for use as a placeholder card during the pandemic. I used it until a couple months ago when I replaced it with an A770 16 GB. It was a great card but it was really only meant for 1080p, and I had upgraded to a 1440p monitor about a month before I got the A770. Then I sold the 6600 to a coworker
I own a 6600, sometimes I feel like plugging my PC to my 4k screen and I can game no problems, I don't mind playing singleplayer games at 30fps high settings on (upscaled) 4k. Such a great purchase
exactly, here in Argentina you can buy a brand new 6600 for the same price as a 1650 sometimes, it's ridiculous... AMD is very strong if you learn how to work around their drivers issues @@Juing-rr2pc
@@LibangF15 dont play at max settings then. im also a high fps gamer but my 6600xt still delivers 100+ fps in any game with enough adjustments in the settings. i absolutely love this card
The 6600 was my go to for my budget build. It was getting comparable results to my rtx 3060 and if you go to the used market, you can find this card at sub $200 sometimes even below $150. Paired with the Ryzen 5600 this thing can run anything over 60 fps! CP 2077 with the new expansion on Ultra settings with no RT at 1080p ran at 70-80 fps.
@@Grayest_Fox said a dude knows nothing about pc. PSU limit is a problem, and low wattage mean it run really cool. The fans dont even have to spin at max speed, which is the top 1 reason why gpu can last longer. Heat kills your gpu.
I'm on this Sapphire Pulse version. Loving everything and running anything I need it to do. Simple + compact, low noise and power efficient. Thanks for the video.
Should note its a bit weak for vr tbh..had a 6600xt at launch and vr had issues... could be better now, I wouldn't know. My 1080ti handled vr better. Lack of cuda is a deal breaker for some people. Most games will do pretty good though.
I love the RX 6600 for the power consumption. I have the cheap custom model Powercolor Fighter RX6600 but the cooler is enough and the card is quiet. Last week I got a "broken" RX 5700XT from a friend. And so I have 3 cards with 8GB and "same" strength. Vega64/RX 5700XT/RX 6600.
@@Hughesburner It's a card from a smoker. I need to clean the card before I test it. Many RX 5700XT are broken. (10-15%) My friend had many issues with this card but RX 6700XT works like a dream for him.
I was going to get a 6600 recently but there was a sale on the 6650xt for only $30 more so ended up getting that. I think the 6000 generation in general are best value for money you can get for new at the moment. It seems like the 6700xt would be the nest value choice for 1440p.
The RX 6600 is the only GPU that isnt overpriced in my region (South Africa). I am very happy with it even if it wasnt as cheap as US prices. I bought mine for 263 USD in June. I love being able to play modern games now!
Lovely card. Hadn't used Radeon in 12 years and that was in a laptop, then i got the RX 6600 for my second gaming rig just a month ago. An HP z420. I was nervous incase it didnt work, but it did, its gorgeous! If i swap out that rig for a brand new one, ill just pop the RX in that one.
I have one, I think it's basically a safe recommendation to anyone who has a strict budget and doesn't want to risk the used market. It plays every game on the market but it will need some (usually minor) compromises to run the latest titles. I definitely agree that if one is strict budget and wants a new GPU there is no competition truly at this price bracket but this does lead to the hardest question for the 6600 - if you save just around $20-50 you can get a 6650xt and sometimes a 7600 which are both a good bit faster. Still, the entry tier pricing of this card is meant for the most budget minded and it does run every game and usually well, so it is worth praise for that. It's also better than the woeful and more expensive rtx 3050, which is actually love to see you review as I've heard people complain it's a downgrade at times from a 2060 and you're by far my most trusted tech and GPU reviewer. Great vid.
Just an anecdote about Control, I've been playing it for the first time recently and I noticed the same texture pop in on some objects with my RTX 4070 (Max settings + RT). It was pretty noticeable on the portraits like you showed at 2:42, so I think it may be more of the game's doing than the GPU.
I bought this exact XFX 6600 for a family member for 150 USD on ebay a few months back. Good purchase, good GPU. I feel like people have been sleeping on these, especially used ones.
Go for it, I had the i5 3470 & a RX580 4GB and I went for a Ryzen 5 2600x and a RX6600 and its a night and day difference. If you use AMFM you can basically double the FPS
bought a new rx 6600 last week around $220 (gpu prices in the Philippines sucks) and the next gpu is around $300 which is a 3060 or a 6700 which is way too expensive for me and i have been enjoying the rx6600 after being stuck with a 1050ti for 2 years
Same card I have in one of my rigs. It's a beastly 1080p card. Runs everything maxed out without problems. I do recommend changing the fan curves though since they are set as "off" until it hits 60 degrees C from factory. Put mine at 35% at 0-50c and then a steady climb to 100% from there pretty much matching the temp up to 100C. It's not necessary but it dropped idling temps from 33-35C to 24-26C and max temp never goes over 60C.
Yeah.. its a great card.. I got a 2nd hand deal on a rx 6600 and it was great for 1080p .. Big step up from my old gtx 980. I then moved up to rx6800 and then rtx 3090 as deals and gpu market permitted. Of all the cards I had in the last 15 months the rx 6600 was the best value and gave the most joy.. A great little card and very energy efficient.
The test bench is very similar to my personal pc: Rx6600Xt + r5 5600 (not X) + 32gb ram on a B55. This gpu is great, efficient (Energie costs are up), cheap (180€ used) and is a good upgrade from my gtx 1650 on my old Laptop (which could only use 50w max. In some games the 6600xt uses less or equal watts to the 1650 for much more performance. Can only recommend it. I should add, I play only on a 1440p 144hz display. Also great for 1440p if you dont expect to play on ultra or high
A year ago I got the RX 6700 10GB, since it ticked all my boxes - the best one that fits in my old OEM case, is strictly two slot, has full PCIe x16 and was a legit upgrade over my RX 580. It wasn't cheap, but the RX580 recouped a significant portion of the price.
I am presonally a user of this GPU and sometimes I want more juice out of it however, remembering what I used to rock and for how cheap one can get this GPU.. there's no need for me to complain. And this video amazingly sums it up.
@@Swattii brudda i have a 480, had to cheap out 😭😭, in all seriousness, there are more modern nvidia cards, like the 1080ti, but those are still around 300 or more (converted to $).
This config is the same for the PC I built for myself in 2022 for about $1200 USD (1000 on the original build, and $200 after realizing how bad the 6500xt was) so it’s nice to see how it stacks up in your test of the games I haven’t played on it! Love the videos as always!
I have an RX 6600 and 5600X combo actually. Great setup for 1080p, and handles my needs very well. I don't get the weird graphical issues on the newer games either.
I have a 6600xt, and both cards are great for the value. Any slightly older game is a high refresh rate experience, and pretty much any new game is high 1080p 60 (if the optimization is there)
Got this paired with a 3700x for a really nice and quite power efficient set up. Can run basically anything at 1080 max or even 1440 with a lot of games, absolutely love this card!
Been running a 6600XT for a year or so now and it's done well. Although bear in mind that if you pair it with an older platform and CPU like a 2700X, it'll underperform. Soon as I moved to an AM5 board with Smart Access Memory/Resizeable BAR support and a newer CPU it took off. So it's definitely better as part of a full new build if possible rather than an upgrade, unless you've already got a fairly recent CPU.
Originally decided on a 6600 but ended up finding a 6650xt for $210 so it was a no brainier. Xfx cards look soooo good. 5700x3d is $210 currently so got an endgame am4 chip. Throw a 7900xt in and be set for years
It is great. Absolutely. But I ditched it for an Arc a580, only to gain hardware XeSS and to leave the Chromium video flickering issues behind. If you like FSR and don't use Chromium-based browsers for RUclips or social media scrolling with interspersed embedded videos, the 6600 is absolutely fantastic.
I believe amd’s comment of the lineup being “complete“ is in reference to the physical chips not the cards themselves so they could still release a cut down chip for a low end card : )
Great video. That drop in core clock in some games, like A Plague Tale or Jedi Survivor might me remedied with an undervolt + messing a bit with core clock to reach around 2500mhz.
Bought mine last year for 280 euros, while the 3060 and 6600 xt both were still 400 dollars and it was the only thing i could find. (Heck the 3050 was 30 euros more expensive)
the appeal of the 6600 for me is that i can just pop it in my current rig and be able to do things like VR and 144 1080p for cheap (currently i got a 1060 3gb a 4790k and a 550w psu, awesome back when i got it, but a bit of a dinosaur now)
Got one for $150, was gonna get a 4070, but I realized I don't really need the extra power in the games I play on PC, so I also got a PS5 with the $ I saved.
I just got an RTX 3070 for $280 and I couldn't be happier. The seller actually seems to have refurbished it, and the thing has like one single spot of damage that isn't even noticeable. Came well packaged, too.
There's something I'm having problem to understand is that increased resolution at medium setting is better or decreased resolution at hight setting? , it seems like you can probably answer this question with an in-depth video. I like your content you somehow make it interesting for me.
to my this is the current successor to the rx580. although hard to beat the value of an rx5700xt. i bought one of those back in 01/01/20 and while i've only kept it for like a year and a half, if i still had my 1080p uw monitor, it would still be kicking ass. but alas, i got a free upgrade to a 6700xt (bought it for the same absurd price i sold my 5700xt for), so i took it. and then the 6700xt was kinda not that well suited for my new shiny 4k 120hz screen, so i bought a 6900xt. which coil whined like mad and annoyed me non-stop, so i sold it after keeping it for 9 months and bought my current rtx 4080
I owned for 6 months and it was a really good card. I did 1080 upscaled to 1440p with rsr and never had a issues. I hace a laptop now with a 6800m (basically a rx 6700xt( and its not to far from it
I was eying the 6600 and 6650 since 2021. I did eventually get the 7600 some months ago but I think I definitely would have loved the jump from 1050Ti to 6600.
Very nice video Iceberg! Here’s interesting - friend in America managed to get a used 1080 for their system for about £90 equivalent. I’d say that could probably run this card close even though it doesn’t do RT.
I got an a770 for 250 cad used (bout half the price and some compared to new after tax). Pretty happy with it. It does have some strange behavior sometimes but you get used to it.
Proud 6600 owner here. Bought it for around $120 used for my first PC build and it's great. It will serve me for at least 3 years until it's no longer feasible for 1080p 60fps gaming.
Got that card in the spring this year for £240, it was a great deal then and I can't believe it even got down significantly lower than that. For this price at the current market it is a steal.
I was able to pick up a 7600 for about the same price open box with a warranty, but from all I can tell it’s essentially the same performance. Based on my experience with it, the 6600 is also a fantastic choice.
Bought it week ago for about 220eur gigabyte eagle with 3 fans, highly recommend it. Undervolts fine, uses 60-70w under full load, never reaches 60c, amd gaming settings give 100 fps in most games. Bestbuy for sure.
I like the idea of just having an RT pass or fail test. The tech itself is (imo) pointless in its current form. Just having a "can it reach 60 fps at this resolution while RT is maxed" section of the benchmarks would let everyone know if it is worth even trying to turning on.
Sounds like a very good challenge, by those conditions the RTX series would actually loose its RTX. Either way its pointless, ever remember havok and phisix where they would suggest a second card to run phisix.
I love budget and mid-range cards because let's face it that's where most of us game. A card like a 6600, or my near identically performing 2060S, can give you 95% of the gaming of top cards, play everything apart from a handful of -shittily optimised- demanding modern games like a dream and doesn't require you to flog a kidney to be able to buy one, and doesn't require a small fission reactor to power it. This 6600 only comes with a recommendation for a 300W PSU making it a great choice for slapping into a pre-built or just a really focussed budget build.
@@Grayest_Fox Yeah when newer mid-tier cards come out with similar or greater performance at half the power consumption. I can pick up 2080tis for a little under the price of used 3070s but it doesn't mean I'll buy one. If I needed a space heater I'd consider it, two birds one stone like, but I have central heating so I don't need to.
My two youngest kids have very similar builds. One has a 5800x/6750xt/32gb pushing 1440p 165hz and the other has 5600x/6600xt/32gb pushing 1440p 180hz. I just bought the XFX 6750XT for $200 used with box and with even the plastic still on it. The 6600xt was $128 used back in late 2022. When they play fortnite together in a private creative world his 6750 is darn near twice the performance of the 6600xt. The 6700xt and 6750xt seem to be the best values as I also see plenty of games using well over 8gb vram in game.
What I don't get is why is 1080p still such a climb for these newer graphics cards? We've been playing in 1080p for legit like 10 years, over that time graphics cards have gotten supposedly so much better every year. THE GAMES STILL LOOK THE SAME!!!! yet the fps we get with these newer cards seem to never change. 60 fps 1080p.
thanks for this video, recently a bought this as my first gpu in the used market for 143 usd, i was targating mainly 1080p gaming at a minimum of 60 fps, so far so good
I added the 6650 XT to my son's PC and I'm going to say, price to performance, it's the current king of the hill. The 6600 is good, but the bump in performance by moving up to the 6650 XT makes it a way better value for the money.
7:15 I was trying out capping Jedi Survivor to 40 FPS in Rivatuner for this capture. As you can see, the frametime graph is rock solid. Highly recommended, especially if you have a monitor with a 120Hz mode!
Another great value gpu is the rtx 2060 super. Similar if not better performance in some games and access to more upscaling modes with dlss and such and is typically a bit cheaper.
@@nonaurbizniz7440 and greater power consumption too, where I live power is expensive so I took that in mind when I bought mine rx6600
Rx 6600 still a better option than Rx 5700XT because the 6000 series support amd FMF, and the last preview drivers improved fmf by a lot
rtx 2060 super is also miles ahead in productivity which is why i chose it over rx 6600@@nonaurbizniz7440
Doesnt make sense about 120hz monitor, as gpu supports 60hz monitor aswell.
Ordered an open box 6600 from Microcenter today for $145. They called me up and said they couldn't find the clearance item, so they were going to have to give me a new card instead of a used one and asked me if it was okay. ASKED ME IF IT WAS OKAY.
The nerve of them trying to push a new card at you like that instead of giving you what you order.
You should head down to their store and demand to speak to the manager.
Thats microcenter for you. If you can get parts from there they always have the best customer support
😂🙌🏿
@@SIPEROTH I would do if the nearest Microcentre store wasn't something like 3,200 miles
Lucky 😂
The RX 6600 is a great GPU, get it if you want something close to $200 that can play anything at 1080p.
Heck even 1440p, I rock a 1440p 165hz screen, and you can drop a bit a settings on most games and use FSR in 1440p, good 60fps experience in all games, and 165 in esports.
My friend got one for $140, with warranty still on until February 2024 I think
I have one, good 1440p card too as long as you play games that developers actually spent time improving the performance of.
There is a game called "The Isle" I play often, it's a UE5 game with pretty good looking graphics, I play it at 1440p mostly maxed out settings (other than shadows being on high instead of Epic) I get 60-120 fps depending on where I am on the map. Oh also this is with no upscaling too.
AMD say it only needs a 300W PSU, makes it great for slapping in a pre-built too.
Rtx 2060 super is cheaper and gets you access to dlss and such along with the any gpu fsr stuff and can play near anything 1080p 60/120 fps.
Got a 6600 recently for 200, bundled with starfield. Feels like the best hardware deal I got in years
Try $238 for RX 6700XT top model XFX Merc (with box and everything)
or the RTX 3090 I bought two days ago for $504 top model Asus ROG Strix - again with its box and still 1 year warranty. As good as new.
@@hussainali1340 Try £0 for a R5 5600, 16GB Corsair 3200mhz and MSI RX6600 Mech 2X. My lad brought a R7 5800x3d,64gb of ddr4 4400mhz and RX 6700XT ,so gave me his old parts if I installed them for him.
@@hussainali1340 well you got lucky to get that card for that price, where i live, they are pricey af ! Even 2nd hand they are asking msrp prices from when they came out, its like the covid BS is still takced to the price.
@@sergiolandz6056 Its not that Im lucky, used GPU market here crashed so hard. Literally I can find 3060Ti for $175.
@@hussainali13406950xt performs better without rt
i remember being so dumbfounded when i found out about this card, because in my country the 6600 costs 66% (SIXTY SIX PERCENT) less than a 3060 while being comparable or even at times faster. i bought it 2 months ago and its absolutely crazy how people are willing to pay the nvidia tax. ALSO IT RUNS AT 100 WATTS MAX. its fantastic
rtx 3060 is still faster but me too i got an rx 6600
3060 definitely faster.. paired with a decent ryzen the caches will make up ground, but I honestly would pit that against my sons 3050 OC and 12,900k (cheap combo'd up deal) pairing..
They're all gated by bus lbr.
@@WaelproBHyou mean 1% to 2% faster ? yeah sure don't worry amd will fix that with their drivers don't worry.
Wdym? The rtx 3060 8gb is 15-20 percent faster than an rx 6600 but is 30 percent more expensive than an rx 6600. So amd's card is a way better buy and forget about the 3050. That card is horrible. Besides they dont even compare. The rx 6650 xt is better by 10% than a 3060 while being cheaper.
@@Benito650
@@WaelproBH in Hardware Unboxed 12 game average the 3060 is only about 5fps better than an RX6600
That power consumption and the temps!🤯 I believe that this card in performance is going to be the new RX580 for Radeons
Same VRAM as the 580 too lol.
@@giserson2 Yep. gotta cut production price any way possible I guess, OR sell ya that 10gb and 12gb 6700/XT somehow hehehe
@@giserson2 Not same chip
@@giserson2the bus is 128 so it wouldn’t really make sense to make a higher vram one as seen with the 4060
True it won't even use more VRAM@@inshallah4280
I bought this card as a stopgap during the scalper pandemic after my laptop died and I went for a brand new PC.
I only used it for a year, but during that year, I had absolutely zero complaints. It was and is one of the best "I have no budget, but I want something decent" cards that have ever been made.
Think it could still be used for that until the 50 series comes out? If the 5090 really is a 50%+ uplift over the 4090 I might pay anything for it
It's a 1080p card. It'll be pretty damn useless for a 4K monitor, and I wouldn't wait for a 5090 if I didn't at least have a 4K monitor.@@arenomusic
@@OneAngrehCat I'm getting a 3440x1440 monitor but I don't want to have to even think about a new GPU for 7-8 more years
I did the same thing, I got my 6600 for use as a placeholder card during the pandemic. I used it until a couple months ago when I replaced it with an A770 16 GB. It was a great card but it was really only meant for 1080p, and I had upgraded to a 1440p monitor about a month before I got the A770. Then I sold the 6600 to a coworker
I own a 6600, sometimes I feel like plugging my PC to my 4k screen and I can game no problems, I don't mind playing singleplayer games at 30fps high settings on (upscaled) 4k. Such a great purchase
That sounds awful 😅
2080 Super would have given you better performance from the used market for a similar price. If not 2070 Super is still better.
@@flexplodin any NVIDIA GPU where I live is at least double 150% of the USA price, AMD is a way better deal
@@nahuelcarrizo308 and power consumption is ridiculous...... Not to mention AMD FMF will be at driver level on rx6000 series
exactly, here in Argentina you can buy a brand new 6600 for the same price as a 1650 sometimes, it's ridiculous... AMD is very strong if you learn how to work around their drivers issues @@Juing-rr2pc
this RX 6600 paired with a R5 3600 makes a great combo
optimal if you want a sub-400€ computer that runs practically everything
* if you buy used parts
i wholeheartedly agree 🙋♂🤞, since im using 2nd hand components built back 2020 covid times and realizing how reliable they are. @@joaogodinho7129
Zen 3 as a min
@@chriswright8074 i bought this suummer a new R5 3600 for 64 Euro and plan to upgrade to R7 5800X3D that costs 300 Euro.
I prefer pairing it with a 12100f but 3600 isnt bad either
Watching this on my RX6600 + 5600X PC.. absolutely love it.💛
same combo here, such great purchases
same i also have 5600x and rx 6600
60fps not playable for me. I need 120+. It is 2023 ! Leave 60FPS in history.
@@LibangF15 ok
@@LibangF15 dont play at max settings then. im also a high fps gamer but my 6600xt still delivers 100+ fps in any game with enough adjustments in the settings. i absolutely love this card
No Joke, 1 Minute before this video came out I JUST looked up this gpu because i saw it on CEX for a good price.
Go get it 💪
The 6600 was my go to for my budget build. It was getting comparable results to my rtx 3060 and if you go to the used market, you can find this card at sub $200 sometimes even below $150. Paired with the Ryzen 5600 this thing can run anything over 60 fps! CP 2077 with the new expansion on Ultra settings with no RT at 1080p ran at 70-80 fps.
Great review!
Been impressed with the 6600!
I paired one in 5300g system and they seem to pair well. Keep up the great work good sir!
RX 6600 is good at 1080p and capable at 2k, its cheap and environmental friendly(max 100W+ and extremely low 6.5W idle).
Such a KIND graphic card!
Who the fuck cares about wattage? Unless you are in Europe, it doesn't matter
@@Grayest_Fox said a dude knows nothing about pc. PSU limit is a problem, and low wattage mean it run really cool. The fans dont even have to spin at max speed, which is the top 1 reason why gpu can last longer. Heat kills your gpu.
@@Grayest_Fox 😂 post a video about ur pc, bet yo ass u dont even have a decent one.
@@Grayest_Fox *casually lives in Eastern Europe*
I'm on this Sapphire Pulse version. Loving everything and running anything I need it to do. Simple + compact, low noise and power efficient.
Thanks for the video.
Same
Same there
It's about the same performance as the RTX 3060 and costs less than half the price. What more is there to say?
Yea the 3060 wins by 5 fps but the underrated card that's better than both are the 6700 and cost cheaper than a 3060😂
@@scarfaceReaper I actually got my 6700XT new on sale for 250.
where i can find it for that price?@@autistvidya2215
Should only buy a 3060 for the 12 GB of VRAM and blender optimizations tbh If you are not doing productivity work, then just buy an AMD card.
Should note its a bit weak for vr tbh..had a 6600xt at launch and vr had issues... could be better now, I wouldn't know. My 1080ti handled vr better. Lack of cuda is a deal breaker for some people. Most games will do pretty good though.
Got a 6600xt for $120 used. I’m quite happy with it. Been playing the new assassin cred on high @ 1080p with no issues.
I love the RX 6600 for the power consumption.
I have the cheap custom model Powercolor Fighter RX6600 but the cooler is enough and the card is quiet.
Last week I got a "broken" RX 5700XT from a friend.
And so I have 3 cards with 8GB and "same" strength. Vega64/RX 5700XT/RX 6600.
How broken was the broken card?
@@Hughesburner It's a card from a smoker.
I need to clean the card before I test it.
Many RX 5700XT are broken. (10-15%)
My friend had many issues with this card but RX 6700XT works like a dream for him.
I saw it, I clicked.
I was going to get a 6600 recently but there was a sale on the 6650xt for only $30 more so ended up getting that. I think the 6000 generation in general are best value for money you can get for new at the moment. It seems like the 6700xt would be the nest value choice for 1440p.
The RX 6600 is the only GPU that isnt overpriced in my region (South Africa). I am very happy with it even if it wasnt as cheap as US prices. I bought mine for 263 USD in June. I love being able to play modern games now!
Same here, I bought the exact the same model showcased in the video from Wootware
Also, from South africa, I bought mine in 2022 November for just R3200 or 170$. Though it was 2nd hand.
@@cyberlogic3102 good price. Where'd u find the seller?
@@west5385 Cape Town
Seapoint if I remember correctly
I bought an RX 6650 XT for $220 earlier this year for my fiancee and for what she plays, it is an absolute masterpiece of a GPU.
Lovely card.
Hadn't used Radeon in 12 years and that was in a laptop, then i got the RX 6600 for my second gaming rig just a month ago. An HP z420.
I was nervous incase it didnt work, but it did, its gorgeous!
If i swap out that rig for a brand new one, ill just pop the RX in that one.
I have one, I think it's basically a safe recommendation to anyone who has a strict budget and doesn't want to risk the used market. It plays every game on the market but it will need some (usually minor) compromises to run the latest titles.
I definitely agree that if one is strict budget and wants a new GPU there is no competition truly at this price bracket but this does lead to the hardest question for the 6600 - if you save just around $20-50 you can get a 6650xt and sometimes a 7600 which are both a good bit faster.
Still, the entry tier pricing of this card is meant for the most budget minded and it does run every game and usually well, so it is worth praise for that. It's also better than the woeful and more expensive rtx 3050, which is actually love to see you review as I've heard people complain it's a downgrade at times from a 2060 and you're by far my most trusted tech and GPU reviewer.
Great vid.
they are faster in proportion to the price hike. value is the same.
Just an anecdote about Control, I've been playing it for the first time recently and I noticed the same texture pop in on some objects with my RTX 4070 (Max settings + RT). It was pretty noticeable on the portraits like you showed at 2:42, so I think it may be more of the game's doing than the GPU.
The 1030's a beast of a card, shouldn't have any issues running a measly game like Control @@N_N23296
I bought this exact XFX 6600 for a family member for 150 USD on ebay a few months back. Good purchase, good GPU. I feel like people have been sleeping on these, especially used ones.
I have i5-8400 and rx580 4gb. I think that Rx6600 is the best option to upgrade my pc
Go for it, I had the i5 3470 & a RX580 4GB and I went for a Ryzen 5 2600x and a RX6600 and its a night and day difference. If you use AMFM you can basically double the FPS
On most of these you can also squeeze out a little more oomph by undervolting and maxing out the memory clocks without issue.
best budget card for 1080p gaming
bought a new rx 6600 last week around $220 (gpu prices in the Philippines sucks) and the next gpu is around $300 which is a 3060 or a 6700 which is way too expensive for me and i have been enjoying the rx6600 after being stuck with a 1050ti for 2 years
Same scenario here. RX 6600 prices dropped suddenly and I nabbed one. Other better cards are just so expensive still.
Just picked up the RX 6600 power color fighter from microcenter
Glad I saw this video
Same card I have in one of my rigs. It's a beastly 1080p card. Runs everything maxed out without problems. I do recommend changing the fan curves though since they are set as "off" until it hits 60 degrees C from factory. Put mine at 35% at 0-50c and then a steady climb to 100% from there pretty much matching the temp up to 100C. It's not necessary but it dropped idling temps from 33-35C to 24-26C and max temp never goes over 60C.
Yeah.. its a great card.. I got a 2nd hand deal on a rx 6600 and it was great for 1080p .. Big step up from my old gtx 980.
I then moved up to rx6800 and then rtx 3090 as deals and gpu market permitted.
Of all the cards I had in the last 15 months the rx 6600 was the best value and gave the most joy..
A great little card and very energy efficient.
Tech channel's like yours are always a breath of fresh air. Not full of complaining.
The test bench is very similar to my personal pc: Rx6600Xt + r5 5600 (not X) + 32gb ram on a B55. This gpu is great, efficient (Energie costs are up), cheap (180€ used) and is a good upgrade from my gtx 1650 on my old Laptop (which could only use 50w max. In some games the 6600xt uses less or equal watts to the 1650 for much more performance. Can only recommend it. I should add, I play only on a 1440p 144hz display. Also great for 1440p if you dont expect to play on ultra or high
A year ago I got the RX 6700 10GB, since it ticked all my boxes - the best one that fits in my old OEM case, is strictly two slot, has full PCIe x16 and was a legit upgrade over my RX 580. It wasn't cheap, but the RX580 recouped a significant portion of the price.
I am presonally a user of this GPU and sometimes I want more juice out of it however, remembering what I used to rock and for how cheap one can get this GPU.. there's no need for me to complain. And this video amazingly sums it up.
I managed to pick up a new RX 7600 today for $370 AUD (£192) so the RX 6600 might have some competition soon if UK prices follow Australia.
Will see but for sure 7600 will not beat 6600 on value.
Where did you get that from?
cant wait for the market in my country to advance from rx 580s...
RX 580 is still a really good card in my opinion. Slightly better value than the GTX 1060 BUT they were hard to find during the mining craze.
@@Swattii brudda i have a 480, had to cheap out 😭😭, in all seriousness, there are more modern nvidia cards, like the 1080ti, but those are still around 300 or more (converted to $).
This config is the same for the PC I built for myself in 2022 for about $1200 USD (1000 on the original build, and $200 after realizing how bad the 6500xt was) so it’s nice to see how it stacks up in your test of the games I haven’t played on it! Love the videos as always!
U made an 1000 dollar pc and that too with 6500xt 😢 ... Insane 😢
I have an RX 6600 and 5600X combo actually. Great setup for 1080p, and handles my needs very well. I don't get the weird graphical issues on the newer games either.
bought this about 2 weeks ago, its been amazing!
I have a 6600xt, and both cards are great for the value. Any slightly older game is a high refresh rate experience, and pretty much any new game is high 1080p 60 (if the optimization is there)
Got this paired with a 3700x for a really nice and quite power efficient set up. Can run basically anything at 1080 max or even 1440 with a lot of games, absolutely love this card!
This and the RX 6700 XT are so good value right now
Been running a 6600XT for a year or so now and it's done well. Although bear in mind that if you pair it with an older platform and CPU like a 2700X, it'll underperform. Soon as I moved to an AM5 board with Smart Access Memory/Resizeable BAR support and a newer CPU it took off. So it's definitely better as part of a full new build if possible rather than an upgrade, unless you've already got a fairly recent CPU.
Originally decided on a 6600 but ended up finding a 6650xt for $210 so it was a no brainier.
Xfx cards look soooo good.
5700x3d is $210 currently so got an endgame am4 chip. Throw a 7900xt in and be set for years
The "Cheap + Good + Current - pick 2" is a pretty good encapsulation of the modern GPU buying process.
It is great. Absolutely. But I ditched it for an Arc a580, only to gain hardware XeSS and to leave the Chromium video flickering issues behind. If you like FSR and don't use Chromium-based browsers for RUclips or social media scrolling with interspersed embedded videos, the 6600 is absolutely fantastic.
Very good. Check out the 6650 XT, brand new it's only £220 now!
I believe amd’s comment of the lineup being “complete“ is in reference to the physical chips not the cards themselves so they could still release a cut down chip for a low end card : )
6700xt it is then...
Great video. That drop in core clock in some games, like A Plague Tale or Jedi Survivor might me remedied with an undervolt + messing a bit with core clock to reach around 2500mhz.
Bought mine last year for 280 euros, while the 3060 and 6600 xt both were still 400 dollars and it was the only thing i could find. (Heck the 3050 was 30 euros more expensive)
Good video and thanks for putting together a realistic setup
the appeal of the 6600 for me is that i can just pop it in my current rig and be able to do things like VR and 144 1080p for cheap (currently i got a 1060 3gb a 4790k and a 550w psu, awesome back when i got it, but a bit of a dinosaur now)
Got one for $150, was gonna get a 4070, but I realized I don't really need the extra power in the games I play on PC, so I also got a PS5 with the $ I saved.
I just got an RTX 3070 for $280 and I couldn't be happier. The seller actually seems to have refurbished it, and the thing has like one single spot of damage that isn't even noticeable. Came well packaged, too.
I’m glad I got this card for 100 dollars on used market. Paired with R5 5500 no issue warzone 100 plus fps.
I would love to see a revisit to the RX 6700XT👀
There's something I'm having problem to understand is that increased resolution at medium setting is better or decreased resolution at hight setting? , it seems like you can probably answer this question with an in-depth video.
I like your content you somehow make it interesting for me.
Native resolution always looks best, you aint getting close to that with a lower res and high settings
@@omegaPhix if you have two monitors from same vendor but different native resolution then what 1080p with high settings or 1440p with medium one's.
to my this is the current successor to the rx580. although hard to beat the value of an rx5700xt. i bought one of those back in 01/01/20 and while i've only kept it for like a year and a half, if i still had my 1080p uw monitor, it would still be kicking ass. but alas, i got a free upgrade to a 6700xt (bought it for the same absurd price i sold my 5700xt for), so i took it. and then the 6700xt was kinda not that well suited for my new shiny 4k 120hz screen, so i bought a 6900xt. which coil whined like mad and annoyed me non-stop, so i sold it after keeping it for 9 months and bought my current rtx 4080
I got a RX6600 used when i had to get a new GPU within my budget and PSU limet (I only have a 450 w psu). I am very glad about my RX6600
heeel yeaah brother, i got the rx6600 last december and i dont regret it
I owned for 6 months and it was a really good card. I did 1080 upscaled to 1440p with rsr and never had a issues. I hace a laptop now with a 6800m (basically a rx 6700xt( and its not to far from it
I built my dad a R5 3600/RX 6600 system for christmas last year to replace his decade old Alienware prebuilt. He seems pretty happy with it so far.
I was eying the 6600 and 6650 since 2021. I did eventually get the 7600 some months ago but I think I definitely would have loved the jump from 1050Ti to 6600.
Love my MSI RX6600 with Ryzen 5 3600. Everything i play is above 60fps. Love it. Found it last year for $100 used. Instantly hit BUY NOW. lol
got an 6600XT during the scalper period and I paid a bit more however, its such a great GPU and it serves me well and might be here to stay
For those who may be wondering, it handles assetto corsa with full rain and graphics at 60fps
No hesi for some reason lags on mine I’ll probably have to play in the settings later.
Very nice video Iceberg! Here’s interesting - friend in America managed to get a used 1080 for their system for about £90 equivalent. I’d say that could probably run this card close even though it doesn’t do RT.
I got an a770 for 250 cad used (bout half the price and some compared to new after tax). Pretty happy with it.
It does have some strange behavior sometimes but you get used to it.
I got the 6650xt for $235 with Starfield. I'd highly recommend that card over the 6600 for price vs performance. Do you have a comparison video?
Still the most efficient card for the price! Really happy with this card.
Proud 6600 owner here.
Bought it for around $120 used for my first PC build and it's great. It will serve me for at least 3 years until it's no longer feasible for 1080p 60fps gaming.
RT Enabled Spiderman looks sick
Got that card in the spring this year for £240, it was a great deal then and I can't believe it even got down significantly lower than that. For this price at the current market it is a steal.
I got a 6600 new last cyber monday for $180. Insane value and was a great upgrade from a 970. It came with 2 games too
The 2 cards I recommend to people right now are the 6600xt and the 6700
And they both can do everything right now
I was able to pick up a 7600 for about the same price open box with a warranty, but from all I can tell it’s essentially the same performance. Based on my experience with it, the 6600 is also a fantastic choice.
Please make a video on 3080, it's 400 usd used and has the sam perf as 4070
Bought it week ago for about 220eur gigabyte eagle with 3 fans, highly recommend it. Undervolts fine, uses 60-70w under full load, never reaches 60c, amd gaming settings give 100 fps in most games. Bestbuy for sure.
I like the idea of just having an RT pass or fail test. The tech itself is (imo) pointless in its current form. Just having a "can it reach 60 fps at this resolution while RT is maxed" section of the benchmarks would let everyone know if it is worth even trying to turning on.
Sounds like a very good challenge, by those conditions the RTX series would actually loose its RTX. Either way its pointless, ever remember havok and phisix where they would suggest a second card to run phisix.
I love budget and mid-range cards because let's face it that's where most of us game. A card like a 6600, or my near identically performing 2060S, can give you 95% of the gaming of top cards, play everything apart from a handful of -shittily optimised- demanding modern games like a dream and doesn't require you to flog a kidney to be able to buy one, and doesn't require a small fission reactor to power it. This 6600 only comes with a recommendation for a 300W PSU making it a great choice for slapping into a pre-built or just a really focussed budget build.
That's is cope. High end cards are affordable in the used market
@@Grayest_Fox
Yeah when newer mid-tier cards come out with similar or greater performance at half the power consumption. I can pick up 2080tis for a little under the price of used 3070s but it doesn't mean I'll buy one. If I needed a space heater I'd consider it, two birds one stone like, but I have central heating so I don't need to.
Don't ever change the music in your videos! The 6600 is a beast for the price!
What sets this channel apart from the others is the theme song.
My two youngest kids have very similar builds. One has a 5800x/6750xt/32gb pushing 1440p 165hz and the other has 5600x/6600xt/32gb pushing 1440p 180hz.
I just bought the XFX 6750XT for $200 used with box and with even the plastic still on it. The 6600xt was $128 used back in late 2022.
When they play fortnite together in a private creative world his 6750 is darn near twice the performance of the 6600xt. The 6700xt and 6750xt seem to be the best values as I also see plenty of games using well over 8gb vram in game.
Could you possibly test the arc a580 one day? Its in direct competition with the 6600 as of now
I have RX6600 and this gpu is great, was a very noticeable upgrade over gtx 1060.
What I don't get is why is 1080p still such a climb for these newer graphics cards? We've been playing in 1080p for legit like 10 years, over that time graphics cards have gotten supposedly so much better every year. THE GAMES STILL LOOK THE SAME!!!! yet the fps we get with these newer cards seem to never change. 60 fps 1080p.
Because game "developers" have gotten lazier and dumber.
How is this compared to rx 6650xt?
These were insane value when bundled with Starfield
Well, I paid £140 for my used 6600, and £63.50 for my copy of Starfield, so... er, yeah. I should definitely have took them up on that offer.
This video finally makes me excited for when I decide to upgrade from my Ryzen 1600 / GTX 1060 system
6600xt/6650xt is 10% more money for 25% more performance, so that is the better value card
thanks for this video, recently a bought this as my first gpu in the used market for 143 usd, i was targating mainly 1080p gaming at a minimum of 60 fps, so far so good
In Indonesia, you can get 6600 xt in secondhand market for just roughly $10 more than 6600, it is a better deal right? ($158 vs $171)
This VGA so fcking good .
It run everything on high setting 1080P resolution now days ..
And power consumption also kindda low make it more impressive
There was some strange screen tearing in the Last of Us footage, but that might've just been me.
I added the 6650 XT to my son's PC and I'm going to say, price to performance, it's the current king of the hill.
The 6600 is good, but the bump in performance by moving up to the 6650 XT makes it a way better value for the money.
Wow, this a well produced video.
I just picked one up today for $100 NIB 👍🏻 huge upgrade from the 6500 XT