As we draw nearer to the launch of AMD’s RX 7700 XT and RX 7800 XT graphics playing cards, it comes as little shock that manufacturing of RDNA 2 primarily based chips together with Navi 23 is progressively ending. This GPU powers the RX 6600 collection and for a very long time it carried AMD’s mid vary hopes.
IT Residence (through Tom’s {Hardware}) stories shares of AMD’s RX 6650 XT are almost offered out, with the final remaining shares anticipated to be passed by the tip of September. In China, the worth of AIB playing cards has dropped from its launch worth of three,099 yuan to beneath 2,000 yuan. We have seen related reductions within the west, and for a very long time the RX 6600 collection delivered superb bang for buck, and nonetheless does if you could find one at a runout worth.
The RX 7600 is the RX 6600’s successor, and now that its manufacturing has ramped up, it is sensible to retire the older chip. The RX 7600 makes use of the newer Navi 33 GPU. It is barely smaller, makes use of rather less energy and is slightly sooner than the RX 6650 XT.
A examine at Newegg reveals only a handful of RX 6650 XT and RX 6600 XT fashions stay. They’re priced across the $240 mark. This compares to the RX 7600 at $269, which is its launch worth. Moreover, chosen RX 6000-series and RX 7600 fashions include Starfield Normal Version, which is a extremely good worth add.
Again when it launched, we weren’t all that impressed by the RX 6600 and RX 6600 XT, however that was largely a perform of pricing, which was horrendous throughout the peak of the mining increase. Over time, worth drops made them rather more aggressive, and within the interval earlier than the RTX 4060 and RX 7600 launch, they have been compelling and reasonably priced choices. That is in the event you may stay with out the superior ray tracing efficiency of the Nvidia competitors.
Whereas the RX 6600 and RX 6600 XT (and 6650 XT) could be thought of largely profitable, they by no means reached wherever close to the recognition of Nvidia’s choices, specifically the RTX 3060 12GB.
So whereas an RX 7600 or RTX 4060 makes extra sense proper now, in the event you should have an affordable RX 6600 card (with Starfield), you’d higher get in quick, as a result of shares are clearly disappearing quick.
