AMD introduced Radeon RX 6600 XT, a 1080p graphics card that outperforms GeForce RTX 3060

AMD, as expected, today unveiled a new graphics processor-based graphics card with RDNA 2 architecture. We are talking about a mid-priced model Radeon RX 6600 XT, which is positioned as a solution for quality gaming in 1080p resolution (1920 1080 dots).

The Radeon RX 6600 XT is based on the Navi 23 GPU, which has 32 Compute Units (CUs). This means 2048 stream processors and 32 ray tracing units in real time. 

The reference gaming clock speed of the GPU is claimed to be 2359 MHz. The graphics card features 8 GB of GDDR6 memory, as well as a fast 32 MB Infinity Cache buffer. 

There is also support for Smart Access Memory technology, which boosts FPS by giving the CPU direct access to the entire memory array of the graphics card. 

Radeon RX 6600 XT power consumption is claimed to be 160W, one 8-pin slot is enough for additional power. AMD noted in the presentation that 2/3 of gaming monitors displays in 2020 had the resolution of 1080p, so the novelty is aimed at the most mass market segment.

 AMD also notes that most players would be worth upgrading their old graphics card, pointing out that the most popular gas pedal among Steam users  GeForce GTX 1060, which no longer gives the cherished 60 FPS in modern games. In fact, AMD also compares Radeon RX 6600 XT graphics card with GeForce GTX 1060, noting the superiority of new items more than twice. 

Compared to its predecessor Radeon RX 5600 XT, AMD novelty provides 1.4–1.7 times performance gain, which makes it a faster offering compared to Radeon RX 5700 as well. AMD considers GeForce RTX 3060 to be a direct competitor to Radeon RX 6600 XT. 

According to the manufacturer, the novelty surpasses the competitor in many modern games, as well as providing a higher frame rate in massively competitive games. And due to the support of FidelityFX Super Resolution technology the graphics card is able to provide even more impressive FPS level in compatible games. 

In some cases due to this technology almost triple frame rate growth is promised. AMD also mentioned its Radeon Boost technology, which provides increasing FPS by dynamically changing resolutions. AMD will not release Radeon RX 6600 XT reference graphics card.

 Instead there will be a lot of versions from the company's partners on the market. Sales are scheduled to begin on August 11. The recommended price of novelty  $379.

Radeon RX 6600 XT to be announced on Friday - AMD scheduled event in China

AMD may unveil its first desktop gaming graphics card based on the Navi 23 & ; Radeon RX 6600 XT & ; late this week, July 30. The manufacturer has a Chinajoy 2021 event planned for that day in Shanghai.

According to several sources at once, in about a week AMD will allow reviewers to unbox the graphics cards publicly, and the actual launch of the novelty will take place on August 11. The latter date has already appeared before in leaks concerning the novelty. Radeon RX 6600 XT model is based on the Navi 23 XT GPU with 32 processing units, which includes 2048 stream processors. The graphics card offers 8 GB of GDDR6 video memory with 128 bit bus bit and 32 MB of fast Infinity Cache buffer memory. According to the latest rumors, the recommended price of Radeon RX 6600 XT is $349. However, other sources give less optimistic forecasts, naming a price tag of up to 499 euros. Given the current shortage, it wouldn't be surprising to see higher numbers; Novelty AMD should be a direct competitor to the GeForce RTX 3060 series graphics cards. Radeon RX 6600 (without the prefix XT) is expected to launch later in September.

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT graphics cards will be introduced next month

AMD has been promising to expand its range of graphics solutions with RDNA 2 architecture for a long time, but difficult market situation and pandemic prevented the company to introduce new models in Radeon RX 6000 family by the middle of the year. Now there is information that Radeon RX 6600 XT will be announced in August, and more affordable Radeon RX 6600 will be released even later.

The usual activity in the field of AMD novelty announcement timing was demonstrated today by VideoCardz site, which accumulated fresh revelations of video-bloggers on the subject of Radeon RX 6600 XT announcement timing. Channel Coreteks, in particular, suggested to expect the debut of this graphics card in August this year. AMD will not release a reference version of novelties & ; this graphic solution will be offered only in versions by partners. More or less accurately we know about 32 MBytes of high-speed Infinity Cache memory and 8 GBytes of GDDR6 memory. We managed to check information about Radeon RX 6600 XT announcement date through our own channels; the debut of this product is indeed scheduled for August, but Radeon RX 6600 will be presented in a more distant indefinite future. It makes no sense to speculate on the recommended retail price of the new RDNA 2 architecture representative, though the source mentioned above mentioned $399 as a reference point. The market prices so far tend to be much higher than the recommended ones, the video card manufacturers simply are not able to influence the situation. The other day the inevitability of the appearance of new models of video cards in the second half of the year, and confirmed the Taiwanese site DigiTimes, referring to the manufacturers of cooling systems.