I hesitated 10 times before buying my 1080ti. $700 was just way too much but I wanted that performance. Buyer's remorse disappeared real fast with 20 series launch and has simply sweetened since. Too bad Nvidia does dick for optimizing for it anymore.
@@zodwraith5745 I got a 1080 for $500 back in the day, and I'm just happy that even though I want something better now, I can still play modern stuff over 60fps.
I got lucky for a long time, bought an R9 390 that I had for 3 years then sold for quite a bit more than MSRP during one mining craze, then bought a 1070 with the money from that after the mining craze died, now its worth pretty much what I paid for it still after a couple of years
Well, this certainly did not age well. The 6600xt and 6600 were easily the heroes of this generation. Performing on par or better than the 3060 and 3060ti while being significantly cheaper and in stock more often.
Considering that the local pricing hierarchy for in-stock cards right now is 6600 (AU$429) < 3050 (AU$519) < 6600XT (AU$549) < 3060 (AU$649), the Radeon cards destroy in value for money. The 6600 especially sells regularly below MSRP.
That's pretty much any GPU made in the last 3 years, let's be honest. The GPU market has been flooded with e-sports and "fancy 4k 60 fps" marketing non-sense. When 90% of people still game at 1080p 60 FPS. They are pushing these overpriced units to feed into a crap marketing strategy to get people to buy stuff they don't need.
@@JosephArata I was thinking like you do, until around 3 years ago, a friend of mine lended me a 144Hz display for a few days. And then, it was too late, I couldn't get back to 60Hz
@@JosephArata Bro all I want vr capable and 4k capable for around 1,000 bucks. 2k at 60-120 fps high settings with a reliable manufacturer. It doesn't have to play it all with gusto but I want some versatility in the future. It should be doable imo but the market is super crazy. ***What I'm talking about has been advertised for around 600-1000 bucks and it goes up from there. I'd pay 1200. But in reality its at least 2 grand. I feel super mislead tbh.
9 months later, this is a fantastic card based on its price performance. The card is selling for half the price it was at the start of the year and $350 less than the 3060Ti (In NZD)
This is a review that definitely needs a redo. The 6600xt has a lot of fans out there now with its better pricing than the 3060 and it's also aged much better. FSR 2 has erased any advantage DLSS brought for the 3060 and the driver improvements from AMD have pushed the 600xt well beyond the initial reviews.
Yeah dude the 6600xt and 6650xt which is the one I own slays the 3060 in both price and performance not including ray tracing because who the fuck cares about that with these budget cards
@@denniskarlsson6173 I got my 6650xt for 300, picked the Three fan over the Two for looks only, but you can find at times a two fan 6650xt for as low as 260.
Where I live the 3060Ti's street price is on average 300$ to 450$ over the street price of the 6600XT, that makes the 6600XT look like less of a bad deal.
Yep, where I live the 6600xt launched(comparing bottom prices) at $120 less than the 3060ti launched and closer to $200 less than the 3060 at launch and it actually had stock, there hasn't been an occasion yet where I can't buy one at one of my locals. Comparing the price/performance to 2019 levels makes it look pretty poor, once you factor that the majority of the world hasn't been able to buy a 3060 or 60ti for anywhere near MSRP(Or at all) for 9 months, that it's available and offers good performance at it's power envelope it seems like a pretty legit buy.
3060s are going for like $1,000 where I am right now and 3070s like 1299-1500 Because you have no choice but to buy it from scalpers. If you try and ask a store when they are getting any they will simply tell you they aren't. Or that they don't know.
Reviewers comparing the 6600 XT to the 3060Ti was such a bad take. In fake MSRP land it's $379 vs $399, but in reality it's a $500 card that's in stock vs $700 one that's never in stock. Now we're seeing RTX 3050's sell for as much as 6600 XT's now.
@@m.sati4569 Not sure where you are but they're about the same price where I am. The 3050 should be 100 dollars cheaper then a 6600 anyway as it's a significantly slower card.
REALLY didn't age well. Just bought a sapphire pulse model for 349.99 while 3060ti are nowhere to be found and are selling for 800+... for mid range 1440p or high end 1080p this card was an absolute hero for the gpu market.
couldnt agree more, just snatched up an msi 6600xt for 280 at best buy, which, for the price is a STEAL for 1080p gaming. In comparison, at the beginning of 2022 with how terrible price gouging was, an rx570 was going for 300 dollars
Yeap. But i dont think this is ever going to be "normal" anymore, becouse rx 7000 series is higher msrp becouse mcm desing need more sand... RTX 4000 series wuold be allso price increase becouse why not?
I've got a 1060 right now and was planning on upgrading to a 3080 when they came out. then figured I'd be able to get one by january; then figured I'd be able to probably get one by summer's end; now I've accepted that I'll be using my old work horse for a long time yet lmao
Just stoping buying them simple as that I’m not buying a ps5 or building a pc due to the dumb over priced market it’s honestly a joke idc if I’m rich I hope these company’s lose money a lot of money in the future greed gets you no where
This is the new normal. Get used to it bro. Either gpu will be cheap and abundance or not but I think cryptocurrency is staying so to adapt to this either make more cards or low supply and high price
If their card broke from a few gens ago, is fine. Also nvidia 10 series and Polaris and below, many models. It's great. My 1070ti is still kicking so I got to hold out.
Yeah man my graphics card is burned and i dont have budget to buy new one and i was thinking of creating 3d assets waited year and half to get gpu at msrp but looks like i have to find another job
Agreed man. I got super lucky personally. I managed to finish my build just before all this shit really started going crazy, near the end of 2020 right before Cyberpunk came out. (That game let me down so hard, but at least it let me finally buckle down and build my dream setup, lol.) So for that alone, I'll be grateful to Cyberpunk. But yeah, I managed to snag a 3080 for only $750 ish from Newegg, got super lucky. I had to watch multiple websites websites for weeks, was a pain in the ass with work duties, luckily those bot notification services helped a ton. Now I'm built with my 3080 and 5800x and Lgcx OLED, 120hz display and couldn't be happier. That said, I do feel bad for anyone still looking for graphics cards. To all your people still looking, good luck, and stay strong.
I recently replaced my RX 580 with the 6600 XT, and am happy with it. The 3060 ti was roughly $300 more and I couldn't justify that for my gaming. If you're upgrading from a Polaris card, the 6600 XT is a good card if you can find it for $600 or lower these days.
I have a 580 too and was looking at this card since the scalpers don't seem to have effected it as much as the competition. How big of an improvement is it?
Bruh i have a dead RX 480 staring at me from that case window, while i research this crap market for a good budget replacement. Guess i'll have to shell out a bit for atleast a 6600xt.
Is this me from me past? Lol, i'm literally in the same boat. I just bought a 6600 XT this morning. I had a RX 580 (a 4gb at that). I'm sure I'll be more than happy with the upgrade since the price wasn't throat ripping ($630 after shipping).
@@pratikpatil17 Same here dude, i got a dead rx480 just a week ago. Tried to reheat/refresh some solders but still didn't work out. Do you have any idea why this happened? It just died after 4years since bought. I'm now eyeing on this 6600xt as its the best value to get compared to 3060 with 500-550dollars more here in the philippines.
@@edubockmann talking nonsense. Skipping at least one gen will always work. The majority of gamers using a gtx 1060 due steam charts. Game devs wont design their games so bad that those weaker cards wont work so a 3070 cant get obsolete in at least the next 2 years.
@@zeronin4696 3070 is a gpu for 1440p ultra or even 4k, you can't compare with a 1060 that plays medium or low at 60. Consoles already have 16gb, 4gb dedicated for the system and the rest for the games. We can take a screenshot and come back later, and see how it goes
I think sub 300 cards are dead in the market. You'll be able to run better with agpu than anything that you can buy. So far from what i've seen that a 5700G or H is out performing a 1030.
One word...inflation. Or to be more clear, dollar value devaluation. Add that to the supply and demand issue, and the tension in the South China Sea, and it's a wonder that it isn't more.
I got the power color fighter 6600 xt for $380. I upgraded from a 1030. I’m very happy with my purchase, I play D2 mostly and I’m able to play 1440 at 110 fps but that’s with smart memory access.
I’ll be honest I just bought one today at microcenter for $499.99 and I’m genuinely so excited. Upgrading from a 1050ti so being able to get 180+ fps on med 1080p is the best thing in the world for this price. I really wanted a 3060ti or 3070 but scalpers man, good luck to everyone out there building their system, crazy market
@@Vivek_90s I walked into microcenter and got one at $500 as well, I'm very satisfied with the upgrade from my old 1060 6gb. Getting between 70 and 144 fps in ultra quality 1440p gaming is all I could really ask for to be honest.
That's why I waited until I got my hands on a GPU before starting to buy the other components for my new build. 3-ish weeks ago I walked into Best Buy and in 5 minutes I got a 3060 Ti FE. Coming from a RX 480 4gb this is one hell of an upgrade for me.
@@Honk_Clank From what I’ve seen the 6600xt is only slightly better than the 5700xt so you are probably good until next generation if you are at 1080p unless you just want ray tracing.
@@Lumpia_In_Texas as a fellow Texan.... I cannot buy any video cards for anywhere near msrp - and I refuse to pay more than 20% above msrp...and this is in TX
Now that the shortage has sort of ended, this specific card (the red devil) has became a really good value buy. It costs anywhere from 20-30% cheaper than a 3060 in my region and it outperforms the regular 3060. Even after taxes (which are massive in my country) it is less than msrp and we are talking about the second best card from the 6600XT cards. Absolutely good value for a brand new card. Especially good deal when buying used as these were rarely used for mining.
Still watching the entire ad, just to see Jay morph into an admiral. Just like ifixit ads, watch the whole thing. Nobody can make me watch ads but Jay. NOBODY.
While my excitement for pc hardware has gone down, my passion for gaming hasn't. My 5700xt i7 7700k build is more than good enough for now and I also have a ps5. End of the day, a pc is just a tool for gaming
It certainly wasn't my first choice, but going to this card (ASUS 'Dual' OC flavour) was both a power saving and performance leap on my aging windforce 980
I’ve got a WF3 970 and I’m really cut up about what to upgrade from it. Would you say that this was a reasonable buy? They’re retailing at around £450 here and it’s way less than the £1000 scalped price of the 3060ti
@@VIPOdyssey176 hey I'm in almost the exact same situation, got a 970 windforce gaming and I've just ordered an msi 6600xt mech x2, I'll try to remember to update you
@@twotwentietwo it’s not looking good so far. I’m keeping my fingers crossed. Especially since now I’m noticing places like Amazon selling 1660s at $490. Sold and shipped by Amazon. That is telling me that it’s not going to come back down.
"Never" is an inappropriately strong word. There currently is a slight supply and the longer they stay on the shelves gathering dust the lower their prices willl be. Unless you have a terminal illness and want to play a particular game before you kick the bucket then waiting is your best bet. Prices will inevitably fall as supply grows.
@@goddosyourself7970 I bought a RTX 3060 for $389 from the EVGA queue... people say i'm stupid for buying a 3060... yet I too have seen 1660 Supers selling for $500 and people think that's a good buy in this market... /sigh.
Can't belive this scalping / shortage BS has been going on for almost 2 years already, really lucky i managed to build my pc with a couple of months before it started.
Well, covid has been going for 2 years almost, but the actual shortage and serious issues happened about exactly a year ago. The timing coincided so well with this gen's release, I kind of thought it was a conspiracy.
I saw it all coming, I bought my 2070 Super in February of 2020 because I knew prices would rise, I wasn’t expecting THIS MUCH influx in the market. But i did expect rising prices and at the time i was pretty upset i got my card 20 bucks over MSRP.
I had the chance to buy an ROG strix 5700 xt for 390 dollars a couple weeks before the launch of radeon 6000 but i didn't because i wanted to get the next gen stuff. one of my biggest regrets of all of my 18 years on this earth, now i am running an r9 380 from 2015 until i can get my 6800 xt. pain
I bought my 2070S just before the launch of the 30 series. Then the launch happened. I sent my card back to the reseller, got my money back. My intent was to buy a 3070. I'm enjoying my GTX 950 ever since. One of the stupidest decisions of my life.
At this rate it feels like I'm going to have to learn BGA repair to keep my GTX 1080 working long enough to be able to afford a card that can match it...
Proper BGA repair isn't all that cheap either ..... First you have to buy a template for the solder paste, another for the balls themselves, then the balls and then a proper oven with programmable heat profiles .... It's not at all like a SMT device with leads which can be done was a low cost hot air rework station
I have my 1080TI "Strix OC" under-clocked somewhat so that it will last as long as possible. (also, it's still summer here... so... "making toast" in the bedroom is not as enjoyable as it is in winter ;)
I was confused by this because every review I've seen for this card is actually amazing and positive The 1080p performance is superb and it's $400 cheaper than the 3060 and plenty capable of superb gaming, this card fits most people's setup
yeah it is confusing.. I was watching ancient gameplays recent video pitting this AMD card and another AMD vs the RTX 3060.. title "RX 6600XT vs RX 5700XT vs RTX 3060 | 1080P, 1440P & 4K Benchmarks" and the AMD cards are whooping the 3060 @ss most of the time on titles like Gears 5 - Horizon: Zero Dawn - Assassin's Creed: Valhalla - CONTROL - Red Dead Redemption 2 Forza Horizon 5 Cyberpunk 2077 Call of Duty: Warzone - Resident Evil: Village - God of War... On average its not even close. and sometimes 30, 40 fps more. So im not quite sure what all this means except that it means that I dont know much about the subject...maybe its skewed by testing criteria. Like I heard jay say he put everything on the highest settings. Which I think doesnt make sense for actual real use cases of gpu's in this segment.
for my own understanding I just checked AG conclusion a bit more instead of skipping through everything :-) and he says the caveat are games where you need more vram or if you want raytracing.. if you need that the 3060 is A LOT better, like miles better than a 6600xt..it turns the entire thing around. But still for me a rx 6600 seems a much better choice then cause im on 1080p monitor and I sacrifice eye candy for more fps and playability. I dont care about ray tracing if I lose massive amount of frames because of it... on my graphic settings in warzone Im way below the 8gb of my rx570.. pretty much dont care about particles, lights, texture. just want a gpu that pushes as much frames as possible at 1080p
I bought a 5600 XT trying to save a little money; so I COULD buy a (non-existent) card right now. D'oh! On the bright side I built an AMD Ryzen machine right before everything went into scarcity mode so I timed that correctly. Ah well, you can't win them all.
So glad I bought mine when I did (September 2019), yes, I had a few games that crashed in the first month or two of owning it, but since then, no issues
Really couldn't get myself to buy new- the prices are still bloated. Ended up getting a GTX 1060 3gb used for $200. At least it worked for what we needed.
@_Triger_ Well 1060 6G launched in October 2018 at $250. That was decisively midrange for about 2 years. Adjusted for inflation it's $275 today and there has been no current gen card with MSRP below $300.
In my area, Germany, the 6600XT is the best card to buy at the moment at ~440€. On launch day there were several models available for 380-400€ throughout the entire day making it the best launch of any card this year. While I haven't seen a single 3060 below 500€ and not a single 3060Ti below 600€ in months.
As a 5700xt owner, this whole generation is a write off. With my 7700k also getting old now, ill probably just build a whole new pc in end of 2022/2023 whenever things return to normal.
Now is actually a good time to buy a processor. You can easily get a 10850k, 10700f, 3700x, 5800x, 5600x all well below msrp. It’s gonna be quite some time till they refine ddr5 and once 12th gen and later zen 4 comes out the cpu market might blow out like the gpu market for awhile. Depending on your ram and power supply you could just drop in a new board and processor and sell the 7700k with that board and it would be a fairly inexpensive upgrade.
@@sandelu635 you could, but you'd also being paying a hell of a premium as an early adopter. I'd agree if he had at least a 6 core with smt but a quad core 7700k is well past it's lifecycle.
@@madgodzilla12465 i just don't need a new cpu yet. My 7700k plays all games at 60fps including cyberpunk and ac valhalla. Until next gen truly gets rolling and games stop being cross gen, a new cpu will be kinda pointless.
@@BahomaVidyaChannel I mean if you can get a 11400f/3700x with a good enough board for under $400 and sell the 7700k with its board for $250-$300 which is what they are going for on eBay that's like at the most a $150 upgrade which isn't a bad stop gap solution at all for another few years.
As of Nov 2021(when I bought my first GPU), availability for any GPU at any BestBuy in SoCal was nonexistent. Almost the same for CPU's. The only decent Gpu I could find that was better than average was the hellhound 6600xt, around $800 from Amazon, the only place I could find any availability without spending over $1K and it came REAL close. anything past this was well over $1K and near $2K... Scalping has destroyed gaming and only gotten worse by the month according to this video.
I love the backdrop pegboard with a wide range of random tools carefully spaced out for aesthetic reasons. The old graphics card on the board is hilarious.... I bet you guys had fun with adding that detail.
The tragedy of the current generation of GPU's is that after you go down from the top 3-4 offerings in model numbers they have, the performance is simply is not there anymore and compared to the last generation cards they are not worth it. Hell even a 1080ti is much MUCH better than some and is around the same price range thanks to overpricing at the moment.
Sorry for putting down your optimism, but good luck paying new gen prices on a "slightly used" 4 year old gpu, that you need to hope it was "slightly used" for gaming and not for mining, and again, for 4 years. Not gonna mention new purchase brand warranty because you would most likely remove the mount seal of your gpu backplate to change thermal paste at some point (mostly during the period warranty is still valid, hence voiding it). But for some people that might also be another turn off.
@@leandrofod removing the backplate or backplate screws does not void your warranty even if it has a void sticker on it. They cannot stop your right to repair.
I really like this type of video. Feels more intimate where he's talking to you directly with a more serious tone. Don't get me wrong I love the humor but this more direct approach is refreshing (IMO).
I just repaired my GTX 770 for the third time last weekend. Luckily I could always bring it back resoldering the processor using a heat gun so far. I have to hope it holds out until I can get a new card that is not a total rip off.
@@abcplay57 Depends on what broke. For me it has always been the soldering between the GPU and the PCB that cracked from all the heating and cooling circles. Heating it up enough so that the soldering becomes liquid and letting it cool down again fixes that issue for a while. If you have defect memory or a mosfet, you not only need spare parts but also know what you are doing. In the case of a 780 you don't really have a lot to loose so give it a try. Look up videos on how disassemble that card and how to resolder processors. Shield the components around the processor with aluminum foil, as you don't want to heat components that don't need to be heated. Make sure you have something to clean the processor with and thermal paste for reassembling the card.
The pricing on the 6600xt is just AMD cashing in on the huge demand for graphics cards at the moment. It's so shrunk down they can produce a considerable bit more than any rdna2 card. Larger volume = profit
Obviously AMD are going to cash in on this crazy demand they are profit driven company that answer to shareholders. Plus, when AMD had decent gpus at decent prices people still bought overpriced RTX 20 series cards so yeah any company would want to cash in on that market. Heck, people are buying RX580 cards off Ebay at £400! and it's not a one off... it's been like this for months. So it's no surprising we are getting $300 to $400 newly made polaris cards from stockpiled polaris GPUs.
@@earthtaurus5515 look around... stop listening to youtubers and find some info elsewhere... Joshua Bardwell along with other FPV experts... having issues finding chips and components for FPV drones that are not used for GPUS or miners at all... Still just as hard to find as a high end gpu.... SUPPLY AND DEMAND... huge lack of supply huge demand, HIGH price increase... regardless of what it is, TP or GPU....
But it's not amd who is providing these GPUs *Facepalm* The board partners of amd are feeling the brunt of silicon shortage. The ones who make the GPUs. The price of almost every component has increased there. Especially silicon. If they want to pay their workers and not turn in a loss during a time like this then they have to increase the price. Simple supply and demand. Please stop saying it's AMD that's being greedy and look at the actual prblem of why it's priced high. It's not scalpers, rather it's silicon shortage. If you didn't know, amd doesn't build majority of its GPUs in house. It's the board partners like evga, msi, sapphire who need the silicon to make GPUs. Amd don't really make them.
I don't see the reason for those complaints because it's going to settle at around the same price. The only difference MSRP makes is the profit margin for AMD. So consumers don't really lose with it, just retailers.
As someone who has been using a laptop with a 940mx, ANY card that is on the market such as this particular card FAR out performs anything I am currently using.
If you don't buy scalped parts, cheaper to build yourself. Always a extra cost for pre builds. Even the companies that only charge msrp for components, they have a build fee
@@ltbeefy9054 yeah but right now that build fee is nothing compared to current gpu inflation prices. Prebuilts are the most valuable option across the board until further notice, unfortunately
Same here - got my RX480 in Feb 2017 (for around £260), had a mini debate with a friend when I bought my RX480. He was telling me paying extra for 8 gigs vram was pointless especially since I was fairly broke at the time. My instincts were screaming at me to go for the 8Gb RX480 and I told him that sooner or later the vram is going to play a crucial part in holding hi-res textures. Well... not tooting my own horn anything - I was proven right as not long after the mining craze hit and 8 gigs is going a long way in keeping graphical fidelity through high res textures 🤣.
My 8 gig rx 480 is still alright, but definitely showing its age. I recently upgraded my monitor from 1080p60 to 1440p165 and this old card just isn't cutting it anymore.
@@Teknickel_ftw Just like EVERY OTHER GPU! So I suppose you've stopped buying petrol, (Gas) unless you're quite happy and think it is a fair price now! (Compare to a year ago).
Anthony described very good in LTT: AMD is asking HOW MUCH for 1080p gaming?, the card is good, but it offers yesterday's performance for $399. I bought back in the time an rx580 for 90€, so this rx6600xt is heavily overpriced
I appreciate that like every review done for this card at the time, took into consideration the value, pricing, etc. But now that prices are going back to normal , Id love to see these reviews re-done cause im seeing 6600XTs cheaper than 3060s
I cared about the 6600 XT, when I believed It be going between 300-340€. Seeing that it's a 270€ Card of worth for 400€, RDNA 2 compared to RDNA 1 feels like Turing to Pascal in terms of price to performance to features. Basically as if the buying recommendation of last gen switched around for this one.
The card is on retail at 500+ euros actually up to 700 on some brands, that card might be cheaper compare to global gpu market but so not worth it. I stopped thinking about buying a ryzen 5700g because it's pcie gen3 but gen4 just for the SSD is not worth it I guess...
It's also PCI-E X8...... X8! 😶😶. AMD weren't kidding when they said they made the BOM price quite low therefore "allowing" for cards to be sold at MSRP in this market. Check out Moores Law Is Dead video about the 6600xt.
I regret not buying the 2080ti in august of 2020 just before 30xx cards was announced for that same price you mentioned as there were lots of it going for that price on ebay back then.
I remember when the 750ti came out and a coworker told me I should buy one. I almost did but wound up doing an entire new build with a 760 which I am still happy with.
I got one today for $470 after coming from a 1070 since someone offered me $350 for it. I'm really happy with the bump in performance. I can play Apex and Warzone maxed out at ultrawide 1440 with 60+ FPS with Freesync.
Congratulations on your win. I managed to get a 6800XT last year for almost MSRP (I'm not bragging, just hear me out).... This is directed at people who may be in a more fortunate position. I had a 5700XT in my rig at the time, I noticed that this was going for over £1000 on eBay in late 2020. I could have easily doubled my money on it, but decided not to. I donated it to a local youth center, for their graphics design projects, and will be donating further parts as I upgrade them. We are in a climate where anyone can fall victim to poverty, and it is horrible (I've been there before). I'm not preaching, I'm just saying.... If you are in a position where you can make someone's life easier, and not have to suffer yourself..... What's the harm in doing it? Yes, you could get a small financial gain, but you could also help others in a lifetime achievement.....
Got one of those last year at $280 used on eBay and for that price I am really happy. Moves 1440p like a champ, with no RT and with RSR or FSR (when available)
Hmm. PC game developers must be suffering nowadays. I can see a lot of people (myself included) losing interest in PC gaming. My 1060 6GB was $199 a couple of years ago and still runs most games alright in 1080p but at some point I have to upgrade and I really don't want to spend more than $350 or so. A PS5 (if I can buy one) at $399 is looking more and more tempting to me.
No alternative - I've got a playstation and have a PC. I sold the playstation because it is more expensive and not as flexible than a PC. Flexibility not in the way of using a wordprocessor etc. I mean flexibility in playing old games. I couldn't play old playstation games I paid money for on a new playstation and even if there was an option sometimes you had to pay for it to get it for the new system. And second more expensive. Many games I played you are able to play with all functions on a PC for the price it is sold for and you can install any mods you want. On a playstation you have to be a playstation plus member to use functions like network abilities that are free with the PC version that cost the same. The price for a plus membership is equal to the price for a AAA game. And mods - for example Skyrim - it was shitty on the playstation (crashes etc) lower quality and many popular mods were not available on a playstation. And then Cyberpunk 2077 - on the playstation of a friend it was a desaster and on my PC it worked wonderful and my PC even doesn't met the minimum requirements..... . And PS and upgradeability are not really a thing. I don't see the option to change more than the storage, no RAM-, GPU- or CPU-update with a console.
@@iStrong113 if it was 2018 it would be mid level - it's now 2021 and the new typical monitor/tv is 4k/1440p. Entry level is 50-60fps for the typical monitor. Remember that the GTX1070 came out in 2017 and was the first 4k60-capable card, GTX 1060 could do 4k50 on low/med and GTX1050ti was capable of 4k30....RTX 3060/RX 6600 XT are entry level, 3050 ti would be considered budget entry level.
I appreciate the overall showing of how each GPU output is performed. I would like to see you do a video of just basic rendering and what you use to get the max out of each game.
I have the Asrock 6600xt challenger, matched with their phantom gaming b550 and a ryzen 5 5600x. This card for 1080 is a fantastic buy. I upgraded from a 1070 and r5 2600x.
I just bought the ibuypower deal at bestbuy with that setup for $1099. I don’t even know if my monitor is 1080p so I hope I picked a good one. Ryzen 5 5600x with 16 gb ddr4 ssd and a tb hdd. With rx 6600xt. Seems like a good deal.
It does have one advantage over the 5700XT although it's not really compelling enough to trade an existing 5700XT for it and that is in power efficiency .... A 5700XT wasn't very efficient and ran at a pretty high temperature
I feel lucky to have built my system in december of 2019. My 5700xt gaming x was $430. Im just crossing my fingers that i dont need to replace it before prices become reasonable again
I was pretty close to buying the 350€ Radeon 5700 before the pandemic hit. But I wanted to wait for a 5600 or similar and see how much it cost. So in the meantime I got a RX 480 with 4GB. 8GB was almost 50% more expensive because the mining boom had already started to happen.
I built my PC at the very end of 2019 with an RX 590. Thought of upgrading 2-3 years down the line. When the 3000 Series came out with their MSRP, I genuinely thought I could get a 3060, or at the very least it'll push value of the RTX 2000s down. Was I wrong. People are selling used RX 590 the same price as a new 2060Ti in 2019; and the last 2060S stocks I saw costs the same as a 2070Ti in 2019.
my 5700XT was fucked with driver issues when i bought it. So i had to return it and i instead bought a 2070 super. When the 3070 came out i sold it for about 350 usd and was lucky enough to get a 3070 for 600 usd. Now i had to build another pc and ended up with a used rx 480 which is a pretty good card at 1080p.
Upgraded to Ryzen in late 2018. Bought a 4gb Rx 570 that Newegg basically gave me. $130 plus two redemption codes for RE2 and DMC5 ($120 value). Picked up a power color 6600xt from micro center yesterday for $100 over msrp (479). Still sitting in the box. Don't think I need or want it without upgrading my r5 2600 and 1080 monitor.
Unfortunately here in UK we can't just walk in shop and get a graphics card so our options are 6600xt for £500, 3060 for £550 and 3060 ti for £630... even 1080ti and 2070 are £500
yup, wont help us in UK that the £ is crashing hard. as you say im looking at a 3060ti and they are at least 600, which is crazy when you can buy a ps5 or xbox x for less.
I would love to have a 3060ti, but for the money they are charging I cannot justify spending that much. I will live with my RX 580 until prices start to get more reasonable.
If I needed a Card(I don’t) and didn’t have $2k to spend(I don’t) then I would probably end up with one of these as they were actually in stock and on the shelf at my nearest MC along with a bunch of $2k and up top tier offerings.
@@littlehugebigplanet2 you say that but think of it this way if youn live in say the UK 2k gbp is quite alot of money for a gpu heck even 1300gbp for a 3080 is rediclous considering its roughly a months wages.
1 year later and the 6600 (non XT) is the best GPU for 1080p gaming for 220 bucks, 80 bucks more and you get the RX6650XT wich is almost as good as the 3060 Ti. thank god nobody gives a shit about mining anymore
What's funny is that if this card was priced lower, it would probably get snatched by scalpers just as fast as the 30-series was, and then you would have to pay 900$ for this card.
why should we believe them telling us there is a shortage..to justify price hike... its shady buisness profitering on the covid as an excuse to milk people dry.
@@monsterrun lol Broaden your view, look across the whole silicon product line. There is a shortage of electronics all across the board. Its not limited to just GPUs. It's also been a big news thing from many news outlets and youtubers. So you might wanna check how we got here from all these info sources. The answer may or may not shock you.
It's funny that during a chip shortage of unprecedented proportions, the companies that should have been, in theory, hit the hardest (nvidia, AMD), are reeking in insane amounts of cash, while regular customers are priced out of the market. It's almost as if any company will be happy to price gouge the shit out of everyone, when they are enabled by retards who will give in and purchase shit they don't need for stupid amounts.
Ever since this card came out it has got better and better Jay. My kids 6600 smokes my 3060 in a lot of titles. I would like to see updates head to head runs on this again.
@@ochiorbus Nobody uses either of these cards for RT...unless you like watching slide shows. FSR 2 is 99% as good as DLSS at this point so the over priced 3060 loses by an even bigger margin.
@@glamdring0007 FSR2 is so far behind DLSS in actual quality it's not even worth comparing the two in terms of quality to performance. As someone who has used both forms of upscaling extensively I can say FSR2 even with the Quality preset in its current form introduces a ton of artifacts in high motion scenes, bad ghosting, poor original texture retention, and an all around grainy look. These are all things that DLSS2 also running on the Quality preset do not suffer from, visually no matter if they're high motion scenes or stagnated ones you'll be hard pressed to find any noticeable differences between running natively or using DLSS2 Quality outside of the significant boost in frame rate. This is the power of AI upscaling and it's the same reason AMD needs to announce AI powered FSR3 during the announcement today on 7000 series Radeon cards. If they still haven't implemented machine learning on RDNA3 they're going to be significantly behind the curve as the industry is slowly moving away from the importance of pure rasterization performance. Even the Arc A770 at $349 has machine learning technology on it that is quite frankly very good for a 1st generation card. I'd love to move over to Radeon GPUs, but in their current state they're lacking an obscene amount of QoL features and support for workloads outside of gaming that simply makes them less desirable. These are the same reasons hardware surveys show that in the professional workspace Radeon is virtually non-existent, and in the PC gaming space a lowly 17% of PC owners are running Radeon GPUs with Nvidia holding all of that other market share between the two sectors.
This video is definitely outdated now, picked up a 6600XT used for $224. You can get other models for cheaper but I got the PowerColor Red Devil which is the more premium model, massive heatsink and offers dual bios. Overall amazing card and I don't even run into VRAM issues at 1440p high/ultra. RDR2 is only about 5GB, the most I've seen was from AC Odyssey using 7GB.
Right now, I’ve seen some models go for $150-$180 usd on the used market. I’m debating on grabbing one to upgrade from an old 1050ti. Not sure if I should wait a longer and hope they get cheaper or buy one while I can.
@@RearedBow I just snagged a used PowerColor Fighter AMD 6600XT 8GB for $178 USD after tax off the Bay site for my new build(Erying MATX board with an Intel Core i9 12900H, 32GB DDR4 3200Mhz ram, 512 NVME boot SSD, 2TB HDD), as I put in my old PowerColor RedDragon AMD RX560 4GB to get it up, and running, and I say for 1080p 75Hz Linux STEAM gaming(Manjaro GNOME), and dual monitor general usage, this should last me at least a good few years, so yeah on the used market these are an excellent budget option, and I say go for it if you can find a deal on one.
5/4/22 - I'm just now upgrading from the 8GB MSI RX580 Gaming X graphics card to the 8GB MSI RX 6600XT Gaming X card. It was $435 including tax. And the Nvidia RTX 3050 (being the same price) was my other option, but I went with the 6600XT because I don't think I care much about Ray Tracing. At least right now, especially when some older games that I still play don't use it.
Thank you for the 5700XT comparison, knowing that this card is pretty much similar to the card i bought in July of last year.. means i don't have to rush out and buy a new card.
@@thesemichrist333 Given that i can sell my 5700XT for 3x what i paid right now even used.. and buy something better for $250 more than what i sell.. i'd argue against it.
You aren't forced into anything. You should know that Intel will charge an arm and a leg for their cards. They still to this day do it for their CPU lineup
Well that sounds like a very privileged thing to say. 1080p gaming has always been 500/600 dollars unless you're in America where gpus used to cost nothing
First gen Intel GPU performance is still going to be messy, you'll suffer the early adopter consequences. Their drivers are way off in parity against AMD or Nvidia, and that will take a long time to solve. And you can bet there's going to be a myriad of compatibility issues associated to being a new player in this field. This is just a heads-up warning, if their pricing is correct and they put some good work in development their cards can still be good enough. But I wouldn't bet on Intel GPUs at least until their second gen.
Got the 6600xt for the msrp, got tired of waiting and stupid miner/scalper situation, going to swap to a high end when the 7000 series/40 series will come out
@@killertruth186 you are wrong, it's miners who drove this market to make it scarce and then scalpers added up to this mess by buying up the remaining bits. Scalpers buy the gpus yeah, but their goal is to sell the item, which means the stock rotates and could end up eventually in a gamers hands while miners keep buying every gpu that's available and keep them to themselves not using them how it was intended. Also Covid doesn't help the situation either
Yeah, I got one at msrp from Newegg. Honestly, as long as your motherboard supports pcie 4.0 and you don't need 4k 60, this card is fine. I am a first time builder, and I feel like a 3060 equivalent for $400 in this market is fine. At msrp, this thing is really only $30-50 overpriced, and it looks a lot better than the 1650 super or RX570 that your $400 would get you elsewhere. Just because it ain't a 3080 don't mean it's bad.
I've had an RX 480 8gb for a couple years now, and it came to me second hand. I have been looking to upgrade since the start of the shortages occured, and because of that I feel like this card has been squeezing out performance so much longer than it can probably handle that I don't know how much longer it has. I was aiming for a 3060 a couple months after launch, then the prices skyrocketed. Honestly just been sad to see.
@@ChuckNazty3233 Having an AMD 580 and a GTX 1080ti, I think the jump in performance from a AMD 480 to a AMD 6600xt would be worth the price of the 6600xt at the cheapest you can get one. That or a 3060 if the price was cheaper ( it isn't in my market). The 6600xt is basically equivalent to my GTX 1080ti and feels like a lot more performance from 1080p to 1440p. If you can't afford to wait any longer this would be a good card. That said I hope you have PCIE 4.0 so you don't miss out on any bandwidth since they only give you x8 lanes on the 6600xt. If you don't I'd probably look for a higher tier card or an nvidia equivalent so you get your money's worth. That said, it might be time to upgrade you CPU platform depending on how old it is as well.
@@ChuckNazty3233 does it black screen when you launch a game right? I have a MSI RX 480 8GB And it black screens all my monitors I have to power off and power back on to fix it everytime
Last month my MSI RX 480 just straight up died, BIOS didn't even recognize it. I've had my build since 2013 and put the RX 480 in around 2016 so I am looking at a 6600 XT for my new build
I bit the bullet and bought a 6600xt for £380 I was waiting for over 10 months for things to Improve as well as 6 months in the evga queue for a 3060ti. Both situations didn't improve.
Thanks to government policy likely things will get even worse with shortages this winter. Including important stuff like power and food, a graphics card will be low on people's lists.
Glad to see jay actually evaluating the card in a real way scenario Your opinion is more valuable to me than the day one benchmarks and numbers Thanks Jay for the awesome content
There's no point in upgrading gtx 1060/ rx 480/580 cards. When you bought them for 200-250 dollars 5 years ago and the performance per dollar hasn't changed. The wonderful world of stagnation....👿
you can now get this for around 200. works fine for both 1080p and 1440p at med settings if you need something just for now until better cards come along.. at better prices (lol)
Reviewers are soooooo wrong about this GPU. you're easily going to be paying $100+ more for a 3060ti. At around $500 this is a good card for the current market. I got mine for $380 on launch because everyone thought it sucked and it stayed in stock.
@@bhnjmk8898 doubt, unless you get luck with AMD's reference card. But the supply for that has been heavily going to bots lately. The cheapest 6700XT's in the US are like $700-$800 otherwise.
Thank you for comparing it to the 5700. Gamers Nexus only talked about the 5600 and objected to how much more expensive the 6600 was, but it seemed to me that a cost-to-cost comparison was more relevant than simply going by the arbitrary naming schemes.
Bought it and loving it so far. I bought my 6600 for $340 after the price dropped down. Been running FF7 with it, stable 140fps at highest setting, and the temperature never exceed 70°C
I was really looking forward to buying one of these or a similar card to replace my RX570, but I'm still stuck waiting for the prices to come back down to reasonable levels. It's annoying as hell
@@thedamntrain5481 there's nothing at all wrong with the card, but I just wanted something new, and something that would better keep up with the Ryzen 7 3700x I picked up last November when I did a full rebuild of my pc, the only thing I'm missing is a GPU
I bought a 5700xt in September of 2020. I'm extremely contented with it. Even if the 3070 or 3080 sold at MSRP, I would not be looking for a new GPU and won't be for a while. I'm glad I got a GPU before all this madness happened.
I bought a 5700xt for $500AUD in Sep2020 then sold it this year for $1200AUD (eBay bidding) and got a 6800xt for $1800, brilliant upgrade (in saying that the 5700xt was a great card)
I am so fed up with this pricing. here in the UK we get hammered too. Appreciate you doing the work though Jay, not your fault the situation went nuts.
@@rossharper1983 Scan had quite a few of those (AIB versions have been available for a while from various distributors but above MSRP even if want to buy 20+ through bona fide trade distributors). Had to tell clients that want this generation of cards in their systems to buy their own as don't feel right putting my mark-up on top of the inflated prices but I will install it FOC into their new system for them if they don't feel comfortable doing it themselves.
@@OliverQueen1974 yea, I had previously gotten an MSI 3080 at MSRP from scan. CCL is my preferred online shop though. Used to be Ebuyer but they haven't been price competitive for a few years now
the 5700XT was meant for 1440 gaming, so it would stand to reason that the next gen 6600XT would be capable of that as well. love my red devil 5700XT, plays everything i want flawlessly at 1440.
Just ordered the PowerColor RX 6600 XT to replace my dead MSI R9 380. The converted in dollars diffrence between this and the 3060 ti is about 280 dollars so it doesnt seem like that bad of a deal (yes, the prices here are high af)
Not to bring life to an old video we just picked up a black Friday special at Costco, which had a 5800 G and 6600 XT in it for 600 bucks seems to be a pretty good little system
This card was recently recommended to me and I may start hunting for it. My current PC was built in 2015 and is using a gtx 980 so it is well past it's prime these days.
Got one for around 550usd equivalent here in Japan a nitro+ model after rebate at Amazon Very happy with it super efficient and quiet as well as able to run my games at 1440p 60fps 3060ti cost minimum 30% more over so in my case it was a no brainer
I was hating getting a 2080 super when the 30s were about to come out but I'm kind of glad now that I got it and not waited or I would've a bad time just trying to get a new GPU.
I bought my rx 5600 xt asus tuf evo when the shortages almost began. I actually called them almost begging to reserve a card for me since my salary from my job would come in a few days, they happily reservated the card and i upgraded from a rx 570 aorus on the brink of dying because of the extreme oc i used to squeeze out more fps. Sold that card to a miner bcs he was ready to pay way too much by the time i started selling the card
100% do not care about any graphics card this generation. I wound up buying a prebuilt with a 2060 Super and a 9th gen Intel for $1000 (the cost the GPU was going for on eBay at the time) to replace my dying FX 8370 machine, and couldn't be happier.
I also replaced my rig this year... (need something to replace my 16gb, i7 6700k, 1060 6gb) but gpu prices were terrible... decided to get an i9 10850k, 32 gb memory, new power supply, cooler, ssd m.2, motherboard, but stick with the 1060 until next generation of cards next year... so you know my new rig was about the price of a 3060ti were I live... the prices are insane
Looking at this in 2022, as someone upgrading from a 1660-S with only about a $500 budget, I think the 6600XT is the most affordable compared to a 3060Ti. I was able to find a 6600XT for $299.95 on Amazon, but the cheapest 3060Ti that I found was just shy of $530. I need to change my case for my GPU because it's too small and has a built-in PSU while I have a 600 watt PSU just sitting around and not being used, so my choice right now for anyone trying to get into PC gaming on a budget, go for the 6600XT, and if you really want to save money, go with the 6500XT, I saw one on Amazon for just shy of $200; if you want the links, just let me know.
Every GPU review for the past year has really made it clear that anyone who bought a 1080ti at launch unknowingly scored the deal of the decade.
I hesitated 10 times before buying my 1080ti. $700 was just way too much but I wanted that performance. Buyer's remorse disappeared real fast with 20 series launch and has simply sweetened since. Too bad Nvidia does dick for optimizing for it anymore.
@@zodwraith5745 I got a 1080 for $500 back in the day, and I'm just happy that even though I want something better now, I can still play modern stuff over 60fps.
I got lucky for a long time, bought an R9 390 that I had for 3 years then sold for quite a bit more than MSRP during one mining craze, then bought a 1070 with the money from that after the mining craze died, now its worth pretty much what I paid for it still after a couple of years
Secondhand mined 1080Ti for dirt cheapo 300$ post the 2017 mining boom you mean.
Pffft, the Radeon 7 which failed so hard it was cancelled in 6 months was the deal of the decade. $750 at launch, 2k$ on eBay :p
Well, this certainly did not age well. The 6600xt and 6600 were easily the heroes of this generation. Performing on par or better than the 3060 and 3060ti while being significantly cheaper and in stock more often.
Definitely
Considering that the local pricing hierarchy for in-stock cards right now is 6600 (AU$429) < 3050 (AU$519) < 6600XT (AU$549) < 3060 (AU$649), the Radeon cards destroy in value for money. The 6600 especially sells regularly below MSRP.
Glad to hear this as I just got one (for a short time) from all the tests I've seen the 6600xt is on psr with the 3060
@@jimtekkit just brought a rx 6600 xt for 449$ AU + 9.90$AU shipping... ASRock Challenger D model my first ASRock branded item hopefully it's good
Bought the 6600xt just now new for 278.00 after tax, good deal?
Sooo in a nutshell if you have a card that does 1080P gaming around 60fps, keep it and don't buy a new video card.
That's pretty much any GPU made in the last 3 years, let's be honest. The GPU market has been flooded with e-sports and "fancy 4k 60 fps" marketing non-sense. When 90% of people still game at 1080p 60 FPS. They are pushing these overpriced units to feed into a crap marketing strategy to get people to buy stuff they don't need.
@@JosephArata I was thinking like you do, until around 3 years ago, a friend of mine lended me a 144Hz display for a few days. And then, it was too late, I couldn't get back to 60Hz
@@JosephArata Bro all I want vr capable and 4k capable for around 1,000 bucks. 2k at 60-120 fps high settings with a reliable manufacturer. It doesn't have to play it all with gusto but I want some versatility in the future.
It should be doable imo but the market is super crazy.
***What I'm talking about has been advertised for around 600-1000 bucks and it goes up from there. I'd pay 1200. But in reality its at least 2 grand. I feel super mislead tbh.
1080p gaming is terrible I use 1440p over 60 FPS the sweet spot.
@@markcook4043 Bro that's what I'm saying. We're not asking for super fancy shit imo lol
9 months later, this is a fantastic card based on its price performance. The card is selling for half the price it was at the start of the year and $350 less than the 3060Ti (In NZD)
how much is it?
@@wste9446 $499NZD or around $310USD
@cybersphere USA prices?In my country Rx6600xt starts from 450$ and more lol
@@wste9446 ebay used cards are selling for about $280
@@Khang-kw6od used or new
This is a review that definitely needs a redo. The 6600xt has a lot of fans out there now with its better pricing than the 3060 and it's also aged much better. FSR 2 has erased any advantage DLSS brought for the 3060 and the driver improvements from AMD have pushed the 600xt well beyond the initial reviews.
Yeah dude the 6600xt and 6650xt which is the one I own slays the 3060 in both price and performance not including ray tracing because who the fuck cares about that with these budget cards
@@denniskarlsson6173 I got my 6650xt for 300, picked the Three fan over the Two for looks only, but you can find at times a two fan 6650xt for as low as 260.
Where I live the 3060Ti's street price is on average 300$ to 450$ over the street price of the 6600XT, that makes the 6600XT look like less of a bad deal.
Yeah, a 3060 Ti is super scalped right now. This 6600XT, as sad as it may be, will be the savior of a lot of people's systems.
yea 6600XT is about 2/3 the price of a 3060Ti where i am
Yep, where I live the 6600xt launched(comparing bottom prices) at $120 less than the 3060ti launched and closer to $200 less than the 3060 at launch and it actually had stock, there hasn't been an occasion yet where I can't buy one at one of my locals. Comparing the price/performance to 2019 levels makes it look pretty poor, once you factor that the majority of the world hasn't been able to buy a 3060 or 60ti for anywhere near MSRP(Or at all) for 9 months, that it's available and offers good performance at it's power envelope it seems like a pretty legit buy.
3060s are going for like $1,000 where I am right now and 3070s like 1299-1500 Because you have no choice but to buy it from scalpers. If you try and ask a store when they are getting any they will simply tell you they aren't. Or that they don't know.
you gotta tell me the street where 3060 TI ranges from 300$ to 450$
Reviewers comparing the 6600 XT to the 3060Ti was such a bad take. In fake MSRP land it's $379 vs $399, but in reality it's a $500 card that's in stock vs $700 one that's never in stock. Now we're seeing RTX 3050's sell for as much as 6600 XT's now.
yeah this video didn't age well.
The rtx 3050 is like a hundred dollars cheaper than the 6600 rn lol
@@m.sati4569 Not sure where you are but they're about the same price where I am. The 3050 should be 100 dollars cheaper then a 6600 anyway as it's a significantly slower card.
@@m.sati4569 The 6600 is as fast as 3060 not a 3050
You guys do realize he says at 'street pricing', the 6600 has better value, right? He says it at the end.
REALLY didn't age well. Just bought a sapphire pulse model for 349.99 while 3060ti are nowhere to be found and are selling for 800+... for mid range 1440p or high end 1080p this card was an absolute hero for the gpu market.
couldnt agree more, just snatched up an msi 6600xt for 280 at best buy, which, for the price is a STEAL for 1080p gaming. In comparison, at the beginning of 2022 with how terrible price gouging was, an rx570 was going for 300 dollars
@@parkerjorgensen8330Got a 6650xt for the same price on newegg
@@Sly9192 just ordered mine as well, don't need anything past 1080p
Aged well now lol
@@troywallace7011Still best option by a long long shoot lmao what u saying
for me here in Australia, there is at least $300 AUD difference between the 6600XT and a 3060Ti.
4 months later still the same shit lmao. fuck this trash market
@@bazitube390 here in brazil same thing xD
Just bought a 6600XT for $730Aud from PCCG, biting the bullet I guess.
@@4k8s i get the 6600xt too for $832
@Bryce Robilliard exactly my thinking. So far it plays 1080p 144hz ultra/high r6 siege well
Still using my EVGA 980ti, and it looks like I will be for a while. Can't wait for this crap to be over, and back to normal.
Yeap. But i dont think this is ever going to be "normal" anymore, becouse rx 7000 series is higher msrp becouse mcm desing need more sand... RTX 4000 series wuold be allso price increase becouse why not?
I've got a 1060 right now and was planning on upgrading to a 3080 when they came out. then figured I'd be able to get one by january; then figured I'd be able to probably get one by summer's end; now I've accepted that I'll be using my old work horse for a long time yet lmao
Just stoping buying them simple as that I’m not buying a ps5 or building a pc due to the dumb over priced market it’s honestly a joke idc if I’m rich I hope these company’s lose money a lot of money in the future greed gets you no where
This is the new normal. Get used to it bro. Either gpu will be cheap and abundance or not but I think cryptocurrency is staying so to adapt to this either make more cards or low supply and high price
I will use my $40 GTX 660 until it explodes or something
I genuinely feel sorry for anyone who needs to upgrade at this point in time.
If their card broke from a few gens ago, is fine. Also nvidia 10 series and Polaris and below, many models. It's great. My 1070ti is still kicking so I got to hold out.
@@firestuka8850 I wanted to get an identical rx 580 to mine for crossfire and the price got jacked to 800
Thanks man.
Yeah man my graphics card is burned and i dont have budget to buy new one and i was thinking of creating 3d assets waited year and half to get gpu at msrp but looks like i have to find another job
Agreed man.
I got super lucky personally.
I managed to finish my build just before all this shit really started going crazy, near the end of 2020 right before Cyberpunk came out.
(That game let me down so hard, but at least it let me finally buckle down and build my dream setup, lol.)
So for that alone, I'll be grateful to Cyberpunk.
But yeah, I managed to snag a 3080 for only $750 ish from Newegg, got super lucky. I had to watch multiple websites websites for weeks, was a pain in the ass with work duties, luckily those bot notification services helped a ton.
Now I'm built with my 3080 and 5800x and Lgcx OLED, 120hz display and couldn't be happier.
That said, I do feel bad for anyone still looking for graphics cards. To all your people still looking, good luck, and stay strong.
I recently replaced my RX 580 with the 6600 XT, and am happy with it. The 3060 ti was roughly $300 more and I couldn't justify that for my gaming. If you're upgrading from a Polaris card, the 6600 XT is a good card if you can find it for $600 or lower these days.
I have a 580 too and was looking at this card since the scalpers don't seem to have effected it as much as the competition. How big of an improvement is it?
Bruh i have a dead RX 480 staring at me from that case window, while i research this crap market for a good budget replacement. Guess i'll have to shell out a bit for atleast a 6600xt.
Is this me from me past? Lol, i'm literally in the same boat. I just bought a 6600 XT this morning. I had a RX 580 (a 4gb at that). I'm sure I'll be more than happy with the upgrade since the price wasn't throat ripping ($630 after shipping).
@@pratikpatil17 Same here dude, i got a dead rx480 just a week ago. Tried to reheat/refresh some solders but still didn't work out. Do you have any idea why this happened? It just died after 4years since bought. I'm now eyeing on this 6600xt as its the best value to get compared to 3060 with 500-550dollars more here in the philippines.
I have a 570 and im in the same boat. Most likely getting the 6600 xt instead of a car that beats it by 10-15 fps for $300 more
"8gb is the limiting factor these days"
*Strokes me 3070FE* It's okay he doesn't mean it, ignore the evil man.
Right, I wanted to see which games at 1080p maxes out 8Gb... It's a good card considering the 3060 and 3060 ti are at 700$+ .
@@wolfgangchristl9978 im laughing in rx6800 for 770$
3070 won't age well, but if you switch gpu every generation, it´s fine
@@edubockmann talking nonsense. Skipping at least one gen will always work. The majority of gamers using a gtx 1060 due steam charts. Game devs wont design their games so bad that those weaker cards wont work so a 3070 cant get obsolete in at least the next 2 years.
@@zeronin4696 3070 is a gpu for 1440p ultra or even 4k, you can't compare with a 1060 that plays medium or low at 60. Consoles already have 16gb, 4gb dedicated for the system and the rest for the games. We can take a screenshot and come back later, and see how it goes
I just think noone likes to see a class of card that would have gone for $250ish now going for $379 'msrp'.
That was really my only gripe about it was pricing, this card should've been sub-$300 when it was launched
It's just that no one wants to see 250+$ cards for 720p gaming in 2022 - it's ridiculous especially when you consider msrp of new consoles...
I think sub 300 cards are dead in the market. You'll be able to run better with agpu than anything that you can buy. So far from what i've seen that a 5700G or H is out performing a 1030.
One word...inflation.
Or to be more clear, dollar value devaluation.
Add that to the supply and demand issue, and the tension in the South China Sea, and it's a wonder that it isn't more.
jut did a newgge searh and 380 is dreaming. 550 maybe
I got the power color fighter 6600 xt for $380. I upgraded from a 1030. I’m very happy with my purchase, I play D2 mostly and I’m able to play 1440 at 110 fps but that’s with smart memory access.
I was able to snag an XFX 6600xt to replace the struggling 1050ti that I have been using with my Ryzen 5600. Destiny looks like a whole new game.
ya where are you man?
@@fendiowahyu6619 best buy has em in stock every so often. Just saw a couple 3060ti's in one for $399.99
@@GhostlyGhille WHAT??!!??! That's insanely low priced
@@JakGruen When being sold within MSRP is considered "insanely low price"...Paints the story of the shortage right there.
I’ll be honest I just bought one today at microcenter for $499.99 and I’m genuinely so excited. Upgrading from a 1050ti so being able to get 180+ fps on med 1080p is the best thing in the world for this price. I really wanted a 3060ti or 3070 but scalpers man, good luck to everyone out there building their system, crazy market
Dude i also order the same gpu so i wanted to ask how is the performance are you satisfied with it?
I'm also upgrading from the 1050ti. Pumped when this finally arrives!
@@Vivek_90s I walked into microcenter and got one at $500 as well, I'm very satisfied with the upgrade from my old 1060 6gb. Getting between 70 and 144 fps in ultra quality 1440p gaming is all I could really ask for to be honest.
Lol, i got mines open box for 420
@@jsaiz681593 what’s the point of trying to “flex” on everyone. Just let us be happy that we finally got a good graphics card you piece of shit.
That's why I waited until I got my hands on a GPU before starting to buy the other components for my new build. 3-ish weeks ago I walked into Best Buy and in 5 minutes I got a 3060 Ti FE. Coming from a RX 480 4gb this is one hell of an upgrade for me.
congrats! Was it marked up or did you get it MSRP?
I bought the rest of a system because I can use it without a video card. 🤷♂️
That’s a fortunate deal if you got it for msrp. I know cards like the 2070 are going around 600.
Happy to even have a 5700xt at this point
@@Honk_Clank From what I’ve seen the 6600xt is only slightly better than the 5700xt so you are probably good until next generation if you are at 1080p unless you just want ray tracing.
This comment section is just : The more i hear about gpu prices, the more i'm conviced that my *proceeds to flex his high end build* was a great deal.
Honestly just keep it. Do not give these fucks your money until they stop gouging prices.
Yeah i know right....
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THAT'S WHY I'M GLAD I GOT MY 3070 AT MSRP = GREAT DEAL!
That opening disappointed face was great. Sums this year up for PC gaming and life in general.
What a depressing comment. Ive been gaming on a 3080 and loving it. No disappointment in regards to pc gaming here.
Its going to be the same face for all of 2022 maybe even 2023.
@@prototype8137 I've been trying to get any video card since sept of 2020, so not everyone is as lucky to have a 3080
You can buy a 3080. I also don't live in a democrat state so...
@@Lumpia_In_Texas as a fellow Texan.... I cannot buy any video cards for anywhere near msrp - and I refuse to pay more than 20% above msrp...and this is in TX
Now that the shortage has sort of ended, this specific card (the red devil) has became a really good value buy. It costs anywhere from 20-30% cheaper than a 3060 in my region and it outperforms the regular 3060. Even after taxes (which are massive in my country) it is less than msrp and we are talking about the second best card from the 6600XT cards. Absolutely good value for a brand new card. Especially good deal when buying used as these were rarely used for mining.
got one for 300 euros, when 3050 often retail for more than that, it's crazy how much people are willing to spend on nvidia lmao
Still watching the entire ad, just to see Jay morph into an admiral. Just like ifixit ads, watch the whole thing. Nobody can make me watch ads but Jay. NOBODY.
Ryan Reynolds ads are pretty great
Possibly the worst time to be reccomending world of warships right now though.
What about linus?
@@matejmiklin5494 Never :)
@@grassnake7able why is that?
The first 4 seconds is me, waiting for the gpu prices to drop...
Aren't we all...
0:23 scalpers and miners when new GPU gets announced
hehe have fun waiting 2 more years =)
get a job instead its more time efficient to make extra money than wait for years to save a couple hundred bucks
I think the kids these days call that "mood af".
I've lost most of the excitement I had for PC parts over the last year, honestly I'm slowly selling a lot of my stuff since it's just not fun anymore.
right move, its just not fun anymore
While my excitement for pc hardware has gone down, my passion for gaming hasn't. My 5700xt i7 7700k build is more than good enough for now and I also have a ps5. End of the day, a pc is just a tool for gaming
It certainly wasn't my first choice, but going to this card (ASUS 'Dual' OC flavour) was both a power saving and performance leap on my aging windforce 980
I’ve got a WF3 970 and I’m really cut up about what to upgrade from it. Would you say that this was a reasonable buy? They’re retailing at around £450 here and it’s way less than the £1000 scalped price of the 3060ti
@@VIPOdyssey176 3060ti def beats it but double the price of 6600 xt? idk
@@VIPOdyssey176 hey I'm in almost the exact same situation, got a 970 windforce gaming and I've just ordered an msi 6600xt mech x2, I'll try to remember to update you
@@VIPOdyssey176 its a no brainer choice
@@VIPOdyssey176 Your name is pretty funny ngl
I’m honestly scared that the market will never be able to “normalize” again. If it doesn’t I don’t know how some people will be able to game on pc.
@@twotwentietwo It already does.
@@twotwentietwo it’s not looking good so far. I’m keeping my fingers crossed. Especially since now I’m noticing places like Amazon selling 1660s at $490. Sold and shipped by Amazon. That is telling me that it’s not going to come back down.
"Never" is an inappropriately strong word. There currently is a slight supply and the longer they stay on the shelves gathering dust the lower their prices willl be. Unless you have a terminal illness and want to play a particular game before you kick the bucket then waiting is your best bet. Prices will inevitably fall as supply grows.
@@cyjoker333 that's a reasonably good price for rn lol. I've seen a bunch for 600$+
@@goddosyourself7970 I bought a RTX 3060 for $389 from the EVGA queue... people say i'm stupid for buying a 3060... yet I too have seen 1660 Supers selling for $500 and people think that's a good buy in this market... /sigh.
Can't belive this scalping / shortage BS has been going on for almost 2 years already, really lucky i managed to build my pc with a couple of months before it started.
Well, covid has been going for 2 years almost, but the actual shortage and serious issues happened about exactly a year ago. The timing coincided so well with this gen's release, I kind of thought it was a conspiracy.
I saw it all coming, I bought my 2070 Super in February of 2020 because I knew prices would rise, I wasn’t expecting THIS MUCH influx in the market. But i did expect rising prices and at the time i was pretty upset i got my card 20 bucks over MSRP.
I'm glad I built my rig when I did, about a year ago now, but I'd have nothing now if I put it off longer
I had the chance to buy an ROG strix 5700 xt for 390 dollars a couple weeks before the launch of radeon 6000 but i didn't because i wanted to get the next gen stuff. one of my biggest regrets of all of my 18 years on this earth, now i am running an r9 380 from 2015 until i can get my 6800 xt. pain
I bought my 2070S just before the launch of the 30 series. Then the launch happened. I sent my card back to the reseller, got my money back. My intent was to buy a 3070. I'm enjoying my GTX 950 ever since. One of the stupidest decisions of my life.
At this rate it feels like I'm going to have to learn BGA repair to keep my GTX 1080 working long enough to be able to afford a card that can match it...
Proper BGA repair isn't all that cheap either ..... First you have to buy a template for the solder paste, another for the balls themselves, then the balls and then a proper oven with programmable heat profiles .... It's not at all like a SMT device with leads which can be done was a low cost hot air rework station
@@longjohn526 on the bright side these are applicable skills to buying used/damaged cards and fixing them.
@@longjohn526 No need to buy balls at all, use paste, its easier IMHO.
I have my 1080TI "Strix OC" under-clocked somewhat so that it will last as long as possible.
(also, it's still summer here... so... "making toast" in the bedroom is not as enjoyable as it is in winter ;)
I fixe my broken GTX 770 with a torch, don't worry, anything will work, the gods are with us.
I was confused by this because every review I've seen for this card is actually amazing and positive
The 1080p performance is superb and it's $400 cheaper than the 3060 and plenty capable of superb gaming, this card fits most people's setup
yeah it is confusing.. I was watching ancient gameplays recent video pitting this AMD card and another AMD vs the RTX 3060.. title "RX 6600XT vs RX 5700XT vs RTX 3060 | 1080P, 1440P & 4K Benchmarks"
and the AMD cards are whooping the 3060 @ss most of the time on titles like Gears 5 - Horizon: Zero Dawn - Assassin's Creed: Valhalla - CONTROL - Red Dead Redemption 2 Forza Horizon 5 Cyberpunk 2077 Call of Duty: Warzone - Resident Evil: Village - God of War...
On average its not even close. and sometimes 30, 40 fps more. So im not quite sure what all this means except that it means that I dont know much about the subject...maybe its skewed by testing criteria. Like I heard jay say he put everything on the highest settings. Which I think doesnt make sense for actual real use cases of gpu's in this segment.
for my own understanding I just checked AG conclusion a bit more instead of skipping through everything :-) and he says the caveat are games where you need more vram or if you want raytracing.. if you need that the 3060 is A LOT better, like miles better than a 6600xt..it turns the entire thing around. But still for me a rx 6600 seems a much better choice then cause im on 1080p monitor and I sacrifice eye candy for more fps and playability. I dont care about ray tracing if I lose massive amount of frames because of it... on my graphic settings in warzone Im way below the 8gb of my rx570.. pretty much dont care about particles, lights, texture. just want a gpu that pushes as much frames as possible at 1080p
in thailand ,they are almost the same price, The different isn’t more then 100 us.
@@peangboy in iran, they are myth .......
@@waifuhunter9709 داداش شما هم دنبال کارت گرافیک تو همین رنجین😂
When a product gets bad reviews and still sells like hot cakes.
Who ever bought a 5700XT doesn't even to upgrade for another two more years.
Brah that's me right now.
I bought a 5600 XT trying to save a little money; so I COULD buy a (non-existent) card right now. D'oh! On the bright side I built an AMD Ryzen machine right before everything went into scarcity mode so I timed that correctly. Ah well, you can't win them all.
Yep! 5700xt still rocking at 1440p :D !!!!
So glad I bought mine when I did (September 2019), yes, I had a few games that crashed in the first month or two of owning it, but since then, no issues
@@ecophreak1 Late Sep -19 and rocking it. :D
The more I hear about GPU prices, the more I'm convinced my $700 + $150 motherboard combo for a 3070 w/pre installed EK waterblock was a great deal.
It is
defently thats less than i paid for. (EU pre scalped prices) by about 50 dollars
@ It's actually a decent one, just not as good as my x570 tachi. It's an ASUS ROG B550.
Really couldn't get myself to buy new- the prices are still bloated. Ended up getting a GTX 1060 3gb used for $200. At least it worked for what we needed.
@@lotsoflife8236 I truly feel bad. A 1060 is fine, but a 3gb model?
Personal opinion: charging more than $300 before tax for a midrange GPU is just criminal
Yes, makes Nvidia pricing look a lot better despite being more expensive.
@_Triger_ so true.
@_Triger_ Well 1060 6G launched in October 2018 at $250. That was decisively midrange for about 2 years. Adjusted for inflation it's $275 today and there has been no current gen card with MSRP below $300.
Welcome to, the price of GPU outside of America. You privileged prick
what is midrage price today 500g $ ? its getting worse and worse
The 6600 XT and 6700 XT are the best value cards you can buy right now.
In my area, Germany, the 6600XT is the best card to buy at the moment at ~440€.
On launch day there were several models available for 380-400€ throughout the entire day making it the best launch of any card this year.
While I haven't seen a single 3060 below 500€ and not a single 3060Ti below 600€ in months.
Its $700 for 6600 xt and $1200 for 3060 in my country :(
Hab heute eine 6600XT für 399€ gekauft 😅👌🏻
@@WieserChri wo? x_x
@@Heinz76Harald Notebooksbilliger heute ca. Mittags
500$ here x)
As a 5700xt owner, this whole generation is a write off. With my 7700k also getting old now, ill probably just build a whole new pc in end of 2022/2023 whenever things return to normal.
Now is actually a good time to buy a processor. You can easily get a 10850k, 10700f, 3700x, 5800x, 5600x all well below msrp. It’s gonna be quite some time till they refine ddr5 and once 12th gen and later zen 4 comes out the cpu market might blow out like the gpu market for awhile. Depending on your ram and power supply you could just drop in a new board and processor and sell the 7700k with that board and it would be a fairly inexpensive upgrade.
@@madgodzilla12465 No. 5700xt + 3700x owner here. Better wait for amd 3d v-cache or 2022/2023 like he said
@@sandelu635 you could, but you'd also being paying a hell of a premium as an early adopter. I'd agree if he had at least a 6 core with smt but a quad core 7700k is well past it's lifecycle.
@@madgodzilla12465 i just don't need a new cpu yet. My 7700k plays all games at 60fps including cyberpunk and ac valhalla. Until next gen truly gets rolling and games stop being cross gen, a new cpu will be kinda pointless.
@@BahomaVidyaChannel I mean if you can get a 11400f/3700x with a good enough board for under $400 and sell the 7700k with its board for $250-$300 which is what they are going for on eBay that's like at the most a $150 upgrade which isn't a bad stop gap solution at all for another few years.
Is anyone else besides me just planning on waiting for 4000 series at this point?
Already made a deal with my boss so I can order one from importers through company channels. :D
That’s 2-3 years away…
And with games becoming more and more demanding, that 2-3 years turns into an eternity
It's going to be expensive, not saying you should wait but I can guarantee Nvidia is going to raise everything by atleast $100
Not at these prices, not even close lol. I’ll go back to consoles before I make myself that kind of sucker
The problem with this thinking is that 4000 series will also cost $4k:/
As of Nov 2021(when I bought my first GPU), availability for any GPU at any BestBuy in SoCal was nonexistent. Almost the same for CPU's. The only decent Gpu I could find that was better than average was the hellhound 6600xt, around $800 from Amazon, the only place I could find any availability without spending over $1K and it came REAL close. anything past this was well over $1K and near $2K... Scalping has destroyed gaming and only gotten worse by the month according to this video.
I love the backdrop pegboard with a wide range of random tools carefully spaced out for aesthetic reasons. The old graphics card on the board is hilarious.... I bet you guys had fun with adding that detail.
I forgot how small old GPUs used to be. haha
Don't forget the gaming headphones with mic and duct tape. Need those when building PCs too!
0:55 Okay, can we all agree Jay fits in a uniform so good.
The tragedy of the current generation of GPU's is that after you go down from the top 3-4 offerings in model numbers they have, the performance is simply is not there anymore and compared to the last generation cards they are not worth it. Hell even a 1080ti is much MUCH better than some and is around the same price range thanks to overpricing at the moment.
1080 ti are 1000 usd right now lol
I Have a strix 1080ti and someone offered me 900GBP. I turned it down because I'd rather have the card.
@@6ix750 the 3080ti should be no more than $999 MSRP and that’s the peak MSRP, period. The extra $200 is a literal slap in the face.
Sorry for putting down your optimism, but good luck paying new gen prices on a "slightly used" 4 year old gpu, that you need to hope it was "slightly used" for gaming and not for mining, and again, for 4 years.
Not gonna mention new purchase brand warranty because you would most likely remove the mount seal of your gpu backplate to change thermal paste at some point (mostly during the period warranty is still valid, hence voiding it). But for some people that might also be another turn off.
@@leandrofod removing the backplate or backplate screws does not void your warranty even if it has a void sticker on it. They cannot stop your right to repair.
I wish reviewers would revisit cards from last gen since the market is SO different now
I really like this type of video. Feels more intimate where he's talking to you directly with a more serious tone. Don't get me wrong I love the humor but this more direct approach is refreshing (IMO).
agreed
It's really sad to see such a review without temps and power draw, I wonder how people even call this a review.
@@ELBoomerTV bbbbbbbb bgm ñ
I just repaired my GTX 770 for the third time last weekend. Luckily I could always bring it back resoldering the processor using a heat gun so far. I have to hope it holds out until I can get a new card that is not a total rip off.
That was such a great card, it has been my back up card for years as newer stuff breaks but it keeps on working
Same with my gtx 670 :)
I still have my gtx 780, but it died years ago. I can fix that thing?
@@abcplay57 Depends on what broke. For me it has always been the soldering between the GPU and the PCB that cracked from all the heating and cooling circles. Heating it up enough so that the soldering becomes liquid and letting it cool down again fixes that issue for a while.
If you have defect memory or a mosfet, you not only need spare parts but also know what you are doing.
In the case of a 780 you don't really have a lot to loose so give it a try. Look up videos on how disassemble that card and how to resolder processors. Shield the components around the processor with aluminum foil, as you don't want to heat components that don't need to be heated.
Make sure you have something to clean the processor with and thermal paste for reassembling the card.
The pricing on the 6600xt is just AMD cashing in on the huge demand for graphics cards at the moment.
It's so shrunk down they can produce a considerable bit more than any rdna2 card.
Larger volume = profit
Obviously AMD are going to cash in on this crazy demand they are profit driven company that answer to shareholders. Plus, when AMD had decent gpus at decent prices people still bought overpriced RTX 20 series cards so yeah any company would want to cash in on that market. Heck, people are buying RX580 cards off Ebay at £400!
and it's not a one off... it's been like this for months. So it's no surprising we are getting $300 to $400 newly made polaris cards from stockpiled polaris GPUs.
@@earthtaurus5515 look around... stop listening to youtubers and find some info elsewhere... Joshua Bardwell along with other FPV experts... having issues finding chips and components for FPV drones that are not used for GPUS or miners at all... Still just as hard to find as a high end gpu.... SUPPLY AND DEMAND... huge lack of supply huge demand, HIGH price increase... regardless of what it is, TP or GPU....
But it's not amd who is providing these GPUs
*Facepalm*
The board partners of amd are feeling the brunt of silicon shortage. The ones who make the GPUs. The price of almost every component has increased there. Especially silicon. If they want to pay their workers and not turn in a loss during a time like this then they have to increase the price. Simple supply and demand.
Please stop saying it's AMD that's being greedy and look at the actual prblem of why it's priced high. It's not scalpers, rather it's silicon shortage.
If you didn't know, amd doesn't build majority of its GPUs in house. It's the board partners like evga, msi, sapphire who need the silicon to make GPUs. Amd don't really make them.
I don't see the reason for those complaints because it's going to settle at around the same price. The only difference MSRP makes is the profit margin for AMD. So consumers don't really lose with it, just retailers.
As someone who has been using a laptop with a 940mx, ANY card that is on the market such as this particular card FAR out performs anything I am currently using.
Just like me,i got an AMD 8570M🤣
Crying with my 930m
This is exactly why I just bought a pre built, it was literally cheaper than buying all the parts myself and putting it together
Likewise
If you don't buy scalped parts, cheaper to build yourself.
Always a extra cost for pre builds. Even the companies that only charge msrp for components, they have a build fee
@@ltbeefy9054 But when they can get a gpu for half the price...
@@ltbeefy9054 yeah but right now that build fee is nothing compared to current gpu inflation prices. Prebuilts are the most valuable option across the board until further notice, unfortunately
@@Soosheon this
I'm still more than happy with my RX480 that I bought 4 years ago...
same here with my gtx 970, im probably not gonna upgrade till at least the 4000 series (maybe even 5000)
Same here - got my RX480 in Feb 2017 (for around £260), had a mini debate with a friend when I bought my RX480. He was telling me paying extra for 8 gigs vram was pointless especially since I was fairly broke at the time. My instincts were screaming at me to go for the 8Gb RX480 and I told him that sooner or later the vram is going to play a crucial part in holding hi-res textures. Well... not tooting my own horn anything - I was proven right as not long after the mining craze hit and 8 gigs is going a long way in keeping graphical fidelity through high res textures 🤣.
My 8 gig rx 480 is still alright, but definitely showing its age. I recently upgraded my monitor from 1080p60 to 1440p165 and this old card just isn't cutting it anymore.
Still happy with my 1060 6GB that I bought 5 years ago...
r9 390 baby. And 8gb of vram which it will never use entirely but 6 would be too less
The problem isn't the card itself, it's the price at which it's being sold.
I feel if they launched at $280 it would have been a great card for the money
@@Teknickel_ftw it wouldn’t be in stock anymore then and the price would go up to 500 😂😂
@@mati_mkg1271 Ignoring the shortage the price is still too high for what it is.
@@Teknickel_ftw Just like EVERY OTHER GPU! So I suppose you've stopped buying petrol, (Gas) unless you're quite happy and think it is a fair price now! (Compare to a year ago).
Anthony described very good in LTT: AMD is asking HOW MUCH for 1080p gaming?, the card is good, but it offers yesterday's performance for $399. I bought back in the time an rx580 for 90€, so this rx6600xt is heavily overpriced
I appreciate that like every review done for this card at the time, took into consideration the value, pricing, etc. But now that prices are going back to normal , Id love to see these reviews re-done cause im seeing 6600XTs cheaper than 3060s
Way cheaper. I am considering one. I game at 1080p and frankly it generally performs weill at that resolution. Even the 6700XT is pricey.
Cheaper than 3050s at times.
6600XT was always cheaper than 3060 ! Now in France 6600XT cost less 250 euro, 3060 is more 300 or 350 euro !
I cared about the 6600 XT, when I believed It be going between 300-340€.
Seeing that it's a 270€ Card of worth for 400€,
RDNA 2 compared to RDNA 1 feels like Turing to Pascal in terms of price to performance to features.
Basically as if the buying recommendation of last gen switched around for this one.
The card is on retail at 500+ euros actually up to 700 on some brands, that card might be cheaper compare to global gpu market but so not worth it. I stopped thinking about buying a ryzen 5700g because it's pcie gen3 but gen4 just for the SSD is not worth it I guess...
It's also PCI-E X8...... X8! 😶😶. AMD weren't kidding when they said they made the BOM price quite low therefore "allowing" for cards to be sold at MSRP in this market. Check out Moores Law Is Dead video about the 6600xt.
so i guess i did good buying my 2080ti on ebay for $500 when everyone was saying it was going to be crap after the 30 series came out
I regret not buying the 2080ti in august of 2020 just before 30xx cards was announced for that same price you mentioned as there were lots of it going for that price on ebay back then.
I've had a 750ti sitting in my computer for 7 years. The more cards on the market the better as far as I'm concerned.
560 ti. hardlie slöwer xD ???
@@cv507 the 560ti also uses more power
I remember when the 750ti came out and a coworker told me I should buy one. I almost did but wound up doing an entire new build with a 760 which I am still happy with.
I’m going the distance with my GTX 560
@@MrMerryFISTmas rx 570 here lol.
I got one today for $470 after coming from a 1070 since someone offered me $350 for it. I'm really happy with the bump in performance. I can play Apex and Warzone maxed out at ultrawide 1440 with 60+ FPS with Freesync.
Bruh I wish I had a 1070 rn
wow someone brought your trash for $350. amazing
"butt, butt, butt" - Jay 2021
for someone like me who is still using a 10 year old card this one would be a decent upgrade TBH
Yeah but so would literally any other card but be better value
I'm running a r9 295x2 I know how you feel man
I won one on the new egg shuffle the day it came out, using it in a new build I'm planning on, it should perform great for what I plan to use it for!
I was somehow able to get one on Amazon (sold by Amazon) being my first pc build I think it going to be perfect.
@@vulcanproto good luck with your first build, I hope you get what you are looking to achieve with it.
Congratulations on your win. I managed to get a 6800XT last year for almost MSRP (I'm not bragging, just hear me out).... This is directed at people who may be in a more fortunate position.
I had a 5700XT in my rig at the time, I noticed that this was going for over £1000 on eBay in late 2020.
I could have easily doubled my money on it, but decided not to. I donated it to a local youth center, for their graphics design projects, and will be donating further parts as I upgrade them.
We are in a climate where anyone can fall victim to poverty, and it is horrible (I've been there before).
I'm not preaching, I'm just saying....
If you are in a position where you can make someone's life easier, and not have to suffer yourself..... What's the harm in doing it?
Yes, you could get a small financial gain, but you could also help others in a lifetime achievement.....
@@petrolhead0387 thanks man
The only thing I won from the Newegg Shuffle was about 200+ "You Weren't Selected" emails.
Got one of those last year at $280 used on eBay and for that price I am really happy. Moves 1440p like a champ, with no RT and with RSR or FSR (when available)
Hmm. PC game developers must be suffering nowadays. I can see a lot of people (myself included) losing interest in PC gaming. My 1060 6GB was $199 a couple of years ago and still runs most games alright in 1080p but at some point I have to upgrade and I really don't want to spend more than $350 or so. A PS5 (if I can buy one) at $399 is looking more and more tempting to me.
Oh no dont go there 😁
It will eventually come back to normal.
Why do you think PS5 game developers are doing any better? There's an industry crisis on the way, regardless of platform.
No alternative - I've got a playstation and have a PC. I sold the playstation because it is more expensive and not as flexible than a PC. Flexibility not in the way of using a wordprocessor etc. I mean flexibility in playing old games. I couldn't play old playstation games I paid money for on a new playstation and even if there was an option sometimes you had to pay for it to get it for the new system. And second more expensive. Many games I played you are able to play with all functions on a PC for the price it is sold for and you can install any mods you want. On a playstation you have to be a playstation plus member to use functions like network abilities that are free with the PC version that cost the same. The price for a plus membership is equal to the price for a AAA game. And mods - for example Skyrim - it was shitty on the playstation (crashes etc) lower quality and many popular mods were not available on a playstation. And then Cyberpunk 2077 - on the playstation of a friend it was a desaster and on my PC it worked wonderful and my PC even doesn't met the minimum requirements..... . And PS and upgradeability are not really a thing. I don't see the option to change more than the storage, no RAM-, GPU- or CPU-update with a console.
Cant buy a ps5 either lol.
Short answer: Yes...400 bucks for the entry level is insane
in my country in a beast the 6600 xt cost 470 euros same price of 1660 super, 3060 cost 580 euros 600
@@rubenoliveira3127 yeah about here too. .de
@@iStrong113, unfortunately, compared to other higher end cards, it’s entry level.
@@iStrong113 if it was 2018 it would be mid level - it's now 2021 and the new typical monitor/tv is 4k/1440p. Entry level is 50-60fps for the typical monitor.
Remember that the GTX1070 came out in 2017 and was the first 4k60-capable card, GTX 1060 could do 4k50 on low/med and GTX1050ti was capable of 4k30....RTX 3060/RX 6600 XT are entry level, 3050 ti would be considered budget entry level.
@@iStrong113, it’ll never be a mid-level card. The 3070 models and 6700XT models are mid-tier. It’s 2021, times have changed.
I appreciate the overall showing of how each GPU output is performed. I would like to see you do a video of just basic rendering and what you use to get the max out of each game.
@AlexTheGiant th-cam.com/video/U90bCcPAtMo/w-d-xo.html is a general guide to understand GPU settings and get the most out of it :)
I have the Asrock 6600xt challenger, matched with their phantom gaming b550 and a ryzen 5 5600x. This card for 1080 is a fantastic buy. I upgraded from a 1070 and r5 2600x.
I just bought the ibuypower deal at bestbuy with that setup for $1099. I don’t even know if my monitor is 1080p so I hope I picked a good one. Ryzen 5 5600x with 16 gb ddr4 ssd and a tb hdd. With rx 6600xt. Seems like a good deal.
1080 what now
It does have one advantage over the 5700XT although it's not really compelling enough to trade an existing 5700XT for it and that is in power efficiency .... A 5700XT wasn't very efficient and ran at a pretty high temperature
I feel lucky to have built my system in december of 2019. My 5700xt gaming x was $430. Im just crossing my fingers that i dont need to replace it before prices become reasonable again
I was pretty close to buying the 350€ Radeon 5700 before the pandemic hit. But I wanted to wait for a 5600 or similar and see how much it cost.
So in the meantime I got a RX 480 with 4GB. 8GB was almost 50% more expensive because the mining boom had already started to happen.
I built my PC at the very end of 2019 with an RX 590. Thought of upgrading 2-3 years down the line. When the 3000 Series came out with their MSRP, I genuinely thought I could get a 3060, or at the very least it'll push value of the RTX 2000s down.
Was I wrong. People are selling used RX 590 the same price as a new 2060Ti in 2019; and the last 2060S stocks I saw costs the same as a 2070Ti in 2019.
my 5700XT was fucked with driver issues when i bought it. So i had to return it and i instead bought a 2070 super. When the 3070 came out i sold it for about 350 usd and was lucky enough to get a 3070 for 600 usd. Now i had to build another pc and ended up with a used rx 480 which is a pretty good card at 1080p.
Upgraded to Ryzen in late 2018. Bought a 4gb Rx 570 that Newegg basically gave me. $130 plus two redemption codes for RE2 and DMC5 ($120 value).
Picked up a power color 6600xt from micro center yesterday for $100 over msrp (479). Still sitting in the box. Don't think I need or want it without upgrading my r5 2600 and 1080 monitor.
Unfortunately here in UK we can't just walk in shop and get a graphics card so our options are 6600xt for £500, 3060 for £550 and 3060 ti for £630... even 1080ti and 2070 are £500
yup, wont help us in UK that the £ is crashing hard. as you say im looking at a 3060ti and they are at least 600, which is crazy when you can buy a ps5 or xbox x for less.
@@kanedNunable ye 3060ti were 550 a month ago the prices are so high right now
I would love to have a 3060ti, but for the money they are charging I cannot justify spending that much. I will live with my RX 580 until prices start to get more reasonable.
I'd rather get a pineapple colonoscopy than buy this generation of cards.
That ought to be easy, you can't really buy this generation of card 😜
I guess you're really... pining for that to happen.
_Sorry._
@@SharikhKhan138 Hahahaha, I see what you did there
Reminds me of Little Nicky lmao
But colonoscopy is free...?
If I needed a Card(I don’t) and didn’t have $2k to spend(I don’t) then I would probably end up with one of these as they were actually in stock and on the shelf at my nearest MC along with a bunch of $2k and up top tier offerings.
Unless you need the card for work, spending $2k on a card for gaming is fucking retarted.
@@johnlane7529 unless you are broke 2k is nothing.
@@johnlane7529 2k is not a lot of money come on it’s 2021 and inflation. Most people’s rent is this or easily more.
@@littlehugebigplanet2 you say that but think of it this way if youn live in say the UK 2k gbp is quite alot of money for a gpu heck even 1300gbp for a 3080 is rediclous considering its roughly a months wages.
@@littlehugebigplanet2 I've never even seen $2k in my life and I'm almost 40. No consumer card should EVER be over $900.
1 year later and the 6600 (non XT) is the best GPU for 1080p gaming for 220 bucks, 80 bucks more and you get the RX6650XT wich is almost as good as the 3060 Ti.
thank god nobody gives a shit about mining anymore
Well, now it`s selling for less than 3060 so this did not age well.
When 1080p gpu's for 500$ get celebrated by the public, you probably switched to a bad timeline over night. 😱
When there's a silicon shortage, yes.
If the price didn't increase then it'd be more surprising tbh.
What's funny is that if this card was priced lower, it would probably get snatched by scalpers just as fast as the 30-series was, and then you would have to pay 900$ for this card.
why should we believe them telling us there is a shortage..to justify price hike...
its shady buisness profitering on the covid as an excuse to milk people dry.
@@monsterrun lol
Broaden your view, look across the whole silicon product line. There is a shortage of electronics all across the board.
Its not limited to just GPUs.
It's also been a big news thing from many news outlets and youtubers. So you might wanna check how we got here from all these info sources. The answer may or may not shock you.
It's funny that during a chip shortage of unprecedented proportions, the companies that should have been, in theory, hit the hardest (nvidia, AMD), are reeking in insane amounts of cash, while regular customers are priced out of the market.
It's almost as if any company will be happy to price gouge the shit out of everyone, when they are enabled by retards who will give in and purchase shit they don't need for stupid amounts.
Ever since this card came out it has got better and better Jay. My kids 6600 smokes my 3060 in a lot of titles. I would like to see updates head to head runs on this again.
Did you compare 3060 with DLSS enabled ? Or in raytracing scenario?
@@ochiorbus Nobody uses either of these cards for RT...unless you like watching slide shows. FSR 2 is 99% as good as DLSS at this point so the over priced 3060 loses by an even bigger margin.
@@glamdring0007 nah
@@glamdring0007 gotta use the high vram bruh
@@glamdring0007 FSR2 is so far behind DLSS in actual quality it's not even worth comparing the two in terms of quality to performance. As someone who has used both forms of upscaling extensively I can say FSR2 even with the Quality preset in its current form introduces a ton of artifacts in high motion scenes, bad ghosting, poor original texture retention, and an all around grainy look. These are all things that DLSS2 also running on the Quality preset do not suffer from, visually no matter if they're high motion scenes or stagnated ones you'll be hard pressed to find any noticeable differences between running natively or using DLSS2 Quality outside of the significant boost in frame rate. This is the power of AI upscaling and it's the same reason AMD needs to announce AI powered FSR3 during the announcement today on 7000 series Radeon cards. If they still haven't implemented machine learning on RDNA3 they're going to be significantly behind the curve as the industry is slowly moving away from the importance of pure rasterization performance. Even the Arc A770 at $349 has machine learning technology on it that is quite frankly very good for a 1st generation card. I'd love to move over to Radeon GPUs, but in their current state they're lacking an obscene amount of QoL features and support for workloads outside of gaming that simply makes them less desirable. These are the same reasons hardware surveys show that in the professional workspace Radeon is virtually non-existent, and in the PC gaming space a lowly 17% of PC owners are running Radeon GPUs with Nvidia holding all of that other market share between the two sectors.
This video is definitely outdated now, picked up a 6600XT used for $224. You can get other models for cheaper but I got the PowerColor Red Devil which is the more premium model, massive heatsink and offers dual bios. Overall amazing card and I don't even run into VRAM issues at 1440p high/ultra. RDR2 is only about 5GB, the most I've seen was from AC Odyssey using 7GB.
Right now, I’ve seen some models go for $150-$180 usd on the used market. I’m debating on grabbing one to upgrade from an old 1050ti. Not sure if I should wait a longer and hope they get cheaper or buy one while I can.
@@RearedBow I just snagged a used PowerColor Fighter AMD 6600XT 8GB for $178 USD after tax off the Bay site for my new build(Erying MATX board with an Intel Core i9 12900H, 32GB DDR4 3200Mhz ram, 512 NVME boot SSD, 2TB HDD), as I put in my old PowerColor RedDragon AMD RX560 4GB to get it up, and running, and I say for 1080p 75Hz Linux STEAM gaming(Manjaro GNOME), and dual monitor general usage, this should last me at least a good few years, so yeah on the used market these are an excellent budget option, and I say go for it if you can find a deal on one.
5/4/22 - I'm just now upgrading from the 8GB MSI RX580 Gaming X graphics card to the 8GB MSI RX 6600XT Gaming X card. It was $435 including tax. And the Nvidia RTX 3050 (being the same price) was my other option, but I went with the 6600XT because I don't think I care much about Ray Tracing. At least right now, especially when some older games that I still play don't use it.
Thank you for the 5700XT comparison, knowing that this card is pretty much similar to the card i bought in July of last year.. means i don't have to rush out and buy a new card.
You'd be a moron upgrading that soon anyway. If you can't get 4-5 years out of a card, you made the wrong purchase in the first place.
@@thesemichrist333 Given that i can sell my 5700XT for 3x what i paid right now even used.. and buy something better for $250 more than what i sell.. i'd argue against it.
I never thought we would be in a position where we are forced to hope that Intel can save PC gaming with cards that don't cost over 400 dollars.
You aren't forced into anything. You should know that Intel will charge an arm and a leg for their cards. They still to this day do it for their CPU lineup
Sadly, though we hope, i fear that Intel's card will suffer much the same fate
Well that sounds like a very privileged thing to say. 1080p gaming has always been 500/600 dollars unless you're in America where gpus used to cost nothing
@@benkoskinen3871 Polaris?
First gen Intel GPU performance is still going to be messy, you'll suffer the early adopter consequences. Their drivers are way off in parity against AMD or Nvidia, and that will take a long time to solve. And you can bet there's going to be a myriad of compatibility issues associated to being a new player in this field.
This is just a heads-up warning, if their pricing is correct and they put some good work in development their cards can still be good enough. But I wouldn't bet on Intel GPUs at least until their second gen.
Got the 6600xt for the msrp, got tired of waiting and stupid miner/scalper situation, going to swap to a high end when the 7000 series/40 series will come out
I got it too at microcenter
It is mainly the scalpers who caused this mess in the first place.
@@killertruth186 you are wrong, it's miners who drove this market to make it scarce and then scalpers added up to this mess by buying up the remaining bits. Scalpers buy the gpus yeah, but their goal is to sell the item, which means the stock rotates and could end up eventually in a gamers hands while miners keep buying every gpu that's available and keep them to themselves not using them how it was intended. Also Covid doesn't help the situation either
Yeah, I got one at msrp from Newegg. Honestly, as long as your motherboard supports pcie 4.0 and you don't need 4k 60, this card is fine. I am a first time builder, and I feel like a 3060 equivalent for $400 in this market is fine. At msrp, this thing is really only $30-50 overpriced, and it looks a lot better than the 1650 super or RX570 that your $400 would get you elsewhere. Just because it ain't a 3080 don't mean it's bad.
@@01iverQueen I doubt that the miners are the real issue.
I've had an RX 480 8gb for a couple years now, and it came to me second hand. I have been looking to upgrade since the start of the shortages occured, and because of that I feel like this card has been squeezing out performance so much longer than it can probably handle that I don't know how much longer it has. I was aiming for a 3060 a couple months after launch, then the prices skyrocketed. Honestly just been sad to see.
I’m in the same situation as you are, but my RX 480 has recently started black screening…I don’t know what to do lol.
@@ChuckNazty3233 Having an AMD 580 and a GTX 1080ti, I think the jump in performance from a AMD 480 to a AMD 6600xt would be worth the price of the 6600xt at the cheapest you can get one. That or a 3060 if the price was cheaper ( it isn't in my market). The 6600xt is basically equivalent to my GTX 1080ti and feels like a lot more performance from 1080p to 1440p. If you can't afford to wait any longer this would be a good card. That said I hope you have PCIE 4.0 so you don't miss out on any bandwidth since they only give you x8 lanes on the 6600xt. If you don't I'd probably look for a higher tier card or an nvidia equivalent so you get your money's worth. That said, it might be time to upgrade you CPU platform depending on how old it is as well.
@@ChuckNazty3233 does it black screen when you launch a game right? I have a MSI RX 480 8GB And it black screens all my monitors I have to power off and power back on to fix it everytime
Last month my MSI RX 480 just straight up died, BIOS didn't even recognize it. I've had my build since 2013 and put the RX 480 in around 2016 so I am looking at a 6600 XT for my new build
I bit the bullet and bought a 6600xt for £380 I was waiting for over 10 months for things to Improve as well as 6 months in the evga queue for a 3060ti. Both situations didn't improve.
Paid 330£ for mine and I am more than happy with it
@@MrAckers75 Yes me too and with my system there is always an upgrade path. I'm stuck at 1080p but I'm happy at the moment with that.
Thanks to government policy likely things will get even worse with shortages this winter. Including important stuff like power and food, a graphics card will be low on people's lists.
Glad to see jay actually evaluating the card in a real way scenario
Your opinion is more valuable to me than the day one benchmarks and numbers
Thanks Jay for the awesome content
Jay is pretty much THE authority I think on graphics-cards.
There's no point in upgrading gtx 1060/ rx 480/580 cards. When you bought them for 200-250 dollars 5 years ago and the performance per dollar hasn't changed. The wonderful world of stagnation....👿
you can now get this for around 200. works fine for both 1080p and 1440p at med settings if you need something just for now until better cards come along.. at better prices (lol)
Reviewers are soooooo wrong about this GPU. you're easily going to be paying $100+ more for a 3060ti. At around $500 this is a good card for the current market. I got mine for $380 on launch because everyone thought it sucked and it stayed in stock.
The bad reviews are why we can even get our hands on this card, thank God lol
500$? mf i could get a 6700xt for 500$ lmfao
@@bhnjmk8898 doubt, unless you get luck with AMD's reference card. But the supply for that has been heavily going to bots lately. The cheapest 6700XT's in the US are like $700-$800 otherwise.
@@NuggetsXInfinite literally got a 6700xt for 497$ off ebay but alr
yea this card is very underrated and thank God it is
Sitting over here with my brand new Ryzen 7 build with a GTX 750ti: “huh, yeah that sounds bad” *hides PC behind back*
Which Ryzen 7?
same with an rx470. i waited for the 3000 series, but upgraded everything else.
Same story here :( new ryzen 5800x system with my old 1060 6gb lol didn't feel like doubling the price of my build to upgrade the video card
Ryzen 2600 and Gt 1030 here, sad times.
@@TheRedRaven_ 3700x
Thank you for comparing it to the 5700. Gamers Nexus only talked about the 5600 and objected to how much more expensive the 6600 was, but it seemed to me that a cost-to-cost comparison was more relevant than simply going by the arbitrary naming schemes.
Bought it and loving it so far. I bought my 6600 for $340 after the price dropped down. Been running FF7 with it, stable 140fps at highest setting, and the temperature never exceed 70°C
I was really looking forward to buying one of these or a similar card to replace my RX570, but I'm still stuck waiting for the prices to come back down to reasonable levels. It's annoying as hell
Why upgrade a 570, its still a perfect card, works great
@@thedamntrain5481 there's nothing at all wrong with the card, but I just wanted something new, and something that would better keep up with the Ryzen 7 3700x I picked up last November when I did a full rebuild of my pc, the only thing I'm missing is a GPU
Rx 570 user here. Yeah. Still works great but doesn't do justice to my 144hz 1440p monitor.. Anyway, still can play Genshin and dota2 maxed out
I have a RX 570 4GB, great GPU but I need an upgrade to play Battlefield 2042 and Halo Infinite
The 6600XT with a single 8-pin power connector makes it (in my mind) an upgrade path for RX580 owners. Except the price is way too high.
Killer upgrade for 580 and 590 owners. My nitro 580 did have an 8 + 6 power header. So this was nice dropping some cabling to a single 8 pin
I bought a 5700xt in September of 2020. I'm extremely contented with it. Even if the 3070 or 3080 sold at MSRP, I would not be looking for a new GPU and won't be for a while. I'm glad I got a GPU before all this madness happened.
I bought a 5700xt for $500AUD in Sep2020 then sold it this year for $1200AUD (eBay bidding) and got a 6800xt for $1800, brilliant upgrade (in saying that the 5700xt was a great card)
A year later the 6600XT is starting at $289 on Newegg where a 3060 TI is starting at $419.
I have the 5500xt and it works for me I don't think I will change the graphic card for a good while
Same here I’m happy with mine 🤙🏽
I am so fed up with this pricing. here in the UK we get hammered too. Appreciate you doing the work though Jay, not your fault the situation went nuts.
I snagged a 3090 FE at RRP this week. I'm also in UK
@@rossharper1983 while anecdotal your story gives hope
@@rossharper1983 that's awesome man.
@@rossharper1983 Scan had quite a few of those (AIB versions have been available for a while from various distributors but above MSRP even if want to buy 20+ through bona fide trade distributors). Had to tell clients that want this generation of cards in their systems to buy their own as don't feel right putting my mark-up on top of the inflated prices but I will install it FOC into their new system for them if they don't feel comfortable doing it themselves.
@@OliverQueen1974 yea, I had previously gotten an MSI 3080 at MSRP from scan. CCL is my preferred online shop though. Used to be Ebuyer but they haven't been price competitive for a few years now
the 5700XT was meant for 1440 gaming, so it would stand to reason that the next gen 6600XT would be capable of that as well. love my red devil 5700XT, plays everything i want flawlessly at 1440.
Just wait for the RSR ! The performance will go up another notch :)
I sold mine, thanks to miners a year old 5700xt is worth more than a 6700xt from a scalper.
Just ordered the PowerColor RX 6600 XT to replace my dead MSI R9 380. The converted in dollars diffrence between this and the 3060 ti is about 280 dollars so it doesnt seem like that bad of a deal (yes, the prices here are high af)
Not to bring life to an old video we just picked up a black Friday special at Costco, which had a 5800 G and 6600 XT in it for 600 bucks seems to be a pretty good little system
holy. thats a good deal
Do u have a link? I can only find 5600g
Is there a 5800g? Thought it was only the 5700g that existed. They're not worth. 5600x is much faster than the G variants.
@@avexirrazelea8435 5700g is the highest apu from amd. hes either lying or just a typo
@@J03130 He is lying. There was that dream about releasing the new 5800g by AMD was supposedly manufactured to top 5800x in raw performance.
This card was recently recommended to me and I may start hunting for it. My current PC was built in 2015 and is using a gtx 980 so it is well past it's prime these days.
Got one for around 550usd equivalent here in Japan a nitro+ model after rebate at Amazon
Very happy with it super efficient and quiet as well as able to run my games at 1440p 60fps
3060ti cost minimum 30% more over so in my case it was a no brainer
In the UK 3060ti are £5-600 if your lucky... I got a 6600xt for £420. 3060s if u can get one are around £4-500.. 6600xt Is a good deal here.
It costs $469 for the 3060 ti where I am and $380 for the 6600 xt, and the 6600 xt was in stock, so I got one…
Dude the 6600XT is 529€ and 3060 Ti 819€ where I live:D Cheapest available cards. F
@@Samisipi You should see 580s in my country for 600- 700 €
I was hating getting a 2080 super when the 30s were about to come out but I'm kind of glad now that I got it and not waited or I would've a bad time just trying to get a new GPU.
Had little problem getting a card from micro center beginning of this year
@@js4120 Lucky you and there is no micro center here in Arizona that I know of.
Ya having physical stores increases your odds dramatically. I think I went on a restock day and an ice storm
i just got a msi 3060ti gaming x from microcenter on wednesday and It absolutely crushes my 1660
I bought my rx 5600 xt asus tuf evo when the shortages almost began. I actually called them almost begging to reserve a card for me since my salary from my job would come in a few days, they happily reservated the card and i upgraded from a rx 570 aorus on the brink of dying because of the extreme oc i used to squeeze out more fps. Sold that card to a miner bcs he was ready to pay way too much by the time i started selling the card
100% do not care about any graphics card this generation. I wound up buying a prebuilt with a 2060 Super and a 9th gen Intel for $1000 (the cost the GPU was going for on eBay at the time) to replace my dying FX 8370 machine, and couldn't be happier.
That's a mad deal. Taxes here are horrendous. The same sells for like almost 1500-2000 USD after converting
I also replaced my rig this year... (need something to replace my 16gb, i7 6700k, 1060 6gb) but gpu prices were terrible... decided to get an i9 10850k, 32 gb memory, new power supply, cooler, ssd m.2, motherboard, but stick with the 1060 until next generation of cards next year... so you know my new rig was about the price of a 3060ti were I live... the prices are insane
Similar here. Got a laptop with a 3060 laptop GPU and I'm happy with it.
A few months ago I found a Asus ROG Strix 2060 Super, open box from microcenter. It barely fits in my case, but it's doing the job well.
@@voyager33mw nice! Wish I lived near a micro center.
Looking at this in 2022, as someone upgrading from a 1660-S with only about a $500 budget, I think the 6600XT is the most affordable compared to a 3060Ti. I was able to find a 6600XT for $299.95 on Amazon, but the cheapest 3060Ti that I found was just shy of $530. I need to change my case for my GPU because it's too small and has a built-in PSU while I have a 600 watt PSU just sitting around and not being used, so my choice right now for anyone trying to get into PC gaming on a budget, go for the 6600XT, and if you really want to save money, go with the 6500XT, I saw one on Amazon for just shy of $200; if you want the links, just let me know.