AMD takes on NVIDIA with the RX 6600
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The 6600 8GB is also the most power efficient (to performance it offers) graphics card to have ever been made running at 100W and under most of the time .. its also been improved with revised drivers over the past 6 months
Good to now because the tdp is stayng at 99 watts. I tought it could be the power suply but it isn't.
@@walpt Dude, it's max is, like, 135 under full load. What wattage PSU do you have where's that a concern? Not knocking, I've ran 250 watts and lower myself.
@@ForeverTemplar Got it
The RX 6600 actually outperforms the RTX 3050 8GB at around the same >130W TDP. I have an Asus RTX 3050 8GB in one rig and an RX 6600 8GB in another rig, and can barely tell a difference.
idle power draw are 3W perfect for use as an AI card in a hypervisor. Although redeon cards have half the performance or even a thir of their nvidia copunterpart. Still for price/performance ratio wise the best card imo. About 100 Euros used.
as someone who can't do anything with all the RGB stuff, the appearance of the 6600 wouldn't bother me in the least as long as it does what it's supposed to: D
I 100% agree with you.
I have a EVGA FTW3 card and I think it’s just hideous. I’m all for simplicity
Turn off the rgb then, I don't get how this is a problem?
@@420southcitykid they didn't say having RGB is a problem they said not having it isn't
@@420southcitykid 2 years ago I would say that RGB adds extra cost to the parts so it sucks you're paying a "premium" for something you just won't use. These days, I'd say that's does not represent much of a price increase all things considered.
i love how phil puts in the loungecore for the low end cards and the metal for the high end ones ...
Loungecore might be more suitable when you just want to Netflix and Radeon Chill
Definitely appropriate
Why are you gae?
It's very soothing.
@@Herbertti3 and if they are? so what?
I bought the RX 6600 XT 8GB Hell Hound for $270 about 2 months ago. GREAT investment. The power efficiency and performance is top notch. Truly a feat of engineering.
Just got one for $200 and so happy. A 3060 still goes for like $350
Great! I'm currently waiting for mine but the Fighter version for only $184! Used but still with 1yr store warranty.
@@nicksmith4808 I pointed out on some forum post, where someone was asking for general ideas with in a 900 dollar or something budget. It went about as well as you're probably imagining. I don't think either company is selling cards for a good price. I'm saving money to do a upgrade of my own, and think that 700 dollars, just for a GPU, is stupid.
@@gorkskoal9315 Personally I'd have no problem dropping the money for a 4080 and badass OLED 4k or bigger display, but most of the AAA stuff that warrants that just sucks.
Got the ASRock one for $189 and I’m loving it so far.
The most basic card, RX 6600, is still light-years ahead of the next step down that released earlier this week, RX 6500 XT.
That’s exactly why I got it. I got a pre-build from IBuyPower and the one PC that wasn’t priced up the ass Had the 6600, and since performance was comparable to the 3060 and sold way under that price point I went for it. Honestly I love it, and the rig cost $1100 compared to the 3060 rig that was $1750 (note: everything else in the rig was the same between the two.)
Except that card won't be scalped and will actually be in stock when somebody needs a new GPU and cannot afford something better. You mostly can't find anything decent for 300$ - 400$. Some just can't afford anything better than a 6500 RN.
@@DisDatK9 that is good news. They are actually a decent price now. Going to replace my son's GTX 970 with one of these.
Sadly i bought 6500 because of lack of knowledge and need to buy 2nd hand 6600 because 6500 just not cut it.
ya but among broke people living in asia or south america, this might be godsend
Releasing cards that barely beat the almost 3-year-old, bottom level raytracing card, and it flies off the shelves. The market is a mess.
Well, some people would be happy to have anything above a 750ti to buy these days
That’s great that they released it, I wish they would release one that’s at gtx 1050 performance because I’m broke so the cheaper the better lmao
@@KaiSoDaM ya that would be me, I’ve got a gt 730
@@benjamin_luscombe At the moment they'd still probably charge $300 for that
@@KaiSoDaM i built 2nd pc with 4670k and 750ti for playing games in living room, it suprised me very much that 750ti runs pubg on smooth 60fps
"You would take this card in a heartbeat." Not for $600+ I won't.
Which country?
@@steviebro0538 Doesn't really matter lol.
@@Splinky9588 Yes it does, dollar is implemented by several countries but its value can change greatly. Is it USD AUD or CAD? Now do you get it?
I agree, instead of offering more card of better quality they dump a high priced paperweight just for the money
@@thomasobrien9630 I could spend paragraphs dissecting the way your wrong but the point is AMD consistently has 'street prices' closer to the original MSRP and that's because AIB cards are overclocked further anyway.
"31 Jays Of October" would have been a better title for the videos.
They need to do an editing trick to have 31 Jay's on screen at once. Just doing something odd or entertaining, maybe like their i fix it ads but with 31 Jay's.
31 Jayz .... with a Z
I lucked out and got a 6600XT from my local Micro Center. Haven't regretted it at all. $500 well spent. Went for a 30 series, the guy in front of me in line got the last one. Disappointedly asked for a 1660 Super, sales associate was like "you know for like 50 extra bucks you could get this 6600XT thats comparable to the 3060 you wanted."
Exactly what I did when I wanted to upgrade my 1660 Super. I was going for a 3060 Ti but by the time I got off work and got to Micro Center, all that was left on the Nvidia side was a bunch of 3050s and a 2060. The associate pointed me to a 6600XT and so far, its been solid.
The sales guy did you the favor of your life.
Nice
399AUD
Absolute insanity you spent 500 dollars for a 6600 xt just one year ago. They only cost 225 now, less than half, those 500 dollars were not well spent.
I don't care about how flashy this stuff is. I care about the cost and performance. I don't need a disco party in my room when I am gaming.
Yea I have my PC at my livingroom, it's very spartan, everything is black, no extra lights or stuff like that.
Agreed, no lights, but also not gonna spend hundreds of dollars on something flimsy. Still waiting on the 6700xt coming back to MSRP...
Well said, also for the price this card looks like pure e-waste
100% this card actually looks pretty good, sometimes simplicity is the best. Also seen the Fighter listed for 329$ on Amazon, good deal!
@Disguised Dv8ant Well, they choose the MSRP for a reason, it's a price most people interested in the product would accept / buy it for. I am clearly not going to pay two to three times that price, which is the actual asking price right now.
So yeah, the old generation *should* go on sale as the next gen is approaching, but that clearly isn't going to happen. Also manufacturers should focus on fulfilling the demand instead of launching new products. We don't need "faster" yet. We need "reasonably priced".
So yes, 4-500€ is the price I would pay for a (new) 6700xt, even if it launched a year ago. Didn't get any slower in the meantime.
I'm afraid MSRPs keep increasing instead of being around the same for the same tier cards as it used to be).
Already sold out everywhere, less than 10 minutes after launch.
yup
the 6600 xt was available for a good while at launch but the 6600 had basically no stock, no wonder amd kept quiet on this one.
No shock lol
Sometimes on thursday night I drive past microcenter and see people getting in line for when they open friday morning to get GPU's lol
It's so annoying...We need to just find out what ship they are coming in on.And just go to the yard at night time..Leave the money in the container and a note
I'd like to see more 10 series in the comparisons. i know its old but i bet a lot of people did what i did and skipped the 20's because they where to pricy. expecting to then get a 30 only to have the current insanity happen. id like to know if a current low end card i might be able to find would provide a sensable upgrade or more of a side grade and not worth it.
Agreed. My 1070 is still hanging in there in some games. Battlefield 2042 thought I had to run on all lowest settings 1080p for 70 or 90 fps
agree, have a 1070 and not sure where I can go from there
yup 1070 as well also skipped the 20 series.
Whoop Whoop 1070 Gang!
I still have mines water cooled and OC'd hits 120fps on medium settings on most current gen titles I.E. Control, Metro Exodus, and AC:Valhalla without going over 50°C!
2060 is around 1080. Maybe a little bit weaker then 1080. 2060Super is equal to 1080 for sure.
BRO I WAS ABLE TO GET ONE OF THESE FOR $220😭😭im so happy It’s gonna be such an upgrade from a 2gb rx 560
Damn it's 350-380€ here. Enjoy your new hardware 🥳
@@fabrb26 got one for $200 so that’s pretty cool
Same I might of paired it with the wrong cpu tho I have a i3 10th gen I feel it underperforms but I also got it for 220 it’s a steal
@@cowboycris85 im thinking of this gpu , with an asus prime z590-a motherboard , rx 6600 , i5 11400 , 16gb (2x8) ram , and 500ssd
@@ron6505 that’s sounds about right I went with Intel since I’m familiar with it amd as a cpu I’ve never had
You know things are bad when everyone is excited for a budget/entry level card that competes with a budget/entry level card that launched 3 years ago. xD
I hope that the Chinese will insert some much-needed competition into this market. CPUs and GPUs are supplied by duopolies right now.
@@eitkoml HONESTLY!!!
Evidence that you're part of the 1%: thinking a 2060 is entry level.
@@eitkoml I hope the Chinese overthrow their cancerous government and lynch their "leader"
@@Gabu_ The RTX 2060 is an entry level card. The 1660 Super and 1660TI are budget cards. The RTX 2070 was a mid range card. The 2080 is high end and the TI\Titan cards are enthusiast cards.
I was building a mid level rig for myself, but it has been 10 years since I have built anything. After getting everything together I wanted for a GPU that was reasonably. Then this released and Micro Center had this card for 399.00 or lower. I could not believe it, but I got it home got everything plugged and hooked and it’s been great and I could stream with it. All I can say is good job and keep up the good work.
man I wish I live in the US right now haha, this card is 500 USD in my place right now, it was 600 USD last year
jay handles his gpu like how most people handle a pack of smokes. must be nice
You going to cry about it?
@@MrModz1999 yes
Someone should make a compilation of jay saying "i digress" never fails he says it every video and ive grown to love it :)
I loved it too..
English is not my first language so there are several word that i dont know what it means.
Just recently google translate it… and now i know why he always says that after going on a rant.
"I digress" is Jay's 'catch phrase' if you will. It's been a staple saying in his channel for years
I hate it lol
It would make a great catchphrase on a shirt
@@NineEyeRon It did! But as in true JayzTwoCents fashion, it is not longer available.
I know that probably no one will see this, but I rode out the great GPU shortage and was able to snag a lightly used Gigabyte Eagle RX 6600 for $280 on ebay. We're out of the hole now, hopefully PC gaming keeps becoming more and more affordable.
I just found the rx 6600 on Amazon for around $300 so you got a good deal
If it was new that would have been a great deal for nowadays.
@@sdrubaa it was listed as used but it looks to be in perfect condition from the listing pictures. It was likely only used for a few months so I think I found a good deal. The gpu itself was actually only $250 but tax and shipping added $30
Got a 6600XT. Upgrading from a 940MX and I'm crying tears of joy-
So nice to hear some positivity around GPUs! A 6600 or 6600XT would be killer right now!
Using 6600 dual now and yeah it is a killer
Got my hell hound 6600 for 360 brand new
@@WoundedSpiritHealing just got one for 240
@@sosafps been sold that old technology.. lol
@@WoundedSpiritHealing how is it old if it competes with the 3060?
you know you're a nerd when "flip flop" = several logic gates arranged in a feedback configuration like how SRAM (like L1 cache) works.
These are really dark times for us PC gamers...
Agree
I'm thinking of just going an amd apu for the time being
Only if you are needy enough to play at maximum settings in resolution above 1080p
@@Andy-jz1zw If you can play on 30 fps with 720p low-mid setting then it's good. I played at that settings for years and it's honestly not that bad.
It's not really about being needy for game settings, I personally would need at least a 3060 cause my Rx 570 4gb is getting too slow for 3D rendering for working
I actually like it for the size. SFF or even small cases would look nice and spacey.
a SFF edition would be rad!
I felt silly picking up a computer with a rx 5700xt to start pc gaming again in the beginning of 2020.... wish I could have gotten more but for a whole pc I think it was a decent $800 considering current supply issues.
jesus christ man you scored a jackpot
I hate rgb lights, and people on youtube has complained about the backplate for years saying it only hold on to heat inside the card
''If you play high, your not gona notice most of that crap anyway'' 9:25 one of the best lines ive heard from jay yet!!! 🤣😂
Is that a fucking dab emoji what the fuck
@@dusannestorovic5699
Now with the latest drivers and all, 6600 stands between RTX 3050 and RTX 3060. Which is really impressive that they deliver all that performance in such less power consumption.
To anyone watching this in late 2022, this card is $220 and well worth the buy. It's so silent, stays cool and provides an excellent gaming performance in AAA titles 1080p ultra. On Apex legends with a 3600x cpu and 2x8 3000 oloy ram, it stays locked at 144 frames on Apex Legends and 130 FPS on Ark Survival Evolved, both 1080p ultra. Hope this helps any weary buyer since Nvidia is still not worth the $ on 1080p
What is the max temp ?
@@hassanabouelouafa488 Just bought brand new XFX 6600 for $180 two days ago, tested on Spider man MM, Medium High got 70-90fps average at 1080p stay at 65c with less than 100watt usage, mind you I'm living in South East Asia country where the temp above 32c is the average here and even worst during summer.
Its huge upgrade from my old Asrock RX 570 that used over 140watt and stay over 77c during heavy gaming.
When 2060 cards are going for $700 right now, it really puts it into perspective
RTX 2060’s are selling for that high seriously?
@@ZackSNetwork More like 400 now
@@ZackSNetwork but Rx 6600 is more powerful and a BIT cheaper
"Than a 2060" ... at the cost of a 3060 (in theory. In practice it'll be over $600 like the rest)
here in new zealnd a 3060 is 970$ and the 6600 is 850$ and the 6600xt is 970$ which is ridiculous since back in the day a gtx 1080 was 800 to 900$ and the 1080ti was 1050+.
the 1660 TI has gone up to 770$ when in 2019 i thought it was a bad deal at 500 considering the 2060 was like 600 and the 1660 super was closer to 430 with almost the same performance.
Just bought it today at micro center for $450
I managed to pick up a brand new 3060ti in the Uk for £395 soon as I heard the price I couldn’t pass it up
Funny how Jay and Steve have completly different opinions about this card.
Yea that's how independent reviews work. Everyone has their different opinions and reasons, which is why you should watch a bunch of reviews to get the different advantages.
It would suck if everyone just agreed on everything in the exact same way
Which Steve? Tech Jesus Steve or Aussie Steve?
@@aftp4i94 Around here, Steve means Steve over at Gamers Nexus.
@@khaledm.1476 Obviosly. But usually they don't end up so far from eachother.
Came here right after watching GN's vid :D I guess it comes down to Jay not really taking the value into account when comparing it to a much older card like the 2060. Also, with the current state of the market I'm not sure who's got the right mindset
Looks like something ripped out of a Dell pre-built.
then it wouldnt have 2 fans lol
Lol
@@JwFu Would have 2 warranty extensions, though :D
Usually the PCIe slot on a Dell pre-built is empty... this looks like the kind of card you would insert into a Dell pre-built.
when you realise the 20 series is already 3 years old
*insert slowly aging man meme here
My 2080 Ti is still going strong. Unless the shortage becomes a "norm", I think I'll survive it!
@@sirius4k lol I’m over here praying my 970 keeps on trucking
@@sirius4k The 2080ti is on par with a RTX 3070 so of course it’s going strong it was the top end card last generation. The 2070 and below are already 1080p cards know.
I’m pretty happy right now, the XT is $300 currently and seeing as it beat the 3060 that’s one heck of a feat!
i just bought a 6600 for 209 yesterday i cant wait to put it in
@@sh0ts420 2 Months in and it’s working WONDERFULLY! I think you’ll be pleased!
@@TXCryptic i have a rx580 rn so im ready to get rid of the whole 100% usage in most AAA games lol
"are you going to buy a card ?" : Going to sit on my 5700xt for another year and see what the 4000/7000 gen brings
Same here waiting a couple years til we get some affordable 4k 100+fps capable cards
that's a 600-700€ card in the current economy, i would be happy with that. heck, i'm happy that my rx470 still works well enough in 1080p.
@@rileyxbell you arent wrong, theres many games that can run at 4k 100+fps with current cards
theyre all OLD games tho
graphics technology keeps getting better and better and ofc more demanding, thats never happening coz that would ruin ther company bussiness
make a current lowend gpu run the lastest AAA game at 4k, not gonna happen
So i bought a 6600xt and sold my 5700xt on ebay starting bid at below market of $230 ended up at an above market value of $1050 i upgraded my CPU and Motherboard and still had money left over. This gpu market is fucked because that was a blower style 5700xt.
You definitely bought in at a better time, just wait through this mess man, it’s never worth upgrading every gen anyway
Jay I know I keep asking this but I feel like a OC video using radeon software vs afterburner would be a good video with more people picking up amd gpu's and cpu's.. There's very few reliable tech sources using the software and I feel like it would make for a good video since they added a new way to oc ryzen cpu's in the radeon software and maybe give some new people like myself a guide to OC'ing a amd gpu & cpu
make sure you don't have msi afterburner installed on an amd system. it will just copy the numbers from radeon software and when your OC crashes it wont reset it to default. i had a hard time even booting into windows because of this. took me a month to figure out what was going on.
Seems like it would be especially useful in a small form factor build
Yes. I bought mine a few months ago and am really proud of it's performance. Really well rounded card.
Hi. Im building my first pc rn and doing a lot of reaserch for my specs . The oc includes this card . So how did it perform with you and what games did you play?
@@planz1250 Fortnite ±150 FPS high settings 1080p. Other non competitive I lock at 75 FPS ultra settings which it achieves with no hiccups
@@warrickramnand9437 Wow that's great (didn't get the notification so didn t see the respond ). Im pairing it with an i5 12400f and 16 gb of ram . Will be fine right?
In terms of price, things are still crazy, at least here in Europe.
I bought a 6700xt from MSI "the gaming one :S) for 789€ around 2 months ago.
After a few days I got it, the price in most retailers on my country increased to 830€ more or less.
Now the same card cost in many retailers around 920€.
I know I still bought the 6700 at increased cost, but now, the price is basically crazy.
Funny, thing is, when I got the mail order, when I opened the mail box, the box of the card had a little of dust. So, for me, it is not the brands, but many retailers are hoarding the cards and wait to increase prices. I think AMD and Nvidia should do something about this.
just bought one of these for my daughter's 1080p gaming rig @ $220 USD going to be a beast of a tiny gaming machine as far as she is concerned. I sometimes let her play on my dual monitor 1440p gaming machine and she is in awe of it... apple does not fall far from the tree.
I’m watching these videos about new gpus I can never afford, and I’m still chilling here with my igpu
It's crazy when the tech community can't even agree on a product. Only Jay has said, it's a good card. But according to Steve @GN and almost every other tech TH-camr it's junk.
I watched the GN video and they had good opinions, but it's basically a meme that Steve hates everything. That's just how GN does videos.
we all know its shit and bollocks. another 150 card....
Same with LTT Anthony suggesting used better parts...
@@zamppa3974 I'm not sure it's a meme. It's who he is, it's why I don't like watching him often. You could give GN the greatest product ever made and he would bitch and complain and whine about something.
I'm sorry what did you expect then, like a straight buy it or don't buy it answer? Both videos do address the price to performance problem. This will be expensive and performance will only be slightly better than RTX 2060 that is now almost 3 year old lowest tier raytracing card. How you feel about that fact is subjective, lots of people are in a pinch where they feel like they have to pay these absurd prices anyway.
someone didnt get steves memo: "Insultingly Bad Value"
@Arron How so?
I guess not having a GPU is good value then?
@Arron mind explaining?
@Arron clown
@@DerrickRG Pay 3 times the price for a GPU when you can buy a whole system for the same price is a good value?
I just bought one for under $300 in Australia. works great for what I play which is mainly sports and racing games.
They are not getting my money until we're back at 2019 prices.
NVIDIA be like: "Fuck it"
**releases the RTX 2660**
@@4riel They started ordering more 2060 dies last year and they've been selling more 2060;s what are you talking about. old news your rumor is false.
Yet another GPU that you can't buy unless you're prepared to pay way over the odds...
Would you like some cheese with that whine?
@@akotada8443 I want blue cheese please
@@akotada8443 it is not a whine ,but a fact. As for the price, an idiot and his funds are soon parted 🤷
3080ti vision was a great purchase
Ah yes... 5 year old performance for 4x the price. You now what, all things being equal, this is not a bad thing. its an insane awful idea...
Lmao even food an gas gain prices
Lol
Just picked one up yesterday upgraded from a gtx 1650 and I’m loving this card runs good games are smooth
I decided to upgrade, yes, I'm an idiot. Going with an ASUS B450-f gaming. 5600X AMD, blah blah blah. Knew it was going to suck getting a GPU. Not paying a grand for the card I wanted, so I waited. As of 12/24/21, Christmas Eve, BestBuy offered an XFX 6600 210 for $519 US. Bought it. Like the lack of RGB, like the looks of the card. I'm a light gamer at 1080p. Coming from my 6600K with a 3GB 1060. Very happy, Merry Christmas to me. Do what you can with what you have. Happy Holidays to Everyone.
Jay: I don't do shoes.
Jay walking around barefoot confirmed.
Jay is a Hobbit?
Just bought a 6600 for 250 CAD (upgraded from a 1050 ti) and it’s amazing! Couldn’t have asked for a better card especially for the price
Thanks for this, was looking at some reviews and it was a mix of feelings about this card. Now when I was in desperate need for a new computer and this card was in a not too expensive build, I went for it. And now im very hopeful for my new computer to hold up for a long time. I will mostly use it for IT school and ligth gaming so its more then what i would need. But just in case I feel like gaming some new games it wont be a problem on my 1080p setup!
9:50 That pretty much sums up the RX 6600. I used to have a GT 1030 and aimed to make a 2023 mid range performing PC for 1080p ultra. All while being affordable and readily available locally in the South East Asia region. The RX 6600 was exactly that. Simply something that gives a proper gaming experience while being something that most people in many different regions can attain.
I prefer higher resolutions with lower settings tbh so I use the 6600 for 1440p 144 fps but some games I have to put the settings pretty low but it just looks insanely clear.
Those great old days, when you could buy enthusiast level cards on 600$+-...
There was a time when I bought the top of the shelf card for 200. Boutta month before the Riva TNT 2 release, when I got my Viper V550. Was 500 on release. Imagine GPU prices dropping when they age nowadays... haven't seen that within the last decade at all - which also is the reason they get more expensive every gen, since they have to somehow fit the price regime of the old gen.
@@CakePrincessCelestia TNT2, man that takes me back.
Ooof I felt hit when he said “if you’re sitting on a 1030 you would take this card” as if he were talking directly to me
Update: I just finished building my very first PC. It took me 6ish hours to do and was very close to giving up however I finished it and POSTed on the very first try, I watched jays video from 2 years ago as a guide.
Building mine today 🙂
@@IanHall43 I built my very first pc a few months ago , I built a rx570 with a 5800x the 570 was the only gpu I could’ve get until I upgraded to a 3060 . Ain’t nothing like the feeling of building a pc and watching it boot
AMD: MSRP is $329 USD
AIB partners: yeah, about that.
In all honesty that dinky GPU can outperform my 6yo gaming laptop I’m rocking lmao
Any GPU nowadays literally craps on my old Thinkpad t430. I think we need an upgrade lol 😂
I just bought a gamimg laptop and it out performs my pc from 3 years ago. Theres alot to dive into with that and I can post spec sheets later but I was bumbfounded playing cyberpunk @4k with almost every thing cranked to the max dlss quality at more frames than my tv can display. The only thing that held it back was vram tbh or I could turn it all up
@@mikev8500 bet it was expensive tho. I'll just vibe at 1080p60 medium-high
@@wsketchy well yes I pwid 2250 on FB but that was about what I had budgeted for a new desktop build but with parts being practically unobtainium and my recent living situation being mobile a laptop is what I went with. I did pay 250 more than original msrp from a guy on FB its still a better value than the ones I'll could find on shelves
@@MoarFoam eGPU it. Did this with my X220
Loving the daily uploads guys, I try not to spend much time on TH-cam right now due to homework, but when I do get to watch something during lunch there's a ton of videos to watch and it's awesome. I did have one question, is there or will there be gpu apocalypse mong sleeves or hoodies? I've been buying something from each drop and I usually grab one of those vs. the t-shirts. I'm wondering if they are just totally sold out, in the works, or if they are just were not in thr plans for this drop. Keep up the great work!
I love that no frills design to be honest. The card stays in place and doesn't move an inch anyways, so as long as the temps are well managed, this is a good way to save on cost!
save? have you seen what they cost? for $660, this card is hot steamy garbage.
@@ericlewandowskivlogs but its not.. its a good card. If you broke just say that .
@@Yoshiwaffle 😂 Ok👍
Thank you for including the 2060. I would have liked to see the 1060 on your chart if that is the target audience...
my old zotac 1060 amp didn't have a backplate, after a bit it looks kinda good inside the system ngl
mine doesnt have back plate either. but my giant ass cooler(id cooling se207) covers it anyways so i dont even see it lmao
My 1070 also didn't have a back plate
Jay I just wanna say that the ddu think has my pc running great!! I have a 2080 and a 9900k at 5ghz I would have stutter on plenty of games I shouldn’t stutter on. I now get a solid 144fps on bfv at 1440p max settings cause I uninstalled the old drivers before adding a new one. So smooth
Lol expected from NVIDIA
@@KaiSoDaM yeah. I’ve been crossing that noob to Intermediate level of pc tinkering and was really annoyed about my stuttering on Witcher 3 and bfv even after the overclock on my cpu with avx 0 so it’s always at 5ghz. Lucky me I saw jays video on repairing a 1080ti I believe or just fixing a friends pc and he uninstalled the drivers the way it should be done. I think I’ll be using ddu before every nvidida upgrade tbh
8:36.....I was thinking it Jay.
You beat me to it, LMFAO!
At this point it is frankly slightly insulting to my intelligence for tech reviewers to use the word "budget" when talking of new graphics or CPU products.
This is a $199 card being sold for 300 to 400. There is fuck all budget about it, if it sells the most, it is the ripoff king, not the budget king.
Jay, I think something that would be useful, but I never see addressed, is the frames hit when you start streaming on Twitch. I.e. NVENC vs. whatever Twitch does when you run a Radeon card and just do default settings.
Twitch and OBS need to support Radeon cards better. But they put all their eggs in nvidia's basket.
@@jibberjabber6919 I think it's the AMD encoder, not twitch.
Jay isn't really the right guy for those type of benchmarks either.
I think EposVox and also Level1Techs did something on the early 5000 series launches and if I remember correctly it was a big mess.
It's the same reason you don't see AMD used for Plex or any other video render work.
NVENC has been really polished for many generations. Hopefully AMD can improve in this area soon but I don't see it coming from a budget card half way through a architectures life cycle.
Intel's encoder is (or was until xe) fine to.
it's just a AMD limitation at the moment.
NVENC on the AMD side is named "AMD VCE" quality wise is very poor, especially when encoding in h264 instead of h265. Latency wise is comparable and almost any software can take advantage of it: OBS, sunshine, Steam...
@@KillaBitz They wont, its last gen x264 shit codec. They got a good x265 encoder and AV1 is the next big thing, i'd imagine they are working on that instead.
Can't wait to see these for $500 in a couple of hours!
When you wanna support so you slap a thumbs up before the video starts lmao but he is pumping out daily videos so i got stuff to watch while i work. Thank you Jay and team for conent to keep me busy.
Header needed to be "AMD takes on NVIDIA by sh*tting the bed."
I just got the 8gb ASRock Challenger 6600 and it's a wonderful card especially for 200 bucks. Stays 31c at idol and the fans don't even turn on until 50c, because these AMD cards can get quite hot safely and even the ASRock cooler has 6 heat pipes and works wonderfully
Jay: The new budget king
Me: Ok let me just check this up, it should take less than a second, ANNNNNNNNNNNNND IT'S GONE!
Or is like 450£
@@roby2336 $1500 in Canada. Not sure how that is a budget card
Lol
@@blowinkk9396 it's $1700 in some retail stores here in the Philippines 🙃
@@blowinkk9396 BRUH
I recently got a PC and I've never bought a graphics card before and I would love to have one like this.
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It's a very expensive time if you want to get into PC gaming. Not staying that you can't jump in, you will just be paying a very hefty premium for your GPU compared to the market before.
Honestly you could've just gotten a pre-built with the parts selected by you before building a pc(assuming you just built one). Might've spent a little more but no where near scalpers price for a gpu and would've been gaming right now.
@@barronhelmutschnitzelnazi2188 I bought a prebuilt for 8.1 but since it's old it comes with a crappy graphics card.
Me too bought one, bad time to buy a GPU. Had to content myself with the integrated GPU
I found it was funny that that one dude from AMD said he’ll bet money that there would be enough stock and not a paper launch 😂
What do you mean enough stock? You know that stock is not the issue, right? Never was. Between the delivery chain muggers, the unpoliced retailers, the "should be dead" miners and, of course, the honest to god living breathing resellers - stock will NEVER be an issue. You would literally need to make them out of paper not to have a paper launch. Ahem...
And it's not like the manufacturers would want it either. Why oversupply the cards that would later change hands when you can just work with the criminals to gouge prices, ride the pyramid and make double buck on every wafer you order?
Keep saying "pApEr LaUnCh" all you want, but it's pure fact that AMD & Nvidia have been launching cards in MUCH greater quantities than they have in previous generations - demand shooting through the roof doesn't change that. There is quite literally only so much manufacturing capacity in the entire world, don't know what you want them to do about that.
@@WirxawTanev lol great theory
Walked into Micro Center on the off-chance they would have some GPU's; didn't even realize it was launch day. Shelves were full! Picked up one of these as a spare card. Now I am super happy after watching this review. Thanks Jay.
What did you pay for it?
@@lukew2194 $329
@@adameckert8542 They already jacked the price up to 420.
So many comments completely out of touch with reality in this comment section. I was reminded why I rarely look at TH-cam comments. They're even more toxic than Twitter comments, and that says a lot. The RX 6600 is far from being a "garbage bottom tier card" like I saw one moronic comment suggesting. Some of y'all forget to realize that not everyone has $3,000 for an RTX 3090. For people on a four to six-year-old RX 580, RX 590, or GTX 1060, the RX 6600 presents an enormous upgrade. 1080p still feels like a luxury to me, let alone 1440p or 4k.
For me, after over a year of watching the GPU market religiously and saving up my spare cash for the last couple years, I was recently able to purchase the ASUS Dual RX 6600 for $493.00 off Amazon including tax. Despite how much the RX 6600 has been crucified by the internet, I feel no buyer's remorse whatsoever. It's a night and day difference over my aging RX 590. What's even better is that my RX 590 still has good resale value, so selling my 590 will pay for well over half of my RX 6600 upgrade. 😄
On an end note, I fully understand and see how the RX 6600 is disappointing for people on an RTX 2060 or RX 5600 XT, but I don't believe the RX 6600 was meant as an upgrade path for those people anyway. I believe the sole reason the RX 6600 exists is to finally give people on their old RX 580, RX 590, or GTX 1060 an upgrade to a decent modern-day card for under $500.00. Plus, RX 580s, RX 590s, and GTX 1060s still have good resale value, so after a person has sold their old 580, 590, or 1060, upgrading to the RX 6600 could potentially cost less than $200.00. In my opinion, that's a no-brainer, especially in today's PC market.
I really liked the fact you went with the 2060 instead of the 3060 to test against. Sadly MSRP is a dream but in the future maybe i would try to get one since i dont care for more than 1080p.
but isn't the msrp for the 6600 and the 3060 the same at $329 ? Yes msrp is a dream but that's what reviewers have to go by
Come on 1080p still in 2021. The new consoles target 1440p 60fps.
@@ZackSNetwork that's the point 60 fps, I hope you saw that the average fps on 1440 p high/ultra settings, which is something you won't be able to do on console, hits around 80 fps
This looks good, I only care about 1080P max anyway so this should be fine for me. Give it a little overclock and you almost got the perfect card. The 6600XT and 6650XT are now also dropping in price so i'll probably aim for one of those, all depends on the price at the moment when I am ready to buy.
MSI's Mech model is very odd to say the least. Its default power management hard limits it to 100W (meaning it struggles to hit 50C under full load) yet it actually beats my old EVGA 3060 in Heaven by a measurable amount. Even with the odd power cap, it still boosts to 2.6GHz no problem, so the key takeaway from this GPU should be AMD's unprecedented efficiency with this and the 6600 XT.
I'm probably going to get an RX 6600 in June when I have the money. I'm currently playing on the i5 11400 integrated graphics. I can't wait to play Elden Ring in ultra settings at 1080p.
Same playing on 11500 intregetaed graphics. Confused on which GPU to take since 3050 ,2060 and Rx 6600 are a bit cheaper then before on my country only 20-30$ difference
Just picked one of these up brand new for $240, the market is finally back to normal
It's good to have entry models... A gt 1030 is sold at 150 usd here. Lots of folks need such gpus just to get a decent windows gui experience with their Intel F or amd cpus..
meanwhile 1030s in my country are selling for close to 300$ (Philippines)
@@Mathster_live what in the fuck
3:44 The 2060 does not support Smart Access Memory/Reziable Bar. Its only 30 series cards which support it, and its only supported in some games.
"Or are you gonna buy any potato that can play a game?" That would be me buying a potato, at Costco back in March, and that potato is an MSI GE75 laptop with a 10th Gen i7 and RTX 2070 for under $1300.
That's not a potato
@@firesayer23grumpybuns75 Clearly isn't, but proving Jay's point that people will buy anything to play PC games lol
Mopping the floor with the 2060? We're we looking at the same numbers? It looked like it squeeked past it a few times and matched it some others. Hardly call this mopping the floor.
The retailers in the city are selling this equivalent to $600
Depends on actual price, im still on an r9 380 so it would be nice but hoping for good platform bundles during black friday/cyber monday to upgrade from fx to ryzen.
Imagine waiting to get a GPU at MSRP still when you could've paid a 10% premium to get one over a year ago 😬
and people called me crazy for being alright with paying an extra $300 for a 3080 ti i found which was still cheaper than any 3080 i saw and half the price of any 3090 i saw.
@@I_Am_Hateful I paid an extra 200$ for a 3060ti
Shouldn’t be buying any of these at MSRP for real, teach them to price them appropriately and stop this environment and currency destroying con that is crypto
My old one still works fine, I can wait until the 4000 and 7000 cards at the very least.
Hindsight will always be 20-20, my genius friend
Love the cards you used but with the 1080ti being a viable replacement or upgrade card I was curious as to what scores it would have in comparison, unfortunately can’t really go back and use the old reviews due to title differences as well as system configuration differences as well
My venerable RX 580 finally ended its service so I got a RX 6600 as its replacement and its been a fantastic upgrade for sure.
"buh buh bbuh but the MSRP"
I need a fking video card and i got one. the end, the price dont look like they are coming down anytime soon, not for at least 6 months imho.
I intercepted for sale at Microcenter yesterday where the customer and representative decided on re-amp 1050 t.i. for like 300. They hadn't take a notice to the 6600 for like 480. Twice the performance He wanted something to hold them over for 3 years. He was grateful
I'm just gonna wait for cards to eventually drop to MSRP again, though running 1440p on an RX480 so an upgrade'd be nice. Will prioritise platform though, still on 4th gen. :P
Good luck next year gonna be worse then this year etherium got pushed back again if your gonna get a card get it now
Hello, fellow Polaris enjoyer!
If we can hold out till March 2023, things will get better! Thats when the DAG file thats used to mine Etherium will break 6GBs. That means that GPUs that have 6GBs of RAM will no longer be able to mine Ethirum because that won't have enough memory to run the file! Thats when the market will start flooding with used GPUs!
Never going to happen, AMD and NVIDIA now knows they can charge these prices, and even make bad ewaste and people will still buy it.
@@Shipprofile08 yeah because 6gb used cards 2 years from now is a bargain, i bought a 12gb card 4 years ago 😂
Great video ! At MSRP (less than 400€) I could get myself tempted if my RX 580 wasn't enough, but current prices (above 600 or even 650€) it's a hard pass. Am hoping my rigs last. The market for graphics card is NUTS ! :/
I'm just tired of My RX 580 having a loud fan on games like Halo infinite and Mechwarrior online both of which are unoptimized games though so i think it's more of the games problem but Mechwarrior online is a 10 year old game so.... at least it runs them but i hope using a 6600 will give me a little boost or at least drop the usage down from 100% all the time
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Huh? This is literally a price/perf *regression* compared to every two-year-old card surrounding it.
Except a used 5600xt is sellng for $600 on eBay, a 5700 is selling for $800 and a 5700xt is selling for over $900.
@@DavidLee-cr4xv Doesn't make this card anything other than garbage. Anyone considering buying this card now should have bought a different one two years ago.
Wow, eng subtitles works again. Thumps Up that's good and video also 👍
Have decided im picking this up this week. 520$ out the door for the msi Armor version as apposed to 670$ for the 6600xt after taxes.
Jay, can you do a video about how to clean your PC with household items?
Not necessary, just put the whole thing in the dishwasher and you'll be fine. Don't forget to unplug the powercord first.
simple, take it apart, change paste, use cotton sticks to mop up dust from the fans, if you have one of those vacuum extensions that looks like it has bristles around the suction hole, even better it's all you need
Bucket of water and some sunshine
Get a paintbrush with rigid bristles but not too rigid, 2-4 cm wide and gently brush the components, while blowing away excess dust with your mouth. Don't use compressed air in your fans, spinning the fans can generate electricity that could fry whatever the fan is attached to, not to mention ruin the bearings or electric motor of your fans.
I hardly ever felt the need to use compressed air to be honest.
Go watch Greg Salazar if you want to learn how to properly clean your pc.
Lol u legit launched ur vid the exact minute as amd themselves
As did gamers nexus, and their take wasn't as kind in the title lol
You can set a publish time for a video after you upload it. The NDA let's them publish their videos at the same time so it's not so surprising.
No idea why people are so in love with RGB, other than accent lighting for rooms. To each their own, but I find it useless for PC application.
@Gareth Tucker No one will ever see my rig. I'm not asking to be robbed, and only care for function.
Whatever floats your boat though.
Of course it's meant to compete agains tthe 3060. The 2060 isn't made anymore.
That's like saying a new Honda Accord is supposed to compete against a 99 toyota camry.
It's competition base is comprised of products that are still being made.
To everyone saying they wouldn't buy this card I am curious. What card are you running in your personal rig?