Even if we go off the average frame rate, the 1650 Super was 7% faster and it was released for $160 back in November 2019. It's also worth noting that all Turing based GPUs use PCIe 3.0, so the GTX 1650 Super, for example, has been tested using the 3.0 spec, meaning when installed in a 3.0 system it's up to 16% faster than the 6500 XT in this game. That's a huge performance reduction and you'll find as we look at more games that the reduction in PCIe bandwidth often hurts 1% low performance the most.
It was also about to roughly match the RX 590, which is basically an RX 580, which was an overclocked RX 480, a GPU released 5 years ago.īut it gets worse for the 6500 XT because when we switch to PCIe 3.0, which is what the vast majority of 6500 XT owners would use, the average frame rate dropped by 9%, and more critically the 1% lows dropped by 14%. Starting with Assassin's Creed Valhalla, using the medium quality preset we find that when using PCIe 4.0 that the 6500 XT is only able to match the 5500 XT - and the 4GB version of the 5500 XT at that - a disappointing result right off the bat.
#Msi software sucks 1080p#
We've tested at 1080p and 1440p though most of our focus will be on 1080p results. Please note the 6500 XT has been tested using both PCIe 4.0 and PCIe 3.0 on the same motherboard, toggling between the two specifications in the BIOS. We've spent the last few weeks updating our mid-range GPU results and much of the testing has been done using medium quality settings, or settings that make sense for a given title. We've collected 100% fresh benchmark data for this review. Yes, we know no one is going to pair a budget graphics card with this CPU, but that's not the point, we're testing GPU performance and therefore wish to avoid introducing a CPU bottleneck which would skew the data. For testing, we're using our Ryzen 9 5950X GPU test system. This I believe is a lie, and even if it isn't, it's hard to justify releasing a product that is worse than products you had out in the market 5 years ago.Īt this point we should probably just show you how underwhelming the gaming performance is, which as we've said is just one of the many problems with this abomination. which could transform to $300+ after the initial run on MSRP cards disappear.ĪMD claims these sacrifices were made in order to get the die size as small as they have, which allowed them to hit the $200 price point. 4) Because it was intended for use in laptops, only two display outputs are supported.3) Hardware encoding isn't supported, so you can't use ReLive to capture gameplay, which is a deal breaker, and.2) It only comes with 4GB of VRAM, there's no 8GB model.1) It's limited to PCI Express x4 bandwidth.The shortcomings with the 6500 XT include: Worse still, it's in most ways worse than products that have occupied this price point for half a decade. But due to current market conditions, AMD has decided to cash in with a product that makes no sense on the desktop.
Think more like sub-$100 RX 550 replacement. In normal circumstances it probably wouldn't make its way to desktop cards, and if it did, it certainly wouldn't be a $200 product. The 107mm2 Navi 24 die that the 6500 XT is based on was originally intended for use in laptops. The 6500 XT is a combination of bad decisions that all point to AMD just taking advantage of the current market and therefore abusing ingenuous gamers in the process.
The Radeon RX 6500 XT is so bad I don't even know where to begin, and I know I'm kind of doing this review in reverse, but damn it I'm just flawed by AMD here. But as far as new product releases go, I can't think of anything worse. Stuff like the DDR4 version of the GT 1030 could be considered worse, but that was because it was a horrible anti-consumer tactic by Nvidia. Maybe just maybe there was something worse along the way. In my opinion, this is the worst GPU release since I can remember, and I've been doing this job for over two decades. I thought of going for a fun little gag mocking the 6500 XT before completely tearing into it, but this thing is so bad it's really spoiled the mood for me.
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