It is no secret that last-gen graphics playing cards are getting enormous reductions in the intervening time, as pent-up demand has been sated and next-generation fashions are beginning to be launched from each Nvidia and AMD’s lineups. We have coated extra mid-range fashions earlier than, however right now we’ve one thing a bit completely different: a really mainstream graphics card that delivers wonderful 1080p efficiency at lower than £200, plus good extras like ray-tracing {hardware}, FSR 2 picture upscaling and a contemporary media encoder for streaming and recording gameplay.

I am speaking concerning the AMD Radeon RX 6600, which is accessible within the widespread Sapphire Pulse configuration for £180 plus £8 transport over at Overclockers UK – with a free copy of the Resident Evil 4 remake. It is a nice worth for a card that makes a superb improve from one thing like a GTX 1060, RX 570 or RX 580, offering considerably higher rasterised efficiency (as much as 2x as quick) whereas additionally offering these options that weren’t accessible just a few generations in the past. Good!

The RX 6600 initially launched at a £299 worth level that put it on a collision course with the RTX 3060, a comparability that wasn’t beneficial to the AMD card with typically worse efficiency, considerably worse RT efficiency and a picture upscaler (FSR 2) that was utilized by far fewer video games than Nvidia’s various (DLSS).

Nevertheless, at a very good £100 much less, the RX 6600 seems to be like a significantly better worth – particularly as the most affordable RTX 3060 continues to be £260! AMD’s drivers have improved too, unlocking further efficiency, whereas FSR 2 has seen each elevated adoption by builders and the creation of intelligent mods by customers so as to add it to video games that do not formally assist it. RT stays a weak spot, however past that, the RX 6600 is definitely a surprisingly good choice at its worth level – even when underwhelming new era playing cards imply that the general worth proposition hasn’t developed as a lot as we have been hoping over the previous two or three years.

In any case, I feel this can be a go-er, however I would be curious to listen to your ideas. I welcome the suggestions, and I hope you could have a stunning night!