The order books of the circuit manufacturers are still full to the brim, but the worst shortage is slowly but surely beginning to loosen the grip on the hardware market. This can be seen by the fact that previous shortages such as processors, game consoles and graphics cards are in stock to a greater extent, but also that the high sales prices fall closer to the target prices.
► Availability of graphics cards is increasing in Sweden
It should be added that those looking for a wallet-friendly dedicated graphics card do not have brilliant basic prerequisites, as Nvidia has not yet taken the “Ampere” architecture to the entry-level class. AMD, on the other hand, has not even introduced RDNA 2 in the middle class, but now sources to the American technology site Fudzilla state that the launch of the Radeon RX 6600 XT and RX 6600 will take place on 11 August.
Specifications The Radeon RX 6000 family
RX 6800 XT | RX 6800 | RX 6700 XT | RX 6600 XT | RX 6600 | |
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Architecture | RDNA 2 | RDNA 2 | RDNA 2 | RDNA 2 | RDNA 2 |
Technical | 7 nm TSMC | 7 nm TSMC | 7 nm TSMC | 7 nm TSMC | 7 nm TSMC |
Circuit | Navi 21 | Navi 21 | Navi 22 | Navi 23 | Navi 23 |
Compute Units | 72 st. | 60 st. | 40 st. | 32 st. | 28 st. |
Raster units | 128 st. | 96 st. | 64 st. | 64 st. | 56 st. |
Texture units | 288 st. | 240 st. | 160 st. | 128 st. | 112 st. |
Ray Accelerators | 72 st. | 60 st. | 40 st. | 32 st. | 28 st. |
Streamprocessorer | 4 608 st. | 3 840 st. | 2 560 st. | 2 048 st. | 1 792 st. |
Playing frequency | 2 015 MHz | 1 815 MHz | 2 424 MHz | 1 692 MHz(?) | ? |
Turbo frequency | 2 250 MHz | 2 105 MHz | 2 581 MHz | 2 684 MHz(?) | ? |
Infinity cache | 128 MB | 128 MB | 96 MB | 32 MB | 32 MB |
Memory bus | 256-bit | 256-bit | 192-bit | 128-bit | 128-bit |
Memory amount | 16 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 12 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6(?) | 8 GB GDDR6(?) |
Price at launch | 649 USD | 579 USD | 479 USD | ? | ? |
The two cards have previously appeared in leaked images, which state that the graphics circuit Navi 23 “Beige Goby” is used in full-scale design for the more powerful XT model. This means 2,048 stream processors backing up to 8 GB of GDDR6 memory over a narrow 128-bit memory bus. According to the previous information, the Radeon RX 6600 will stay on 1,792 stream processors, which is identical to the officially unveiled RX 6600M for laptops. The model has a playing frequency of 2,177 MHz, which can be seen as an indication of where the stationary counterparts land.
It is worth emphasizing that Fudzilla says that it is the launch that will take place on August 11, which is why it is possible that AMD will present the cards at an earlier occasion. If the information is correct, the beginning of August will mean four times as good news for those who want to upgrade the computer with slightly cheaper components. August 5 is the premiere date for the Ryzen 5 5600G and Ryzen 7 5700G, which expands the Ryzen 5000 series with two slightly simpler alternatives.
Information about the price of the cards is shrouded in obscurity, but the target price of around USD 400 competes with the Geforce RTX 3060 Ti, while USD 329 is the price tag for the RTX 3060. Including VAT, this corresponds to SEK 4,300 and SEK 3,600, respectively. However, these are not reflected at all in the third-party versions available in stores, which may also be the case with the Radeon RX 6600 siblings. In conclusion, Fudzilla’s sources believe that the cards will be available in larger volumes on the launch day.
Do you think the Radeon RX 6600 XT or RX 6600 will suit your needs and wallet?