Revisiting the RX 6600 in 2024... Still a great budget option? 

Love this little card, i added it to my 'work' PC during Covid and atm for the last couple of months i have been working on my watercooling setup on my main gaming rig, but this little card and game changers like FG (now also in the last of us), really have meant i need be in no hurry to finish work on my main rig, when that's done, i've been so impressed with the card i'm going to take it and put it in a low power mini itx build

I have this exact model almost a year ago for 143 usd and i couldnt be happier playing in 1080p high all of my games. And with fsr3 and other technologies it probably going to have 3 or more years to live

Please put power consumption listed on the overlay next time. I think it's important for people to see how RX6600 is one of the most power efficient cards on the market. I also wanted to see how much your 5800X3D was using in 1440p..

Really good content mate. Subbed!

Got the Sapphire version of this little card(best version in my opinion, with metallic backplate and smaller more compact size than the Asus), bought it as an upgrade from a 1650. It was the first card that gave 200 euro for since i only gave 150 for my 1050Ti and even lower for my 1650 but if we count inflation threw the years then i guess it wasn't really that much more expensive than the 1050Ti. Was defintly worth the price since i finally got the 8GB of memory that solved any issues i was facing due to low memory with my two previous 4GB models. It really rocks and for me that has a 1080p screen it can play absolutely everything just fine and even in high detail. At 1080p you can even get some ray tracing going if you play with the settings. I plan to stick with my screen for another 2-3 years at least(it's a good screen with 144HZ refresh rate as well), i think being 1080p isn't a big problem it looks quite fine(yes i have seen higher resolution screens, i wasn't blown away by the difference) and with that it means the little RX6600 probably has a good 2-3 years of life in it as well. If you calculate frame per euro etc then it is a value king type of card. The only regret is that it isn't plug and play as my previous cards and needs more power.

Bought one to put in an HP prebuilt that originally had a 1050 ti and an i5 8400, only has a 310 watt power supply with one spare 6 pin power cable, bought a 6 to 8 pin converter and gave it a try, been solid for almost a year now, max power draw overclocked is only 210 watts from the wall on my power meter when heavy gaming, entire computer uses less than 50 watts otherwise, i'm blown away how good this card is honestly.

Thanks for this video!! needed this.

I bought a RX 6800 ex mining card July last year, great card when paired with the 5800X3D, runs majority of the emulators I throw at it and AAA runs well.

I think this is the card I'll get to upgrade my sons PC from the RX480 which has been great but I'll probably use that in another basic build now. Thinking of pairing the RX 6600 with a Ryzen 5 5500 for a balance of budget and performance (he only really needs 1080P for now, doesn't have a monitor that can do more than that at 60Hz). The only thing I'm still considering is that my son wants to also potentially stream and record RU-vid vids of him gaming, so i was also considering a NVidia 3050 or 3060 so he can use the NVENC chip to handle the streaming/encoding part , but interested to get your view on that.

I did a build for a family memeber using a xeon and a 6600m back in 2020 the build still works for them till this day

I just ordered a used RX 6650 xt to upgrade my second gaming pc these RDNA 1/ 2 cards becoming the new budget option to replace RX 580s now

The rx6600 is a great budget card. I just did a $550 budget Mini ITX build with this card. RX6600, Ryzen 5, B550ITX, through in the RAM and storage with a decent 550w power supply and you got a nice and cheap little pc

I bought a RX 6600 Eagle, hopefully it does well with 1080p for gaming

i got a MSI rx6600xt 2 years ago during the height of the expensive GPU times. paid $880 aud (over 500$ usd). Still excellent value despite this. works great with my ryzen 5600x. it maxes doom 2016 @ 170FPS 1440p

8 GB is plenty for 1080p and higher settings in games from before 2023, it's the higher settings, specifically 1440p ultra settings or 4k medium that you really need more than 8. At entry level, 8 GB will get you everything you need for some quality gaming at 1080p.

mine is Asrock Challenger D, bought after proof of work mining ended at that time the first gpu to went down in price compared to other brands, including the same 6600s even the 3050 was more expensive than the most expensive 6600

AMD alway new how to make good cheap 128bit GPU, unlike Nvidia..

Is it good for editing (1080p) and recording games for youtube

Just picked up the itx version for 160 for my 2nd daughters build. Not sure if to pair with AM5 ( i have spare DDR5 RAM) or AM4 like my older daughter has with 7600.

just bought yesterday. Im really happy with it

I'm running a a700 LE in my personal setup, but I did a build using an RX 6600 for a family member a few months ago and it's working out well for them.

Budget beast, wanted to get sapphire one for good price at the end of december but i was short on money so i missed opportunity to get it, next day card was already sold😢. Got 7600 instead, no regrets though.

Huh. Unusual that I see the exact card I own in one of these types of videos. :) [just got my ASUS Dual RX 6600 three days ago, replacing my ASRock Challenger ITX RX 6400, so mainly looking around at benchmark videos to find inspiration on what to wishlist for the Steam summer sale next month :P]

You need to to test the ASRock ARC Phantom Gaming ARC A770 16gb version. This card does not go over 66C on stock fan curve and performs extremely well.

hey Techlabuk. can you do a similar video for rtx 2060 super please? i have using one for last 9 months, it's very underrated.

Nice review and tests, but the music is super irritating.

Is it good for video editing?

The 6600 non XT is basically the rx 570 of recent times (except it only uses 100 watts ish when tweaked a bit.)

I have the 3 fan gigabyte version. I know people don't like them, but mines never went over 40C, so im happy with it

I have 2 of this and its really a great budget option

A year ago I replaced my old RX 5700 for GPRO X080 Mining edition of RX 6700 cost me 10 euro more :)

from 570 to 6600. best upgrade ive had. i think next upgrade would only make sense if I go 7800xt but, cpu first!

Upgraded from 580 to power color rx 6600 ($199 new) dual fans, no backplate.........wow just wow compared to 580. Me realizing the rx 6600 wattage usage......🤯

I have a powercolour RX6600 and it feels like my games don't look remotely as good as this. I have the latest drivers installed but I don't have the AMD software downloaded

Mate whent hey came out they were like 700 AUD which is like 380 USD. I got one on the weekend for $279 AUD.

How is a rx 6600 entry level...even in 2024 its low on the mid range but still is for 1080p. Its quite insane to say its entry level and it can do 1440p as well, on low/med settings it can get decent fps in AAA games and with how insanly unoptimized they are thats a great feat itself.

Awesome card got me through the gpu cypto mining wilderness of 2021-2022

I just bought this beast today. was that, or, the 3050. Will arrive tomorrow. Was questioning it. No doubt it was the best decision. Thanks for the video. And also after looking at the 3050 vs this card, yeah, the 3050 is just like a 1060, trash. LOL.

I'm about to get a rx 6600 fighter version for 130$, gonna check myself if its worth it

I’m still using a 5600xt and only 6gb of ram is kinda a bummer with newer games it still runs everything beautifully to me. Every time I look at upgrading it’s just so much money for not much more performance so I just can’t do it.

I got the same rx 6600(asus dual). I happen to think it's the best version of the chipset in so many ways. 😆

The 6000 series lineup was really solid. I don't know what happened with the 7000 series, but it felt a bit underwhelming. The RX 7800 and up were good value, but the lower you went down, the more it makes you want to stick to last gen. It's like they copied Nvidia's strategy on funneling the most performance increases on the top end and leaving out too little for too much on the lower tiers.

I have XFX RX 6600 mated with a AMD 5800X with 32 g ram

using the rx 6600 from 2 years , upgraded from gtx 1060 6gb , thebest graphics card i have used till now , no issues plays all the games with good fps , planning to use it for 4 to 5 years more easily

I have 1080p monitor what do you think is this GPU good for it??😅

Can you test this with a PCIe 3 GPU?

Im very satisfied with this card, don't plan to upgrade till RDNA 5

Huh... When I'm sitting on my RX 6650XT with the R7-1700X on a x370 board, I get around 50-60 FPS in CB2077. I look forward to installing my new mobo and new CPU. x570 + R7-5700x 20-25 FPS boost, by the looks of it.

Mine is the Asrock Challenged. Too long, too tall, not the fastest, not the quietest, but it gets the job done.

With FSR On You Can Actually Play At 4k 🤔 While Gaming At 4k You Can Set FSR To Performance (FSR Looks Good At 4k )

I have the 6750 XT 6000 series absolutely killed it.

I'm grateful I got this card for 100 bucks and no issue warzone 3 fps 100 with 1080p I'm happy with it. Model is Hellhound edition.

well it achieves playable frame rate on 1440p high as well, so is this gpu then considered a 1440p high settings gpu?

I've always liked the RX 6600 personally, always reasonably priced and outperformed the Nvidia RTX 3050 rival by some way too

I'm tryna upgrade my pc but idk much and I'm scared of messing anything up so what would you suggest I do

thank you in advance, that is my dream gpu❤

which CPU are you using ?

Does it work well for HELLDIVERS 2?

I got mines new last year for $150

Love the RX 6600, it's enough for most games, at a low price and power draw

Hell I'm running a 1660 ti and 9300h. I still play everygame out very well at 1080p, some even at 1440p. If I can, I know the 6600 can!

Why do yall refer back to the 6600? The 6600xt is the sweet spot. Unless the non-xt has taken the place of the 750ti. Is that the case? With the 6600xt, I can play any game at 1440p 130-135fps avg. Granted I don't have but ~12 games.

I like this design of Asus model

Is this way better than rtx 3050?

Son has a 6600xt and it’s still running his games at perfectly acceptable frame rates.

Can i pair this gpu with my i5 10400 and b460m?

almost buy 3050 for $50 more in 2022 lucky i heard this card!

Thing is in 2024, Nvidia 3060 and 4060 pricing is ridiculous and even though when launched the 6600 got a bad review, today, all things considered, it is an okay card.

#andstill in ‘24

Nope. The ASrock Phantom Gaming Arc A770 with the latest Intel drivers is the best budget option with hardware specs that rival or beat an RTX 4080. Software on this card is really good right now, and will only get better, but I can play Halo Infinite in 180 FPS on my 180 Hz gaming monitor.

Awesome card at a time where gpus are expensive

Great card for being released in 2001

From 2001 ? Wow way ahead of its time lol jk I know you meant to say 2021

When you say" revisiting 6600 card in 2024" it's sound like you would speak of 7870 from 2012...lol

Why waste money on this when the 7600 xt has 16gb vram. Vram is the most important thing afterall

Not for fortnite

This card is absolute trash in 2024 dont buy it i hate mine now

I remember when I spent £1000 on this now ‘budget pc’ 🥲

I need that🥲