Why Everyone is WRONG About the RX 6500XT 

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If you don't plan on streaming/broadcasting games there's nothing wrong with this GPU at MSRP. Believe it or not some of us don't dream of making it big as a twitch streamer.

In my country the RTX 3050 sells for almost twice the price of 6500XT This is a great option for budget gamers but i do feel AMD skimped A LOT more than necessary Like having pcieX4 instead of X8 or X16 The problem with this approach is that you can no longer use an old platform if you want to use the full potential of the card Which make it a card that's meant for budget builds but in order to use the full potential of the card you have to buy newer platform which doesn't fit well with the "budget GPU" claims of this card

Basically coming from something like a GTX 1050 ti or a GTX 750 ti and with a very small budget the RX 6500 XT at MSRP is a viable option for lots of people. It's way better than a GTX 1050 ti and doesn't even cost as much as a second hand GTX 1650 super. It's still available at MSRP and comes with a 3 year warranty unlike any second hand card you buy. All the better off people who can afford to spend £300 - £500 or more on a GPU good luck to them but lots of people can't afford it and this card is an option for them.

We wanted a budget graphics card with the same features as a GPU that was launched in the past 5 years. Cutting out h264, h265 and AV1 video encode and AV1 decode was a big mistake.

I picked up the Sapphire Pulse 6500xt yesterday for $199. It will serve it's purpose in my parents' prebuilt pc. They don't game hardly at all, but if my son is visiting and he wants to do some light gaming on some less demanding titles, then he'll have that option.

Just because it's available doesn't mean you should buy it, the gpu it's replacing (5500xt) is better in everyway.

If your argument really hinges on "It's better than a used RX580 because WARRANTY!" then maybe your contacts might be a bit too rose-tinted. At MSRP, it was a fair enough deal but at the inflated prices I've been seeing just save up and get the 6600...at least then you won't be trying to unload a card that has no value in 4-6 months to upgrade again. It's e-waste.

This is actually ideal to pair with a AMD G series cpu because it has the gpu with encoders onboard. Also, I got mine second hand around €90.

While it always great to see a content creator go against the crowd and challenge pre-conception. This is a bad take, the fact that a card in the same performance group released 5 years ago can go blow for blow in performance (and win in features out of the box) with a card released in 2022 is a literal joke. It’s market exploitation at its most egregious. As we all know MSRP is a fairytale, so this will go for even more and AMD knows it. Compare the price it will actually go for vs the price the RX 580 went for when it released and you have a clearer picture of how AMD, NVIDIA, Intel will always choose to exploit the market whenever the opportunity presents itself. Buying this card shows them that we’re happy with them doing that, and this will encourage them to do whatever they can to make sure this market state stays the same (similar story for diamonds, it’s all forced artificial scarcity). You should never recommend such a product or suggest for people to settle for so little, if they do, this “scarcity” will continue for a decade or more

I am running currently on a i7 4790 CPU with 16 GB of RAM and I think this RX 6500XT seems to be a best budget option in India as in the Price range of Rs. 10k - 13k, I am hardly able to find a card like this online. For temporary solutions, this card would be a better option than going for a 1650 Low Profile one.

I agree that I don’t think this card will be as inflated in pricing as the 3050, so it will definitely be the best option for budget gamers that aren’t wanting to test the used market. However, the same thing that limits its mining potential is the one that is going to limit its gaming potential, even at 1080p, as shown by the CoD benchmarks; the 4gb of VRAM. If they added even just 2gb more, that helps with performance so much, but then again it becomes more valuable for mining and thus would be inflated more. I think for $200 it’s a fine new purchase, but anything more than $250 and I don’t think it’s worth it.

I like and respect Zach very, very much. That being said, I don't think I could disagree any more strongly. I do NOT lay any of the blame on Zach regarding any part of the craziness that has taken over the entire GPU market in the last couple of years, but I do think that opinions like his may be propagating, and even proving the effectiveness of, an enormous marketing push across the entire market to gaslight the average consumer into expecting that they should have to pay way more money for way less performance than what current gen tech is able to deliver. I think it's somewhat dangerous, on the consumer level, once we get to the point where we look at what the 6500XT is and how it performs (as well as any other card to come out in the last two year compared to its market price) and we begin to accept that as 'normal' and as 'just the way it is'. People with enough disposable income that buying the newest or biggest of everything is easy for them is one thing, but the boom in crypto prices is the exception, not the rule. That and all of the other supply/demand variables that have come into play to create the perfect storm for GPU pricing. Those values as well as the GPU prices that go up and down along with them as long as there are suckers who continue buying in, will ALWAYS rise and fall as long as GPUs are able to mine with. But if GPU manufacturers/distributors truly have their way, they will convince as many people as possible that less performance for more money is how it's 'supposed to be'. That way they can just drive prices way up on ALL GPUs, ALL of the time and make those huge, inflated profits ALL of the time and not just when crypto is up and there are new cards released

It's not worth anymore than $150, yet here we are. There are far more negatives to this card than positives. It's worse at doing what it needs to do than cards from 2 or even 3 generations ago.

I was buying rx 580s for $80 repeatedly on ebay in the summer of 2019. This card is gaslighting embodied.

i been looking this card today after seeing at 185 i'm on a super budget, last year upgraded to a b450 pro4 motherboard and a ryzen 3 3200g just for intergrated graphic card just incase my r7 370 graphics card died it's gotta be pushing 10 years old now i've replaced thermal paste on it still holding in there playing games like ark survival evovled long as i lock it at 30fps but it's pushing temps of 75c-80c and loaded up eve online other day omg it was pushing 85c i was okay it's time to upgrade if i can't play eve online so my question to you is is this worth it for me to upgrade my income is well few dollars a day doing surveys and second life stuff cashing out to paypal so i'm very tight budget but i'll get there will my processor hold me back a ton ? if so if i get this card should i just upgrad eto a ryzen 5 and will my board support this card and ryzen 5?

Crazy question Zach, have you tried it on a Gen 2 PCIE system just for the lols? I have an old gen 2 system myself and am tight on budget right now, if I buy this card it will be a few months before I can recover enough funds to upgrade my system to a PCIE Gen 4; I want to get this GPU first because prices in my country are quite unstable recently. If its performance in 2.0 is still not as bad as in 3.0 I am fine with its downsides until I can upgrade to a modern Gen 4 system. Thanks!

the limited support for video encoding is deal breaker for me. i want a budget gpu to play game and editing. if you just want is for gaming purposez this card should be good for the price

Yes, it's the budget card that people have been asking for. However, it is worth it tho? I'd say no. At 200 USD that AMD claimed to be MSRP initially, yes.. But at 300-350 USD, it's a hard pass for me. I'd rather save some more money and buy a better one

Eu entendo o seu ponto. Mas mesmo assim a amd deveria ter lançado com 8gb de vram, mesmo que isso custasse mais caro. Boa parte dos problemas seriam amenizados. Amd tinha muitas opções: pcie 3.0 8x, não dar suporte a ray tracing, 8 gb de ram, etc....

First review I saw with some fps results in Apex legends , Call of duty Vanguard/warzone and Helo infinity(the only 3 games I play on pc) with my 950 oc edition still..I must say the card don't disappoint me..110fps on high settings and 1080p in apex would be around 140fps on competitive settings that's not bad for a card of that price . Specially if you know I reach only between 50 and 70 fps on my gtx950oc.. Warzone/vanguard , a nice 80fps isn't to bad and helo above 60 is the less but still a decent playable fps , I can't even run hello with my 2gb card right now, so for me personally with the high prices on the market I think it would be a nice upgrade till the prices go down a bit again..

Well, 8 months later the card is still a viable choice. I just bought 10 off AMZ to build a 10 station computer lab for a private residential community, for $170/ea.. For casual use they are great, but still have enough performance to bang out modern game titles and stream at 1080p.

Absolute horendous and stupid card even for an entry level card.

Since this have been tested with a CPU with integrated Radeon Vega Graphics, Can you game in this GPU and stream using the Integrated Graphics for encoding video? Or in general, use the encoders / decoders of the iGPU to workaround the cutdown GPU card? (In the middle of this shortage, any idea that works...)

I really liked your point that budget gamers don't really play at ultra settings. They just need budget card. And luckily in my country it is available around MSRP (200-220). I was waiting for a card just to play some games don't mind medium or high. 3050 is around 500 here so if 3050 doesn't go below 400, then I'll buy that 6500xt for the time being. ( I'm not a hardcore gamer but a casual gamer). Thanks for your honest review.

I got an RX 6500XT and honestly I'm actually glad. I had a GT 1030 (2020 revision) and it was super crap. My rig can run the x264 encoder for streaming off of the cpu with no issues, so that's also not a big deal, and the 3D renders I need for work come out super fast with really high resolution And for gaming, it handled everything I want at 144fps So yeah, the rx is not a bad card, even if it is PCi x8, it's pretty good with thise 2.8GHz of clock speed Summarizing, i recommend the RX 6500XT for those who need a newer card. It's not the best but it does it's job very well + it's not as expensive since "no one" wants it.

Even though I have my own opinions on the card by *It doesn't have to be cutting edge* I can't blame you for stating the good sides of the card ie: Placeholder or for someone who just wants to finish their gaming PC. But as an alternative If you are weary by the limitations your probably better off getting a 1650 super or a Rx 5500xt

Thanks for making videos that we budget ballers can relate too lol. Question, for around the same price range which would you recommend, the arc a580 or the 6500xt 8gb variant from asrock? I think PowerColor also makes a 8gb 6500xt. Both of these gpu’s are around $160-$180 on Newegg.

Plus You could get around the DP or HDMI splitter to have more monitors even though the bandwidth won't support 4k 144hz that probably ain't needed if your running more then 2 1080p 60 or 144/165hz monitors

Its already listed in the Netherlands for 399€ so 452 dollar and on a retailers website...

If all you got is a Ryzen APU then the 6500 XT is going to be a big jump in performance. The card is only an upgrade if you had no GFX card to begin with.

can you help me to decide, i’m planning to build my first rig i3 12th gen, b660m mobo, what gpu do you recommend a budget gpu, not expensive as 3050 and not cheap as 1050ti. my head aches to decide which i gonna buy if a gtx 1650 or this 6500xt?, thankyouu in advanced!

Please people help me with some advice on my new build! So this is what I have, Asus Strix Rog B-550F with PCIE 4.0, Ryzen 5 5600 (not the g or X version), 16gb G Skill Rip Jaws V 3600 CL18 Ram, 1tb Sk Hynix Gold PCIE 3.0 NVME SSD, and a 600w EVGA BQ PSU. I need a GPU, due to my R9 280x having some VRAM errors and being added to the legacy graveyard 🪦. I am only gaming in 1080p and nothing higher than that for the foreseeable future, so is the 6500xt a good option for me or should I pay literally double for the 6600 non xt? The 6500xt is actually going for $20 over MSRP on Amazon right now and the 6600 is a about $100 over MSRP at this moment so I really want something in the meantime until mid to high tier GPU prices come back close to MSRP.

ordered one for $199 off Newegg today sold and shipped by Newegg and I sold my 1650 4 gig on ebay last year for $300 and this card is on par with a 1660 in performance so yes for a actual $200 card you can buy today that in allot of games beat my 1070 8 gig at 1080p AMD did awesome and i am already seeing other cards drop in price because of it like the 1660s and such (this is a budget gaming only card )

Zach is definitely a glass half full type of guy. People don't want just a budget graphics card. People want a DECENT budget graphics card at a price that makes sense. This is not a solution to anything imo. Once artificial inflation hits this card (which it will in the current gpu market regardless of crypto performance due to overly high demand and limited supply), the price to performance will make absolutely no sense. This card gets outperformed by a 1650 super, and it will probably cost about $400 in retail stores. (The cheapest you can find a 6600 right now realistically is between $500 and $550, which is why i think the 6500xt will be inflated to $400). 1650 supers on the used market already exist at that $400 price, they just dont make sense to buy due to 4GB of vram and overall bad price to performance, which will make this card even less sensible to buy at that price. I do hope im wrong about the price, but i doubt it. There's absolutely no reason to be optimistic about the gpu market right now. The card would make sense for $200-250. I think you'd be making a mistake buying this card for around $400 which will likely be the price on it imo after inflation.

Having no AV1 decode, what does that mean actually? Does it mean you won't be able to watch youtube or Netflix in the future? Or does it mean your CPU will have to do the work with software decode, so your pc will consume lot more power? I am trying to find out this: Say you're a consumer who does not need the encoding stuff because you don't record videos - is the missing AV1 decode actually a real problem? I guess Photoshop and Lightroom won' be using AV1 for photo-editing...

I have a question on a budget gpu can you recommend me one i was thinking of : 1050 Ti 4gb Rx 570 4gb 1060 3gb or maybe 6gb or if you have any other suggestions please recommend me my budget is 150-170$ max

my honest opinion (I am looking to build a new medium budget pc .. 1300 - 1500$), this card will gather dust on the shelves of any retailer who will sell over MSRP... it barely deserves the 200$ price tag, paying 350 - 400$ for it it's crazy to me, especially since there should be no miners buying it to inflate prices, this time, if it does go 50 or 100% over MSRP it's strictly because of retailers.

I get the point that it's a budget graphics card, but for me, there is a difference between Budget and entry level, a budget PC is not a super powerful machine, but also isn't a cheap machine that barely runs games from 8 years ago, a Budget PC is a machine with reasonable price that's able to perform well not just today, but a few years ahead, no one has money to pay 200 Dollars on graphics card today that in 6 months will need to upgraded wasting 350+ again, most people are still using gen 3 pcie, and for them to upgrade it just to be able to use the maximum power of that card is more expensive than the card it self, a graphics card that can't even use it's resources, why this card has Ray accelerator if it can't run ray tracing? Wouldn't be better to not use ray accelerators that just make it more expensive and increase the PCIe connection?

Guys I need your advice. I'm planning on building my own Gaming/Productivity PC. I'm not a heavy gamer tho, I only play Valorant and Genshin Impact. Should i go with the 6500 XT? Or any 1660 Super?. BTW my CPU/Mobo combo is Ryzen 5600g/MSI B550M Pro VDH Wifi. Thanks!

the thing about companies like nvidia and amd that really makes me mad is dropping support for still not too bad cards during this time where prices are extreme. an r9 fury x gets 20 fps in halo infinite without modded drivers. and getting modded drivers on older cards may cause problems with anti cheat software in some games. there is still so much performance in unsupported cards but they drop support allthough no one is able to get a new card. and then they're giving us something like an rx 6500XT.

I think the RX 6500XT is more for the budget gamer, those that aren't willing to go onto the used GPU market. I bought the RX 570 8GB card back in 2019 because it was the best bang for the buck card I could find brand new locally at the time, and so far it's been a real workhorse for me. It's held up well over the last couple of years in my Linux build, and with proper TLC it's going to last me long enough to save up for a new PC build. I'm going to keep my current rig, the only reason I'd get this new card is if my current GPU broke.

The problem with this card is that for the same price and 5 years ago you could get the same performance. The card it's replacing in the 5500XT is better and offered 8GB of Vram. Luckily I'm not in the market for any new pc parts as I bought mine at the very last time msrp existed in late 2020.

What does the *testing done with gen3 mean is that all cards? It’s not clear? Is the 6600 on gen3? When there’s a * and no *next to anything it doesn’t make things clear?

Is it possible to do this GPU with a Ryzen 3 2200g and b550 motherboard? Or i need to upgrade the cpu in orther to use pcie 4 0?

Loved your take on this Zach. so many people are so worked up and picky about the fact that the card is not so powerful and feature-packed when they are forgetting the underlying problem.... WE DONT HAVE GRAPHICS CARDS......ANYWHERE!!!! for a decent price at least

You've made no compelling argument as to why everybody else is wrong. This and the GDDR4 GT 1030 is AMD/Nvidia testing the waters at anti-consumer business practices.

Got this card in October 2022 for around 155 USD, Can't be any more happier!, paired with my several gen older 3200g it runs everything pretty well, it'll run any game I throw at it until the point I realized I need to upgrade my CPU because it's no longer keeping up with the 6500xt 😂 people are hating because they got spoiled with higher end gpus and not realizing where this card sits and the needs of its buyers, I know that if it has the video encoder it'll be in a much better position but even without it, the 6500xt still brings very good performance to the table. *planning to upgrade to an i3 12100/f because it seems to be a good path *even now (early november 2022) rtx 3050s are still about twice the price of the 6500xt if not more (in my country)

So I woke up this morning and just wanted to see if any were available, checked the Egg first and the Powercolor version was still listed ($279) so I actually bought one, arrives tomorrow. But after all the universally pretty poor reviews I likely won't even open the box. I do need to upgrade (wasn't looking to try to turn a profit) and was truly hoping this would be better... but likely will just list it ... and probably just about break even after ebay/paypal fees. Sigh. Crazy times.

Play button where Zach actually gets to the point: Never... I gave up waiting for him to actually make his point 🙄

So an actual tech channel that's fighting for real consumers and looking at things analytically instead of being an emotional baby? Cudos. 👏

budget is not getting a card for 250 dollar with similar performance to a 5 years old card. no matter how you try to justify it, this card is worth 150 dollars, 165 to be fair. people should not buy anything right now.

How does the 6500 XT compare to the RX 580 4gb Armor? I want to upgrade or atleast sidegrade.

Just picked one up yesterday for $200 exactly from micro center. I could not be more happy with it.

1. sick build you've got there. really digging that AIO and now i'm going to spend an hour trying to find it. 2. I'll give you points for the click bait title. 3. Still a dumb graphics card and not worth it. Someone else said at $200 it's worth it, but i'll push back on that just a bit. At $150 I'll bite as a decent low to low-medium setting graphic card that gets people up and running. At $200 I expect a hell of a lot better performance than what I've seen so far from some of the charts. I'm not surprised that those games have high frame rates, this card is equivalent to a card that was made when they came out. For a card that came out in 2022, I don't expect to see 2015 performance. Not at $200 msrp and actual price at $300

I'm thinking of getting this card. It's a bit better in fps than a gtx 1650 but I just want to know is it good? Is it worth it? Or should I buy a different cheap card?

So I’m running an xfx 260 with a ryzen 7 5800x (I just got the processor in March) I’m wondering if it would be smart to buy this, or save for a 3060 or 3070? I was also looking at used 2070s, I’m looking to run warzone at 120+ fps btw

so happy to se that my 4 yr old RX 570 can stream, well and can perform almost on par with 6500xt a 2022 card.

I'm happy amd is making low end gpus again, but this thing is $200. I wish they'd just use gddr5 and made it more compatible with old processors at an msrp of $150-180.

hello from London - i absolutely agree with your review - in short the 4k encodes - but that's about it - i think you can put a 4k video capture card into the system and you will have the 4k encode - the difference i suppose is if you are using for adobe creative cloud and could do with a specialist 4k encode. Is the monitor amd freesync - I noticed that games like doom 5 out perform on the unit

I am running a music studio, no gaming at all, need dual monitor support, will this card do the job? Moreover will this card handle high quality wide monitors? My experience with PC components is worse than a noob

Finally someone who understand why this card come out 🥰😊

So basicly you say it's fine because it is cheap? It's the most expensive card in the 200-700 € range ( retail) in perspective on cost per frame. Why would you call that great? If i sell you a "budget" card for 50 bucks, but it can only run 10 fps would you still call that good ? Or what people have needed in this market ? Alot of people are waiting on a Upgrade in the budget market. But amd managed to Release a card wich gets demolished by budget Tier cards Form the last 3-5years and is still more expensive. But that is expected behaviour of some RU-vidr. Comin in like " jada jada jada , i want to have a controversial opinion, because of clicks jada jada jada, i dont care that literally everyone and thier mum came to a different conclusion "

Help me out folks. 2022 pricing has me in a bind.I'm only trying to upgrade one of my my old pc's to play a few recent games and get better performance out of all my older games. I have a fx6100/r9 270x and a phenom x4/r9 290x. My machines are old becuase i rarely game these days you see, So I can only spend so much o upgrades and do 1 upgrade on one pc or the other. I set a $300 max limit and can get a ryzen 5600x/mobo/ram OR get a 6500xt to swap into either one. Which of the two will get me better overall performance as an upgrade? I play mainly single player games and racing games.

I am using this card for a couple of days and facing a little problem, Every time i installed and ran a new game i gave me a decent FPS but after 1-2 days, i mean when i started to play that game day by day the FPS gradually decreased... Can anyone explain it??

in australia, u can get the 6500xt for the same price as the gtx 1650, even though it is 28% more powerful than it according to GPU user benchmark, and the card is in stock as well bc it seems like everyone doesn't want it, but for low budget gamers, its a steal coming in at AUD $390 which is approx USD $275.

kinda annoyed that the powercolor doesnt have a backplate considering it’s literally $279….

Is this card any good for productivity, am a designer and animator, I do some video editing as well. I'd like to know.

Can you test it on i7-2600K because I'm not sure how good or bad is running on PCI-e 2.0 x4? 2600K is a cheap budget 2nd hand CPU but supports PCI-e 2.0 only.

The biggest problem I have with this card is that it will have no resell value so even if I get it at $350 I cant say its money I'll recover and get something better when the gpu market goes back to normal.

Honestly I'm hyped for any gpus being available! I'm feeling happy 😃 edit I just watch gamers nexus and this card is not good... I'm not happy 😕

Is an RX needed for a mother board, or can I use it without ??

is this great for Adobe lightroom cc 1080p? and dota 2??

would be okay if this was $150. The problem with this card is that the RTX 3050 is way worth the $50 increase when it releases.

325€ IS NOT CHEAP

Please I'm just building a new pc for blender,, is it wise to buy this card?, I'm a beginner and my budget is tight, and I'll be pairing it will Ryzen 2600x

may i ask something?, rn im using asus a320m-k as mobo, can i run it whith rx 6500xt? thanks.

I was looking to upgrade my rx 560 2G with a 1650 non super. This is a valid option for me especially since its much faster than, and the same price as the 1650 in my country. What hurts is that if these were normal times, this carf would've been $100

For $350 I rather buy a Xbox Series S with 3 months of Gamepass Ultimate as its super easy to find at MSRP. The 6500xt is a curious oddity and the Power Color version meant for ITX cases (single cooling fan version) is interesting if it can be bought for MSRP at $199. However once you hit the $300 mark it's just not a good value proposition.

Is it worth getting this over my nvidia 1660 6 gb or should I save for a RX 6600XT

which better b550 support pcie 4.0 for 4650g now and future update 5600x oc and 6500xt ??

I bought this graphics card as I’m going for a budget pc and this is my first pc ever also in Australia this actually at a good price compared to others

If I buy an rx 580, 480, a gtx 1060 3gb or a 1650. I'm getting a relatively low range card by today's standards. I might be worried about the gpu bottlenecking my cpu. But at least om not worried about the gpu bottlenecking itself. As I said in another comment, products like this are akin to the hp stream laptops. I had a special ultra cut down image built for then in university because so many people brought them in when windows tried to update and couldn't. 32gb of flash storage made them basically inoperable as a windows laptop. They were were cheap laptop, they sort of functioned, they sort of sort of did computer things... but they didn't help the cheap laptop market they made it worse. They didn't make computing cheap, they made it a horrible experience. Hp sold e waste to the uniformed. That's this card, it doesn't make gaming cheap. It makes cheap gaming worse.

thanks for the video. i just installed this graphics card into my machine. for me i do not care about the benchmarks or frame rates. i care about the process of playing and be able to play games at ease with a less expensive of the card. i know the 6600 is a bit more expensive but i will use this one till it craps out. when ever that will be. so far i like the card.

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I think you nailed it. I recently upgraded my rig to a B550 w/Ryzen 5700G (stuck with on-board graphics for budget reasons). So most of those "concerns" people bring up are irrelevant ... PCI x4: non-isuue, I have gen4 No encoders: non-issue, I don't stream 4GB VRAM: no so good, but still better than shared system RAM 2 outputs: non-issue, I don't steam I just want something to get away from onboard video, and this seems perfect.

the pole riding in this video is EPIC.

Well i wan to record too with this gpu so can I use my old gt710 as a video encoder?

mine always fails i will be playing and then my screen will go black i can hear everything still and it will stay black i have to completely shut down my pc for it start working again and sometimes after this my driver will fail

This card seems like it was only intended to be an in stock budget gpu. Otherwise, it seems like its worse than a 5500xt lol.

I remember when many youtubers had a bad opinion when the GTX 1650 was launched and now that card looks rather good. It will probably happen with this card in 1-2 years as well.

At the moment, where I live, the 6600 is some 60% more expensive than the 6500 XT, and the 6600 XT over 100% more expensive. Aside from the fact that all gpus are overpriced, I find the price differences here doesn't justify the purchase, even considering the lack of future proofing. You can save some money now and upgrade in a year or two when, hopefully, the price situation has improved.

After a year I check this video and give us the update should we go for this card right now or not?

Would be less of a disappointment if it wasn't a downgrade from the 5500XT in many games, even when running Gen 4. This card would be better received as just a 5500 XT 4GB refresh. Which as you stated, isn't ALL bad, supply is supply. Having more budget cards in the market is a net positive even if they aren't any better than their predecessors. That said, it is a big letdown from the impressive performance of the rest of the 6000 series, and puts a stain/bad taste on an otherwise really good series of cards.

6500XT doing 63 FPS on Forza Horizon where my old RX 570 does in between 75-85 fps most of the time........Im not so sure on this 6500XT.......We get you Zach,about the fact that we need more budget cards.....but still.... 300 cojones is 300 cojones,this card ain't worth that

Can someone help here i'm looking to upgrade my GTX 1060 will this gpu beat my gpu on modern games?(RX 6500XT) couse right now all this games can be play at low settings (GTX1060)

Is there an MSI version? Thanks not worried about a lot of games, but how well it can handle 3D modeling - nothing high end - but say, unreal engine for 3D drawing, some messing with animation, & regular programs

Since we’re still in the shortage, it’s great if you can get your hands on it at a decent price

If you've got gen 4 it's OK but if you're in the majority it isn't. Having said that it'll probably age OK with gen 5 standardising though the 4GB and 64 Bit memory restriction will likely stop it "aging like fine wine". For most folks a 1650S is a better choice right now and at(in the UK) a current new price of £20 more than a 6500XT makes it a no brainer. I really don't understand gimping the card with 4 communication lanes while Nvidia cards maintain the full interface width, I mean the electronic components to make this card open literally cost a couple of quid(if that)(I am a professional electronics buyer by trade BTW). It's one thing to remove functions but it's another to strangle the card.

is it better than gtx 1650 using pcie 3.0 ? or should i go with gtx 1650 ?