Die Shrink 65: Was the RX 6500 XT a good idea?
Added 2022-01-28 18:24:22 +0000 UTCMaybe the execution wasn't perfect, but was the idea of a gamer-only low end card a good one?
Miners aren't going anywhere, and an ever-expanding industry of creators can justify paying far more than gamers for a given level of performance...should there be something like the 6500 XT in every future lineup? Should there be a couple of "gamer-only" dies in RDNA 3 and RDNA 4?
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the 6500xt is terrible at 8K. 3050 with DLSS can provide far faster 8K RTX gaming.
Jen-Hsun Huang
2022-01-30 13:59:49 +0000 UTCTom, there will always be those that say amd intentionally gimped the 65 xt or that they, somehow, could have changed the die in the final months before release. The card does what it should.. on the point of gaming specific architecture..I have been expecting this for a while because, how can something as versatile as a gpu be tailored specifically for gaming? As well as a gaming specific cpu architecture. I would love to hear your thoughts on this topic as well as how it relates to the hybrid core technology from Intel and amds zen4 vs 4c etc.
Christopher Mullins
2022-01-28 21:03:43 +0000 UTCDS #64 apt for 64bit bus card of 6500xt
Timo H
2022-01-28 18:31:36 +0000 UTC
