I'll preface this by saying the card I purchased was from Amazon directly, at the partner's (XFX) MSRP, which is sadly a bit higher than AMD's MSRP. With that said, for what it is, it's a fantastic 1080p gaming card. I'm coming from a nVidia GTX 970 (ASUS Strix) that has seen many more years of use than I originally planned. My 970 was showing it's age not only in capability, but how the usage over time had worn it out, and I was concerned with it failing on me before securing a replacement. I use this card in a dual-os environment with Windows 10 and Arch Linux (BTW), and other than having to delete my Xorg.conf file generated by the nVidia software, it has been a smooth ride on both systems. Many games that I normally play can now run on Ultra at 60fps, 1080p. I haven't had a lot of time do play many games yet, but the difference between the two cards is staggering. The raytracing leaves more to be desired, but that was never a requirement for me, and I was aware of this prior to purchase. I have played Fallout 4 and 76, Minecraft Bedrock and Java, and some Celeste, all ran well in Windows. Minecraft and Celeste in Linux also ran great, Fallout 76 had really bad graphical issues, but that is likely my fault, as I am certain that I messed up my Wine/Proton configs globally. I attempted the Time Theif 3D Mark Benchmark on both cards, but the software fails to do the final two tests with the 6600xt. I am uncertain if this is 3D Mark or the card, but this happened when I upgraded from my 760 to my 970 in the past, so take that with a grain of salt. Lastly, I have this paired with an AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and 32GB of DDR4 clocked at 3200MHz, and a Samsung EVO 970 NVMe SSD. The combination has proved to be very stable and beneficial (no overclocking), and I have seen some decreases in load times on the Fallout games. If you are in a bind for a card, or looking to get into PC gaming, this card does well. Sadly, with the current market, this is the best option I could find for my use that wasn't buying from a scalper. This card seems to be frequently in-stock as well.
SkullFire · 2022-02-16 · via amazon
★★★★★Literally bang for the buck even at ~$150 over msrp
Went from a 1650 super with a Ryzen 5 3500 to this GPU, even with the huge bottleneck from the cpu I was able to pull at least 50fps or more on everything maxed out, when I changed to a 5 5600x those 40fps went to almost 70-80fps more, it’s literally perfect and performs better than a 3060ti (without raytracing but it’s AMDs fault not this specific graphics card) and on top of that the amd software is super easy to use and has more customization than nvidia, really nice car overall and can run everything that you throw at it with 1080p, (Arma 3 is a really hard game to run properly and this GPU can manage it even on ultra very nicely at +60fps)
Andres Arrieta · 2022-02-10 · via amazon
★★★★★Little high, great card
Just couldn’t wait on a card pasted more than I liked but it is still a great card blows through games on high with little heat or fan noise.
Anthony · 2022-02-26 · via amazon
★★★★★Good
I barely do reviews and when I do it’s because they deserve it. Straight to the point: 1. Ryzen 7 1700x, 16 gb of ram, on a 350m motherboard. (Bottle necked at times) Even with this set up im able to run 7 days to die, mass affect 1-3, andromeda, god of war, horizon zero dawn, horizon at max settings (Radeon boost on) and still achieve 70-140 fps at 50% gpu usage and running at a smooth 50c. Games such as apex legends, cod, and battlefield does use almost 90% of gpu usage and it does get toasty at 78-80c but still deliver -90-120 ish FPS. Again my cpu is a little old so I have to tweak it so it doesn’t slow down the gpu that much but the potential is there. I would recommend this gpu (almost the best price for a graphics card these days that doesn’t suck a**) The choice is yours but it’s a solid buy from my point of view
Anthony R · 2022-01-12 · via amazon
★★★★★Decent entry-level graphics adapter, but WAY overpriced
I bought this to replace an older RX 560 that was still holding its own, but was pushed to the limits by even 4 - 5-year-old AAA games. This one is still considered entry-level, but it's a step up and will keep me going for a couple of years. It wasn't the big leap I wanted to make, but I couldn't justify spending $900+ for the 6700. I figured I had better grab what I could now before prices push even higher, thanks to chip shortages, supply-chain disruptions, scalpers and crypto-miners. The card is a definite improvement. It runs very quietly and gives a smoother experience at higher frame rates than my old card. I haven't tried overclocking it, but will cross that bridge when I come to it. I love Fallout 4 (no, it's NOT a brand new title, but good for comparison). I was getting ~35 fps on the 560 with high settings. With the 6600xt, I'm getting 55+ fps on ultra settings. Good so far, but not great. This brings me to two downsides: Connections and price. The Amazon listing states that this card has two HDMI ports. It doesn't. It has three display port connections and one HDMI. That would be great if I owned a monitor or TV that used display port, but I only have HDMI. Now I have to buy a new monitor or wait for an adapter to arrive so I can use my dual-monitor setup for work. Not helpful when most monitors I'm seeing online use HDMI. Then there's price. What can I say except that I feel ripped off when an entry-level graphics card is so insanely overpriced that I could gut and rebuild the rest of my computer for just a little more. At $650, this was the cheapest upgrade I could find. The next level would have been $900+ and beyond that would have been over $1,200. Anyway, I would recommend this adapter to anyone looking for something to tide them over in hopes of better prices down the road. It's good but not incredible.
