On January 19, 2022, AMD officially unbanned the Radeon RX 6500 XT desktop graphics card. Prior to this, high-end graphics cards were difficult to find, and players' choices also had very large limitations. A large part of the players want to assemble an entry-level desktop console, in addition to the set display, they can only go to the second-hand market to find old cards. The birth of the Radeon RX 6500 XT has solved this problem in recent years, and the graphics card size and specifications are quite mini compared to the graphics cards currently on the market, and the price of nearly 1600 yuan (RMB) is also quite close to the people.
The positioning of radeon RX 6500 XT is also quite clear, it is more suitable for those mini portable console players, usually for e-sports games do not have so high demand, most of the mainstream AAA games can also be smooth experience. Of course, the biggest function of the mini portable host is that it can be easily moved in the home environment, which can be a living room TV, or a study bedroom. The Radeon RX 6500 XT is enough to meet the avid entertainment experience of such users in such an environment. So, how exactly does the Radeon RX 6500 XT perform? So today, I got this sapphire Radeon RX 6500 XT Platinum Edition to test it.
Parameter aspect
RX 6000 Series Black Technology
Although the Radeon RX 6500 XT is not as positioned as other members of the RX 6000 series, it should have a lot of black technology.
AMD Video Memory Smart Technology uses a combination of Ryzen 5000 series processors and RX 6000 series graphics cards to improve system performance. This technology changes the limitation of 256MB of cpu access at a time in traditional computers, and through AMD smart access technology, the data channel is expanded to fully realize the potential of GPU video memory, thereby using PCI Express bandwidth to eliminate the bottleneck of performance improvement.
AMD Infinity Cache it offers excellent bandwidth performance, low power consumption and low latency. This global cache is accessible to the entire graphics core, helping to capture immediate reuse opportunities for fast access to data. AMD Infinity Cache draws on the excellent high-frequency technology of the "Zen" architecture to lay the foundation for future performance expansion.
AmD RDNA2 architecture-based graphics cards add a high-performance, fixed-function light acceleration engine to each compute unit, optimized to provide real-time lighting, shadow, and reflection realism with DXR technology. When paired with AMD FidelityFX, which supports hybrid rendering, developers can also combine rasterization and ray tracing effects to maximize the combination of image quality and performance.
For gamers who prefer a high frame rate experience, FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) can bring players a high-quality, high-resolution, high-frame rate quality experience. Even graphics cards like the RX 570 can use FSR to improve the frame rate and quality of your game. Provides an average of 2.4x performance in specific games, at 4K resolution, and in Performance Mode compared to native resolution. Whether it's integrated graphics or one for super enthusiasts, it's almost fully compatible.
Performance aspects
For GPUs, running scores and game frame rates are key to it. In simple and layman's terms, a graphics card is not worth buying, it depends on whether its performance is worthy of its price, so whether the Radeon RX 6500 XT score of about 1600 yuan is worth this price? Let's move on.
First of all, this PC configuration is:
CPU processor: AMD Ryzen™ 5600X
Motherboard: ASUS TOF GAMING B550M
Memory: 16GB DDR4 2400MHz
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT (Sapphire Platinum Edition)
Display: ROG PG259QNR
We compared the Radeon RX 6500 XT to the RTX 3050, and the RTX 3050's relatively outstanding performance was Port Royal, and this light tracking test was also one of AMD's weaker ones. In the fire strike and time spy score, the RX 6500 XT scored more than the RTX 3050.
Game frame rate
From the frame rate data, we can see that the RX 6500 XT has a frame count lower than the RTX 3050 on the game of God of War 4, and the rest of the performance exceeds the RTX 3050. The "God of War 4" is mainly due to the highest image quality, the video memory needs 5600MB, which exceeds the standard memory of RX 6500 XT, so the frame rate is lost to the RTX 3050 with 8G video memory. But if FSR is turned on, God of War 4 can also achieve a smooth frame rate of 60 frames. For future games, FSR will become the standard, even if it is a graphics card such as RX 6500 XT, it can also smoothly experience AAA game masterpieces.
summary:
For the Radeon RX 6500 XT graphics card, the author tested it and is generally quite satisfied. At present, although the requirements of the game for the graphics card are getting higher and higher, but also the use of AI algorithms, the game has also been a new enhancement to the ability of the low-end graphics card.
In recent years, the growth of AMD has been obvious to all, and both THE CPU and THE GPU have made leaps and bounds. This is also the reason why more and more players are shouting "AMD YES". From the positioning of RX 6500 XT has been performance, it can also be seen that AMD is also quite aware of the needs of users, directly and clearly gave this market a new choice, and the first graphics card of the 6nm process even I had to clap my hands, "AMD YES", "AMD really fragrant"!