Gigabyte Radeon RX 6600 Eagle 8G

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I used to get excited at new hardware launches...now i just feel disgusted, i wonder if there's a support group i can attend. ;)

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Originally Posted by Corky34

I used to get excited at new hardware launches...now i just feel disgusted, i wonder if there's a support group i can attend. ;)

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I've been in therapy myself for a while now!

I might read the performance metrics normally, but as is I just skimmed the intro/conclusion looking for any clues about availability at MSRP. I don't see any. It almost seems like a "why bother?" launch, although I suppose if they can salvage more dies with the 6600 Non-XT, that helps the supply situation somewhat.

In the meantime I've been expanding my non-gaming hobbies. My RX 480 could in theory last quite a few more years as my time spent gaming, and my care for the latest in graphics, decreases.

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Originally Posted by Corky34

I used to get excited at new hardware launches...now i just feel disgusted, i wonder if there's a support group i can attend. ;)

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I thought that's what this is? ;)

With so many people sitting on older GPUs and this specifically being launched at the bottom of the stack of current gen GPUs it seems a shame to only test it against mostly higher end new cards.

Probably one for Cat's review thread, but a '1080p card' retrospective would be good to understand what you get in 2021 against the last couple of generations.

I think that's a great idea - cards to consider, with the highlighted ones being the priority.

GTX 970
GTX 980
GTX 980 Ti
GTX 1050 Ti 4Gb
GTX 1060 3Gb
GTX 1060 6Gb
GTX 1070
GTX 1070 Ti
GTX 1650 Super
GTX 1660
GTX 1660 Super
GTX 1660 Ti
RTX 2060

Vega 56
Vega 64
RX 570 4Gb
RX 580 4Gb
RX 5500 XT 4Gb