AMD's Radeon RX 6600 aims to be the ultimate 1080p card for $329

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AMD has just revealed the new RX 6600 graphics card. Starting at $329 (depending on the configuration), this entry-level 1080p GPU is perfect for budget-minded gamers. Different configurations are available from board partners such as MSI, Gigabyte, Sapphire, Asus, and more.

The RX 6600 is similar to the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT released during the summer, though less powerful. It features 28 compute units, 1792 stream processors, 32MB of AMD’s Infinity Cache, and up to 8GB of GDDR6 vRAM. It consumes 132 watts of power, making it pair well with a 450-watt power supply. AMD says the RX 6600 is, on average, 23% faster than an Nvidia RTX 2060. It supports AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution upsampling tech. High-res monitors will receive better image quality without impacting performance and many games will see 60 frames per second and higher.

As noted by The Verge, many of AMD’s GPU board partners aren’t taking full advantage of the RX 6600’s reduced power consumption, at least at the moment. All graphics cards offered by board partners take up a minimum of two slots in a case and require an 8-pin PCIe power connector. Despite that, the graphics card is solid for less power-hungry gaming rigs.

“AMD is working closely with board partners, OEMs, SIs and etail/retail partners to ensure as many graphics cards are available to gamers as possible, and we expect that a healthy supply of AMD Radeon RX 6600 graphics cards will be available at launch.”

That’s an optimistic claim, one we’re not sure AMD can deliver on. Even AMD CEO Lisa Su suggested that the chip shortage could extend well into the second half of 2022.

We’ll have to wait and see how things pan out.

Both cards will apparently have 4GB of GDDR6 VRAM, and the cheaper RX 6400 won’t require hooking up to your PSU thanks to its sub-75W power draw. Previous rumors have pointed to Navi 24 GPUs with 1,024 cores on the RX 6500 XT and 768 on the RX 6400.

Tony Polanco
Tony Polanco
Senior Computing Writer

Tony is a computing writer at Tom’s Guide covering laptops, tablets, Windows, and iOS. During his off-hours, Tony enjoys reading comic books, playing video games, reading speculative fiction novels, and spending too much time on X/Twitter. His non-nerdy pursuits involve attending Hard Rock/Heavy Metal concerts and going to NYC bars with friends and colleagues. His work has appeared in publications such as Laptop Mag, PC Mag, and various independent gaming sites.