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Powercolor Radeon Rx 6500 XT ITX pcie 4.0 4GB DDR6 for $199

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Was $260+ as recently as a month ago, now $199

Can be found at Micro Center, Amazon

https://www.microcenter.com/produ...phics-card

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09PSHY...uage=en_US

Still a bit higher most other places - about $220-$230

2 year warranty
HDMI & Displayport

107 Watts
G3D Mark 9,500

Probably one of the first video cards selling at MSRP in quite a while....
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Was $260+ as recently as a month ago, now $199

Can be found at Micro Center, Amazon

https://www.microcenter.com/produ...phics-card

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09PSHY...uage=en_US

Still a bit higher most other places - about $220-$230

2 year warranty
HDMI & Displayport

107 Watts
G3D Mark 9,500

Probably one of the first video cards selling at MSRP in quite a while....

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Apr 20, 2022 2:52 AM
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esc1aApr 20, 2022 2:52 AM
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One fan will be a really loud GPU if it is not optimized properly.
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Apr 20, 2022 11:28 AM
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OP, this is MSRP, not less than MSRP.
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Apr 20, 2022 11:40 AM
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RX 6500 XT has bad reviews. Performance is close to RX 5500 XT or GTX 1650 Super when running on PCIe 4.0. But you don't want to run RX 6500 XT on PCIe 3.0 where you could lose half the performance.

I believe these are made in China. 25% price drop was expected since 25% tariffs are on hold for the rest of 2022.

https://www.techspot.com/review/2...n-6500-xt/

https://www.tomshardware.com/news...en4-tested
Last edited by 2deal April 20, 2022 at 05:31 AM.
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Quote from GooG6695 View quoted comment :
OP, this is MSRP, not less than MSRP.
Edited and corrected, at msrp.

Still, not too bad if you're wanting something down around 100 watts, and don't want to spend more than $200. I saw a lot of cards that had better performance - for $400 or more. that's usually close to what I spend building an entire pc.
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Quote from 2deal View quoted comment :
RX 6500 XT has bad reviews. Performance is close to RX 5500 XT or GTX 1650 Super when running on PCIe 4.0. But you don't want to run RX 6500 XT on PCIe 3.0 where you could lose half the performance.

I believe these are made in China. 25% price drop was expected since 25% tariffs are on hold for the rest of 2022.

https://www.techspot.com/review/2...n-6500-xt/

https://www.tomshardware.com/news...en4-tested
"half the performance"? According to the Techspot review you linked it loses on average 9% on pci-e 3.

The max losses happened when cranking the settings up to ultra on large map games that will easily exceed the 4gb vram limits (FH5, Borderlands 3). That's not a realistic setting most people building a PC that utilizes this card will be using. This is for the kid playing Roblox, Fortnite, etc.

Saying this is "a bad card" is like saying a Honda Civic is a bad car because it doesn't have the towing capacity of a Silverado. You need to adjust your expectations.
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Quote from GooG6695 View quoted comment :
"half the performance"? According to the Techspot review you linked it loses on average 9% on pci-e 3.

The max losses happened when cranking the settings up to ultra on large map games that will easily exceed the 4gb vram limits (FH5, Borderlands 3). That's not a realistic setting most people building a PC that utilizes this card will be using. This is for the kid playing Roblox, Fortnite, etc.

Saying this is "a bad card" is like saying a Honda Civic is a bad car because it doesn't have the towing capacity of a Silverado. You need to adjust your expectations.
It's a bad card because it's been gutted of features. It lacks hardware encoding capabilities, drops performance on pcie 3.0 (on average around 9-10% but there are games where it drops performance to just about the same as a 1050ti and that's insanely stupid) and it's the same damn performance we've had in the same price bracket for THREE GENERATIONS.

The RX 580 launched at around $200 in 2017 man. That card has the same performance as this card, but also came with double the video memory. It's not a matter of needing to adjust our expectations, you need to understand that when a new card has the same or worse performance as a card from FIVE YEARS AGO for the SAME FRIGGEN PRICE that makes the card a piece of garbage for the money.
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Quote from Notadealio View quoted comment :
It's a bad card because it's been gutted of features. It lacks hardware encoding capabilities, drops performance on pcie 3.0 (on average around 9-10% but there are games where it drops performance to just about the same as a 1050ti and that's insanely stupid) and it's the same damn performance we've had in the same price bracket for THREE GENERATIONS.

The RX 580 launched at around $200 in 2017 man. That card has the same performance as this card, but also came with double the video memory. It's not a matter of needing to adjust our expectations, you need to understand that when a new card has the same or worse performance as a card from FIVE YEARS AGO for the SAME FRIGGEN PRICE that makes the card a piece of garbage for the money.
Do me a favor, find an RX 580 8gb brand new with a full manufacturer warranty for $200. I'll wait.
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GoldEagle7Apr 20, 2022 4:12 PM
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Dudes, the 1030 is a bit over what, 100 dollars? This is like the amd version if a 1660 non super or ti, or maybe a 1060 6gb?
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Apr 20, 2022 4:51 PM
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Are there any better video cards available under $200 right now that have better performance? I looked, and only found 1 other card for about 10 bucks less that had about 80% of the performance of this one.
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NotadealioApr 20, 2022 5:34 PM
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Quote from GooG6695 View quoted comment :
Do me a favor, find an RX 580 8gb brand new with a full manufacturer warranty for $200. I'll wait.
Hold on, I found a couple of your last remaining brain cells on the floor here. Better get these back to you, you're clearly running low.

Yeah let me find a manufacturer discontinued card for MSRP.

I guess you like getting screwed. Worse card than what they released five years ago and you're defending it -genius.
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Quote from Notadealio View quoted comment :
Hold on, I found a couple of your last remaining brain cells on the floor here. Better get these back to you, you're clearly running low.

Yeah let me find a manufacturer discontinued card for MSRP.

I guess you like getting screwed. Worse card than what they released five years ago and you're defending it -genius.
You're right, genius is going into a thread and crapping all over the product because you personally think it's not worth it, yet you have no alternative brand new option.

Maybe you've been living under a rock, but inflation is at record levels. Mostly due to supply and demand. Yes, of course, there are better cards on the market for, you guessed it; more money. If you have $200 to spend on a GPU this is your best option unless you want to risk a used card that was likely mined to death. You and many others don't seem to grasp one concept: limited budgets.
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Quote from GooG6695 View quoted comment :
You're right, genius is going into a thread and crapping all over the product because you personally think it's not worth it, yet you have no alternative brand new option.

Maybe you've been living under a rock, but inflation is at record levels. Mostly due to supply and demand. Yes, of course, there are better cards on the market for, you guessed it; more money. If you have $200 to spend on a GPU this is your best option unless you want to risk a used card that was likely mined to death. You and many others don't seem to grasp one concept: limited budgets.
Go buy an Xbox series S if you're that desperate. It's a fully-functioning gaming system with -you guessed it- a more powerful GPU than a 6500xt for -you guessed it- $200 or less.

Don't buy actual garbage graphics cards for $200. The 6500xt can't even record gameplay because of the lack of hardware encoding, and if you're on a budget you probably don't have a pcie 4.0 motherboard so you're literally buying something that's bad for the money at full-performance and then slotting it into a system where it does even worse.

This card makes zero sense. Buying it even punishes people building new budget builds because processors like the Ryzen 5 5500 don't even have access to pcie 4.0 (limited to 3.0 maximum) which would seem like a good option to pair with a 6500xt, but in fact only serve to limit the performance further because of the card's own hardware limitations.

Seriously, an Xbox series S is more powerful and it's a fully-functional system for the same money.
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Damien1772Apr 20, 2022 8:20 PM
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If your in this price range the 3050 from evga is 249
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Quote from Notadealio View quoted comment :
Go buy an Xbox series S if you're that desperate. It's a fully-functioning gaming system with -you guessed it- a more powerful GPU than a 6500xt for -you guessed it- $200 or less.

Seriously, an Xbox series S is more powerful and it's a fully-functional system for the same money.
I don't know where you're buying a brand new Series S for $200 but you might as well just stick to consoles if all you care about is the best price for performance. Even the PS5/Series X are better than any PC you're building for $7-800. But not everyone wants to play games on a console.

Again, you're not offering any real alternatives for $200. You're just mad that this product exists, but in reality it's just as stupid as a 3090 TI when it comes to value for it's performance.
Quote from Damien1772 View quoted comment :
If your in this price range the 3050 from evga is 249
Finally, someone with a real alternative to offer. The 3050 finally being available for $250 is still a bit overpriced for it's performance, but in today's market it's a decent value and absolutely worth the extra $50 over the $200 6500 XT.
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Apr 20, 2022 8:55 PM
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Quote from slugbug View quoted comment :
Are there any better video cards available under $200 right now that have better performance? I looked, and only found 1 other card for about 10 bucks less that had about 80% of the performance of this one.
I've seen plenty of RX 5500 on eBay for $150 to $180. Those are better for anyone on PCIe 3.0 which is most people.

Also RX 6400 was quietly launched today for $159. It's based on a cut down Navi 24 so it might be 20% slower than a RX 6500.
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