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    MSI Mech Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB GDDR6 PCIe 4.0 Graphics Card - $249.99 + F/S - Amazon

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    Amazon [amazon.com] has MSI Mech Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB GDDR6 PCIe 4.0 Graphics Card - for $249.99. Shipping is free.

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    $30.01 lower (11% savings) than the list price of $280.00

    Deal history:Customer reviews:
    ★★★★★ / 47 global ratings

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    • Chipset Radeon RX 6650 XT
    • Video Memory: 8GB GDDR6
    • Memory Interface: 128-bit
    • Output: DisplayPort x 3 (v1.4a) / HDMI 2.1 x 1
    • Digital maximum resolution: 7680 x 4320
    https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B09YHXT12P [amazon.com]
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    Amazon [amazon.com] has MSI Mech Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB GDDR6 PCIe 4.0 Graphics Card - for $249.99. Shipping is free.

    Price:
    $30.01 lower (11% savings) than the list price of $280.00

    Deal history:Customer reviews:
    ★★★★★ / 47 global ratings

    About this Item:
    • Chipset Radeon RX 6650 XT
    • Video Memory: 8GB GDDR6
    • Memory Interface: 128-bit
    • Output: DisplayPort x 3 (v1.4a) / HDMI 2.1 x 1
    • Digital maximum resolution: 7680 x 4320
    https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B09YHXT12P [amazon.com]

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    almost 2 years ago
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    youra6
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    Quote from SonicTron :
    Definitely more 3060 level or less if you want even the minimum ray tracing though
    Who buys a 3060 for ray tracing though? The performance hit on RT is substantial. It only makes sense if you pair it with DLSS but very few games use both RT and DLSS anyways.
    Last edited by youra6 November 30, 2022 at 08:32 AM.
    almost 2 years ago
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    ph1aak
    almost 2 years ago
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    Quote from Chun25 :
    https://pc-builds.com/bottleneck-calculator/
    Wow, that's an awesome resource. Thank you! Apparently my 1070 is already a bottleneck for my 6700K. If I swap out for this GPU, it says they will work well together. Rep given!
    almost 2 years ago
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    AnonymousOctopus
    almost 2 years ago
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    Quote from ph1aak :
    I have a six year old system consisting of a i7 6700K, GTX 1070, and a 750W PSU. Can I buy this without needing to upgrade other parts? I imagine I'll have a bottleneck at the motherboard/CPU level but how much of one is the question.

    I'm looking to replace my 1070 because it's been crashing in games and underclocking has stopped that behavior. I suspect it's dying
    I had a similar situation at the beginning of this year. I bought an RX 5500 dirt cheap as a temp GPU to hold me over until prices came down. Jumped from FX 6300 (2012) to i5-11400f during a fire sale. While benchmarking a handful of games (2012-2020 releases) on both CPUs, I didn't notice too much of a difference since it's a modest GPU. I got at most 10% higher FPS after upgrading CPU/mobo/RAM. Your CPU isn't as bad as my old one so I suspect you'll generally be ok. If there was a big gap, you'd potentially suffer a bit of stuttering due to a weak CPU though.

    This can give you a ballpark number too. Not perfect, but the results seem reasonable to me when I was tinkering with it: https://pc-builds.com/bottleneck-calculator
    Last edited by AnonymousOctopus November 30, 2022 at 08:41 AM.
    almost 2 years ago
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    wonder6oy
    almost 2 years ago
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    Got this card elsewhere a few days ago and upgraded from a 1070 using a 4k TV. Funny thing; I assumed I could only use it at either 1k or 4k native, but with that new (to me) upsampling tech, this thing runs like a beast with high settings at 3k, I can only barely tell the difference in resolution. Absolute steal at this price.
    almost 2 years ago
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    jchu14
    almost 2 years ago
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    Would the games in the AMD Raise the Game Offer be resellable? I am not interested in either of those games so it would be nice to be able to resell the keys.

    Does anyone know if redeeming the games give you a key or if it adds the games to your library directly?

    https://www.amd.com/en/gaming/raise-the-game
    almost 2 years ago
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    ph1aak
    almost 2 years ago
    166 Posts
    Deal is dead and OOS. I was adding gift cards and missed it. Dang it!
    almost 2 years ago
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    youra6
    almost 2 years ago
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    Quote from ph1aak :
    I have a six year old system consisting of a i7 6700K, GTX 1070, and a 750W PSU. Can I buy this without needing to upgrade other parts? I imagine I'll have a bottleneck at the motherboard/CPU level but how much of one is the question.

    I'm looking to replace my 1070 because it's been crashing in games and underclocking has stopped that behavior. I suspect it's dying
    I would recommend an upgrade. My brother had a 6600k before i gifted him a 3070ti for his birthday and he saw maybe like 20-30% increase in performance over his 1070. Upgraded to a 5600X setup and saw the 2x gains he was supposed to.

    A 6700K is pretty ancient by now.

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    almost 2 years ago
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    pug_ster
    almost 2 years ago
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    Well, I gave in, I placed the order. I guess the worst thing is if the price dropped before next year I can cancel the order...
    almost 2 years ago
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    ph1aak
    almost 2 years ago
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    Quote from youra6 :
    I would recommend an upgrade. My brother had a 6600k before i gifted him a 3070ti for his birthday and he saw maybe like 20-30% increase in performance over his 1070. Upgraded to a 5600X setup and saw the 2x gains he was supposed to.

    A 6700K is pretty ancient by now.
    I agree. I'm thinking about switching over to AMD but I'm waiting for prices to drop. I don't play as much as I used to so it's a lower priority atm
    almost 2 years ago
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    ph1aak
    almost 2 years ago
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    Quote from youra6 :
    I would recommend an upgrade. My brother had a 6600k before i gifted him a 3070ti for his birthday and he saw maybe like 20-30% increase in performance over his 1070. Upgraded to a 5600X setup and saw the 2x gains he was supposed to.

    A 6700K is pretty ancient by now.
    Also, for giggles, I put your brother's 6600K and 3070Ti into the bottleneck calculator and it results in a 25% CPU bottleneck. But when I switched it to the 5600X, it's basically 0%. Makes sense why he had the performance issues that he did!
    almost 2 years ago
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    youra6
    almost 2 years ago
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    Quote from ph1aak :
    Also, for giggles, I put your brother's 6600K and 3070Ti into the bottleneck calculator and it results in a 25% CPU bottleneck. But when I switched it to the 5600X, it's basically 0%. Makes sense why he had the performance issues that he did!
    Yeah he was also gaming at 1080p at that res you're pretty cpu bound anyways.
    almost 2 years ago
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    ph1aak
    almost 2 years ago
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    Quote from youra6 :
    Yeah he was also gaming at 1080p at that res you're pretty cpu bound anyways.
    Oh shoot, I still had 1440p selected for me. Setting it to 1080p with the 6600K is a 40% bottleneck! Cool stuff
    almost 2 years ago
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    Frugal-Deals
    almost 2 years ago
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    Can anyone with this card comment on it's sound levels, temp, and overall performance? Not sure whether to stick with MSI or go with something else
    almost 2 years ago
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    RalphFurley
    almost 2 years ago
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    Quote from homeland :
    have a 1660 super.. time to upgrade but I feel I should hold out a little longer. So hard to fight the urge to upgrade..
    Hard to say if Navi 33 will offer better price/performance ratio. It may be faster and more efficient, but probably more expensive. Making the $250 a decent buy at the middle to low end.

    I too, would like people to hold the line so we can bring these prices down. But things are starting to get reasonable. I even saw a crappy 6500 for $100 (w/ free game). Bad card, good price. AMD is looking more consumer friendly these days.
    Last edited by RalphFurley November 30, 2022 at 10:32 AM.

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    Galahad
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    Quote from SonicTron :
    Definitely more 3060 level or less if you want even the minimum ray tracing though
    Ray tracing at that performance level is terrible. I love that NVIDIA is leading and pushing for a bunch of innovative features beyond pure raster perfs (incl .raytracing, AI, DLSS, etc ....) but for my kid's low/mid (1080p) GPU I will most likely go with AMD which offers the best value when you consider that most added NVIDIA features are not really useful at 1080p.
    almost 2 years ago
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    sushiserv
    almost 2 years ago
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    Quote from ph1aak :
    I agree. I'm thinking about switching over to AMD but I'm waiting for prices to drop. I don't play as much as I used to so it's a lower priority atm
    Are you me? I still have a 6700k and gaming keeps falling lower and lower on the list.

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