Sapphire Radeon RX 6650 XT Nitro+ review - Product Photos

Product Photos

The 6650 XT series will not (yet) replace the 6600 series; the Radeon RX 6650 XT also features 2048 stream/Shader processors. The L3 cache and RDNA2 GPU architecture, on the other hand, will result in a speedier product. This AIB card operates at a maximum Turbo clock speed of 2694 MHz. The BIOS supports fan stop in idle mode, which means the card is passive (no fans spinning) while not in use, benefiting from a silent device. Two spinners and a single 8-pin power connection are seen.

The rear I/O has a single HDMI connector and three Display Port connectors, all located behind a huge air vent that allows hot air to be vented from the back of your case.

The side of the card is generally open to allow air to reach the heatsink, however there are pieces of the plastic shroud wrapping around the side, which also has an RGB-lit Sapphire logo. From here, we can also see the card's power port, which is a single 8-pin PCIe power connector recessed into the backplate. The card also has an ARGB header on the back that may be used to sync the RGB of other devices to the GPU through a pass-through.

The combination of a nice sturdy backplate with modest looks works somehow. This is a card that can be inserted into a low-cost (well ...) system build and quickly improve its appeal. We again see a BIOS sector, leave it at default for best performance, this product just doesn't make any sound anyway.

The relatively small size of this card shows a length of 11 inches / 27cm. MSI could have made this card even smaller, as the top plastic cooling stretches out.   

There's little RGB. There isn't much of it, but that isn't the end of the world. Some like others don not.