Review: Radeon RX 6500 XT - (when 4GB just isn't enough anymore)

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/19/2022 04:00 PM | source: | 237 comment(s)

Never ever has entry-level performance been this costly, meet the new Radeon RX 6500 XT from AMD. It's fitted with 4GB 64-bit memory and a sniff of Inifinity Cache (16MB L3). Tied towards a PCIe Gen x4 link (3.0/4.0) we'll also perform PCIe scaling tests. And yeah, it ain't a pretty sight.

Read our review here.

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Rabit
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#6020289 Posted on: 05/25/2022 02:48 PM

New Driver 2.5.2 New driver showed me that I do not need more Power

Time Spy OC Max UV room temps 22C

5 242 90W 1.44V 86C hotspot at 1200 RPM https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/75628364? * stable all games
5 327 102W 1.35V 96C hotspot at 1400 RPM https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/75628511? * stable some games

Total War Troy 1080P Utra + Unit size maxed
OC Max UV 71.8 min 62 90W 1.44V 86 hotspot 1300Rpm
OC Max UV 72.7 min 64 102W 1.135V 92 hotspot 1400Rpm

DIY reservable cooler improvements

+ I added double stack thermal pads to backplate Ram modules and VRM area.

**Upgrade cost $165$ Second Hand Rx 6500XT - $116 Rx 470 sold = $49 not bad

Especially I get from 47 to 72 FPS in Total War

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#6020405 Posted on: 05/25/2022 09:58 PM

92C Hotspot and 63C edge at 1800Rpm I concern on 29C difference on such small die
Room Temp 24C

Edit Fresh Paste MX-2 applied 93C Hotspot and 60C edge eh.... reminder that such hotspots have always existed on most chips, the difference now is that there are many temp sensors on the die rather than just 1 on the edge.

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