8GB
128-Bit
GDDR6
PCI Express 4.0
500W
8-Pin
Brand | GIGABYTE |
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Series | Eagle |
Model | GV-R66XTEAGLE-8GD |
Interface | PCI Express 4.0 |
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Chipset Manufacturer | AMD |
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GPU Series | AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series |
GPU | Radeon RX 6600 XT |
Architechture | RDNA 2 |
Stream Processors | 2048 Stream Processors |
Effective Memory Clock | 16000 MHz |
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Memory Size | 8GB |
Memory Interface | 128-Bit |
Memory Type | GDDR6 |
DirectX | DirectX 12 Ultimate |
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OpenGL | OpenGL 4.6 |
Multi-Monitor Support | 4 |
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HDMI | 2 x HDMI 2.1 |
DisplayPort | 2 x DisplayPort 1.4a |
Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 |
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Cooler | WINDFORCE 3X |
Recommended PSU Wattage | 500W |
Power Connector | 8-Pin |
Features | Powered by AMD RDNA 2 Radeon RX 6600 XT Integrated with 8GB GDDR6 128-bit memory interface WINDFORCE 3X Cooling System with alternate spinning fans Screen cooling Graphene nano lubricant Protection metal back plate |
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Form Factor | ATX |
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Max GPU Length | 282 mm |
Card Dimensions (L x H) | 11.10" x 4.45" |
Slot Width | Dual Slot |
Package Contents | Accessories: Quick guide |
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Date First Available | August 11, 2021 |
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Overall Review: Arrived sooner than Newegg initially stated and undamaged. RX 6600 Xt is surprisingly good. Roughly 50% performance uplift over my GTX 1660 Super. Though I can tell the memory is just a bit slower when loading some texture intensive indie games. (Beam.ng Drive) It runs about 75c under extended load. Draws around 140w. Stock core clock boosting into the 2600's. After a few weeks of burn in, I'll see what I can squeeze out of it with an OC. I did reduce the max fan speed to 65%. The fans can go 5000rpm+ if left on their own. Which is definitely not quiet. But around 2500rpm, the cooling is sufficient and the noise level is average. I am running on pcie 4, Ryzen 3600 so no SAM capability to test. Card handles gameplay recording without a hitch. Maybe a few fps lost if measuring, but not noticeable otherwise. All in all a good mid-range card. Handles my dual 1080p displays just fine. All ports are working, thought the HDMI ports were not initially. Installing drivers solved that.
Overall Review: Definitely Holding its own super effective. Way better than my 1070.
Pros: Lightweight and low power. Seriously light on weight for what I pulled out, my Gigabyte R9 390. Single 8pin PCI-e power rail. Both of my display ports seem to be working for me out of the box and without need for updates to my hardware. I think the third fan and the pass through with the heat sink fins will help the most here for air cooling this. The box this came in was large and seemed well protected to me.
Cons: The plastic cover on the back of the card I do wonder how useful will be. It does however help to keep it light weight and easier on the human installing the GPU to a system. I did find it somewhat odd there was not drivers with the box, but I may be old school on this point. Just go download the latest from AMD anyhow..
Overall Review: Radeon's software here for the AMD cards really is nice here. So I fired up a game and loaded up my Radeon Metrics on screen With about 75% to 90% GPU Load give or take some, this GPU's metrics were as follow. 60 C - 66 C, 25 watt to 80 watt power draw. So it's far cooler and less power than my last GPU The biggest reason I wanted to get this was for a more efficient GPU and cooler room temps, not for 4k gaming, I run 1080p anyhow. This did replace my GV-R939G1 GAMING-8GD, also a Gigabyte card for those not wanting to look that up. I do have this in my Ryzen system, so the Radeon software works well for an all in one place to check up on metrics and driver settings for the system. Not to mention other useful things like recording stuff and more. For the record Corsair ICUE does see the GPU temp as well for anyone curious, well for me. I know for a fact that if you plan to run 4k on this card, maybe consider going to something other than a RX 6600, this is designed for 1080p gaming. Jayz does point out the 6600 works well enough for 1440p. That or I suppose be prepared for not the best FPS on 4k.
Pros: This video card is a significant upgrade over the GTX 1060 that I had, and is performing quite well so far.
Cons: Getting this card to work was a bear of a challenge. After installing it, I was met with "Input not Recognized" on my monitor, which I figured was due to the standard drivers included in Windows not working properly (they were showing up in Device Manager as having issues). After reinstalling my old card in the other slot, I was able to get the drivers installed, but the card didn't appear to be working, still, so I rebooted and noticed that my motherboard (MSI X370 Gaming Plus) wasn't recognizing the card, so I figured I had to update the BIOS, but upon attempting that, I learned that the motherboard doesn't like displaying things via Display Port while in "flash" mode, which resulted in me having to reset the CMOS. After resetting the CMOS and connecting my monitor via HDMI, I was finally able to flash the BIOS, and everything was then being recognized. If I was just a simple hobbyist, this would have been a major issue, so be careful buying this if you don't know what you're doing.
Overall Review: Overall, I am satisfied with the card so far, it was just kind of a pain to get set up in the first place.
Overall Review: Very good
Overall Review: Great 6600xt
Pros: Solid performance, a major improvement over my Geforce 960!
Cons: Fans are noisy at the default and quiet settings. Had to create a custom fan curve to meet my needs. Driver installation can be a little finicky.
Overall Review: This is a solid card if you can get it at or near MSRP. Games are running great and I'm able to even run the Unreal 5 Legacy of the Ancient demo at decent speeds.I don't mind the lack of raytracing as it's not important for my needs. The only issue is that installing the drivers took almost half a day of my time as I was getting the dreaded black screen issue after installing. It's not an uncommon issue with these cards. Uninstalling my previous Nvidia drivers, plus the AMD drivers, via DDU did not address the issue for me. It was only after swapping out my 5-year old HDMI cable with a new high-speed HDMI cable that I got the card working!
Pros: - Low power draw - Runs cool - Quiet - Not a lot of $
Cons: - 1080p geared
Overall Review: Great card, haven't benchmarked performance on 1440p but smashes 1080p.
Pros: - Second time being able to buy a newly released product -- Gigabyte's RT 6600XT -- at the manufacturer's (and AMD's) suggested retail price -- through the Newegg Shuffle! Again, a million thumbs up, Newegg! Thank you again for helping to thwart the scalper bots! - This graphics card replaced an outdated, deteriorating GTX 1060 card, and vastly outperformed it when streaming programs onto a UHD display. Seems AMD fixed some software issues plaguing their 5000 series cards. Installation and software download went without a hitch!
Cons: - Very sad state of the graphics market at present. Graphics chip bottlenecks stymied by the present pandemic and the resultant scalper graft have driven retail prices to unbelievable levels. Folks, these scalpers don't deserve the overpriced returns they're making. They had no part in AMD's and Gigabyte's design, research and development, and marketing efforts for this product, and don't deserve to profit off of others' hard work and innovation. Don't support the scalpers, or they will continue to unethically profit off of buyers' hard-earned money!
Overall Review: Hey, scalpers! Remember me? Anonymous here. Hear that? The sound of "crickets" in your storage area? Second time I was able to buy desired product from a Newegg Shuffle right on the release date (11 August 2021) -- at MSRP!!! So sorry you didn't get your grubby hands on this video card, millennial scalper "kings"! Why don't you scumbag scalpers just give up and go out of business already? You certainly will be singing the financial blues eventually: simple "Microeconomics 101" dictates that as more "get rich quick" scheming scalpers get into the market, it will be harder for each unethical schemer to make margin; i.e., didn't you have to pay exorbitant sales tax, shipping costs, and the software bot rental fees, just to buy your pallet load of "botted" product? Here's to the ending of the "West Coast drought", with rivers filled with the crocodile tears of bankrupt scalpers. You scumbags deserve it!
Pros: Reasonable price for decent speed and I do not care about ray tracing. Remember that other graphics cards with comparable performance are selling for A LOT more!
Overall Review: I have been too busy to use with this gaming computer, but it seems nice. It is a little long but I trust gigabyte's reputation albeit I would not buy their power supplies given recent reports. I am happy to get it for MSRP.
Good mid-range card.
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Bigger than any reference design. Cool and Quiet
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Lighter than expected but powerful.
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Rx 6600xt
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