News Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB Only Costs $20 More Than 4GB Version

[Admin]

Sapphire's Pulse Radeon RX 6500 XT 8GB is now available at $229.99.

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[artk2219]

Get one in for testing so we can see if it makes much of a difference please!

 

[2Be_or_Not2Be]

Yeah, it's a bit ridiculous that any new video card isn't at least 8GB from the beginning. Usage of video memory has only gone up, not down. So both Nvidia and AMD (well, and Intel also, I guess) should make 8GB the standard minimum amount for dGPUs. Only integrated should be allowed to go lower, and that's just because they are generally sharing main RAM.

 

[King_V]

@artk2219 I concur. I am VERY curious to see how much of a difference the extra VRAM makes.

Further, how much this helps when such a card is in a PCIe 3.0 system, as compared to its 4GB counterparts.

Yet another contender in the Battle of the Bantam-Weight GPUs! @JarredWaltonGPU , is a 6500XT 8GB going to be entering the ring soon?

 

[JarredWaltonGPU]

@artk2219 I concur. I am VERY curious to see how much of a difference the extra VRAM makes.

Further, how much this helps when such a card is in a PCIe 3.0 system, as compared to its 4GB counterparts.

Yet another contender in the Battle of the Bantam-Weight GPUs! @JarredWaltonGPU , is a 6500XT 8GB going to be entering the ring soon?

I can see if we can get the card for testing. I suspect Sapphire won't send us a review sample, but I'll at least ask. ¯\(ツ)/¯

 

[InvalidError]

Yeah, it's a bit ridiculous that any new video card isn't at least 8GB from the beginning. Usage of video memory has only gone up, not down.

4GB makes sense when the target price point is $120-160, can't have more VRAM than the budget allows. Not so much at $200+.

While 8GB may help relieve the 3.0x4 squeeze from having to rely more heavily on system memory when pushing details beyond 4GB, I suspect memory bandwidth will still be somewhat problematic.

Intel's A380 may have the best overall hardware feature mix at the ~$150 price point. Too bad it doesn't have the driver maturity and raw raster performance to match.

 

[2Be_or_Not2Be]

4GB makes sense when the target price point is $120-160, can't have more VRAM than the budget allows. Not so much at $200+.

While 8GB may help relieve the 3.0x4 squeeze from having to rely more heavily on system memory when pushing details beyond 4GB, I suspect memory bandwidth will still be somewhat problematic.

Intel's A380 may have the best overall hardware feature mix at the ~$150 price point. Too bad it doesn't have the driver maturity and raw raster performance to match.

Well, I dare say if you can't afford another $20 at the $120-160 range, then you likely shouldn't be buying a new video card at all. Stick with integrated until you can get the extra $20.