[SOLVED] Which rx 6600 xt is better, Gigabyte OC Gaming or MSI Mech 2x?

[el_shekoo7]

Hi everyone,
So both cards are available at the same price (Gigabyte OC windforce 3x fans and MSI Mech 2x), which one should I get? I mainly worried about their cooling, temps and noise, cause I'm upgrading from a noisy and hot 570.

P.S: It's logic that more fans means better cooling but I saw on YouTube someone mentioned that they are smaller and cooling system itself isn't as premium as rest of gigabyte models idk?

 

[Deleted member 362816]

The windforce will run cooler over all.

 

[el_shekoo7]

The windforce will run cooler over all.

ok thank you, just another quick one, the 3060 Palit 12g is available (at slightly lower price) so should i consider it instead cause of the 12g vram? i won't be upgrading for a few more years tho and i don't want to make the wrong choice here
also, i have that power supply if it matters with my choice (Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 700W)

 

[rolli59]

6600XT outperforms the 3060 https://www.techpowerup.com/review/msi-radeon-rx-6600-xt-gaming-x/28.html apart from 4K which is really not the territory for either card.
Between the MSI and Gigabyte it is pretty much brand preference or which is cheaper

 

[el_shekoo7]

6600XT outperforms the 3060 https://www.techpowerup.com/review/msi-radeon-rx-6600-xt-gaming-x/28.html
Between the MSI and Gigabyte it is pretty much brand preference or which is cheaper

it's just 26 USD cheaper from Gigabyte to MSI so it's nothing it's for better cooling of gigabyte?

Ok, 6600xt>3060, so the 12g VRAM isn't worth that sacrifice? that the 6600xt will serve for a long time with the 8g?
also, i have that power supply if it matters with my choice (Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 700W)

 

[rolli59]

Cooling wise they are going to be similar. 3 smaller fans vs 2bigger ones tend to give similar results. PSU is sufficient.

 

[el_shekoo7]

Cooling wise they are going to be similar. 3 smaller fans vs 2bigger ones tend to give similar results. PSU is sufficient.

ok thank you, so here's another one saying that the MSI mech 2x version has more clock speed and GPU turbo numbers, I'm not sure but it seems the better one here since the temps would be probably the same?
https://versus.com/en/gigabyte-radeon-rx-6600-xt-gaming-oc-vs-msi-radeon-rx-6600-xt-mech-2x-oc

 

[spentshells]

Here let me send you towards the 3060 just on the premise of more ram and possibly using the Ray tracing here and there.

Yeah the 6600xt is faster, but nvidia offers a lot more features when supported by your preferred games.

Really up to you. I find AMD cards to just have a better picture quality, not sure how I've come to that but my eyes just like it better