https://www.overclock3d.net/news/gpu_displays/amd_launches_their_radeon_rx_6500_xt_with_a_uk_msrp_of_179_99/1 AMD has today launched their Radeon RX 6500 XT graphics card, a budget-oriented graphics card that targets 1080p gaming with an SMRP of $199 in the US and £179.99 in the UK. Like all other RDNA 2 graphics card, AMD's RX 6500 XT is fully compliant with Microsoft's DirectX 12 Ultimate standard and supports features like FidelityFX Super Resolution. the graphics card will feature a 4 GB frame buffer, 1024 stream processors and clock speeds that can boost beyond 2800 MHz thanks to AMD's use of TSMC's 6nm lithography node. Not bad for a budget-oriented graphics card.
With an MSRP of £179.99, AMD aims to tackle PC gaming's GPU affordability crisis by launching a wave budget-friendly graphics cards that support the DirectX 12 Ultimate feature set while offering hardware specifications that are unappealing to miners. On day-1, RX 6500 XT graphics cards were available at Overclockers UK, Scan, and Ebuyer at AMD's MSRP price. Sadly, AMD's day-1 MSRP stock did not last long at retailers. We couldn't find Radeon RX 6500 XT GPUs at their MSRP price one hour after launch.
With a small 4GB frame buffer, AMD;s RX 6500 XT graphics card will be a GPU that is unappealing to many cryptocurrency miners. This is good news for PC gamers, as this will lower demand for Radeon's sub-$200 graphics card from non-gamers. Thanks to AMD's Infinity Cache technology and its 18 Gbps GDDR6 memory, this graphics card should have ample memory bandwidth for modern games at 1080p. While 4 GB of GDDR6 VRAM is not much, it will be enough for all modern PC games with the right graphical settings.
It would have been nice if AMD had bumped the graphics ram up to 6GB or 8GB.