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Newegg briefly listed the Radeon RX 6600 XT for $1,100 a few days early
Fancy getting ahead of the crowds?
By Isaiah Mayersen August 8, 2021, 11:14 AM 22 commentsFacepalm: AMD is planning to release the Radeon RX 6600 XT on Wednesday, but a Chinese seller on Newegg wants -- or wanted -- to give you the option to pay to pick it up a little sooner.
Newegg wasn’t a fan of the move though, and slapped an "out of stock" sticker on the listing after VideoCardz reported on it. But Newegg’s specs tab says that the card was first available on August 5, which means that it was listed for sale for two days.
The card was an MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT Gaming X (pictured above), a nice factory overclocked model. It was listed for $1,100, which is high even for scalpers. The RTX 3060, which is expected to have comparable performance, is being sold for $800-$950 right now at inflated prices.
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Pricing aside, the listing was otherwise reasonable. The seller, AIO, has 99 ratings and a 71% positive feedback score on Newegg. The listing was also harmless. If anyone had bought the card, the sales embargo would’ve passed by the time it had arrived from China.
Radeon RX
6800 XT
Radeon RX
6800
Radeon RX
6700 XT
Radeon RX
6600 XT
Price (MSRP)
$650
$580
$480
$380
Release Date
Nov. 2020
Mar. 2021
Aug. 2021
Core Config
4608 / 288 / 128
3840 / 240 / 96
2560 / 160 / 64
2048 / 128 / 64
Core Clock Frequency
2015 / 2250
MHz
1815 / 2105
MHz
2424 / 2581
MHz
2359 / 2589
MHz
Memory
16 GB of GDDR6
12 GB of GDDR6
8 GB of GDDR6
Bus Type / Bandwidth
256-bit / 512 GB/s
192-bit / 384 GB/s
128-bit / 256 GB/s
TGP
300 W
250 W
230 W
160 W
If you want a genuine 6600 XT, you only have to wait until August 11 -- that’s when reviews will go live, too. Rumors even suggest that it will be readily available.
In a surprising role reversal, the Radeon 6600 XT has less memory than Nvidia’s equivalent, the RTX 3060. But 8 GB of GDDR6 is plenty for 1080p gaming, and with 2048 shaders, and game and boost clocks of 2,359 MHz and 2,589 MHz, respectively, the 6600 XT will be a hot commodity.
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