GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT Eagle 4G Graphics Card

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT Eagle 4G Graphics Card

Gigabyte Radeon RX 6500 XT EAGLE 4GB GDDR6 Graphics Card is powered by AMD RDNA 2 Radeon RX 6500 XT. The extended heatsink design allows airflow to pass through, providing better heat dissipation. The shape of the pure copper heat pipe maximizes the direct contact area with the GPU. The back plate not only provides an aesthetical shape but also enhances the structure of the graphics card to provide complete protection. Lower RDS(on) MOSFETs are specially designed to produce lower switching resistance for faster electric current charging and discharging at extremely low temperatures. Metal Choke holds energy much longer than common iron-core chokes at high frequency, thus effectively reducing core energy loss and EMI interference. Lower ESR Solid Capacitors ensure better electronic conductivity for excellent system performance and a longer lifespan. A fully automated production process ensures top quality of the circuit boards and eliminates sharp protrusions of the solder connectors seen on the conventional PCB surface. This friendly design prevents your hands from getting cut or inadvertently damaging components when making your build. The cutting-edge intuitive interface allows you to adjust the clock speed, voltage, fan performance, and power target in real-time according to your gameplay requirements. It has AMD FreeSync ensuring no stuttering and no tearing.

The Best Gaming Experience

AMD Radeon™ graphics with Windows 11 enables the ultimate gaming experience through superior graphics, amazing performance, optimized security features. With support for DirectX® 12 Ultimate, Auto HDR, AMD Radeon graphics, and Radeon™ software all stand ready to supercharge your gaming experience with Windows 11.

WINDFORCE 2X COOLING SYSTEM

The WINDFORCE 2X cooling system features two unique blade fans, alternate spinning, composite copper heat pipes, copper plate and 3D active fan, which together provide high efficiency heat dissipation.

ALTERNATE SPINNING

Alternate Spinning can reduce the turbulence of adjacent fans and increase air pressure.

UNIQUE BLADE FAN

The airflow is spilt by the triangular fan edge, and guided smoothly through the 3D stripe curve on the fan surface.

GRAPHENE NANO LUBRICANT

Graphene nano lubricant can extend the life of sleeve bearing fan by 2.1 times, close to the life of double ball bearing, and is quieter.

HEAT PIPES AND COPPER PLATE

The shape of the pure copper heat pipe contacts with the GPU through a copper plate.

ULTRA COOLING

Lower RDS(on) MOSFETs are specially designed to produce lower switching resistance for faster electric current charging and discharging at extremely low temperature.

LOW POWER LOSS

Metal Choke hold energy much longer than common iron-core chokes at high frequency, thus effectively reduce core energy loss and EMI interference.

LONGER LIFE

Lower ESR Solid Capacitors ensure better electronic conductivity for excellent system performance and longer lifespan.

FRIENDLY PCB DESIGN

Fully automated production process ensures top quality of the circuit boards and eliminates sharp protrusions of the solder connectors seen on the conventional PCB surface. This friendly design prevents your hands from getting cut or inadvertently damaging components when making your build.

GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT Eagle 4G Review

First and foremost, the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is AMD’s answer to the entry-level to mainstream video card level market. Think of the Radeon RX 6500 XT as an entry-level video card if you are just getting into gaming, or want to upgrade from an older video card like the Radeon RX 570 or GeForce GTX 1650. In fact, you might even think of it as a means to move from integrated graphics performance to a discrete video card level graphics performance, at least, the most cost-effective way to do so.

AMD is positioning this card as an upgrade from specifically a Radeon RX 570 or GeForce GTX 1650. If you look at the slide deck you will find the performance comparisons based against those video cards. While that is fine and all, we also feel it is important to compare this video card to the last generation’s Radeon RX 5500 XT to see what has transpired from generation to generation, as the Radeon RX 5500 XT is based on the RDNA1 architecture and the new Radeon RX 6500 XT is based on the new RDNA2 architecture.

As this is an entry-level to mainstream video card, it is targeted at the 1080p gameplay experience. In addition, it is more apt to play games at 1080p at the Medium or High settings in current games. This is not a video card for the “Ultra” or “Extreme” or “Maxed Out” settings at 1080p, rather, it’s a card for the medium level of gameplay settings at 1080p in most cases.