Rx 6650 XT worth considering?

[TycKa]

Hi all,

I'm looking to get an GPU upgrade and there is only a couple of options which fit into my budget (around 400e), so I would like to hear your thoughts. There is an option to get new Rx 6660 XT for 339 euros, and from the gameplays I seen it does manage to stay around 60 fps in most games on the medium to higher graphics settings on 1440p. For some reason all of the options for Rx 6600 XT are more expensive, so that's out of the consideration. Second opinion is to stretch my budget a bit and get Rx 6700 XT which cost around 440 euros (there is an option for 419, but it's from powercolor, haven't really read any bad comments about them, but visually that gpu looks cheap with weak cooling), it's considerably more expensive, but it provides a better performance. Nvidia cards are out of the my price range by a lot, so there's nothing to discuss there. All in all, I would like to hear your opinions on which card to get, is that additional 100e premium worth paying? Or it's good enough to stick with 6650 XT?

Thanks

[QuantumSingularity]

6700XT https://www.cloudmarkt.de/sapphiregrafikkarten-11306-02-20g - €340 but you have to hunt for the right moment when they put them in stock. Usually about 10 pieces at a time.

6750XT https://www.computeruniverse.net/de/p/90894938?utm_channel=affiliate&utm_source=aw&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=artikel&utm_content=&agt=1741&awc=11355_1671481787_8182ed9fa4beb6d78f70cc95fd0c5209 - drops to around €420 but again you need the right moment.

[Bismut]

Are you able to wait a bit longer and stretch your budget a bit further? You could wait for the new gen stuff, which hopefully provides better value.

[QuantumSingularity]

Current prices are in between. They don't completely suck, but when there are A TON of options on the 2nd hand market with more than half of their warranty left for A LOT less, it's kinda hard to justify getting a new previous gen GPU. For between $400 and $500, that's USD, not EUR, it's quite easy to find even a 6800XT with more than a year of remaining warranty.

[TycKa]

13 minutes ago, Bismut said:

Are you able to wait a bit longer and stretch your budget a bit further? You could wait for the new gen stuff, which hopefully provides better value.

From what I've seen so far all new gen stuff is extremely expensive in EU, so even if it's lower tier card, it will probably be super bad value.

[TycKa]

58 minutes ago, QuantumSingularity said:

6700XT https://www.cloudmarkt.de/sapphiregrafikkarten-11306-02-20g - €340 but you have to hunt for the right moment when they put them in stock. Usually about 10 pieces at a time.

6750XT https://www.computeruniverse.net/de/p/90894938?utm_channel=affiliate&utm_source=aw&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=artikel&utm_content=&agt=1741&awc=11355_1671481787_8182ed9fa4beb6d78f70cc95fd0c5209 - drops to around €420 but again you need the right moment.

Thanks, I will have to check if they do shipping to NL, alternatively I will try to look into second hand market. Though, what is the best way to stress test used gpu?

[QuantumSingularity]

I have order 6 times from computeruniverse and so far not a single glitch. If they ship to Bulgaria, then certainly they will to The Netherlands.