Why it issues: When AMD launched the Radeon RX 6500 XT earlier this yr, it didn’t precisely pique the curiosity of informal avid gamers in search of an entry-level GPU for 1080p gaming. Now that pricing has gone down and Nvidia’s RTX 3050 can solely be present in small portions at effectively over its MSRP, the RX 6500 XT would possibly discover its method into many extra PCs.
The GPU market has been a nightmare for the previous two years or so, however issues appear like they’re a minimum of headed in the suitable course. Availability has improved fairly a bit, and a lower in mining profitability is slowly pushing down pricing, particularly for lower-end graphics playing cards.
The oldsters over at Tom’s {Hardware} did some scouting for GPUs that had been on provide this previous weekend and their findings are encouraging for individuals who have been ready to improve to a extra trendy graphics card at a extra palatable value.
It appears like German retailer Mindfactory has been working a particular provide for AMD graphics playing cards (amongst different issues), a few of which bought under MSRP on Sunday. There have been round 70 ASRock ITX fashions being supplied at a value of €199 (together with the 19 p.c VAT), and most of them had been snapped up earlier than the value elevated to €259.
That stated, there are nonetheless some fashions which might be on sale at costs near the €209 MSRP. As an illustration, the ASRock Phantom Gaming D OC and Powercolor Fighter variants of the 6500 XT are listed for €229 as of scripting this. The MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT Mech could be had for €235, whereas the Sapphire Pulse Gaming and the XFX Black Gaming fashions value €239.
Whereas the RX 6500 XT is a product the place AMD sacrificed an excessive amount of for the sake of cost-cutting, seeing it priced so low supplies a glimmer of hope that this pattern might apply to higher-end GPUs within the coming months.
