AMD RX 6500 XT Review - WTF is AMD thinking?

AMD’s RX 6500 XT launches today, but as Dominic explains, this is not a GPU you should buy - in fact it is actually insulting that AMD has released this as it is. We go over everything you need to know in this video - including performance across PCIe 4.0 and PCIe 3.0. See the full written review here: Be sure to check out our sponsor’s store EKWB here: 00:00 Cold open 01:11 Introduction 01:50 Specs and PCIe discussion 04:00 Test setup 04:58 Assassin’s Creed Valhalla 05:32 Cyberpunk 2077 06:03 Death Stranding 06:37 Far Cry 6 07:02 Forza Horizon 5 07:35 Hitman 3 08:02 Horizon Zero Dawn 08:34 Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy 09:06 Red Dead Redemption 2 09:36 Resident Evil Village 09:58 Total War Saga: Troy 10:27 Watch Dogs: Legion 11:00 PCIe 3.0 vs PCIe 4.0 11:53 Average FPS 12:45 Ray tracing performance 13:26 Looking at the Gigabyte Eagle 14:02 Clock speed, thermals and acoustics 14:43 Power draw and Perf. Per Watt 15:55 Overclocking 16:39 Closing thoughts GPU