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: https://bit.ly/3Kq5Fe7

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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

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CPU Cooler: Corsair H150i RGB Pro XT
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Operating System: Windows 11 21H2

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