AMD has also upgraded the lower-end Radeons, and the RX 7600 with RDNA 3 architecture represents a really cheap graphics card. All things considered, it’s fair to say that, at least until the arrival of the GeForce RTX 4060, it’s the best value you can get for Full HD gaming. And did you know that the RX 7600 also dominates in simpler workstation environments that benefit from GPU performance?
NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs are the most popular solution for PC gaming, but they are also designed for use across a wide range of semi‑ and fully‑professional workflows and creative tasks. NVIDIA Studio drivers open give GeForce RTX 50‑series GPUs in desktops and laptops capabilities that were previously limited to much more expensive professional GPUs. That means you can confidently tackle demanding 3D work with them. Read more “Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 Series: Your ideal graphics studio”
Join us in welcoming Adam Vágner on board HWC today. Of the authors I know, he’s the most experienced with graphics cards. That’s what he’ll be covering. Thus, graphics card testing will be taken over by a tester who’s been doing it for a long time (and intensively). This is the approach we pride ourselves on and will continue to do so. There are plenty of “experts in everything”, but true specialists are slowly disappearing from the map. Read more “Welcome, Adam! 18 years of experience in graphics card testing”
The number of graphics cards tested over the recent period has reached a number after which we can pause a bit and specifically focus on the noise level of their coils. The latter has always been recorded in standard measurements, but in large tests with lots of other information, this unique data was getting lost. That is why it will now, within the scope of this article, be limited to these only. So which of the modern graphics cards has the quieter coils? Read more ““All” graphics cards in in-depth coil whine analysis”
Typical loud coil whine from Sapphire. I have a different view on the 7600 though. For me, this GPU underdelivers at 300 euros. The efficiency improvement over Navi 3 is not great. It may look OK vs insanely overclocked 6650XT, but vs 6600XT the picture will be different. It’s a mere 6nm, unlike the much more efficient 5+6nm 7900XT and XTX. When the 4060 non-Ti with identical performance (or maybe -2%) is out at 330 euros, it will be a much better buy with its 100-105W power draw in games, no crazy hotspot temps, and drivers that can be trusted. Both of them are quite bad for new titles with 8GB of VRAM and their performance is disappointing vs the last gen at the MSRP, but the 4060 can at least brag about a huge efficiency jump over the last gen. The 7600 is basically an uninspiring 6650 XT refresh in 6nm.
When it comes to gaming performance, yes the RX 7600’s efficiency is indeed equal to that of the RX 6600 XT.
To the price: It is also in my interest to have everything as cheap and high quality as possible, but I admit that I don’t understand what the problem is with RX 7600. Apart from the slightly cheaper Radeon RX 6650 XT (with many disadvantages compared to the RX 7600), the RX 7600 still has a comparable price/performance ratio. The moment the RX 6000 series ceases to exist on the market, only the RTX 4060 will be in a similar price class, which at a similar speed and at the same time significantly lower power draw will be, of course, technically more attractive, but also a more expensive option. For the casual gamer, who is more concerned with price/performance ratio than lower power draw and lower noise, there is nothing better than the RX 7600 in the end.
I don’t want to get into an opinion dispute with anyone, everyone takes different things into account when evaluating a graphics card, so we always try to test as many as possible… but the media image about how the Radeon RX 7600 is not worth it at all and how it’s garbage is far-fetched and seems really unfair to me.