ASRock has listed the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming 8GB OC, a new custom graphics card based on red team’s older RDNA 2 architecture that might be of interest to those seeking a budget GPU, featuring a dual fan design as part of its cooling solution and clocks of up to 2,825 MHz. Differentiating itself from the original Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming model, this version of the GPU offers twice the amount of memory, with 8 GB of GDDR6 having been listed on its specification sheet. (Newegg appears to be selling it for $170).
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming 8GB OC specs and features:
- Clock: GPU / Memory
- Boost Clock: Up to 2825 MHz / 18 Gbps
- Game Clock: Up to 2685 MHz / 18 Gbps
- Base Clock: 2420 MHz / 18 Gbps
- Key Specification
- 6nm AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
- 8GB GDDR6
- AMD RDNA 2 Architecture
- DirectX 12 Ultimate
- PCI Express 4.0 Support
- 1 x 8-pin Power Connector
- 1 x DisplayPort 1.4 with DSC
- 1 x HDMI 2.1 VRR
- Key Features
- Dual Fan Design
- Stylish Metal Backplate
- Striped Axial Fan
- 0dB Silent Cooling
- Super Alloy Graphics Card
- ASRock Tweak 2.0
- AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution
- Hardware Raytracing
Another look at the card’s dual-fan design, including box:
ASRock on what the GPU targets, including supported features:
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT graphics cards deliver serious 1080p gaming and impressive frame rates. The power of AMD RDNA 2 architecture is unleashed with up to 16 powerful graphics compute units, coupled with all ultra-high bandwidth AMD Infinity Cache, and up to [8]GB of dedicated GDDR6 memory.
With immersive gaming technologies and support for DirectX 12 Ultimate, AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT graphics cards draw you into the action. Experience gaming with realistic lighting, shadows, and reflections along with rich detail, thanks to DirectX Raytracing (DXR), variable rate shading (VRS), and AMD FidelityFX technology features, optimized for AMD RDNA 2 architecture.