Sapphire Radeon RX 6500 XT PULSE 4G

economical gaming

Sapphire Pulse RX 6500 XT is perhaps the most affordable discrete graphics card that can be called a truly gaming one right now. Despite only 4 GB of video memory, it allows you to run all the latest blockbusters at high graphics settings at FullHD resolution or at medium graphics at 2K (although for 2K it is still better to pay extra for the RX 6600 with 8 GB of memory).

For play, not work

The bus of the Radeon RX 6500 XT is narrow PCIe x4, so it is desirable to use a processor and motherboard with PCIe 4.0. However, in most games, the frame rate drop when connected to PCIe 3.0 is negligible (about 10 percent). Hardware accelerated video editing RX 6500 XT does not support. But thanks to the RDNA 2 architecture, many proprietary AMD FidelityFX technologies are able to improve the picture in games: Super Resolution, Variable Shading, Contrast Adaptive Sharpening and others.

Without noise and dust

If we talk specifically about the Sapphire Pulse modification, then this is a compact, less than 20 cm long graphics card with two heat pipes and two fans. The TDP level of 130 W allows you to dissipate heat without unnecessary noise, and the proprietary TriXX application allows you to get a free increase in FPS through simple overclocking. There are only two video inputs — digital HDMI and Display Port. But this is not savings from Sapphire, but an official requirement from AMD.