The Sapphire Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB GDDR6 Pulse is aimed at mid-range gamers and users with a limited budget, offering good performance at 1080p and 1440p resolutions. With 8GB of GDDR6 memory, it provides a balance between price and performance, making it ideal for modern games and applications without requiring a significant financial investment.
AMD RDNA 2
AMD RDNA 2 is an advanced architecture that provides excellent energy efficiency compared to previous generations.
It uses 7nm technology, which allows graphics cards to operate with high performance and produce less heat.
Additionally, RDNA 2 offers a range of innovative features, such as hardware support for Ray Tracing and GDDR6 memory, which significantly improve the performance of graphics cards in gaming applications and other demanding tasks.
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition
Designed to provide you with a clean, modern, and user-friendly interaction where you can quickly access the latest software features, game statistics, performance reports, driver updates, and much more - all from one convenient location.
Take advantage of the ALT+R hotkey to open AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition directly in-game, making it even more convenient and easy to customize your favorite features and achieve a fantastic gaming experience.
AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution
AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) uses cutting-edge upscaling technologies to boost frame rates in select titles and deliver high-quality, high-resolution gaming experiences without the need to upgrade to a new graphics card.
AMD Link
AMD Link, a free application that allows you to connect to your computer from your phone, tablet, or TV, is now available for Windows-based computers.
Optimized for better performance, you can now connect with your friends like never before using Link Game, a new feature that allows a friend to connect to your computer from their own machine and play local multiplayer games on your system.
AMD Noise Suppression
AMD Noise Suppression reduces ambient sound noise, providing greater clarity and improved focus whether you are concentrating on an important meeting or staying focused on a competitive game.
AMD Radeon Super Resolution
Boost performance in thousands of games
Radeon Super Resolution (RSR) is a driver-based upscaling feature that uses the same algorithm found in AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) technology.
Gamers can take advantage of Radeon Super Resolution technology to unlock new levels of performance in any compatible game.
AMD Smart Access Memory
Gain up to 15% more gaming performance with AMD's Smart Access Memory
In conventional Windows-based computer systems, processors can only access a fraction of the graphics memory (VRAM) at a time, limiting system performance.
With AMD Smart Access Memory, the data channel is expanded to fully utilize the potential of the GPU memory, using the bandwidth of PCI Express to remove bottlenecks and increase performance.
AMD Privacy View
Enhanced focus for increased privacy
Privacy View instantly displays any part of your screen using cutting-edge eye-tracking technology. Simply look at an area on your screen while other parts blur.
Share only what is necessary – Privacy View offers various options to blur areas outside your field of vision, keeping your personal content and information private as intended.
AMD Radeon Boost
AMD Radeon Boost dynamically reduces the resolution of the entire frame when fast character motion is detected on the screen through user input, allowing for higher FPS with minimal impact on quality.
With initial support for select DirectX 11 games, this feature now leverages variable rate shading hardware and supported DirectX 12 titles, providing additional performance and increased responsiveness while gaming.
AMD Radeon Anti-Lag
Providing even faster response times with every click
Radeon Anti-Lag controls the pace of the CPU's work to ensure it is not too far ahead of the GPU, reducing the amount of CPU work that is queued.
As a result, Radeon Anti-Lag can reduce input lag by almost a full frame, helping to restore responsiveness to your game.
AMD Radeon Image Sharpening
Stunning visuals. No performance impact.
AMD Radeon Image Sharpening uses a contrast-adaptive sharpening algorithm that restores clarity to game graphics that may have been affected by other effects, highlighting object details.
AMD Enhanced Sync
Enable Liquid-Smooth Gameplay on Your Radeon Powered System
Enhanced Sync helps gamers minimize screen tearing while reducing latency and stutter compared to traditional V-sync.
Available for games based on DirectX 9, 11, 12, and Vulkan API, as well as all GPUs based on Polaris and newer screen combinations and/or AMD Eyefinity Technology 3. Now configurable per game and in-game from AMD software: Adrenalin Edition.
Optimized Composite Heat Pipe
The composite heat pipes are meticulously tuned for each individual cooling design with optimal heat flow, effectively and evenly distributing heat across the entire cooling unit.
Metal Backplate with Thermal Pad
The high-quality aluminum backplate is not just for style. It also protects the components on the backside of the board and helps dissipate heat from the board with a high-performance thermal pad in between.
Protection from fuses
To protect your card, SAPPHIRE cards feature built-in fuses in the circuit of the external PCI-E power connector for component safety.
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This card is a very good choice for a budget computer, in fact, it might be the best. In terms of performance, it is almost like the RTX 3060 TI (with a difference of 2-3 fps). You can play any game you want at 1080p and 1440p with 60 fps and above (if you have enabled FSR, of course).
Now, from tests that I conducted with a Ryzen 5 5600X (if you don't want Ryzen, you can go for the Intel i5 12400f), the results are as follows:
**** 1080p (Full HD) - Ultra Settings with FSR
Cyberpunk 2077: Approximately 70-90 FPS
Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Approximately 80-100 FPS
Call of Duty: Warzone: Approximately 110-130 FPS
Fortnite: Approximately 140-160 FPS
Rainbow Six Siege: Over 180 FPS
***** 1440p (QHD) - High/Ultra Settings with FSR
Cyberpunk 2077: Approximately 60-70 FPS
Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Approximately 70-85 FPS
Call of Duty: Warzone: Approximately 90-110 FPS
Fortnite: Approximately 110-130 FPS
Rainbow Six Siege: Approximately 140-160 FPS
All these values are with FSR and may vary depending on each system. This brand of the card (Sapphire Pulse) creates beautifully designed cards with high-quality materials and is known for its excellent cooling.