The Gigabyte Radeon RX 6600 8GB GDDR6 Eagle is a reliable graphics card aimed at enthusiastic gamers looking for an affordable solution for gaming at 1080p or even 1440p resolution.
It is equipped with AMD's new RDNA 2 architecture and has 8GB of GDDR6 memory and 32MB of Infinity Cache for increased performance. Additionally, the card features technologies such as AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution and AMD Smart Access Memory, which enhance graphics quality and offer more realistic games.
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 stats, performance reports, driver updates, and 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
The 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 – The 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.
AMD FreeSync
AMD FreeSync technology puts an end to choppy gameplay and broken frames with fluid performance free of artifacts at virtually any frame rate. Witness the next major breakthrough in PC gaming experiences.
Protective Backplate
The metal backplate not only provides an aesthetic shape but also improves the structure of the graphics card to provide complete protection.
Windforce 3X Cooling System
The Windforce 3X cooling system features 3 unique blade fans of 80mm, alternate spinning, 3 composite copper heat pipes in direct contact with the GPU, and an active 3D fan, which together provide high heat dissipation performance.
Alternative Rotation
Reduces turbulence from adjacent fans and increases air pressure.
Smooth Airflow
Gigabyte turns the adjacent fans in the opposite direction, so that the direction of the airflow between the two fans is the same, reducing turbulence and enhancing the airflow pressure.
Active 3D Fan
The active 3D fan provides semi-passive cooling and the fans remain off when the GPU is in a low-load or low-power game.
Unique Fan with Blades
The airflow is dispersed by the triangular edge of the fan and is smoothly guided through the 3D stripe curve on the fan surface.
Graphene Nanolubricant
The graphene nano lubricant can extend the fan's lifespan by 2.1 times, close to the lifespan of a double ball bearing, and is quieter.
The extended heatsink design allows for airflow passage, providing better heat dissipation.
Direct Contact Heat Pipes
The shape of the heat pipe made of pure copper maximizes the direct contact area with the GPU. The heat pipe also covers the VRAM through a large contact metal plate to ensure proper cooling.
Backplate Protection
The backplate not only provides an aesthetic shape but also reinforces the structure of the graphics card to offer complete protection.
Extreme Durability
The graphics card uses the best power phase design that allows the MOSFETs to operate at a lower temperature, overheat protection design and load balancing for each MOSFET, as well as the certified Ultra Durable chokes and capacitors, to provide excellent performance and longer system lifespan.
User-friendly board design
The fully automated production process ensures the top quality of the circuit boards and eliminates the sharp protrusions of the solder connectors observed on the conventional surface of the boards. This user-friendly design prevents your hands from being cut or accidentally damaging the components during your build.
Aorus Engine
The innovative intuitive interface allows you to adjust the clock speed, voltage, fan performance, and power target in real-time according to your gaming requirements.
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Excellent temperatures, after all, 3 fans are overkill for this card. Now, regarding the software, the Adrenaline messes things up a bit, but it's manageable. Basically, it doesn't keep the settings I give it in tuning and resets everything to default!
Flawless choice! Combined with Ryzen 5 3600 and 32GB memory, it plays everything at 1080p on ultra and at 1440p with decent performance on very high! Almost silent and with good temperatures, so far it's flying, absolutely satisfied!
First time coming to AMD and I have to say:
Initially, the drivers are great in all the games I have tried.
The AMD Adrenalin is very good software, easy and user-friendly.
As for the card, this specific implementation from Gigabyte is truly beautiful, it has three fans which are overkill for the 6600 but now in the summer they keep the card at a low temperature, max 60 degrees! For 1080p gaming, it is perfect; it will play all games on high - ultra graphics without any problems.
I have combined it with an i5 10400, but generally, I would recommend an AMD processor due to Smart Access Memory.
EDIT: I encountered some problems with the drivers; in Cold War, I was in high round zombies and it crashed, saying that the drivers might need an update while I have the latest... Additionally, in Deep Rock Galactic, I also face issues with 1% lows around 50-65 fps while I play at 130-140... Finally, in Overwatch 2, when I load the game for the first time, it keeps stuttering, possibly because it is downloading the shaders.
EDIT 2: Still in Cold War zombies in high rounds, it crashes, even with the most recent drivers, really a shame...
I got it (200 euros) and it's great, just download the gigabyte control center to adjust the fan curves because it increases and decreases the fan speed too abruptly and at high RPMs when it's not necessary. I stress tested it with the fans running at less than half speed and the temperatures were between 57-60C, very good. Just make sure to check the clearance because it's quite big. For a PC build that can handle everything at 1080p ultra, it's the best!
The Gigabyte Eagle RX 6600 graphics card is an excellent choice for the price of 330 euros. With the discount of 240 euros I received, I consider it to be the best value for me. Overall, I am very satisfied with the performance of the card. It is decent when playing games, although it becomes a bit noisier and warmer during operation. However, for the money I spent, I consider it to be an excellent choice for my needs.
I managed to get it at €530, I was very lucky to get it at this price in February 2022. It's a good card, but the price was too high, like all the others. It's a card for 1080p, I play Warzone at 140+ fps without any overclocking. One piece of information that may or may not be useful is that the fans don't run when the temperatures are low, but they turn on when you start a game that requires more power. Overall, it's a good card for our times, but still a little too overpriced.