The ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT 4GB GDDR6 Phantom Gaming D OC is a powerful graphics card aimed at gamers and professionals seeking high performance and reliability in their games and applications.
It is equipped with AMD's new RDNA 2 architecture and has 4GB of GDDR6 memory and 16MB of Infinity Cache for enhanced performance. Additionally, the card features technologies such as AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution and AMD Smart Access Memory, which improve graphics quality and offer more realistic gaming experiences.
AMD RDNA 2
AMD RDNA 2 is an advanced architecture that provides excellent energy efficiency compared to previous generations.
It uses 6nm 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
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.
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.
Dual Fan Design
Two fans that provide powerful cooling performance and keep your gaming machine cool. It is optimized to deliver an exceptional gaming experience with a sleek and enhanced design.
Striped Axial Fan
The custom axial fan of ASRock offers improved airflow to optimize cooling not only from the stripe structure on each fan blade but also from the polished surface on the underside.
Sleek Metal Backplate
With the Phantom Gaming appearance, the sleek metal backplate on the Phantom Gaming graphics cards makes them visually flashier and more structurally stable. Additionally, the thermal pad on the backside also helps enhance thermal performance.
0dB Silent Cooling
Spin for cooling, stop for silence.
The fan spins when the temperature rises high for optimal cooling and stops when the temperature drops low for absolute silence.
Nanothermal Paste
Perfect thermal teamwork.
Eliminate gaps in the contact area to maximize heat transfer and thermal performance.
Premium Thermal Pad
Better heat transfer.
The premium thermal pad helps transfer heat from the components to the heatsink, improving heat dissipation.
Precise Screw Torque
Optimized mounting pressure.
ASRock adopts precise screw torque during the assembly of its graphics cards to optimize the mounting pressure of the heatsink for improved thermal performance, while also avoiding damage to the GPU die.
ASRock Tweak 2.0
Provides intelligent fan speed control and instant performance adjustment.
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Many have said that AMD cut corners on the technology for this card and they are all right. My review is based on the fact that I am not a hardcore gamer. I had a strict budget, the performance requirements of which the card meets just fine. I paired it with a 12400F and the system is quite good for my needs.
The specific graphics card was purchased for 180 euros. It is worth its money because it is compared to cards that cost 300 euros. I play GTA RP on high settings and with several open programs at 120-150 fps. It does not exceed 35 degrees in temperature. It is silent when the fans are running at 30%, but when I put them at 100%, it makes a lot of noise.
4 stars mainly because of the 4GB VRAM and 64-bit memory bus in 2022. The card has generally received a lot of criticism, but it makes sense to buy it if:
1) you are building your first build, which is PCIe 4.0 and therefore not looking for an upgrade, nor coming from another graphics card
2) you are targeting 1080p gaming at 60fps on high settings in titles that have been released so far
3) you have a limited budget, as for the same money today you can only find the GTX 1650, which also has 30% less performance
4) you want a substitute to play some games while waiting for prices to drop on existing GPUs or for new cards from Nvidia, AMD (and maybe Intel) to come out, as it is the only one that is close to its MSRP.
For all the above reasons, I also bought it for 235 and so far I am satisfied. I had some buyer's remorse for a few days, of course, as the MSI implementation was available for 188, and I could have saved another 40-50 or used it for the motherboard I wanted from the beginning, but it's okay.
The idea is to play as much as I can and when an opportunity arises for something better, to sell it and upgrade. Generally, the build, apart from the card, includes the following:
a) CPU: i5-11400f with the Arctic Freezer 34 Esports Duo cooler
b) Mobo: Gigabyte B560 Aorus Elite
c) RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws V 2x8GB 3200MHz C16
d) Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB
e) PSU: beQuiet Straight Power 11 750W 80+ Gold
f) Case: NZXT H510 Flow (black and white).
I have the card with a Razen 3 processor and a Samsung g5 odyssey screen, I work it with free sync, its performance is perfect, beautiful graphics in high resolution. The card is excellent, very good, but you need to have an AMD processor and a freesync screen to see it at 100%. All these combined give you the feeling that you are playing on a PlayStation-Xbox
Good evening, I have it here for 3-4 days, it's a pretty good card, it doesn't make much noise, it's beautiful with two fans...
Processor: i5 11400f
It reaches 240fps in Fortnite and plays at 160fps, and it can go even higher, I haven't seen it.
In Gta rp city, it reaches 150-170fps and in some areas 189fps.
In Warzone, it reaches 120fps, and if you look at the sky, 190fps.
In conclusion, I believe it's worth its money for this period because you won't find a better one, and it's also new from 2022, purchased in January for around 320