Benchmarking the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT graphics card against 12 popular and recent games on an average gaming PC. It’s been a while since a GPU has received the kind of critical evisceration that the RX 6500 XT has seen. On its release in January 2022, it lacked some crucial features that comparable graphics cards have, but was pretty much the only sub £200 port in the Scalper storm. Now, in May, I’ve finally gotten hold of one to see for myself whether the criticisms are valid or whether the RX 6500 XT has an uphill struggle ahead of it. What won’t count in its favour is my test PC’s lack of PCI-Express 4 compatibility…. Still interested? Use my Amaozn UK affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3b0qhgj 00:00 AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 4GB vs. 2022 00:40 Background: History of the RX 6500 XT 4GB 01:35 Test System: Ryzen 5 5600G, 16GB DDR4-3600 02:12 Gaming Benchmarks 02:15 Benchmarks: God of War 1920x1080 Original 03:00 Benchmarks: Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade 1920x1080 High 04:04 Benchmarks: Guardians of the Galaxy 1920x1080 Medium, High 04:55 Benchmarks: Forza Horizon 5 1920x1080 High, Ultra/High Tex 05:45 Benchmarks: Halo Infinite 1920x1080 Low, Medium 06:50 Benchmarks: Cyberpunk 2077 1920x1080 Medium 07:40 Benchmarks: Rainbow Six Extraction 1920x1080 High 08:25 Benchmarks: Splitgate 1920x1080 Epic 09:05 Benchmarks: Call of Duty Vanguard 1920x1080 Medium 09:47 Benchmarks: Fortnite 1920x1080 Competitive, High/Epic 10:43 Benchmarks: Battlefield 2042 1920x1080 Medium 11:11 Benchmarks: Call of Duty Warzone 1920x1080 Normal/High 11:41 Benchmarks: Time Spy 11:47 Benchmarks Compared 11:54 Surprise! It was PCI-E 3.0 all along... 14:00 Conclusion: Is the RX 6500 XT 4GB any good? S P E C S This GPU was tested on my "moderately priced gaming rig", representing what I think is a good example of a mid-range system in 2022. Specs are as follows: T E S T S Y S T E M S P E C S MSI B450 Tomahawk Max II Motherboard https://amzn.to/3ILs2Jl AMD Ryzen 5 5600G CPU https://amzn.to/343Nr1D Vetroo V5 CPU Cooler https://amzn.to/34pk6if V-Color 2x8GB DDR4-4000 RGB RAM https://amzn.to/3s7zmb4 Liteon OEM 256GB SATA M.2 SSD https://amzn.to/3u9P34B (alternative) WD Blue 2TB 3.5" HDD https://amzn.to/3CIcK5R Antec NX410 Case https://amzn.to/3rjTCaA EVGA 600W 80 Plus White PSU https://amzn.to/3fVfPFT P A T R E O N Support Iceberg: http://bit.ly/3c8nNuz O T H E R V I D E O S AMD R9 Fury X vs. 2022 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTDfaJ47Gmw Subscribe at https://bit.ly/3nVCy6F Check out my other channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS2QvCRsraGIDIdz6kQiIOA A D S The following links are affiliated. Everything costs the same to you, but I get a commission. Please only click these links if you want to help me out! Get cheap game keys @ CDKeys: https://bit.ly/3c0Tu6j G E A R Audio: Behringer UM2 https://amzn.to/3aV17wq Behringer XM8500 https://amzn.to/3nCt2WY Generic microphone arm https://amzn.to/339yZRC Video: Fujifilm X-T3 https://amzn.to/3nGapRY Camera & 18-55mm lens kit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UsZrWaDbLM Fujifilm 23mm f2 https://amzn.to/3udXvgn FeiyuTech G6 Max Gimbal https://amzn.to/3nHndYs Interfit LM8 Video LED https://amzn.to/2SkESJL Neewer 120cm Softbox https://amzn.to/2RjlMDm Raleno Rechargeable Bicolour Video LED Panel https://amzn.to/3f2l7hV C O N T A C T Twitter/Insta @IcebergTop10s Email icebergtop10s@gmail.com #radeon #rx6500XT #scalperpandemic