The AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT is the latest entry in AMD’s RDNA 2-based line-up, presenting the most mainstream and entry level option to date. That is of course if you can look past the crazy GPU prices we've seen over the past year. And with the 6600 XT targeting uncompromising 1080p performance we take the MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G for a spin.

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When taking a look at the current pricing of all graphics cards though, regardless of make, brand, or underlying technology, you wouldn’t be wrong in thinking this new member of the Radeon 6000 family sits on the higher end of the scale.

In terms of performance goals it actually sits in the region where you find NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3060 Ti or the recent GeForce RTX 3060. The more mainstream place that covers the majority of builds out in the wild. In a lot of ways it makes something like the Radeon RX 6600 XT more exciting to delve into than its older siblings. Here you have a measured and tempered design that aims to offer up performance with a mind towards efficiency, portability, and affordability. As fun as it is to crank up the settings when using a 6800 XT or RTX 3080, it’s the mainstream option that ultimately resonates and ends up finding a larger install base.

Case in point, as per the latest Steam Hardware Survey results for August 2021, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 and the GeForce RTX 2060 make up the two most common GPUs for PC players. And it’s in this hypothetical and hopefully soon-to-be-real world, separate from hardware shortages and pricing, that we’ve approached this review of the MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT GAMING X 8G graphics card.

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