
4) Because it was intended for use in laptops, only two display outputs are supported. 3) Hardware encoding isn't supported, so you can't use ReLive to capture gameplay, which is a deal breaker, and. 2) It only comes with 4GB of VRAM, there's no 8GB model. 1) It's limited to PCI Express x4 bandwidth. The shortcomings with the 6500 XT include: Worse still, it's in most ways worse than products that have occupied this price point for half a decade. But due to current market conditions, AMD has decided to cash in with a product that makes no sense on the desktop. Think more like sub-$100 RX 550 replacement. In normal circumstances it probably wouldn't make its way to desktop cards, and if it did, it certainly wouldn't be a $200 product. The 107mm2 Navi 24 die that the 6500 XT is based on was originally intended for use in laptops. The 6500 XT is a combination of bad decisions that all point to AMD just taking advantage of the current market and therefore abusing ingenuous gamers in the process. The Radeon RX 6500 XT is so bad I don't even know where to begin, and I know I'm kind of doing this review in reverse, but damn it I'm just flawed by AMD here. But as far as new product releases go, I can't think of anything worse. Stuff like the DDR4 version of the GT 1030 could be considered worse, but that was because it was a horrible anti-consumer tactic by Nvidia. Maybe just maybe there was something worse along the way.
In my opinion, this is the worst GPU release since I can remember, and I've been doing this job for over two decades. I thought of going for a fun little gag mocking the 6500 XT before completely tearing into it, but this thing is so bad it's really spoiled the mood for me.