AMD launched the RX 6600 XT graphics card last month. In terms of positioning and actual test results, it is very suitable for use in 1080P with high frame rate A mainstream graphics card for playing games, because it basically can achieve an average of 70 to 80 frames in most games below this resolution.
However, although the RX 6600 XT is a graphics card that is very suitable for games at 1080P, at the current price of this graphics card, buy it to play games at 1080P resolution It’s really a bit too confusing. In addition, we also knew in the previous evaluation that this graphics card can actually play 3A masterpiece games at 2K resolution at close to 60 frames. That means, as long as we adjust the painting Quality is enough.
From our previous first evaluation, in fact, the RX 6600 XT can still play some games under 2K, such as "Tomb Raider: Shadow", "Assassin's Creed: Hall of Valor", etc. And so on, it can be played at 60 frames or more, and things like "Metro: Leaving" and "Borderland 3" are just a bit short, but not too much, so we shouldn’t have to sacrifice too much of the screen. Let the game run on 60 frames.
Of course, for this test, we also built a test platform, the configuration and the first evaluation are similar, the same use Core i5-11600K, and 16GB of DDR4 3600MHz memory. Such a platform can be regarded as a configuration from the mainstream to the mid-range, and it is more in line with the positioning of the RX 6600 XT.
And this time we use the RX 6600 XT overseas version OC graphics card from XFX XFX.The appearance of this graphics card can be said to be exactly the same series of graphics cards of its big brother RX 6700 XT and RX 6800 XT, continuing the design language of and XFX on the RX 6000 series. This XFX RX 6600 XT overseas version of the OC graphics card still has a metal backplane, the backplane has a hollow design at the end, and the length of PCB is not here, which means that a part of the wind can directly run through the heat sink fin , This helps to form a good chassis air duct and increase heat dissipation efficiency under the conventional graphics card installation method.
at the highest quality, frame rate
Well, it’s not too late, let’s take a look at this RX 6600 XT in "Metro: Departure", Land 3", " Gears of War 5 ", " Total War " and "Watch Dogs: Legion", running with the highest image quality.
As you can see, under the highest or Ultra/extremely high quality, there are 4 3A masterpieces whose frame numbers are all less than 60 frames. "War Machine 5" is actually OK. It reaches 60 frames, but it is only 2 frames higher. For example, "Total War: Three Kingdoms" only has more than 40 frames, while the frame numbers of other games are hovering around 51 to 57 frames.
So, how do these games reach the 60-frame level? Let's try to adjust the quality of each game separately. Here we set the target at 65 frames, because in this case, the freeze will be a bit less than at 60 frames.
"Metro: Departure"
Let’s take a look at "Metro: Departure" first.One of the more troublesome aspects of this game is that its settings are global, and it can’t be said that you can adjust individual image quality options. In fact, when the two options of Advanced PhysX and Hairworks are turned off, only 2 to 3 frames are added, so Here we are directly reducing the quality from Ultra to high.
And this effect is also very obvious. After adjusting the image quality, the number of frames has been increased from 57 frames to nearly 68 frames. The improvement is very large and the playing will be more smooth.
"Borderland 3"
"Borderland 3" is a game with DX11 and DX12 options. The number of frames under DX11 will be higher than that of DX12, and we are right The test of this game is also carried out with DX11. Here, we chose the villain that keeps the picture quality at the highest level, but the shadows, drawing space, volumetric cloud, screen space reflection, and ambient light attraction are set to high, so as to ensure the highest possible material settings to increase the number of frames.
With this adjustment, the frame number of the game has been increased from 56 to 66. In this way, the quality of the picture is not lost too much, and the game experience can also be improved a lot.
"Gears of War 5"
Next is "Gears of War 5". In fact, this game has reached 60 frames under the default ultra-high quality, but it is not very stable, so we also tried to increase its frame number a bit. This time the image quality setting does not need to be adjusted too much, just reduce the screen space global illumination ray count from 16 to 8.
Although this adjustment seems small,However, the increase in the number of frames is still very large. Just adjusting this option can already bring a 4 frame improvement to the game, but this is also due to the fact that "Gears of War 5" does not have a high demand for hardware.
"Total War: Three Kingdoms"
"Total War: Three Kingdoms" should be the game with the highest hardware requirements among these games. After all, it has only 45 frames in the test with extremely high quality at 2K resolution. about. To increase the number of frames of this game is also relatively simple, as long as the trend of the picture is lowered from extremely high to high, and then the grass details are adjusted to medium.
ran the test again with this setting, this time the number of frames reached 65 frames. In fact, it can also be seen here that if the picture quality of some games is fully opened, the hardware requirements will be very abnormal, but as long as the level is lowered, a very smooth frame rate can be achieved.
"Watchdogs: Legion"
Finally, "Watchdogs: Legion". The hardware requirements of this game are second only to "Total War: Three Kingdoms", which can be reflected in the number of frames in the highest quality. It is also relatively easy to adjust the picture quality of this game. Adjust the picture quality to high, and then adjust the material filter to the highest, and then adjust the scatter to low. The effect obtained by
is also quite satisfactory, and the number of frames just reached 65 frames. Keeping the material filter at the highest level can keep the overall material of the screen at its best.
Summary
In fact, for many games, the built-in highest quality option is actually possible to exchange 10% performance for a 2% improvement in image quality, and this 2% improvement is often normal for players It's hard to notice in the game.Of course, these highest quality options also have their reasons. If the player is holding a current high-end graphics card, then all the special effects can be adjusted to the highest level to enjoy the ultimate picture effect.
For our average players, many times high image quality can actually meet our needs for graphics, and this is also a key point for mainstream graphics cards to play games smoothly under 2K resolution.
is like our protagonist RX 6600 XT today. If it is at the highest quality, it may be just an ultimate 1080P game graphics card, but as long as the game’s picture quality is lowered a little bit, then RX The 6600 XT allows players to get a good gaming experience with a smoothness of more than 60 frames and a good picture under 2K resolution.
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