Yeah why not but surely its timing is questionable.

Not to mentionIntel Arc Alchemist, delayed as it has been.

At sub-60fps frame rates, that 4fps difference is more significant than it looks.

A Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT graphics card, installed and running in a gaming PC.

But, it also served to re-demonstrate the RX 6650 XTs occasional ray tracing weakness.

That said, almost any mention of FSR invites comparison with its Nvidia equivalent, DLSS.

And despite FSR’s many improvements over the past year, DLSS is still better.

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Not even a discussion.

Then theres the matter of timing.

Yes, sometimes you need a new GPUright this instant, perhaps to replace one that went unexpectedly kaput.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT graphics card, cooler-side up.

From Nvidia, as well.

The RX 6650 XT, then, is a GPU that just kind of… exists.

I will say that Sapphires customisations are superb, blocky aesthetics notwithstanding.

The display outputs on a Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT graphics card.

The Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT graphics card, sat sideways with its backplate showing, on a desk.

A Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT graphics card, installed and running in a gaming PC.

A Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 6650 XT graphics card.