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I'm not picking on AMD; it is just that I was puzzled by what had happened to my system, which rarely had a hiccup. My initial thoughts about my HP PC's limited system resources, PSU and PCI-E, were unfounded. Regarding PCI-E, it runs on 3.0 x8, although I see it being reduced to PCI-E 2.0 and...

I see. It was a bit déjà vu all over for me when I tried the RX 6600. It reminded me of the GeForce 32 MB and 64 MB GPUs I had over 20 years ago, dealing with driver issues, especially the former. I guess the GPUs are still as finicky as they were many years ago! :D

Yes, you have suggested the 6 GB version. However, you made me take a look at the 8 GB version. The Google search says otherwise regarding the RX6600/RX 6600 XT. Many users have a perfectly usable system with ample PSU supply, only to have them crashed by AMD GPU, especially on the 6000...

I ordered the Zotac RTX 3050 from overclockers.co.uk at £199.99 as it was the cheapest RTX 3050 8 GB I could find, and it was too good to turn down. I installed it last night. It was the opposite experience from what I had with RX 6600. Before installing it, I didn't even bother to uninstall...

I got myself a digital console a few days ago; the reduced price is only for the disc version. From where I live, the digital version appeared to be sold almost everywhere, including the Argos stores, so I had to drive 35 minutes to pick one up from Smyth. I was talking to my old school...

If I were to go for 3050, I would have gone for 3050 8 GB. As for the power consumption, apart from 70-75 watt cards, it is the lowest of all GPUs and 14 watts less than RX 6600 on Tom's Hardware. However, the power consumption seemed to vary slightly from site to site. The 6 GB version is just...

That could be it, and I read plenty of stories about people having a bad experience with AMD drivers. Even though the AMD installer says Adrenalin is installed, it was just not there. I had to redo the driver installation wizard but to no avail. I read that it is recommended to use an older...

Indeed, but the system was unstable; maybe it has to do with the limited resources of PCIE bandwidth, as my HP PC has an M.2 SSD, so it shared the same bandwidth because the apps I tried opening were not responding. Correct me if I'm wrong. I think I would be a lot better off just getting a new...

Since my 5700G only support PCIE 3.0, unlike the 5600X with its PCIE 4.0. I double-checked it with GUP-Z to confirm it ran in x8 mode on PCIE 3.0. Yes, it has the latest BIOS update, and I have looked up RTX 3050 6 GB, but its bus width is 96-bit instead of 128-bit. I think I will go for GTX...

I installed it last night, but it did not go well. The total power consumption was 180-230 watts when the game ran. It was much less, around 90 watts on an older game, but FPS was great. It peaked at 250-ish watts once, and there was stuttering occasionally. But the Windows 11 was unstable and...

I have just ordered the RX 6600 last night. I appreciate your input. I realised my 5700G isn't great to pair with a more powerful GPU, and also, since the RX 6600 is much faster than the RTX 3050 for a bit more money, plus 8 GB would be very handy in some games so, I can always underclock it to...

I agree with this, as my kids tend to leave game cartridges around the house, so sometimes we have to look for them. I think it is probably easier to deal with physical copies on the Nintendo system, rather than dealing with ownership issues, especially for the kids. In the meantime, I'm just...

I think I'm leaning more towards RTX 4060 as I read that it uses around 10-15 watts less than RX 6600, which is quite a difference in my power-limited system, but will my 5700G bottlenecks 4060? EDITED: I meant 5700G!

I used to think that way with my kids' switch(s), but I found out the hard way last Christmas when the digital copies I purchased on one switch can not be played by any kids on the other switch apart from myself as an owner. Regardless of that, my kids' accounts were under my primary account...

Indeed, XT averages 159 watts, so the spike is much smaller (45 watts above the average) than the RX 6600, where the difference is much more significant from 120 to 250 watts, more than doubled. On the RTX 4060, the spike is much smaller, at around 148 watts. The RTX 4060 performs 30% faster in...

Thanks, that is even worse with just four lanes! It seems it is going backwards, especially on the budget and mid-range GPUs. Yes, I have noticed it is just for Furmark, but I wasn't sure if I could take that risk. You have shown that RX 6600 can be under-volted to reduce the power; RX 6600 is...

Since my 2-year-old PC is HP (unfortunately, I didn't think I would go back into casual gaming), upgrading it would cost a lot more, especially with the proprietary PSU, which ruled it out for me. If I were to spend more money on PC upgrading, then the money would go to PS5 or Xbox anyway...

Thanks, I am not a fan of PS exclusives, and I don't see the fuss about Spiderman on the PS5, but then, I realised I'm in the mid-40s! :D Looking at the PS store, I assume older games there are just a generation old (PS4), but Gamepass seems to have games from a couple of generations ago or so...

Hello, I am looking to return to occasional gaming and having looked at the GPU options for my AMD 5700G PC, especially the RTX 4060, due to my PSU limit, which is 310 watts, Nvidia recommended a minimum of 300 for their RTX 4060 which is impressive but it costs around £300. If I were to find...

The thing is that it is hard to see where my PC stands with their higher end system benchmarks. They rarely benchmark mid-range systems such as intel i5 and Ryzen 5/7, with or without delicated GPU as well (just to see the difference) so that I can compare the performance with theirs and see if...