CONCLUSION

   According to AMD their latest Radeon RX 7600 is not meant as a direct replacement to their Radeon RX 6650 XT model and it’s easy to see why (it does surpass the Radeon RX 6600 XT however, always according to several colleagues). That being said the Pulse Radeon RX 7600 8GB OC card by SAPPHIRE which I had the chance to review today is indeed a very good card for up to 1080p gaming but that’s just about it. Not only is the card based on a significantly cut-down version of the Navi 31 (and created with a previous lithography) and uses just 8 lanes (PCIe x8) it also comes with just 8GB of VRAM which does limit its performance even more in resolutions higher than 1080p. RT performance is also not good but to be fair I seriously doubt anyone would be getting a low/mid-end graphics card for gaming with RT enabled so that’s not really an issue for the Radeon RX 7600. Of course, the card does very well in terms of power consumption (didn’t surpass 182W during my tests) and as for temperatures and noise levels things are good there as well.

   Even though far back MSRP was something retailers followed closely this hasn’t been the case for the last 3-4 years or so and thus I was also quite curious to see just how much the Pulse Radeon RX 7600 8GB OC cost today. Back in late May SAPPHIRE attached an MSRP of just USD270 on this card (same as the reference model by AMD) and so I was positively surprised to see that currently it retails for USD269.99 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for 282.56Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de). At the end of the day the SAPPHIRE Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7600 8GB OC may not be award winning material but it’s certainly a very good card for up to 1080p gaming and for that it does come highly recommended.

PROS

- 1080p Full HD Performance
- Power Consumption
- Dual Slot Design (Size)
- OC Potential
- Features
- TRIXX Software
- Price (For Some)

CONS

- Overall Performance (Compared To Last Gen Radeon Models)
- PCIe x8 Interface