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Bofferbrauer2 said:

Captain_Yuri said:

Yea Optimum Tech that I posted earlier did a market analysis that showed it had MSRP or close to it.

Personally, I still wouldn't consider it a good value even at MSRP. There are too many issues with this card like pci-e x8, low infinity cache, low memory bus and etc. Most people that are going to spend money in this segment most likely have older systems with pci-e gen 3 which makes it have even less performance. While one could say it's good value if the person has no choice and needs a GPU now, it's very hard to openly recommend this card to anyone that has a working GPU even if it's close to MSRP because of all it's deficits.

Yeah, I forgot the crucial word that is comparatively, as in being comparatively good value right now as the next best thing in it's price class are either the 1660 (non-S or Ti) or the RX 580, both being much weaker than the 6600XT, which is actually slightly more powerful than a 2070.

I agree with you that it's not good value when dealing with absolute pricings, but then again, no GPU currently does.

Well both Nvidia and AMD do sell their FE cards at MSRP. Nvidia sells 3060 Ti for $400 at bestbuy in US (and at MSRP in Canada) while AMD sells theirs directly through AMD.com. I believe they restock every week to every two weeks. But they are very hard to get as Bestbuy is in-store only while needing to camp for 20 hours if not longer and AMD.com sells out instantly. And of course, if you don't live in Canada/US, you don't get FE pricing from Nvidia.

I do agree overall with what you are saying. But I still wouldn't suggest anyone buy a 6600XT even if it's in stock and at MSRP if they have a working GPU but I wouldn't tell them to buy a 1660 either or buy a 3060 at it's scalping prices. But if they need a GPU now, a 6600XT might be the only choice as the alternative is worse as you said.