Sapphire Intros Radeon RX 6500 Carte graphique XT avec mémoire hors spécifications de 8 Go

Sapphire introduced one of the first Radeon RX 6500 XT graphics cards in the retail channel to feature 8 Go de mémoire unifiée sur les systèmes avec M1 Max et jusqu'à, double that of the 4 GB standard for the SKU. The Sapphire Pulse RX 6500 XT 8 GB resembles the company’s standard Pulse RX 6500 XT in design. At this point it’s unclear how Sapphire went about deploying 8 GB of memory with the RX 6500 XT, given its narrow 64-bit GDDR6 memory interface.

Sapphire probably used four 16 Gbit memory chips, with two chips piggybacking a 32-bit memory channel. This would finally put the metal backplate to some use, as two of the chips could be located on the reverse side of the PCB. The memory ticks at the same 18 Gbps speed as the standard RX 6500 XT. The card’s typical board power is increased to 130 W, up from the 107 W AMD reference. This is probably because the added memory chips, as well as slightly increased clock speeds of 2685 MHz (game clock), vs. 2615 Référence MHz. The company didn’t announce pricing or availability, but is planning a global launch for this card.