One last RDNA2 card to come before the new generation? Probably, since Sapphire launches its RADEON 6700 Pulse. As a reminder, this is a card between the RX 6650 XT and RX 6700 XT in the AMD range.
RADEON 6700 Pulse: Sapphire ‘s card priced over €500!
As a reminder, this card has a Navi22 XL GPU consisting of 2304 stream processors against 2048 for an RX 6650 XT and 2560 for the RX 6700 XT (which has a full GPU ). Similarly, the amount of memory is between the 6700 XT and 6650 XT since we have 10 GB in GDDR6 on a memory bus of 160 bits. Otherwise, the Sapphire card offers a heatsink specific to the Pulse series in terms of design. The famous red borders are present. Otherwise, it has two large fans, a large network of aluminum fins and copper heat pipes.
As for availability, two European stores offer this model for sale. They are the Spanish PC Compenentes and PC21.fr for France. The prices are still very high for this type of card. The Iberian retailer showing the card at ~380 € in promotion against 570 € including VAT for France… Before the card is removed. Finally, it could be that we are dealing with the last RDNA2 card before the launch of the new generation. Indeed, the RADEON 7000 equipped with RDNA3 chips should arrive at the end of the year.
