AMD Radeon RX 7600 Review

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The AMD RX 7600 Reference card is the first GPU for Radeon to release in the RDNA 3 family since last winter’s launch of the RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT. Targeting a mix of high and ultra settings at 1080p, the RX 7600 Reference card aims to be a competitive and compelling upgrade for those who are still using years-old GPUs. At $269, does the RX 7600 Reference achieve this, though?

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 Reference takes the same design language from its more expensive RDNA brothers and pares it down to a smaller package. It was refreshing to see a smaller GPU box hit the doorstep this time, and I realy love the packaging by AMD here. It’s minimalistic, fits easily on a shelf, and lifting that box and revealing the AMD GPU on a cardboard pedestal is a nice experience.

The RX 7600 Reference card has the same muted gunmetal grey body with the Radeon Red trim down the heatsink fins on the side. The GPU only sports two of the RDNA3’s fans, and it doesn’t have any of the lighting that its 7900 XTX older brother has as standard. I do like the more muted aesthetic of the 7000-series GPUs, but I do have to say I really miss the aggressive Radeon design on the 6000-series Reference cards. 

It’s also fairly thin, which I and those with smaller, compact cases will appreciate in the long run. The AMD Radeon RX 7600 Reference comes with just a standard 8-pin connector to the PSU, no need for fancy adapter cables and is rated for a total board power of just 165 watts. The  RX 7600 also sports the I/O features of the RDNA 3 family of GPUs, from its DisplayPort 2.1 as well as HDMI 2.1a connectors. The AMD Radeon RX 7600 Reference model also comes equipped with the hardware AVI encoder to give more power to content creators and