XFX Radeon RX 7600 Speedster 8GB GDDR6

The XFX RX 7600 Speedster is the best 1080p budget card you can buy right now. Just don't ask it to do 4K, it'll laugh at you and then crash.

The 2655MHz boost clock and 21.75 FP32 TFLOPS sound impressive on paper, and for 1080p gaming they mostly deliver. What surprised us is how well this dual-fan SWFT cooler keeps things in check given the 165W TDP. But the 8GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus is the bottleneck here. At 4K this thing falls off a cliff, landing in the bottom third of our database for raster performance. Ray tracing is even rougher, sitting at the 38th percentile. If you're sticking to 1080p or light 1440p, you'll be happy. Push it further and you'll feel the ceiling fast.

Against the RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5080 cards in our database, this XFX gets absolutely smoked. But that's not a fair fight, those cards cost three to four times as much. The real comparison is against other budget options. The Sapphire PULSE 11322-02-20G is the closest rival in the AMD camp, and honestly it's a toss-up. Both deliver similar 1080p performance. The XFX wins on cooling and noise, the Sapphire might edge it on price in some regions. If you're considering an RTX 5070 Ti, you're not in this market. This card is for people who want to game now without financing a GPU.

At USD 388 in the US, this card is a solid deal for 1080p gamers. But the EUR pricing is all over the place, ranging from EUR 447 to EUR 1,082 across European listings. If you're in Europe, shop around. The lower end of that spread is fair, the upper end is highway robbery. For the money, you're getting a card that handles esports and AAA titles at 1080p without breaking a sweat, just don't expect it to age gracefully as games demand more VRAM.

The XFX Radeon RX 7600 Speedster is the card you buy when you want modern RDNA 3 features without selling a kidney. It's a 1080p workhorse that punches above its weight for the price, but don't expect it to flex at 4K. The one thing to know: this is a budget card with a budget ceiling, and that's totally fine if you know what you're getting into.

If you're looking for 1440p high refresh or any kind of 4K gaming, this isn't it. Go grab an RTX 5070 Ti or save up for a card with at least 12GB of VRAM. Also skip it if you care about ray tracing, the 32 RT cores just can't keep up with Nvidia's offerings.

Buy it if you're a 1080p gamer on a budget and you need something that just works. The XFX RX 7600 Speedster delivers where it counts for its target audience. Skip it if you're eyeing 1440p high refresh or 4K, or if you want ray tracing that actually looks good. For everyone else, this is the sensible choice in a market full of overpriced options.