At the beginning of the week, we found out that Nvidia was planning on ending production of the RTX 3060. The popular graphics card coming to an end after over three years of sales and topping the Steam hardware survey. Well, its counterpart looks to be joining its fate, as AMD’s RX 6600 has reportedly been discontinued as the stock has run out in China with no plans of being replenished according to Board Channel members (via VideoCardz).
This source does hold credibility as it has previously been the forum where AIB sources provide plenty of information about what’s happening and upcoming in the business. For the RX 6600, it was specified that the inventory of each brand has sold out and has no inventory, with only a small amount of tail goods. Fortunately, outside of China, it seems the budget graphics card is still available but it’s the final call while stocks last if you plan on buying the GPU.
AMD GPU plans and support
Board Channels outlines what the plan is for the remaining RDNA 2 series. As it expects the RX 6500 XT to become the main sales model and keep selling until the end of the year. While looking up in ranks, the RX 6750 GRE will become the main model with the largest volume in stock and sales. Combining these facts, it seems that generation is still quite alive and thriving in China as it keeps that generation going right to the end.
However, the report also states AMD will focus now on the RX 7000 series that take over from the 6000 series. The RDNA 3 generation came about in 2022 and improved upon the previous one in terms of performance but maybe not as much in pricing. As without a sub $200 option, still going for the older option does offer a lot of savings for those on a budget but still wanting a hardy performance.
This doesn’t come as a surprise though as AMD had to eventually shift focus considering we’re expecting the RX 8000 series release at the beginning of 2025. Keeping up with three generations might have been a stretch, so the shift to mainly focusing on RX 7000 cards makes sense in putting resources in the right places.