<s>
The	O
Radeon	B-Device
RX	I-Device
6000	I-Device
series	I-Device
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processing	I-Architecture
units	I-Architecture
developed	O
by	O
AMD	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
RDNA	O
2	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
October	O
28	O
,	O
2020	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Radeon	B-Device
RX	I-Device
5000	I-Device
series	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
consists	O
of	O
the	O
RX	O
6400	O
,	O
RX	O
6500	O
XT	O
,	O
RX	O
6600	O
,	O
RX	O
6600	O
XT	O
,	O
RX	O
6650	O
XT	O
,	O
RX	O
6700	O
,	O
RX	O
6700	O
XT	O
,	O
RX	O
6750	O
XT	O
,	O
RX	B-Device
6800	I-Device
,	O
RX	B-Device
6800	I-Device
XT	I-Device
,	O
RX	B-Device
6900	I-Device
XT	I-Device
and	O
RX	O
6950XT	O
for	O
desktop	O
computers	O
;	O
and	O
the	O
RX	O
6600M	O
,	O
RX	O
6700M	O
,	O
and	O
RX	O
6800M	O
for	O
laptops	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sub-series	O
for	O
mobile	O
,	O
Radeon	B-Device
RX	I-Device
6000S	I-Device
(	O
consisting	O
of	O
RX	O
6600S	O
,	O
RX	O
6700S	O
,	O
and	O
RX	B-Device
6800S	I-Device
)	O
,	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
CES	O
2022	O
,	O
targeting	O
thin	O
and	O
light	O
laptop	O
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
series	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
Nvidia	O
's	O
GeForce	B-Device
30	I-Device
series	I-Device
,	O
and	O
does	O
compete	O
with	O
Intel	O
's	O
Arc	O
Alchemist	O
series	O
of	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
generation	O
of	O
AMD	B-Architecture
GPUs	I-Architecture
that	O
supports	O
hardware	O
accelerated	O
real-time	O
ray	B-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
,	O
variable-rate	O
shading	O
and	O
mesh	O
shaders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
14	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
AMD	O
hinted	O
at	O
the	O
physical	O
design	O
of	O
its	O
RX	B-Device
6000	I-Device
series	O
through	O
a	O
tweet	O
shared	O
on	O
social	O
messaging	O
service	O
Twitter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
it	O
launched	O
a	O
virtual	O
island	O
inside	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
Fortnite	B-Application
containing	O
a	O
large-scale	O
rendition	O
of	O
the	O
RX	B-Device
6000	I-Device
hardware	O
design	O
,	O
which	O
players	O
could	O
freely	O
explore	O
using	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
Creative	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMD	O
officially	O
unveiled	O
the	O
first	O
three	O
cards	O
,	O
the	O
RX	B-Device
6800	I-Device
,	O
RX	B-Device
6800	I-Device
XT	I-Device
,	O
and	O
RX	B-Device
6900	I-Device
XT	I-Device
,	O
in	O
an	O
event	O
titled	O
"	O
Where	O
Gaming	O
Begins	O
:	O
Ep	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
event	O
,	O
they	O
announced	O
the	O
RX	B-Device
6800	I-Device
XT	I-Device
as	O
its	O
flagship	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
,	O
comparing	O
its	O
performance	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Nvidia	O
's	O
RTX	B-Device
3080	I-Device
graphics	O
card	O
in	O
1440p	O
and	O
4K	B-Architecture
resolution	I-Architecture
gaming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
6800	O
XT	O
was	O
announced	O
with	O
a	O
price	O
tag	O
of	O
$649	O
USD	O
,	O
$50	O
lower	O
than	O
the	O
RTX	B-Device
3080	I-Device
's	O
starting	O
price	O
of	O
$699	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
then	O
introduced	O
the	O
RX	B-Device
6800	I-Device
as	O
a	O
competitor	O
to	O
Nvidia	O
's	O
previous-generation	O
RTX	B-Device
2080	I-Device
Ti	I-Device
,	O
priced	O
at	O
$579	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
2080	O
Ti	O
's	O
$999	O
;	O
and	O
the	O
RX	B-Device
6900	I-Device
XT	I-Device
as	O
its	O
top	O
card	O
,	O
claiming	O
performance	O
comparable	O
with	O
Nvidia	O
's	O
RTX	B-Device
3090	I-Device
,	O
but	O
with	O
lower	O
power	O
consumption	O
and	O
a	O
launch	O
price	O
of	O
$999	O
,	O
$500	O
cheaper	O
than	O
the	O
3090	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Radeon	B-Device
RX	I-Device
6800	I-Device
and	O
6800	O
XT	O
were	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
18	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
RX	B-Device
6900	I-Device
XT	I-Device
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
8	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
3	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
AMD	O
officially	O
announced	O
the	O
RX	O
6700	O
XT	O
card	O
,	O
set	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
Nvidia	O
's	O
RTX	B-Device
3060	I-Device
Ti	I-Device
and	O
3070	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
31	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
AMD	O
announced	O
the	O
RX	O
6000M	O
series	O
of	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
designed	O
for	O
laptops	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
RX	O
6600M	O
,	O
RX	O
6700M	O
,	O
and	O
RX	O
6800M	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
5	O
,	O
VideoCardz	O
discovered	O
that	O
Taiwanese	O
graphics	O
card	O
retailer	O
PowerColor	O
had	O
already	O
created	O
product	O
pages	O
for	O
the	O
unannounced	O
Radeon	O
6600	O
and	O
6600	O
XT	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
30	O
,	O
AMD	O
announced	O
the	O
RX	O
6600	O
and	O
6600	O
XT	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
,	O
which	O
were	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
11	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
lack	O
GPU-accelerated	O
video	O
encoding	O
features	O
offered	O
by	O
the	O
higher-end	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
like	O
Nvidia	O
's	O
competing	O
GeForce	B-Device
30	I-Device
series	I-Device
,	O
releases	O
sold	O
out	O
almost	O
immediately	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
low	O
stock	O
and	O
scalping	O
bots	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RX	B-Device
6800	I-Device
and	O
6800	O
XT	O
were	O
launched	O
on	O
November	O
18	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
but	O
due	O
to	O
low	O
stock	O
availability	O
,	O
sold	O
out	O
at	O
most	O
retailers	O
that	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scalpers	O
were	O
reportedly	O
reselling	O
the	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
on	O
eBay	O
for	O
around	O
US$1000	O
–	O
1500	O
,	O
roughly	O
double	O
the	O
launch	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frustrated	O
social	O
media	O
users	O
tried	O
to	O
derail	O
the	O
listings	O
by	O
using	O
bots	B-Protocol
to	O
make	O
fake	O
bids	O
on	O
the	O
scalped	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
at	O
absurd	O
prices	O
;	O
in	O
one	O
instance	O
,	O
an	O
auction	O
for	O
an	O
RX	B-Device
6800	I-Device
XT	I-Device
saw	O
bids	O
as	O
high	O
as	O
US$	O
70,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RX	B-Device
6900	I-Device
XT	I-Device
was	O
launched	O
on	O
December	O
8	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
and	O
similarly	O
to	O
the	O
RX	B-Device
6800	I-Device
and	O
6800	O
XT	O
,	O
it	O
sold	O
out	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMD	O
's	O
store	O
website	O
,	O
struggling	O
to	O
keep	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
high	O
number	O
of	O
visitors	O
,	O
kept	O
displaying	O
503	B-Protocol
Service	I-Protocol
Temporarily	I-Protocol
Unavailable	I-Protocol
errors	O
to	O
customers	O
attempting	O
to	O
buy	O
the	O
graphics	O
card	O
;	O
by	O
6:35	O
a.m.	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
sold	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
of	O
the	O
AMD	B-Device
Radeon	I-Device
RX	I-Device
6000	I-Device
series	I-Device
:	O
</s>
