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Rumor: Radeon RX 6500 XT will drop to $200 by the end of summer, but for now AMD is skimming the cream

The Radeon RX 6500 XT is AMD's most affordable 3D card and the only one on the market with the lowest mark-up: according to the latest report, it is only 17% more expensive than the official recommended price in Europe, while the rest of the models in the lineup are 32-33% more expensive. However, the Radeon RX 6500 XT could be cheaper. If AMD wanted it.

According to the source, the Radeon RX 6500 XT was available for a suggested price of $200 only on the first day of sales, and even then only in versions from several partners - PowerColor and XFX. And then the company allowed the price to go up to $250 to skim the cream off gamers (how creamy can you call a $50 mark-up). The source says that this is not the first time AMD has done this: on the first day of sales, it holds the cost, and then gives the opportunity to set higher prices.

The source is sure that by the end of the summer the Radeon RX 6500 XT will drop in price to $ 200 (and, probably, the price will even go below this mark), but so far Intel has not introduced its Arc video cards, and the GeForce RTX 3050 is sold almost twice as much, in this Radeon RX 6500 XT has no competitors in the price segment. Therefore, there is no point in reducing the cost of the video card to the recommended one.

Rumor: Radeon RX 6500 XT will drop to $200 by the end of summer, but for now AMD is skimming the cream