MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT 16 GB, RX 6750 XT 12 GB, RX 6650 XT 8 GB Graphics Cards Review: The Refreshed Trio Emerges!

MSI Radeon RX 6950 XT, RX 6750 XT, RX 6650 XT Gaming X Package

The MSI Radeon RX 6000 Refresh graphics card comes inside a standard cardboard box. The front of both packages has a large "AMD Radeon" brand logo along with the "MSI" logo on the top left corner and the "Gaming X" or "Gaming X Trio" series branding on the lower-left corner. A large picture of the graphics card itself is depicted on the front which gives a nice preview of the Gaming X design.

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The packaging has put a large emphasis on the AMD RDNA 2 architecture as the first feature enlisted by AIBs. Each card has been devised for a certain gaming segment, the RX 6950 XT is aiming the 4K, RX 6750 XT aims the 1440p and RX 6650 XT aims at the 1080p gaming segment.

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The back of the box is very typical, highlighting the main features and specifications of the cards. The three key aspects of MSI's top-tier custom cards are its blazing performance which is achieved by fully custom design, the new Twin/Tri-Frozr 8 cooling system, and a new wave-curved 2.0 heatsink which will offer better cooling performance compared to the traditional flat-surfaced fin heatsinks.

There's also a focus towards AMD.com on each AIB card through which users can download the latest drivers and the Radeon Software applications which are a must for gamers to access all feature sets of the new cards.

The sides of the box once again greet us with the large Radeon RX branding. There's also the mention of memory available on the cards. For each specific card, you get 16 GB on 6950 XT, 12 GB on 6750 XT, and 8 GB on 6650 XT. The higher memory bandwidth delivered through the new GDDR6 interface and infinity cache would help improve performance in gaming titles at higher resolutions.

Outside of the box, the graphics card and the accessory package are held firmly by foam packaging. The graphics card comes with a few accessories and manuals which might not be of much use for hardcore enthusiasts but can be useful for the mainstream gaming audience.

The card is nicely wrapped within an anti-static cover which is useful to prevent any unwanted static discharges on various surfaces that might harm the graphics card. Useful manuals and installation guides are packed within an MSI-labeled letter case. There is an MSI Quick Users Guide, an installation guide, a sticker letter, the MSI DIY comic, and a single driver's disk. It's best to ignore the driver disk and install the latest software and graphics drivers directly from the AMD and MSI official web pages as the ones shipped in the disks could be older versions and not deliver optimal performance for your graphics cards.

After the package is taken care of, I can finally start talking about the cards themselves. The MSI RX 6950 XT and RX 6750 XT come in the Gaming X Trio while the RX 6650 XT comes in the Gaming X variant.

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