Should You Buy An AFOX Graphics Card?

[@SheepyChris]

AFOX should be avoided at all costs. Not too long ago they were selling "brand new" RX 580 cards that were in fact using salvaged RX 570D dies from used miner cards, resulting in lower performance and life expectancy. The company tried to rectify the issue with TecLab, the KZbin channel that found out about the scam, and not only did they lie about their card being a "fluke" but continued selling their RX 580 line up using the same deceptive tactics. By purchasing another card by them, even if it meets the expectations, you are supporting the idea that they can get away with more scams with their products.

[@WizardofTruth]

@Slomehad a 970 from asus then I used a zotac 2070 for almost a year without issues. Got a 3080 from asus.

[@egonieser]

Literally every GPU manufacturer has been in hot water over one issue or another. If we all took every single one of them at face value, we'd have literally nothing to buy. I personally don't care what they did. If my GPU is fine - it's fine. If it's not - i'll return it. I mean i'm not saying it's not bad, i'm just saying that I personally don't care lol

[@pauls4522]

@Slome sapphire is top tier too

[@1994TeeJay1994]

I want to read more about AFOX using salvaged dies. Can you link me something to look up on Google?

[@qT_p13]

Companies lie, cheat and steal all the time. That doesn't excuse what this company did in this instance, but by the logic that you should "avoid at all costs" because of it, you would starve. Suggesting that by buying from them that you agree to their tactics, i guess you will never vote at any of your local elections. That said, thanks for mentioning it, it is greatly appreciated and will factor in purchases in future.

[@halibabba7789]

in brazil we had problems with afox selling rx 580 with rx470 chip, you can see it on the Teclab channel about

[@SirZanZa]

but the 580 is a 470 chip, the 500 series is just a rebranded and overclocked 400 series

[@halibabba7789]

@@SirZanZa the problem is they took a USED chip from the 470 and put it in the 580, a chip that you could see by the burnt color that was used, in addition the worse performance than a normal 580

[@KaiSoDaM]

a HEAVLY used rx470 btw... i never saw a chip get so dark like that and i have gaphics cards with years of abuse (me learning to overclock)

[@P43L1j0]

Lembro desse problema relatado pelo teclab... chips totalmente usados...escurecidos...sendo vendidos como novos. I remember this problem... used chips...burnt...sold as brand new.

[@P43L1j0]

@@SirZanZa Bro, they sold burnt chips as brand new...was a real deal. Shame on them. Teclad did a livestream, no cuts... just take one brand new, out of the box and crack it open... booooom... burnt chip sold as brand new...crazy thing.

[@daleb19931]

Back in 2020 I got my first gaming PC, or what was advertised as a Gaming PC. I quickly found out that without a GPU it wasn't much of a gaming machine at all. I went out and managed to get a GPU for £90, it was an Afox Nvidia GeForce 750ti 2gb, and back then it was awesome. I never had any issues with it whatsoever, and it was a sad day taking it out even though I was getting an upgrade.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Awesome :)

[@mrbobgamingmemes9558]

I think Budget gaming pc should have atleast gtx 750ti level of gpu performance if it lower than that it is not gaming pc

[@HairyScrambler]

@@mrbobgamingmemes9558 you can still game on GPUs older than the 750 ti they just suffer from lack of driver support. You can still get a decent cs go, GTA V and older game experience from fermi cards. On a 680 id still probably play all the games I like except 2042 obviously.

[@mrbobgamingmemes9558]

@@HairyScrambler my point is "gaming pc" label

[@HairyScrambler]

@@mrbobgamingmemes9558 ohhhh I getcha. yeah kids who are trying to get into gaming shouldn’t get scammed by GT 710 PCs for $600+

[@supercool_saiyan5670]

honestly my favorite thing about this channel is the outdoor background scenes

[@tomalexander4327]

It's always nice to see his parents garden.

[@herkulays8380]

Honestly hope they start making more plan and simple graphics cards, never really understood the craze with rgb in almost everything gaming nowadays all I want is a few lights telling me my pc is on and a nice simple keyboard and mouse that isnt cheap

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah I like a simple design myself too

[@diamondarrow4567]

powercolor makes simple cards, i have their rx 6600 in my system

[@supercool_saiyan5670]

@@diamondarrow4567 kind of ironic really

[@masterdragongaming.8613]

Look at sapphire pulse?

[@jonathansoko1085]

If someone has an rbg computer, i know to avoid them in real life. It says alot about a person.

[@TheEnhas]

You could add Resident Evil 2, 3 and 7 to your tests since the new versions with ray-tracing are out, they never mentioned it but it also adds FSR to all those games as well so even though they require DX12 they'll run even better on lower-end hardware now.

[@conyo985]

Actually nope. Since it's now a DX12 only game. the Nvidia 700 series and Radeon 200 series are no longer supported. It's now a GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon™ RX 460 minimum to run those games. I welcome the Raytracing update but forcing everyone to run it on DX11 only was just stupid.

[@Nintenboy01]

shame it's not FSR 2.0

[@TheEnhas]

@@conyo985 Those are still fairly old GPUs, plus I'm more interested in how stuff like the 3000G/GTX 1650/RX 6500 XT runs it now. Plus the 700-series and 200-series are both out of support

[@Chinx313]

I love your garden shots... So simple yet cool and calming background

[@lukesagaris3147]

Not just Afox, there’s also Varro and Vurrion. For now i’m using Vurrion H81m and there’s a Nvme slot on it, so far there’s no issue on the motherboard. My friend is using Vurrion’s Gtx1060, it’s been 2 months and we didn’t found any issue yet. I had a feeling that some of their product is just a recycled stuff.

[@maxheadroom22and26]

Never heard of these two brands. Where are you from or where did you buy these?

[@lukesagaris3147]

@@maxheadroom22and26 of course they’re chinese brands, I live in Indonesia where these brands are scattered everywhere in North Jakarta. Hey a H81 with Nvme slot for US$52, that’s not a bad deal considering that i’m on a tight budget for now.

[@lukesagaris3147]

@jordan_2806 di Box nya sih ada bahasa kita juga, kepo sih sebenernya. Kalo memang buatan lokal gila bet harga mobo sama psunya reasonable parah. VGA sih overprice semua apalagi keliatannya itu chipnya mungkin bekas kali buat vganya kaya Afox dulu wkwkwk

I certainly adore your garden along with your videos!

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Thanks :)

[@Kelekona_808]

I've never heard of AFOX before. Interesting to see another AIB's take on a card.

[@jahidogaming6587]

it's a shitty fake subvendor you can find it verywhere here in Algeria Macy-Enigma-Afox-Ninja all o them are scamers

[@Viewer19]

Good review the 6500 XT does OK for a LT GPU in a DT. It is selling well in spite of POPTech Tubers insistences in puting them in systems the card was never designed for.anf with nrw AAA titles mostly and without SAM.

[@ZipplyZane]

When you were setting this up in the beginning, reminding us of the previous AFOX card you reviews, I was hopeful that they had found a way to add more VRAM to this card, too. It would be interesting to see how much getting rid of the 4GB limitation would help.

[@elijah1278]

Never been this early, keep going love the videos😊

[@MlemDotaPersonal]

I think it would be neat to see another AFOX card with more than the usual VRAM if they have one, that was what made the 750 so interesting :)

[@alexcain2855]

Why test it with an 11th gen intel CPU with PCIE gen 3? unless afterburner labels were a mistake.

[@RardyGuy]

11th gen does have pcie gen4

[@alexcain2855]

@@RardyGuy Yes the 11400f does support pcie 4.0 but only with a z590 MB If I remember correctly. I didn't think he would be running an i5 with a z590 board.

[@LePedant]

I think it's more realistic. People who are buying a sub $200 card, probably won't have the newest CPU/Mobo. I stuck the 6500XT in a I7 4790. The PCI-E 3.0 lanes aren't a problem, I still get 80+ FPS in most games with med to high settings.

[@adamz1988]

Greetings from Glasgow! Your humor is great

[@twizz420]

I want to see you test a card with HBM2... Like the Radeon VII or Vega 56/64

[@mrducky179]

are you sure about the "high graphics settings in forza is hindered by the vram" statement cuz im able to run it perfectly fine on high, even on ultra (but the performance is unstable) on a 1650ti

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

he said it was playable, just lower %1/0.1%'s also, 1650ti has higher memory bandwith

[@MLWJ1993]

Most likely memory bandwidth. Anything < RX 6600 from AMD sucks badly at that, if only they sold an 8gb VRAM version that might've avoided it from being terrible compared to the last gen RX 5500XT...

[@nesyboi9421]

@@MLWJ1993 AMD once said 4gb was not enough for gaming Well I guess they were right Honestly they could have easily given it 6Gbs of ram and increased the size of the memory bandwidth and it'd still have issues due to the nature of it seemingly being mobile gpu based.

[@TheSpigsy]

Can't really see any of their cards online apart from R9 370 4gb cards... Wonder if they got hold of some old stock for these as that card was originally released in 2015, and the choice to add 4gb seems an odd one. Anywhere else in the UK they peddle their wares? Also as a side I notice you've been looking very healthy lately, (been watching your vids for 3-4 years now) quite handsome I dare say. 😉 Whatever you're doing, keep doing it!

[@localareakobold9108]

thank you for making another afox gpu vid, i love them box illustrations

[@PDuckMain]

Looks like a gem, great vid btw :)

[@ChikaHakozaki]

Never heard of AFOX and I guess is good that this isn't in the U.S. lol I have only seen that brand on this channel and I believe this your second or so video on this brand.

[@Bajicoy]

First I heard of afox and they sound like a nice addition for some competition. I hope they keep up reasonable expectations

[@jragonwriter6316]

I dig the roses, man! Keep up the good work in the yard!

[@jaze7045]

Cannot miss a content from the KZbinr who always takes things differently and reviewing some of the unknown products ! Love your videos 🤘👍

[@sagnikchatterjee7760]

While testing games I have often seen the FPS crossing 100, yet the settings are on "medium". So why is it not set on "high"? Take the case of FH5 at 6:41

[@appleapple3855]

Another solid video. Thank you sir.

[@lamjac88]

Hope Afox becomes a channel sponsor for you. Always enjoy your videos. Keep it up

[@alexevenly]

Seeing 3000GOMG on plate in Forza 4 is always heartwarming reminder of why I'm here initially =) Thanks for the content, keep it up man - you need to make more such review (as part #1 of this video) and you may get something for review from Colorful or KFA2 soon!

[@adanpiumpium2613]

Seems like a nice little card and honestly the packaging leads me to believe they care more about the user experience than many bigger companies

[@fy7589]

That cooler design with the machined aluminum block is a very cheap way of making a heatsink and it's nice to see some manufacturer using those on these entry-low end gpu's because practically speaking a 6500xt doesn't pull any power. It's a waste of money to get a 6500xt with those big heatsinks with fine fins and a ton of heatpipes and all that mass. If the afox model is like 10-15 dollars cheaper, it is a better deal than the fancy cooler cards.

[@rhotchkiss123]

Another great vid and its nice to see an Afox review

[@mrgtmodernretrogamingtech6891]

Great Brand review RGHD! Gonna share my experience. As far as I know, AFOX is a new comer brand here in my country, Philippines. I bought one for my client to speed up here 2nd gen i5 for her basic browsing, documents and minor photo editing. For 2 years, that brand new AFOX GT 240 1GB DDR3 64 BIT is still fine. Maybe it's a good brand, only time will tell for me to trust them for a high end one.

[@anicloudsmedia]

AFOX is a well-known brand in my country for low-end Nvidia GPUs. i had gt 630 before and it was running fine. but here's something interesting, some AFOX GT 730 (green sticker) are considered fake on GPU-Z while others (red-silver sticker) are genuine.

[@fpscomputers976]

I love your content. Great stuff as always!

[@Greenleafontop1]

Great vid as always

[@Messmakur]

That's pretty cool they reached out to you for another video. Maybe some further videos??

[@WRLDOFMILO]

I really did not know that AFOX was a brand that had all this hardware! Maybe it is a great budget option too, depending on which country your from. Nice vid bw! Keep up the hard work

[@MrRacerhacker]

lovely video as always

[@trentginns1477]

love your content and look forward to what deal you found amazing job keep it up

[@NemusDark]

Great video!

[@nefcey2759]

I love the content man.

[@tqrules01]

I love your videos my matey Cheers 👍😁

[@megadeth-1a885]

I'm not sure scalpers are a thing right now. In the US at least all cards are available at or near MSRP

[@Laohu7777]

Thanks for the video!

[@Branch64]

You should get a power meter (Kill-a-watt or equivalent) and start posting also power consumption of those cards. Many users would benefit from this info :)

[@getyerspn]

I'm with you on this ..I've never seen the point of motion blur in any game...it ruins every game I've tried it on.

[@zwenkwiel816]

very few games do it right, most just blur the entire screen in the direction of movement (well opposite) but some games like Doom Eternal have proper per object motion blur (meaning each object get it's own blur depending on the movement relative to the camera) if it's done well it looks cool and can actually give the player more information. but yeah as a general rule it's best to just turn it off

[@yeetus59]

There are some games where it looks really good. I think it helps in low fps situations to make it seem smoother.

[@kharak6204]

@@yeetus59 things like motion blur always result in lower fps tho, better to just keep it off if that's the issue

[@MrNside]

@2 Corinthians 4:7-11 It was Burnout. Another EA racing game, but Burnout really went nuts with the motion blur, and predates NfS Undergound by a couple of years.

[@chillhour6155]

It was originally implemented on consoles to hide low framerate and frame pacing, along later came those God awful TAA and DOF effects that also became a standard

[@Xantium0]

Nice to see more manufacters. Competition is good :D

[@Urzu3]

how much difference between major company RX6500XT vs this AFOX?

[@LorikQuinn]

Probably not a lot, maybe some higher temps or a bit slower memory clocks?

[@Urzu3]

@@LorikQuinn hopefully someone will do the bench

[@zaidlacksalastname4905]

Why does msi afterburner look like that for you? Old version, or just a different UI

[@dodolurker]

Was that a Top Gear reference at 5:45? 😂

[@luckyowl10]

If AMD RX 6500 XT had 6GB of VRAM, hardware encoders form H.264/H.265/AV1 and X8 lanes it would have been the perfect budget card...

[@itsTyrion]

Hey man. Do you mind upscaling 1080p videos to 1440p? Some parts of this video, like terrain in FH5 look so compressed that it's basically centimeters of solid color. In any case, have a nice day and keep doing what you're doing ✌

[@Nintenboy01]

Is the brand HIS out of business? Seems they haven't released anything since Polaris

[@tanggangmy80]

First? Also to me the 6500xt is still a good gpu despite its bad rep. It gives us an option to entry level gpu

[@JohnnyCarutasu]

Man, I used to watch your videos when you had less than 10k subs, I remembered your channel and I searched for like 3 weeks to find it now. I am glad your channel grew so much. Keep it up.

[@PepsFTW]

great review!

[@JikoMuskato]

I do have an old LGA 755 mATX motherboard by AFOX here, which is where I first heard of them.

[@oscarmetal]

Was the box mislabeled? Is that why you cover the name of the card on the box with your finger?

[@wertywerrtyson5529]

Just watched another reviewer in Portugal that said it reached almost 100 degrees. And that was without an OC. Maybe a difference in climate and case.

[@HD7970]

You could oc further using morepowa tool. You could bump the total tdp up past factory and even raise the clock caps. This is because amd sets all limits through the registry.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

I’ll give it a go!

[@HD7970]

@@RandomGaminginHD just do research because when you add wattage to the registry you also have to add amps too. It adds up quick but you should be fine as long as you dont push it too far since you will probably be using a 8 pin connector. So id max the card out at around 200 to 220 watts. Rest is pretty much explainable with max clocks and everything which is what you will need to increase to push clocks further than the stock oc limits that are already in place. I personally havent played around with the clock limits since my 6900xt is on air. I plan to play around a little more as soon as a i custom loop but i think itd definitely be an interesting video to push the 6500xt to its limits with morepowa tool.

[@Mpalalass]

Am i the only one that has never heard of AFOX?

[@Matthew_Lang]

AFOX build when? Looks like they make enough things to put together a full system. I am intrigued. I know doing a full build isn't really your deal though. Anyway, thanks for the video!

[@AnabolicSaagAloo]

I'm surprised at how decent Cyperpunk looked using this GPU. Nice collateral with the shotgun too btw lol

[@caelanb1711]

I recently watched a zWormz Gaming video testing an RX 6600 XT from this brand and he said that it seemed like the card was running too warm for what it was. The card itself looked a little cheaply designed and had a plastic backplate. Maybe it was just an anomaly but I myself don't plan on getting any GPU from them when I upgrade in the future.

[@SianaGearz]

It looks like the bulk of their catalogue is salvage/harvest/legacy products. Which i think is perfectly fine for the most part.

[@The666Ozz]

I had a Afox 1650 Super for 2 years. Runs great

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Awesome :)

[@techsaint121]

You doing well mate? you sound a little tired or off. Hope everything is good! thanks for the videos keep it up

[@dandan9510]

Had an AFOX GTX 750Ti for a year when the mining craze was up high. Honestly it served its purpose and more. Lasted like 3 years before giving artifacts and crashes. AFOX in my book is just that one company who focuses on budget cards and honestly, I wouldn't mind if they use any shady techniques to lower their costs, just as long as they always provide warranty, which they do.

[@skashax777x]

I'm now looking for an AFOX GPU, but it seems from their own website they do not sell in the UK, so do you know where you can find any AFOX GPU in the UK?

[@BoomH4nter]

Like 110% of all people allways disable Motion Blur and DoF (DoF should only be used for screenshots tbh) Nice Video !

[@Jackpkmn]

Well if you have an igpu you should still be able to use that for recording and video encoding right? I found the UHD 730 in my 12400 to encode videos with quicksync almost as fast as my 3060 does with nvenc.

[@gabriel67265]

in brazil afox sold rx560D without notifying that it was Version D, I had a lot of headache with this card.

[@thelaughingmanofficial]

Should also cover SoonFoals Radeon cards.

[@mrjangles1263]

At the beginning of the stream you said the 6500xt you were holding was powered by a 6 pin connector but I looked the card over as you were holding it and I never saw one

[@juntapiezas]

You should take another look. 1:23 for example.

[@ddniUK]

Solid 1080p card. What is the MSRP?

[@oscarmetal]

Is the box of the gpu mislabeled? Is that why you are covering the name of the gpu with your thumb?

[@FroggyTWrite]

any idea where you can buy their cards?

[@spazjackrabbit61]

0:14 not really gigabyte made a 4gb version of 750 ti which is very hard to find

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah but the AFOX 4GB 750 was a non ti card :)

[@spazjackrabbit61]

@@RandomGaminginHD oh

[@Baligante]

I'm surprised the cooler is holding up this nicely with an extruded/milled heatsink like this!

[@livemobizenwau]

why is my ggtx 750 ti bigger than that gpu

[@adiwidyantonugroho7381]

Would you considering adding ff7 remake to the benchmark ? Since the game quite demanding i just curios how the game run on lower end hardware, cheers mate.

[@aghostyboi3075]

Can you do a video of the gtx 780? I just wonder how long its 3gb of vram is gonna last in 2022, the card still holds pretty well still from what ive seen, and you can pick up the founders editions for less than 100$ sometimes .

[@isuru_shamika]

Afox is kinda popular here locally. They even have Brand New AFOX GTX 750ti 4GBs in stock

[@syedarman4720]

I am thinking of buying a 6500xt(dont have a pcie4 system).I wish this afox model was available here in my country coz the premium brands are a little expensive

[@BillyBoy444]

I wonder if we'll be getting a 6550 XT to fall in line with the rest of the 6000 range

[@hansvogel4335]

6500 xt its New, Will be long to 6550xt.

[@TheAddictedCut]

whats advantage and disadvantage for thia gpu fox?

[@randomdieperink3991]

I'm starting to feel like I want to buy that GPU as I'm a 1080p gamer. maybe I'd look into a 6600 but i'm not sure if its faster than the 6500XT tho

[@hynekbroz7029]

I like how at someone is still doing fallout 4 tests. It may be older game but bloody laggy from time to time. Especially with visual quality mods.

[@ndgoliberty]

if you're getting a 6500xt it needs to be the absolute cheapest one available. paying more for a pretty cooler at that performance level is INSANE. and thats why cards like this are great.

[@millar876]

I thought you had a vhs tape in your thumbnail.

[@Maartwo]

This are pretty good results. Also, it's so tiny it's cute.

[@broz666]

Still waiting for your 6500xt on g7400 pentium video...

[@syedarman4720]

The temp looks fine.I am thinking of buying a 6500xt(don't have a pcie4 system).Wish this model was available here coz the premium brands are a little expensive

[@RobertBlow]

How much roughly for the card. Looks great at 1080 if priced right.

[@skashax777x]

good vid, but where can I find AFOC GPU in the UK as the website does not say any UK locations =(

[@daleb19931]

I got mine at a local PC store that's only a small company, 3 stores under their name. They're one of them charity shops that put their profit back into the local community sort of thing, now I'm not sure how relevant this comment will be for you but if you've anything like that around you it might be worth trying there. If Afox have one local named business as a supplier, I think there could be a good chance they've got other smaller named businesses as suppliers too. I know I'd want my name in as many different places as a company selling anything

[@Ammageddon89]

Just bought a 6500XT. Very happy with it. Only thing it lacks is 8gb ram. But for 189usd it's less than half of what a 3050 goes for around here (449usd) and works decent. I am just waiting for prices to go down even further, so the 6500 was a good enough card to use for the next few months until i upgrade to something better. (Wanted a 6700XT, but not with that pricing, or a 3060 12GB)

[@LKonstantina915]

Nice video! Am I the only one who thinks the name is kinda funny though? haha

[@nasimicin]

I bought an AFOX RX580 4GB secondhand a year ago use it for mining and still fine except for the one fan, little bit wobble at medium to high speed. Other thing that I bought from afox is an SSD, it still work fine from 2016.

[@md.masudhasan1768]

congrats for afox!