AMD Encourages Radeon RX 5600 XT Owners To Upgrade Memory To 14 Gbps

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Come and grab your free performance upgrade.

Graphics card manufacturers have been releasing new firmwares that upgrade the Radeon RX 5600 XT's memory speed from 12 Gbps to 14 Gbps. Finally, AMD has officially started promoting the upgrade to existing Radeon RX 5600 XT owners.

The Radeon RX 5600 XT was originally scheduled to debut with 12 Gbps memory. Just a few days before launch day, AMD mysteriously pushed out an updated firmware to its partners that raises the graphics card's TBP (typical board power) and memory speed. Nvidia was also slashing the GeForce RTX 2060's prices at that time, so AMD's move was believed to offset Nvidia's price cuts.

Various manufacturers have resorted to launching updated Radeon RX 5600 XT models that already have their memory running at 14 Gbps right out of the box.

But if luck has it that you picked up or own one of the previous 12 Gbps models, you can manually upgrade the graphics card's firmware to enable the faster memory.

Manufacturer Model Part Number 14 Gbps Eligibility

ASRock
Radeon RX 5600 XT Challenger D 6G OC RX5600XT CLD 6GO Instructions from ASRock
ASRock
Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D2 6G OC RX5600XT PGD2 6GO Instructions from ASRock
ASRock
Radeon RX 5600 XT Phantom Gaming D3 6G OC RX5600XT PGD3 6GO Instructions from ASRock
Asus
TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5600 XT Evo TUF 3-RX5600XT-O6G-EVO-GAMING Instructions from Asus
Asus
ROG Strix Radeon RX 5600 XT ROG-STRIX-RX5600XT-T6G-GAMING Available at leading etailers
Asus
TUF Gaming X3 Radeon RX 5600 XT Evo TUF 3-RX5600XT-T6G-EVO-GAMING Available at leading etailers
Gigabyte
Radeon RX 5600 XT GAMING OC 6G GV-R56XTGAMING OC-6GD Instructions from Gigabyte
MSI
Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X N/A Instructions from MSI
MSI
Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming N/A Instructions from MSI
MSI
Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech OC N/A Instructions from MSI
MSI
Radeon RX 5600 XT Mech N/A Instructions from MSI
PowerColor
Red Dragon RX 5600 XT 6GB GDDR6 AXRX 5600XT 6GBD6-3DHR/OC Available at leading etailers
PowerColor
Red Devil RX 5600 XT 6GB GDDR6 AXRX 5600XT 6GBD6-3DHE/OC Available at leading etailers
PowerColor
RX 5600 XT 6GB GDDR6-14 AXRX 5600XT 6GBD6-3DHV2/OC Available at leading etailers
Sapphire
Pulse RX 5600 XT 6G GDDR6 N/A Available at leading etailers
XFX
Radeon RX 5600 XT THICC II Pro RX-56XT6DF46 Available at leading etailers
XFX
Radeon RX 5600 XT THICC III Pro RX-56XT6TF48 Available at leading etailers
XFX
Radeon RX 5600 XT THICC III Ultra RX-56XT6TB48 Available at leading etailers
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