The reality is that AMD has slashed prices on the RX 570, 580 and 590 and just because a new architecture comes along, that does not suddenly invalidate AMD's older GPUs. However, an on-paper win for the RX 5500 XT has to be tempered with current marketplace conditions. The case for the 8GB model is a touch harder to make in the here and now as there's no out-and-out performance win - in our benchmark suite, at least - but while a touch slower than GTX 1660 in many scenarios, the extra memory likely tips the balance in AMD's favour since MSRP is lower. Alternatively, you can invest £20 more in the eight gig variant, which is undoubtedly more future-proof than either the 4GB model or indeed the GTX 1660. Simply by paring back your texture settings, the 4GB card can become a lot more potent in VRAM-constrained games and the hit to the presentation at the target 1080p resolution is hardly likely to impact your enjoyment of any given current-gen game. Meanwhile, the compute power of the RX 5500 XT - in both iterations - is almost a match for the GTX 1660 and would likely produce similar performance (if not better in some cases) with further overclocking, which opens up a couple of options. There are future-proofing concerns for a 4GB card, of course, but fundamentally with just a little commonsense, the more limited VRAM set-up can still do what it needs to do. I don't necessarily think that doing so is such a good idea for this class of card though as the embedded video on this page hopefully illustrates. Its only real deficiency is shared with the GTX 1650 Super: it has a 4GB framebuffer, which does have implications if you are hellbent on running everything at ultra. The 5500 XT in its 4GB iteration is priced on par with the GTX 1650 Super and although the Nvidia card is closer to the new Navi offering than AMD may like, it's still a win - you get more performance for the same price and that's the crucial factor.
However, stacked up against the competition, the RX 5500 XT looks like an on-paper win for AMD - but not much of a game-changer in terms of the status quo. We've reached the point where it's actually quite hard to find an actual 'bad' product from the major players in the PC hardware space and the proliferation of really decent 1080p gaming GPUs in the market certainly makes a distinct purchasing recommendation challenging.
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