Thursday, May 1st 2025
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT to Roll Out 8 GB GDDR6 Edition, Despite Rumors
A few weeks ago, we reported on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT, which is scheduled to come right after this year's Computex show. Some early leaks have pointed to the existence of two Radeon RX 9060 XT variants: one with 16 GB of GDDR6 VRAM and another with an 8 GB GDDR6 capacity. Recent rumors have begun speculating that the 8 GB card is not coming at all, which BenchLife now debunks. According to the publication: "As for the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB version, we have reliable sources telling us that there is currently no plan to stop supply or cancel it. As for the news from the market, it is just a rumor. The main reason is as mentioned earlier, it is entirely due to the reaction to the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti."
The 8 GB version of NVIDIA's latest GeForce RTX 5060 Ti wasn't well received. It wasn't even supplied to reviewers, and out own review was delayed as we waited to buy a card off the shelf. TechPowerUp's reviewer W1zzard confirmed that "If you want ray tracing, then RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB is your best option, and of course anything upcoming from AMD in that price bracket—we've been hearing rumors about an RX 9060 Series after Computex, an RX 9070 GRE is also likely, but both are unknowns in terms of performance and pricing." Perhaps if AMD can price this 8 GB card aggressively, it will receive praise from consumers. If not, it will be a turning point for the mid-range PC gamers, who now demand more VRAM for their cards so they are not left behind with future title releases, especially as they become more demanding.
Sources:
BenchLife, via VideoCardz
The 8 GB version of NVIDIA's latest GeForce RTX 5060 Ti wasn't well received. It wasn't even supplied to reviewers, and out own review was delayed as we waited to buy a card off the shelf. TechPowerUp's reviewer W1zzard confirmed that "If you want ray tracing, then RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB is your best option, and of course anything upcoming from AMD in that price bracket—we've been hearing rumors about an RX 9060 Series after Computex, an RX 9070 GRE is also likely, but both are unknowns in terms of performance and pricing." Perhaps if AMD can price this 8 GB card aggressively, it will receive praise from consumers. If not, it will be a turning point for the mid-range PC gamers, who now demand more VRAM for their cards so they are not left behind with future title releases, especially as they become more demanding.
152 Comments on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT to Roll Out 8 GB GDDR6 Edition, Despite Rumors
Dumbass normies, day traders, sneakerheads, cryptobros and just very LARGE variety of scalpers.
TSMC "can't keep track" of where their chips end up and nvidia really doesn't care who is buying.
AMD did us a solid with the 9070XT launch but that steam engine screeched to a halt after day 6.
When you look at the sales graphs vs who has the cards, you can't turn that data into a decision.
Plus, since these cards use the denser VRAM chips by default on the 8GB variants we get gimped on memory bandwidths too on 16GB variants because they have to clamshell the memory.
If they just used denser modules and upcharged us the difference in cost of VRAM it'd be one thing but that's not what they're doing here. Not to mention the environmental impact all this e-waste creates.They should make an 8GB version of the 6050 for $600 and downcharge $200 for the 2GB version then never have stock for the 8GB version so it's actually $800.It definitely needs more VRAM, but I don't think 50 times more HBM2 on the same board would physically be possible. 24GB would be good though.During the first mining boom I'd say cards were regularly under $300 for AIB models and the 480 wasn't really affected until the 580 was released. They were also in stock, something these big companies are suddenly incapable of doing today. Miners really wanted the base 570s honestly, 4GB of VRAM wasn't a problem yet.
But with that all said, I guess I should be complaining about 16gb cards existing cause they drive up the prices of the 8gb model. So I guess I should hope amd only makes an 8gb version of the 9060xt.Nobody would want to buy a 6050 at 800$ so no, prices wouldn't be that high.And what's wrong with the 9600xt having twice the vram of the rx580 4gb? Cause that was his point.
9070 and 9070XT show in stock, still at a markup, but they go very very quickly.
Now to see how much of an upgrade it is compared to the existing 4060 LP.
If you argued about the price, that would be a different story.
However, we're getting off topic, so let's call this quits here.
I will say though that I would still like more SFF cards. LP is constraining but SFF is not LP as far as I'm aware, they're two different (but similar) things, with LP targeting extremely small whereas SFF is just.. small.
I think a SFF 9060XT would be awesome.
SFF cards were intended (as far as I'm aware) for newer ITX cases but I think LP is less about gaming on ITX and more about other more useful things GPU's can do other than gaming, such as video encoding or etc.
That's as far as my understanding goes anyway.
Again, I think a SFF 9060XT would rock. 8GB of VRAM should be fine for SFF builds who probably are using it more portably anyway on smaller displays. :rockout:
www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/zotac-expands-geforce-rtx-5070-ti-solid-range-with-sff-ready-option-oc-white-edition.334877/post-5488860
One might build say a jonsbo nv10 as an ultra portable or small rig for lighter gaming or student use.
That a4 format case style is quite popular in Asia.
Stepping up a bit into the realm of 7L cases you start seeing room for full height cards, but limits on length. Something like the Velka or geeek m31. That’s where ether very short dual fan cards or single fans cards come into play.
Perhaps this is where my confusion stems from? If I can find the exact specifications for SFF cards, I will.
Every card that complys with THESE are marketed as "SFF" as well. Seen a few on newegg. That's why I said the things I did..This matches what I expect from LP cards.
Some sandwich cases can be <10 liters and still take very large cards length wise.
How exactly do you define a "SFF" pc then? Volume of the case is the most common, so whats the cutoff in your opinion?
Edit: You updated your previous post, but you seem to be doing exactly what you claim the companies are doing: Declaring by fiat details of a format, despite the common use of said terminology.
No one gives a damn how it was initially created, it's based on how the PC buying public uses the term in question. SFF has come to mean the volume of the case, rather then individual parts selected. Industry seem to agree and markets it as such.