ASUS Radeon RX 9060 XT Prime OC 16 GB

[Hecate91]

This price range often used for esport rigs, but compared to the greens, the performance is horribly bad in a popular title like Counter Strike.

200fps vs. 300fps, IMO no one would notice the difference unless looking at at FPS counter.

I would say that this card is a flop. Overall the 5060ti 16 gb worth that extra money or even the 8gb version is better choice, since at 1080p, the 8gb will be almost always enough.

I disagree, the 5060Ti 16GB is way overpriced, these midrange budget cards shouldn't be above $300 from Nvidia and AMD. And even at 1080P, some games crash or performance worsens as the VRAM buffer fills up. 8GB of VRAM may be enough for those sticking to older games but I don't see the point in spending more than $200 on a GPU to play older titles.

 

[Legacy-ZA]

Sadly, I don't think we will ever have a 1080/1070 moment again. :/

 

[wNotyarD]

Performance is precisely where I expected it to be. Which means that if the 8GB version stays at its $300 MSRP, the non-Ti 5060 will be in hot water.
All of them still too expensive for what they offer, though.

 

[Daven]

Dropping Elden Ring and Counter-strike 2 would change the results enough to come to a completely different conclusion. Those two games don't seem to be playing well with this hardware.

 

[Rabit]

No AI tests?

Source:
https://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/column/hothot/2019218.html

GIGABYTE AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT Review - CGMagazine

For budget-conscious players who care about real-world performance, the GIGABYTE AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT is a smart, forward-looking choice.

www.cgmagonline.com

 

[bad1080]

there seems to be something off with the rtx4060 numbers: it says 110W at maximum power consumption but at v-sync 60Hz it all of a sudden says 119W

 

[Panther_Seraphin]

Sadly, I don't think we will ever have a 1080/1070 moment again. :/

I agree its very unlikely to happen with either AMD or nVidia in the near future and I think Intel is the best bet for that to happen where in the near future they try to disrupt the established Duopoly with Druid maybe?


My take is on the 16Gb model is its about where to be expected. Take out the edge case games for both cards and the performance is roughly the same. AMD is cheaper, nVidia is slightly more efficent with DLSS4 capability and slightly better Ray tracing (not sure how relevant that is on a xx60 class card still)


8Gb is DOA same as nVidia and should have been restricted to non XT models.

 

[Kwadratowicz]

oh boy, how exciting
16Gb and a weak chip delivers not only poor performance but over priced as well but hey at least those 16Gb will future proof you...

After I bought 9070 xt for the launch I won't buy something for launch from PC market I hope it will fall on price shortly like 9070 xt is down in Poland like 100-150 USD.

 

[W1zzard]

there seems to be something off with the rtx4060 numbers: it says 110W at maximum power consumption but at v-sync 60Hz it all of a sudden says 119W

"Maximum" is for the Furmark test. 4060 specifically has some very weird power behavior

https://imgur.com/JNV7ojT

 

[lexluthermiester]

This seems like a solid budget offering from AMD. I found the raytracing performance interesting as it was on par with my 3080. AMD has really delivered this generation.

what?

Just ignore them.

 

[SL2]

Really inconceivable.

What? It's 37% faster than its predecessor, kind of unheard of this generation. What you're looking for might just be called 9070 GRE in the end (even if the 9070 is a non XT).

Edit: I mean't below the GRE

 

[LittleBro]

Card should have been priced at $319 and it would be a decent product compared to RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB.
It should have been made with 192-bit bus and 12 GB VRAM, that would lower costs.
RX 9060 non-XT 16GB version now makes absolutely no sense.

I kind of expected this card to beat at least RX 7700 XT.

@W1zzard That -130mV on core during OCing is not a mistake? That's king of extreme UV, I'd say. Most of Navi 4x cards can do -60 mV.

 

[Chrispy_]

There's nothing wrong with the 9060XT 16GB, but in terms of value, it's only a 5% discount compared to Nvidia.
This is EXACTLY how AMD lost all its marketshare over the last 5 years.

Either FSR4 needs to be adopted by more developers (which involves AMD spending far more time and money with developers) or AMD need to offer at a 15-25% discount. It's that simple, and it's why the 9070XT initially outsold the 5070Ti. with its "MSRP discount" of 20%. People are recommending the 5070Ti over the 9070XT now (I'm one of those people) because the 9070XT is selling for the same price in the real world, yet lacks the developer support of DLSS4 or CUDA. Without that 20% discount as an incentive, I'd buy the 5070Ti over the 9070XT every damn time, no exceptions.

So, the 9060XT 16GB; Another decent product ruined by terrible marketing mismanagement and greed once again.
JFC, AMD. Nvidia practically handed you the win this generation and you're still somehow managing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

 

[LittleBro]

I don't know if it's accidental or a lucky "cocktail"of games, but the average fps of the 6800XT being 2% lower than the 7800XT in 2025 feels a bit odd.

6800XT has similar performance to 7800XT, because it has significantly more compute units.
7800XT should not be thought of as 6800 XT's real sucessor.

 

[jpvalverde85]

Is significantly faster gen on gen to the 7600XT and I like that, but RTX 3070 level of performance 5 years later for USD 400 is too damn much, and then why on earth they don't just attack the BoM with a simpler card? It doesn't need to be that huge, a single 92mm fan over a brick of aluminum would cool it just fine and fit in every John Doe case.

 

[SL2]

So, the 9060XT 16GB; Another decent product ruined by terrible marketing mismanagement and greed once again.
JFC, AMD. Nvidia practically handed you the win this generation and you're still somehow managing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

What was so wrong about the 9070 launches?

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

There's nothing wrong with the 9060XT 16GB, but in terms of value, it's only a 5% discount compared to Nvidia.

In the UK the RX9060XT 16GB will start at £315 - the cheapest RTX5060TI here is £390.

 

[Denver]

The N44 is basically half of the N48 in almost every aspect, except it doesn’t have half the number of transistors. Odd.

So in non-buggy, relevant AAA games, performance is more or less on par with the 7700XT and 5060 Ti. I'm curious how well performance holds up between the 5060 Ti running on PCIe x8 versus the 9060XT on x16, especially on older platforms. I think this is a key point for DIY users interested in budget GPUs.

 

[Rover4444]

Not bad, pretty impressive.

 

[W3RN3R]

If you just want to enjoy playing games and not feel guilty spending tons of money, this will do.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Much more meh than I expected.

But in a sea of meh AF GPU it's ok at msrp.

 

[dgianstefani]

Dropping Elden Ring and Counter-strike 2 would change the results enough to come to a completely different conclusion. Those two games don't seem to be playing well with this hardware.

Cherry picking two of the most popular titles to show a vendor in a better light? Seems legit.

Elden Ring, the most critically acclaimed and successful RPG of recent years.

CS2, AKA the current version of the original esports game, played in tournaments with millions of $ and tens of millions of viewers, seems like it might be important to the $300 crowd, i.e. the esports players/wannabes and teenagers who can only afford these cards.

 

[JustBenching]

If you can actually find it at its msrp its not terrible. I'd say based on everything else that exists this is the card to get.

But, where is the 8gb review? Dont tell me.....

 

[outlw6669]

The N44 is basically half of the N48 in almost every aspect, except it doesn’t have half the number of transistors. Odd.

Not really that odd.
While it may have half the Compute Units, some parts of the chip are not able to be reduced as easily.
E.g. the Display Engine, Multimedia Engine, and PCIe blocks should have the same amount of transistors in both chips.

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

Seems like a decent successor, IMO. About 35% faster than the 7600 xt for about 10% more money, provided MSRP holds up. It’s also not far from the 7700XT, which is in-line with what we’d expect gen-over-gen. More importantly, AMD is finally getting serious with RT and framegen. While neither of those mean much to me, being that far behind in both is not a good look.