ASUS Radeon RX 9060 XT Prime OC 16 GB

[RaceT3ch]

And I'll be honest, if one of my mates wanted to buy the 5060Ti 8GB version I would spot him the extra $$$ just so he could get the 16GB version. It would have more longevity and more importantly have better resale value, especially when nobody wants an 8Gb card anymore.

You must have some great friends.

 

[freeagent]

This card is..

I don't even know what to say.

I guess it really is that difficult to make a good GPU at a fair price.

Who do you blame? The company? The shareholders?

Pff. Waste of sand.

 

[Outback Bronze]

You must have some great friends.

Some are some not... I just couldn't deal with them getting an 8Gb card in 2025 and I'm pretty sure they would be very thankful for it

 

[oxrufiioxo]

This card is..

I don't even know what to say.

I guess it really is that difficult to make a good GPU at a fair price.

Who do you blame? The company? The shareholders?

Pff. Waste of sand.

Don't be so harsh, it has 16GB....... Can't think of anything else..... Oh it's cheaper.... That is on paper though we will see in a couple weeks.

Some are some not... I just couldn't deal with them getting an 8Gb card in 2025 and I'm pretty sure they would be very thankful for it

Maybe I should have had one of their kids do my yard work for a month and upgraded them lol.

 

[Onasi]

My final judgement on this card will be in two weeks.... If it sticks close to 350 usd It becomes my default recommendation if it jumps over 420 the 5060TI 16G is the better option.

Pretty much. Its value at MSRP is all it has going for it. If that turns out to be a bust it becomes pointless. I am really annoyed that AMD is somehow comfortable STILL being just a “we have NVidia at home” option without any long term strategy seemingly. It works when you can at least compete on pricing, but when the whole market is out of whack it also can easily lead to a “do you wanna buy a worse GPU for 10-20 bucks less brah?” Which… is not ideal.

 

[ARF]

This card is..

I don't even know what to say.

I guess it really is that difficult to make a good GPU at a fair price.

Who do you blame? The company? The shareholders?

Pff. Waste of sand.

The problem is in the price and market positioning.
Look at the previous Radeon RX 570 - a larger and more complex GPU, its launch price was only 169$ not that long time ago. This time this here is heavily overpriced for what it really is - a low-end GPU.

AMD Radeon RX 570 Specs

AMD Polaris 20, 1244 MHz, 2048 Cores, 128 TMUs, 32 ROPs, 4096 MB GDDR5, 1750 MHz, 256 bit

www.techpowerup.com

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB Specs

AMD Navi 44, 3130 MHz, 2048 Cores, 128 TMUs, 64 ROPs, 16384 MB GDDR6, 2518 MHz, 128 bit

www.techpowerup.com

If AMD finds an initiative to enter properly the market and give this for 209$, they will have a winner.
At the moment it is a very difficult recommendation and purchase.

Don't be so harsh, it has 16GB....... Can't think of anything else..... Oh it's cheaper.... That is on paper though we will see in a couple weeks.

16 GB on a so small and weak GPU, its shaders can't use so much VRAM.

 

[Outback Bronze]

Maybe I should have had one of their kids do my yard work for a month and upgraded them lol.

I'm still waiting for my mates to mow my lawn after their 16gb upgrade...

 

[LastDudeALive]

Look at the previous Radeon RX 570 - a larger and more complex GPU, its launch price was only 169$ not that long time ago. This time this here is heavily overpriced for what it really is - a low-end GPU.

Bitcoin was $10,000 when the RX 570 launched. AI was something limited to sci-fi movies and IBM. Crypto and AI completely changed the GPU market. The price of a GPU before Crypto, Covid, and AI has no relevance whatsoever.

 

[ModEl4]

I don't think AMD could have done a better job given the circumstances.
I would prefer a $350 RX 9600XT 16GB vs a $380/$430 RTX 5060Ti 8GB/16GB.
I remember the very positive reviews at launch that the $650 RX 6800XT got vs the the $700 RTX 3080 and this feels even better in comparison.(and FSR4+redstone is closer to DLSS4 transformer than FSR2 was to DLSS2 CNN)
What made an impression is the memory controller resilience (combined with x16 PCIe), it keeps up with RTX 5060Ti in all resolutions even at 4K which wasn't the case in the past with 128bit bus RX6600 and RX 7600 series. And all that with only 20Gbps modules vs 28Gbps from the competition. (Pixel fillrate/memory bandwidth is one of the fundamental metrics in raster performance and here AMD is ahead of Nvidia (at least theoretically) and if you check also the raytracing performance/memory bandwidth also AMD is doing a fantastic job because memory bandwidth can be a bottleneck in raytracing depending the game and the complexity of the scene. RX 480 launched in Q2 2016 with 8GB at $239 and GTX 1060 6GB in Q3 2016 at $249 and RX480 had a little bit worse performance (DX12 vs DX 12.1 etc.) but it got mostly positive reviews (and even better reviews the similarly priced refreshed RX580 model)
Now we are talking for a little bit worse performance again vs the competition but at $80 less MSRP.(Still nowhere near in value for money vs what the old models offered, but definitely better than what Nvidia offers now)
It is a little bit faster than a RTX 2080Ti (fastest card in 2020 minus the Q4 with the launch of RTX 3000 series) so it can even do 4K in 2020 and prior at RTX 2080Ti level more or less depending the game and the settings.

 

[RandallFlagg]

This card just sucks if it can't come in at or below the $350 MSRP. That price point is the only thing it has going for it. Six months ago you could buy the faster 7700XT for $350. GPU market is just garbage.

 

[Panther_Seraphin]

Bitcoin was $10,000 when the RX 570 launched. AI was something limited to sci-fi movies and IBM. Crypto and AI completely changed the GPU market. The price of a GPU before Crypto, Covid, and AI has no relevance whatsoever.

*SNIP*

Silicon per mm2 value has gone up drastically in value due to the highly obvious cypto/ai boom but there is also a massive growth in other areas that impact it massively.

How much computing power is going into cars phones IoT microwaves fridges etc.
Lets just talk cars alone. For example a Tesla can have up to 9 cameras, 2 dedicated FSD computers, possible ultrasonic and lidar sensors ontop of the computers for the Infotainment/ECU etc. 2010 Camry would have what in comparison?

Then add in things like CCTV Camera demand increasing esepecailly "ai" cameras with in built processing etc, Warfare has made things like image recognition become an even more valuable tool which in turn requires more processing power.

Then add things like Starlink both Satellites and recievers which were a pipe dream when the RX3/4/5xx were released etc



Now lets talk about the increase in production methods complications/requirements and time and you can very quickly see where that price increase comes from. Lets also add to the fact that silicon wafers are still the 300m diameter since 1999 and the ability to scale up certain aspects of the prodcution due to this just arent there.

 

[_roman_]

What made an impression is the memory controller resilience (combined with x16 PCIe), it keeps up with RTX 5060Ti in all resolutions even at 4K which wasn't the case in the past with 128bit bus RX6600 and RX 7600 series.

Radeon 7000 Graphic cards already had infinity cache on it. That changes a lot the performance. I think amd introduced it with the 7000 series.

Some other site had some pcie tests for this card. I'm not impressed with slower pcie.

 

[Outback Bronze]

GPU market is just garbage.

Yes, unfortunately it is.

Hey quick question, you have the perfect card for somebody that could upgrade if they were looking into it. Just saw somebody's 6700 (non xt) just died on this forum, so extremely relevant here.

What would you buy/upgrade too if your GPU died tomorrow?

Thanks.

 

[ModEl4]

Radeon 7000 Graphic cards already had infinity cache on it. That changes a lot the performance. I think amd introduced it with the 7000 series.

Some other site had some pcie tests for this card. I'm not impressed with slower pcie.

Infinity cache introduced in 2020 with the RX 6000 series, and the RX 6600 (2021) and RX 7600 (2023) in 4K performance dropped a little bit more than i would like (32MB infinity cache) now i think that 4K performance drop is at an acceptable level in relation with the competition.

 

[Onasi]

Hey quick question, you have the perfect card for somebody that could upgrade if they were looking into it. Just saw somebody's 6700 (non xt) just died on this forum, so extremely relevant here.

*meanwhile, me still running a 1070*
Upgrading is for casuals, we go pedal to the metal, both me and the old reliable Pascal, we die like men.

…but I would just grab a 5060Ti 16Gb or a 5070 if I really had to, to butt in and answer the unasked question. Shit out of luck with AMD since I sorta would like CUDA to do a bit of work from home sometimes (not enough to pay for an expensive GPU, mind, just to laze about) and I do have an older GSync module screen which necessitates NV cards. I ain’t buying a new monitor to replace a working one just to have an ability to rum Radeon, that seems silly.
Mind you, I can afford whatever, I just have no desire to spend big on what is essentially a toy. There really just aren’t a lot of attractive options.

 

[Visible Noise]

Drop the XT moniker and $50 off the price and it will be interesting. Not until then.

 

[tfdsaf]

Both Nvidia and AMD are garbage and all of their prices are fake! Can't both of them be fined for billions of dollars/euros for price fixing between them?

Its okay for $350, its not the worst ever, but it is essentially a 7700XT, but slightly cheaper. Remember the 7700XT at one point was selling for $420, so just $70 more expensive, so hardly a generational leap here.

We are just being nickled and dimed over and over by these asshole corporations, releasing barely faster products for slightly less money or decently faster products, but at very high prices.

The 9060XT 16GB should be $300 MAX, the 5060ti should be $320 MAX and the 9060 and 5060ti 8GB should be $250 MAX!

 

[LastDudeALive]

The 9060XT 16GB should be $300 MAX, the 5060ti should be $320 MAX and the 9060 and 5060ti 8GB should be $250 MAX!

Lmao, if you think that's remotely possible when every company in the world is paying a bazillion $ for Blackwell and Instinct AI servers, I've got some beachfront property in Kansas to sell you.

 

[Outback Bronze]

Mind you, I can afford whatever, I just have no desire to spend big on what is essentially a toy. There really just aren’t a lot of attractive options.

I'm in the same boat atm about a 5090. The prices of them are just a bitter pill to swallow. Was keen on getting one at first release but now I've been holding off for prices to drop, it's made me even more content with what I have to the point where I'm second guessing purchasing one. I suppose I like having the latest and greatest and this is the biggest psychological hurdle for me to get over.

Wow, 1070 keep it rolling! I had 2x in SLI on blocks. Still got them. Was one of my best/favorite systems.

Speaking of "a lot of attractive options" do you think this will improve? It only seems to be getting worse.

 

[El_Capitan]

Hardware Unboxed's RX 9060 XT video review at 1440P shows the RTX 5060 8GB at 54 FPS (at about the 16 minute and 30 seconds mark), which is quite different than the 65.6 FPS at 1440P that TechPowerUp shows. Based on TechPowerUp's numbers, the RTX 5060 8GB is the better buy at 1440P by $0.50 less per frame, and at 1080P by $0.46 less per frame than the RX 9060 16GB. Meanwhile, HU's video shows it in reverse due to their RTX 5060 8GB averaging at 54 FPS, and the RX 9060 XT 16GB averaging at 70 FPS.

 

[Visible Noise]

GN is one of the most objective and impartial reviewers in the tech press

How many times did you fall out of your chair laughing when you wrote this?

 

[LastDudeALive]

Hardware Unboxed's RX 9060 XT video review at 1440P shows the RTX 5060 8GB at 54 FPS (at about the 16 minute and 30 seconds mark), which is quite different than the 65.6 FPS at 1440P that TechPowerUp shows. Based on TechPowerUp's numbers, the RTX 5060 8GB is the better buy at 1440P by $0.50 less per frame, and at 1080P by $0.46 less per frame than the RX 9060 16GB. Meanwhile, HU's video shows it in reverse due to their RTX 5060 8GB averaging at 54 FPS, and the RX 9060 XT 16GB averaging at 70 FPS.

Different test suite, different benchmark sequences in the same game, etc. Personally, I find TPUs test suite to be much better at testing a large number of game engines and APIs, so I always look at their general results, unless I'm interested in performance in a specific game.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Hardware Unboxed's RX 9060 XT video review at 1440P shows the RTX 5060 8GB at 54 FPS (at about the 16 minute and 30 seconds mark), which is quite different than the 65.6 FPS at 1440P that TechPowerUp shows. Based on TechPowerUp's numbers, the RTX 5060 8GB is the better buy at 1440P by $0.50 less per frame, and at 1080P by $0.46 less per frame than the RX 9060 16GB. Meanwhile, HU's video shows it in reverse due to their RTX 5060 8GB averaging at 54 FPS, and the RX 9060 XT 16GB averaging at 70 FPS.

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Both are correct they are just using a different suite of games it's up to the consumer to look at the games tested and decide what methodology fits with how they game.


Games are very dynamic as well so even if they benchmark the same games just choosing different parts of a game can skew results one way or the other.

 

[Hecate91]

I'm not sure if we should trust someone who can't pronounce the word 'no'. I'm just funing @Outback Bronze and I realize this post will be deleted for being off topic

https://twitter.com/x/status/1921773577315262632

Oh naur!

How many times did you fall out of your chair laughing when you wrote this?

I didn't laugh until I seen your comment, if you wanna discredit someone at least give a substantial opinion.

 

[LastDudeALive]

Games are very dynamic as well so even if they benchmark the same games just choosing different parts of a game can skew results one way or the other.

Another reason why I respect TPU's testing, in the game reviews, he always notes where he tested the performance, and if he noticed any significant deviations in different areas.