ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Steel Legend & Challenger SKUs Registered in South Korea

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On May 9, the South Korean Radio Agency (RRA) logged four unannounced ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT SKUs. Since early Spring, harukaze5719 has kept a watchful eye on intriguing pre-launch registrations. For example, they discovered Gigabyte's Gaming OC 16 GB and 8 GB models over a month ago. AMD's board partners seem to be prepping custom options; well in advance of next week's teased unveiling (at Computex 2025). ASRock seems to be cutting things quite fine, with their registering of (allegedly) Navi 44 XT GPU-based Steel Legend and Challenger models. Rumors of a canceled AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB (GDDR6) variant emerged a while back, but certain insiders have insisted that this cheaper option will arrive alongside a 16 GB sibling.

Recent RRA filings indicate an upcoming two-pronged approach, involving a good number of AIBs. Buoyed by harukaze5719's fresh findings, VideoCardz carried out additional detective work. They soon unearthed "in stock" ASRock Steel Legend and Challenger factory overclocked Radeon RX 9060 XT cards. Apparently, a Vietnamese store is already courting local client interest—prices are not visible on the unnamed shop's webstore, but staffers are reportedly "encouraging customers to inquire" about costs of ownership. Gaming GPU enthusiasts will recall the amusingly extra early arrival of custom Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 retail stock in Europe; in anticipation of a supposedly scuppered January launch window. Unlike its main rival, AMD seems to be running on schedule with its next wave of RDNA 4 gaming products.



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[GodisanAtheist]

More chonkey coolers for xx60 class cards.

I am Jack's lack of surprise.

 

[Vader]

Are those... 16 lanes? That would be great! It won't suffer much when used in some old PCIe 3.0 systems

 

[sepheronx]

More chonkey coolers for xx60 class cards.

I am Jack's lack of surprise.

Yeah, I'm unsure why a lot of these mid range cards needs such big coolers.

I had a ton of gpus of the 3xxx series and out of all my 3060's, the best one in terms of cooling, performance and price, was the single fan Phoenix version. The 90mm fan was more than enough for it.

 

[Caring1]

Yeah, I'm unsure why a lot of these mid range cards needs such big coolers.

I had a ton of gpus of the 3xxx series and out of all my 3060's, the best one in terms of cooling, performance and price, was the single fan Phoenix version. The 90mm fan was more than enough for it.

Economy of scale, they can make heaps of one size shroud to fit many cards, to keep costs down.