Packaging

The Card

XFX uses a very clean "mostly-black" look for their card. The main cooler has a softish surface structure which feels nice. On the back you get a high quality metal backplate with a large cutout for air to flow through, the front cooler shroud is made from plastic.


Dimensions of the card are 29.0 x 13.5 cm, and it weighs 1012 g.


Installation requires three slots in your system. We measured the card's width to be 55 mm.


Display connectivity includes two standard DisplayPort 2.1b and a HDMI 2.1b.

AMD put in some extra work for creative professionals, particularly those into video editing, by giving Navi 44 its latest video engine. The video engine supports concurrent hardware-accelerated encode and decode for AV1, HEVC, and H.264 video codecs. With RDNA 4, AMD has improved the image quality of H.264 encoding at lower bitrates, which should make AMD appeal to content creators. The AV1 encoder and decoder support B-frames, a technology with which there can be a significant reduction in bitrates without a loss in image quality. While the RX 9070 Series has a dual encoder setup, the GPU of the RX 9060 XT comes with just a single encoder.


The card uses a single 8-pin connector, which allows a maximum power draw of 150 W, plus 75 W from the slot, but the actual board power limit is set much lower of course.


XFX has installed a lighting zone in the XFX logo at the end of the top edge of the card.

Teardown

XFX has installed four heatpipes on their thermal solution, the main heatsink also provides cooling for the memory chips and VRM circuitry.


The backplate protects the card against damage during installation and handling. Note the thermal pads, which provide cooling for the memory chips on the back side of the PCB.