AMD has introduced its new RX 9060 XT at Computex 2025. MeinMMO summarizes all the important information regarding the new graphics card and explains what you need to know.
The most important points at a glance:
- AMD’s new graphics card, the RX 9060 XT, was introduced at Computex 2025 and will officially be released on June 5, 2025.
- The RX 9060 XT will be available in variants with 8 GB and 16 GB of GDDR6 memory.
- In terms of performance, the new RX 9060 XT targets gamers who want to play in either Full HD (1080p) or WQHD (1440p). According to AMD, the RX 9060 XT is up to 6% faster than Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB at 1440p in AMD’s benchmarks.
- The prices for the graphics card range between 299 US dollars and 349 US dollars, aligning it with the RTX 5060 and its Ti variant.
However, there is already criticism of the new graphics card. AMD does not offer a variant with 8 GB of video memory.
Gamers and testers no longer consider 8 GB of video memory adequate today
What is the problem? With the RTX 5060 Ti, gamers and testers criticized Nvidia for the decision to offer the graphics card with only 8 GB of video memory. The problem is that many people no longer consider 8 GB of video memory adequate or future-proof. For instance, PCGamesHardware stated in their review of the RTX 5060 Ti that graphics cards with only 8 GB of VRAM are hopelessly overwhelmed at maximum settings and with ray tracing. MeinMMO has also found that 8 GB can be quite limiting in everyday use.
Despite the criticism back then, AMD is now launching its new RX 9060 XT with a variant that has 8 GB of video memory. It was rumored that AMD might drop the 8 GB variant in response to the poor reception of NVIDIA’s 8 GB models from 5060 Ti and 5060, but that does not seem to be the case.
Is there good news as well? Yes, AMD has also introduced a variant with 16 GB of video memory, which is expected to cost about 50 US dollars more than the model with 8 GB of video memory. Nevertheless, many consider it the wrong decision to offer a model with 8 GB of video memory at all.
Nvidia has introduced its RTX 5060, but is distributing the device only to selected testers. This has sparked a major debate among gamers. Steve Burke from the well-known YouTube channel Gamers Nexus criticizes this practice of linking test devices to specific requirements: A tech YouTuber lashes out against Nvidia, accusing the company of problematic and manipulative practices in dealing with tests of the RTX 5060
