AMD Needs to Just Shut Up: AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB GPU Review

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AMD's Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB and 8GB GPUs launch tomorrow. Our review of the AMD RX 9060 XT 16GB tests the card versus the NVIDIA RTX 5060, the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, prior AMD RX 7700 XT, 6600 XT, and similar GPUs, and even the GTX 1060 6GB. A large portion of the initial commentary focuses on what we believe to be misleading statements by AMD that reshape the conversation about what is acceptable for a $300 GPU in 2025. AMD, like NVIDIA, is taking advantage of consumers more aggressively than we've seen in the past; this is unfortunate, seeing as the company initially showed some self awareness with the RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 launch. Still, we focus on benchmarks and compare the new GPU to alternatives on the market and as an upgrade option. We also show the VRAM limitation issues for 8GB cards, though we aren't testing the 9060 XT 8GB model today (that'll be in a separate piece; we're not sure when yet, as we want to add some extra depth).

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - AMD RX 9060 XT 16GB GPU Review
01:43 - Advanced Marketing Devices
04:13 - AMD Talks Out of Both Sides of Its Mouth
08:24 - Thermals: Sapphire RX 9060 XT Pulse
09:57 - Clock Frequency of 9060 XT
10:20 - Frequency Spectrum Noise of 9060 XT Pulse
11:08 - Dragon's Dogma 2 4K RX 9060 XT Benchmarks
11:59 - Dragon's Dogma 2 1440p 9060 XT vs RTX 5060
12:54 - Dragon's Dogma 2 1080p 9060 XT vs 5060 Ti
13:44 - FFXIV Dawntrail 4K GPU Benchmarks
15:00 - FFXIV Dawntrail 1440p Graphics Card Benchmarks
15:58 - Starfield 4K Benchmarks
16:41 - Starfield 1440p
17:57 - Starfield 1080p Best GPUs
18:49 - Resident Evil 4 4K GPU Benchmarks
19:40 - Resident Evil 4 1440p Best Video Cards
20:38 - Black Myth Wukong 4K Graphics Comparison
21:02 - Black Myth Wukong 1440p Benchmarks
21:40 - Black Myth Wukong 1080p Benchmarks
22:15 - Dying Light 2 4K
22:57 - Dying Light 2 1440p
23:48 - Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty 4K
24:09 - Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty 1440p
24:45 - Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty 1080p
25:13 - Ray Tracing - Black Myth Wukong 4K
25:43 - Ray Tracing - Black Myth Wukong 1440p
26:14 - Ray Tracing - Black Myth Wukong 1080p
27:03 - Ray Tracing - Dragon's Dogma 2 4K
27:35 - Ray Tracing - Dragon's dogma 2 1440p
28:17 - Ray Tracing - Dragon's Dogma 2 1080p
28:40 - Ray Tracing - Dying Light 2 1440p
29:09 - Ray Tracing - Dying Light 2 1080p
29:41 - Ray Tracing - Resident Evil 4 4K
30:29 - Ray Tracing - Resident Evil 4 1440p
30:48 - Ray Tracing VRAM Issue - Cyberpunk 1080p
31:39 - Ray Tracing VRAM Issue - Cyberpunk 4K
32:32 - GPU Efficiency - Starfield 1440p
33:29 - GPU Efficiency - F1 24 4K RT
34:03 - GPU Efficiency - F1 24 1080p RT
34:32 - GPU Efficiency - FFXIV 1440p
34:56 - Conclusion

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