Saturday, March 1st 2025
Early Leak Claims AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT Might Reach NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Territory
Judging by the current state of gaming GPUs, it might appear to some that true budget-class cards are a thing of the past. That said, it is almost certain that both NVIDIA and AMD are cooking entry-level GPUs to cater to folks who can't shell out the astoundingly high prices that modern mid-range and high-end GPUs command, with AMD having already confirmed the launch for RX 9060 class cards sometime in Q2 of this year. Previous leaks have indicated that the RX 9060 will likely hit the scene with 12 GB of GDDR6 VRAM, whereas its XT sibling will boast an additional 4 GB. NVIDIA is also expected to drop the RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti cards sometime towards the end of this month, likely in 8 GB and 16 GB flavors of the shinier GDDR7 spec.
Now, a fresh leak by Moore's Law Is Dead (MLID) has claimed that the Radeon RX 9060 XT will outperform the RTX 4060 Ti in performance, slotting in between the RTX 4060 Ti and the Radeon RX 7700 XT. Moreover, he added that AMD may even push clocks to bring the card closer to the RTX 4070 territory - a sweet position to hold indeed. Regarding launch date, MLID expects the card to hit the arena sometime in April. Of course, as with all leaks and rumors, accept this information with a grain of salt, especially considering that MLID's assertions are sourced from a single party. The RTX 5060/Ti is expected to be priced in the $400-$500 range, which means the RX 9060 XT will likely have to be priced in the lower-end of that in order to make for a compelling value proposition.
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Moore's Law is Dead, Spotted by Notebookcheck
Now, a fresh leak by Moore's Law Is Dead (MLID) has claimed that the Radeon RX 9060 XT will outperform the RTX 4060 Ti in performance, slotting in between the RTX 4060 Ti and the Radeon RX 7700 XT. Moreover, he added that AMD may even push clocks to bring the card closer to the RTX 4070 territory - a sweet position to hold indeed. Regarding launch date, MLID expects the card to hit the arena sometime in April. Of course, as with all leaks and rumors, accept this information with a grain of salt, especially considering that MLID's assertions are sourced from a single party. The RTX 5060/Ti is expected to be priced in the $400-$500 range, which means the RX 9060 XT will likely have to be priced in the lower-end of that in order to make for a compelling value proposition.
54 Comments on Early Leak Claims AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT Might Reach NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Territory
So this is great news. Will help de-clutter this mess.
Many times they cut down good yields to match the lower ends. Intel, AMD and Nvidia are doing that.
For example, 7600XT +30% is already at 7700XT level, just a little bit more and that ties with the 4070.
they make a chip, the yield is never perfect, so some part of the chipset is defective. AMD will automatically disable X % of the chipsets to make sure it's below some threshold and those above that threshold become 9070XT for instance
I'm think 150mm2 N44 with 32CUs and 128bit bus. 16GB clamshell clocked to the moon for the XT, 8gb power limited non-XT version.
Features and quality will drive GPU's, not resolution. If resolution was a driver we'd be there by now. Once you get up over 120ppi, you can't tell the difference sitting at a desk. Only reason to push for 8K would be for movie theater sized screens to game on.
My brother doesn't have a 4K TV. My parents don't. My nephew doesn't. None of my kids run 4K monitors. I don't even run one.
Over 80% of people out there are 1440 and UNDER according to the Steam survey I just looked up. 4K is 3% of Steam gamers. (maybe i'm reading it wrong)
4K is NICHE for the people with stupid money or stupid with their money. If I didn't have 3 kids with gaming rigs + wifey with a laptop I'd have the stupid money, and I'd be 5K actually.
Sold my whole setup and maybe comeback when prices will be normal, don't expect it to happen faster than 2–3 years.
Don't need that.
Yet for some reason in Steam HW Survey only 3,13% of people use 4K.
29,98% uses 1440p and it's use has jumped up by nearly 10% lately.
Majority still seem to use 1080p @ 52,34%.
So i would not say 4K is niche or expensive, but it is still hard to run all games at decent settings there with 60fps+
For anyone buying a discrete GPU that costs more than 700 there should be no argument to outright dismiss 4K.
For regular consumer using a laptop? Probably.
I have 2 laptops and my gaming rig with Steam installed on all three.
By that account I should weight in for 33% 4K HRR and 67% 1080p60.
Even though my laptop are slow as can be and only allow 2D games.
I would consider that for a decently powerful desktop GPU 1080p monitors are a thing of the past.
I've had two 4K monitor, the first one for more than 10 years now. None of them cost me more than 400€. My TV is 4K 120 and it cost me about the same 400€ 7 years ago.
If someone wages allow them to buy a desktop GPU it allows them a 4K screen and it had been that way for years now.
9070XT = 7900XTX = 5070Ti = 4080S
9070 = 7900XT = 5070 = 4070TiS
9060XT = 7800XT = 4070S
9060 = 7700XT = 4060Ti/4070
Just waiting on the 5060/9060 series performance and pricing to get the complete picture. But as long as Blackwell is out of stock and overpriced, RDNA4 is the only option.
Oh and 5080 is still DOA and completely irrelevant. Nvidia screwed up that one by wanting the 5090 to be so much faster, the 5080 ended up barely faster than much lower priced cards. Buyer beware on the 5080.