ASUS Registers Multiple Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 & 8 GB SKUs in South Korea

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AMD is likely readying its Radeon RX 9060 Series graphics cards for launch in the near future—an official Q2 2025 release window was announced late last month, but company representatives did not go into great detail regarding specifications or pricing. Early March leaks indicated that Team Red board partners were preparing custom Radeon RX 9060 XT models in 16 GB and 8 GB forms; a recent discovery—courtesy of the ever intrepid harukaze5719—corroborates these configurations. Last week, ASUS registered multiple unannounced TUF Gaming, PRIME and DUAL Radeon RX 9060 XT models with the South Korean Radio Agency. Interestingly, only the TUF Gaming OC and non-OC cards are specced with pools of 16 GB VRAM. The rest of the pack makes do with 8 GB.

Similarly, several EEC registrations of Acer "Nitro" and "Predator BiFrost" Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB and 8 GB SKUs were spotted by harukaze5719 three weeks ago. According to VideoCardz, leaked AIB technical data suggests the use of GDDR6, 20 Gbps memory chips and 128-bit memory interfaces. TechPowerUp's GPU database still specifies that the Radeon RX 9060 XT is based on a Navi 48 LE GPU variant, but other sources reckon that a "smaller" Navi 44 model would be more appropriate for this class of graphics card. With the rumored delay of NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 models, AMD's lower end RDNA 4 offerings could launch during a quiet period.




ASUS registered the following SKUs:

• TUF Gaming RX 9060 XT OC 16 GB
• TUF Gaming RX 9060 XT 16 GB
• PRIME RX 9060 XT OC 8 GB
• PRIME RX 9060 XT 8 GB
• DUAL RX 9060 XT OC 8 GB
• DUAL RX 9060 XT 8 GB

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[Chaitanya]

Expecting absurd prices incoming and stupidly large coolers even though they were the only ones with reasonably sized 6600 series of cards.

 

[Ruru]

Expecting absurd prices incoming and stupidly large coolers even though they were the only ones with reasonably sized 6600 series of cards.

Marketing.. the bigger the cooler is, the better it looks for a typical consumer.

 

[Dr. Dro]

16 GB model is rather redundant I reckon, same problem of the 4060 Ti and 7600 XT. Price too high, performance too low to justify.

That Prime card seems like one to get.

 

[Scattergrunt]

I'm pretty interested in snatching a 9060 / 9060XT (depends on what I can find for a better price, as either will be better performers than what I currently have). I don't expect miracles though with the stock though.

 

[GenericUsername2001]

Given the supply constraints of the GPU chips, if I were running an AIB like Asus I would only really bother making the higher end, higher profit 16 GB versions right now; I would save the 8 GB version for when demand has tapered down later. That would also look better on the reviews as well.

 

[Darc Requiem]

8GB!? Ugh, AMD saw the rake Nvidia stepped on and quickly followed suit.

 

[Scattergrunt]

8GB!? Ugh, AMD saw the rake Nvidia stepped on and quickly followed suit.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

8GB!? Ugh, AMD saw the rake Nvidia stepped on and quickly followed suit.

-8GB is fine on an entry level card... for the right price.

The issue seems to always be that its never the right price.

8GB $200 9060? Great. Huge win. Buy them all.

8GB $300 9060? WTF. Pantsuit Su, what you smoking? Burn the Heretic.

 

[Ruru]

Too bad that they didn't implement a 192-bit bus with 12GB VRAM for these.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Too bad that they didn't implement a 192-bit bus with 12GB VRAM for these.

- AMD clearly didn't expect Nvidia to show up with a rubber chicken Not show up at all to the knifefight this round, otherwise I suspect AMD would have done a lot of stuff differently.

 

[Grebber01]

I hope it will not be more expensive than 450EUR (9060xt 16GB)

 

[dartuil]

I hope it will not be more expensive than 450EUR (9060xt 16GB)

I hope 400 for 9060xt 16gb , hope...

 

[danbert2000]

It's really too bad there aren't 3 GB vram modules. I think one SKU each, a 12 GB 9060 and 16 GB 9060 XT, would have made a lot more sense. For these cards, 8 is too little and 16 is a bit much.

 

[wheresmycar]

For a split second i read "9080 XT" in the title. Oh well, thats that!

 

[Taisho]

Expecting absurd prices incoming and stupidly large coolers even though they were the only ones with reasonably sized 6600 series of cards.

For a typical AMD GPU buyer, anything but the cheapest quality and loud GPU is a stretch.

 

[Quicks]

128Bit and 8GB should be banned.

Surely going from 128bit & 8GB to 256bit & 16GB should not cost much more. Especially just adding 256bit would give a nice performance uplift without needing to spend much and makes it much easier to deploy 16GB VRAM.

 

[Super XP]

Don't even bother with 8GB AMD.

128Bit and 8GB should be banned.

Surely going from 128bit & 8GB to 256bit & 16GB should not cost much more. Especially just adding 256bit would give a nice performance uplift without needing to spend much and makes it much easier to deploy 16GB VRAM.

Agree 100%

For a split second i read "9080 XT" in the title. Oh well, thats that!

That 9080XT is supposed to come out in September/October 2025. If not a month earlier.
I read somewhere on Wccftech,

 

[Quicks]

Don't even bother with 8GB AMD.


Agree 100%


That 9080XT is supposed to come out in September/October 2025. If not a month earlier.
I read somewhere on Wccftech,

Link?

Thought AMD said no more higher end GPU's from them this round. There were rumours of if an 32GB VRAM 9070XTX.

 

[Ruru]

It's really too bad there aren't 3 GB vram modules. I think one SKU each, a 12 GB 9060 and 16 GB 9060 XT, would have made a lot more sense. For these cards, 8 is too little and 16 is a bit much.

Or more like, not 3GB GDDR6 modules?

Having just a 192-bit bus with 12GB would've been the sweetspot, just like with 6700 XT already.

Don't even bother with 8GB AMD.

Does Nvidia do it somewhat better? I mean, I've never heard anyone complaining about 6600/6600 XT/7600 besides the overall performance, not about VRAM, so what's so bad with 8GB AMD cards?

 

[Red Hood]

The 9060 XT 16GB could be a decent card if reasonably priced but that is not the asus/scalper retailer way

 

[Super XP]

Or more like, not 3GB GDDR6 modules?

Having just a 192-bit bus with 12GB would've been the sweetspot, just like with 6700 XT already.

Does Nvidia do it somewhat better? I mean, I've never heard anyone complaining about 6600/6600 XT/7600 besides the overall performance, not about VRAM, so what's so bad with 8GB AMD cards?

You can game with 8GB on any card from either AMD or Nvidia, but this is the year 2025, why bother with 8GB nonsense, at the very least 12GB should be the absolute min. Buying a 8GB GPU will force you to upgrade that soon after, especially if you move off from 1080p to say 1440p. For 4K displays, forget about it. And this is not using all the fake frame gimmicks, which I dislike with a passion.

 

[BLAIL64]

You can game with 8GB on any card from either AMD or Nvidia, but this is the year 2025, why bother with 8GB nonsense, at the very least 12GB should be the absolute min. Buying a 8GB GPU will force you to upgrade that soon after, especially if you move off from 1080p to say 1440p. For 4K displays, forget about it. And this is not using all the fake frame gimmicks, which I dislike with a passion.

had to make an account just to post this but I've been playing helldivers 2 on 1440p at high settings with the RTX 2080 Super 8GB - at 4k60 it runs fine too.

 

[medi01]

8GB!? Ugh, AMD saw the rake Nvidia stepped on and quickly followed suit.

Fine for a low range card.

Given the price is, cough, low range.

 

[Bagerklestyne]

Don't even bother with 8GB AMD.


Agree 100%


That 9080XT is supposed to come out in September/October 2025. If not a month earlier.
I read somewhere on Wccftech,

Don't hold your breath at all. Looks like the 9070XT has taped about as much die space as they're willing to try on this series.