SAPPHIRE NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT Video Card Review

[Brent_Justice]

Introduction We review the fastest performing, highest clock speed out-of-the-box video card we have tested yet, with the brand new SAPPHIRE NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB review. The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB is SAPPHIRE’s top-dog, enthusiast GPU in SAPPHIRE’s lineup for Radeon RX 9060 XT. The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ AMD […]

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[Grimlakin]

Looks like a solid product. Nice.

 

[magoo]

LoL....Trixx in Chinese.

 

[Stoly]

From what I've seen, it trades blows with the RTX5060 Ti 16GB, what surprises me is that it's very close on RT, even wins in a couple of games.

 

[Stoly]

so why isn't anyone making fuzz about no RX9060XT 8gb reviews? or is it wrong only when nvidia does it?

 

[Grimlakin]

People are. Ltt went after them for it. But amd didn't prescribe "review parameters " and Nvidia specifically did for access to drivers. Different sort of thing.

 

[Space_Ranger]

Gamers Nexus went after AMD too regarding the 8GB variant.. AMD would have hit a home run if they could have just kept their mouth shut, but we all know that's not possible..

 

[Stoly]

I think AMD would have hit a home if they released a 12gb card instead of the 8gb, even at a price premium. Otherwise only 16gb cards.

 

[Space_Ranger]

I think AMD would have hit a home if they released a 12gb card instead of the 8gb, even at a price premium. Otherwise only 16gb cards.

That'd require a redesign of the PCB since the bus width for the memory would be different for the 12GB version vs. 16GB/8GB version. I could be wrong but I believe that is the reason why you don't see 12GB variants with 16GB options for the card.

 

[Grimlakin]

That'd require a redesign of the PCB since the bus width for the memory would be different for the 12GB version vs. 16GB/8GB version. I could be wrong but I believe that is the reason why you don't see 12GB variants with 16GB options for the card.

That depends on the density of the moduls. If they are running 4 2 gig modules for 8 gig upping.those to 3 gig modules would keep the bus the same and give 12 gig. But tje cost difference is probably a lot more. Same reason the top and just below top were 16 and 24 gig historically.

 

[Stoly]

That'd require a redesign of the PCB since the bus width for the memory would be different for the 12GB version vs. 16GB/8GB version. I could be wrong but I believe that is the reason why you don't see 12GB variants with 16GB options for the card.

I realized it uses DDR6 had it used DDR 7 it could use 3GB ram chips. I guess they are also more expensive than 2GB chips.

 

[Marees]

Were there different NDA/embargo dates based on MSRP ?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1931093992789381371

 

[Grimlakin]

Were there different NDA/embargo dates based on MSRP ?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1931093992789381371

Honestly I think it's based on region. But I can't say for sure as I'm not behind the scenes.

 

[Brent_Justice]

Yes there were two embargo dates based on MSRP, and this is not uncommon; also happens with NVIDIA, nothing new or odd about this practice. Always important to confirm the embargo date/time you are allowed to publish with the specific card you have. I confirmed the NDA for both cards we had.