News AMD quietly announces Radeon RX 9060 alongside new Adrenalin driver — new entry-level GPU is for 'select system integrators only

[Admin]

A new RX 9000-series graphics card for prebuilts, not builders

AMD quietly announces Radeon RX 9060 alongside new Adrenalin driver — new entry-level GPU is for 'select system integrators only : Read more

 

[thestryker]

In a more consumer friendly universe there wouldn't have been an 8GB 9060 XT, the 16GB would cost $300-325 and these $225-250.

At this point I'm somewhat curious if the next generation of GPUs will leverage multiple manufacturing nodes again. It seems unlikely that high end will survive another go on an N5 based node, but the lower SKUs already have fairly small die. While I don't trust the big players to do so it should be possible to make a lot of the smaller budget oriented GPUs on an N5 based node and provide good volume with decent prices. I'd love to see a return of the $200 card for budget gaming and certainly for nothing at the very least $300+ to have 8GB VRAM (I would rather nothing new did period).

 

[King_V]

I've definitely convinced myself I need to get my hands on one of these.

Never picked up one of those low profile RX 6500 non-XT OEM cards, but I did snag an RX 5300. Also, got one of those RX 5600 OEM models that popped up almost 2 years ago.

 

[usertests]

In a more consumer friendly universe there wouldn't have been an 8GB 9060 XT, the 16GB would cost $300-325 and these $225-250.

RX 9060 XT 8GB cards are currently available for about $250 to $300, depending on the retailer

9060 XT 8GB could fall to $250, with all of its compute units intact. But I haven't seen it near there except for this one. I checked Newegg and they're at $300.

They should definitely make 100% of full yields into 9060 XT 16GB and send others to become 9060 non-XT (87.5% CUs). That could be what's happening here.

I've definitely convinced myself I need to get my hands on one of these.

Never picked up one of those low profile RX 6500 non-XT OEM cards, but I did snag an RX 5300. Also, got one of those RX 5600 OEM models that popped up almost 2 years ago.

I want to see a 75W low profile card based on Navi 44. This isn't that. RX 9050 might not even be that if it has to match the RTX 5050 (using 130W). That leaves RX 9040. I pray 4 9040 8GB.

 

[Notton]

AMD wasting perfectly good silicon on 9060XT 8GB and it not selling well was hilarious, gotta admit.
Frankly, Azor is really bad at his job.

 

[thisisaname]

Did they just rebadge the not selling RX 9060 XT 8GB cards in the hope they would sell?

 

[qwertymac93]

The Navi 44 die is so small the yields are probably too good to justify bringing a cut-down model to retail. Better to dump the defects onto the pre-built market in batches at a discount.

 

[usertests]

Did they just rebadge the not selling RX 9060 XT 8GB cards in the hope they would sell?

No. 9060 XT 8GB cards have all 32 compute units and 20.1 Gbps memory. Specs other than capacity are identical to the 9060 XT 16GB, except for the TDP which is 10W lower.

This 9060 non-XT has only 28 compute units according to Tom's Hardware, and slower 18 Gbps memory according to VideoCardz.

 

[thisisaname]

No. 9060 XT 8GB cards have all 32 compute units and 20.1 Gbps memory. Specs other than capacity are identical to the 9060 XT 16GB, except for the TDP which is 10W lower.

This 9060 non-XT has only 28 compute units according to Tom's Hardware, and slower 18 Gbps memory according to VideoCardz.

Could they nerf it in the firmware?

 

[usertests]

Could they nerf it in the firmware?

Possibly, but I don't think they would do this either with cards rotting on the shelves, or the cards sent to system integrators.

Recalling 9060 XT 8GB already in stores/warehouses to apply a firmware of death = additional money spent just to make it worth less.

For the unbought 9060 XT 8GBs, all they have to do is stop producing more, and/or let the prices migrate down, until they're gone. It's the same silicon as non-XT. Disabling 4 CUs and nerfing the memory speed would simply make the card less valuable. Let the market decide the price. Shift more/all production to the 16GB model.

For system integrators, same argument. Plus some here have argued that the 9060 XT 8GB exists and is named that way simply to fool unsuspecting pre-built buyers. So removing the "XT" removes the opportunity to trick people.

A 28 CU 9060 non-XT card should exist, because there will always be some dies that don't have all 32 CUs working or hitting the correct clock speeds. They can never become the XT.

 

[Pemalite]

I've definitely convinced myself I need to get my hands on one of these.

Never picked up one of those low profile RX 6500 non-XT OEM cards, but I did snag an RX 5300. Also, got one of those RX 5600 OEM models that popped up almost 2 years ago.

Yeah, I would buy one for my slim Core 2 Quad Q9650 PC, which currently has the Geforce 1030 GDDR5 single slot, low profile card.
For almost 20 years it's been a reliable PC that can even do basic gaming... But a new GPU might breathe some new life into it.

The 6500 was always a bad buy for that rig due to the nerfed/older PCI-E lanes...