AMD is reportedly contemplating halting manufacturing of a brand new gaming GPU that was apparently lined as much as value simply $299. Based on a quoted companion of the corporate, the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB might now be lined up for the chop, probably because of seeing the press response to the 8GB model of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti.
The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT is closely rumored to be in line for a launch within the second quarter of 2025 (April to June), with most 9060 XT leaks pointing to each 16GB and 8GB playing cards being accessible. Nonetheless, as I discovered in my RTX 5060 Ti evaluation, there are vital advantages to having 16GB of VRAM on a mid-range GPU now, because it means you may allow excessive settings in demanding video games that you just can’t obtain with simply 8GB.
This newest leak comes from a quoted nameless AMD companion who reportedly spoke to YouTube tech leaker Moore’s Regulation is Useless (MLID) concerning the new GPU, which you’ll be able to see within the video under. “I simply reached out to my AMD rep, and he confirmed that there’s a risk that the 8GB mannequin of the 9060 XT might certainly get cancelled…or at a minimal have manufacturing, that’s already underway, a minimum of halted,” says the quoted companion.
The quote goes on to make clear that the Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB is unlikely to be utterly cancelled, saying that “AMD is more likely to nonetheless technically launch the RX 9060 XT 8GB, since it’s already in manufacturing.” Nonetheless, they add that AMD “will most likely section it out VERY rapidly if gross sales are dangerous and save the dangerous yields for a less expensive ‘RX 9050 XT 8GB’ to be launched later in 2025.”
This suggests that the cheaper Radeon RX 9050 XT that’s rumored to be popping out later within the 12 months will probably be primarily based on the identical core RDNA 4 GPU because the 9060 XT, however with a few of its compute items disabled. MLID additionally reiterated the leaked pricing for the GPU, which he claims stands at $299 for the 9060 XT 8GB and $329-379 for the 16GB card.
What’s fascinating right here is that, at $299, the 8GB card might nonetheless technically be aggressive, seeing as that’s an identical to the RTX 5060 value lately introduced by Nvidia, and this GPU additionally solely has 8GB of VRAM. At $379, nonetheless, the 16GB card could be priced solely $50 under the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, and it must be actually aggressive to win this battle.
All the above does should be taken with a hefty grain of salt, nonetheless, as MLID may be very hit or miss in terms of the accuracy of his leaks. As an illustration, he landed himself in hassle in 2024 when he printed a purported AMD Zen 5 slide leak, which was later revealed to be a pretend made by X (previously Twitter) person Bionic Squash.
This technique would make sense to me, although – 8GB of VRAM is extra acceptable for a $199-$249 card than a $299 one in 2025, and AMD want a powerful competitor in opposition to the brand new Nvidia RTX 5060-series GPUs. If it might provide a Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB for $329 then it may very well be in with a shot, particularly as AMD’s new RDNA 4 structure is now significantly highly effective, as I discovered in my Radeon RX 9070 XT evaluation.
Within the meantime, take a look at my information to the very best graphics card when you’re on the lookout for a GPU improve now, and browse my information on methods to set up a GPU when you’ve by no means accomplished it earlier than.
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