If you’ve been holding out for more affordable next-gen graphics cards before you upgrade… well, you might still have to wait a long time. “Affordable” is a relative term, after all. But newer and cheaper AMD cards appear to be on the way, after a retailer in Brazil leaked a new Gigabyte model. Say hello to the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT.
Online shop Terabyte showed a Gigabyte version of the as-yet-unannounced card, briefly and with no price attached, before taking the page down. According to VideoCardz.com, this version of the GPU includes 16 gigabytes of GDDR6 memory, a Navi 44 chip, and 2,048 stream processors. That would give it the same memory as the (presumably) more expensive RX 9070, with a less powerful processor and only about 60 percent of the shaders. A big question mark in the spec sheet would be the memory bus, with previous speculation pinning it at 128-bit, half the width of the 9070.
We saw both 8GB and 16GB versions of the 9060 XT back in March, with that more narrow memory bus on the spec sheet, but some outlets have reported that the 8GB version of the card has been scrapped. Considering the big focus on expanded memory requirements in PC gaming, especially in the mid-range of graphics cards, that makes sense. But we’re also seeing a lot of PC gamers just priced out of upgrades between rising prices, low supply, and various economic factors.
Retail listings tend to indicate an announcement is coming soon, but with so many variables in play, it’s also possible that launches are getting pushed back. We’ll just have to wait and see.