Radeon 9060 XT tipped for May 18 release as AMD confirms Computex 2025 gaming keynote

[Daniel Sims]

Something to look forward to: Now that Nvidia has released the RTX 5060 Ti, users are awaiting AMD's answer: the Radeon RX 9060 XT. As the latest generation of graphics cards moves toward the mainstream price tier, most reports place Team Red's upcoming launches around Computex next month.

A poster on Board Channels (via Tom's Hardware) recently claimed that AMD will launch the Radeon RX 9060 XT on May 18, just before Computex. The company recently confirmed that its gaming division will deliver announcements at the Taipei event, sparking speculation that it might unveil the standard 9060. Prior reports shifted the 9060 XT's rumored launch window back and forth between May and June.

AMD hasn't outlined the GPU's specifications yet, but leaks indicate that it utilizes the company's Navi 44 GPU. Other details include 20 Gbps memory on a 120-bit bus, 32 compute units, clock speeds exceeding 3GHz, and a 500W PSU recommendation.

Its primary competitor is Nvidia's recently released RTX 5060 Ti. Our review shows that the Nvidia card's 16GB variant offers a decent performance uplift over the 4060 Ti and generally matches AMD's RX 7700 XT. Team Red's mid-range 9070 and 9070 XT have restored optimism for the Radeon brand, as they compare favorably to Nvidia's 5070 and 5070 Ti, ending a performance disadvantage that affected multiple prior generations. Time will tell if AMD can repeat these results in the commercially important mainstream GPU sector.

Like the RTX 5060 Ti, the RX 9060 XT is expected to come in 16GB and 8GB memory configurations. Customers will likely be disappointed to see the two major manufacturers continue releasing 8GB graphics cards in 2025, as our 8GB RTX 5060 Ti review revealed that halving the memory pool severely limits performance in modern high-end games, even at 1080p.

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Meanwhile, the Board Channels post also states that AMD plans to release the RX 9070 GRE in China in the fourth quarter of 2025, sometime before the holiday shopping season begins on November 11. It is expected to trail the standard 9070's performance by around 15 percent and feature 48 CUs, 12GB of VRAM, and a 2.79GHz boost clock.

AMD will likely reveal more information about its upcoming GPUs at Computex next month. Jack Huynh, General Manager of Computing and Graphics, recently confirmed that the company will hold a press conference at the event on May 21 at 11 am local time (May 20 at 11 pm ET).

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Radeon 9060 XT tipped for May 18 release as AMD confirms Computex 2025 gaming keynote

 

[yRaz]

Well, 8GB really depends on the price. Wtih both teams upscaling being really good these days, I don't see much of an issue with 1080P low/medium with upscaling, but they cany be charging $600 for it. Then 5060ti is already almost $200 over MSRP for BASE models. I think there are plenty of gamers that would happily pay $200-300 for an 8GB for a 1080P low/medium experience. There isn't a lot of margin left on these low end cards, but there are also so many 5090/4090 buyers out there.

The market needs entry level products. Many people get introduced to gaming as a kid and they carry that with them into adulthood when they can buy a 4090-5090. You build up a customer base who ends up doing repeat business with you. but, along as the scalpers keep buying up all available inventory in an attempt to resell it, noone has an incentive to keep prices low. AMD is less guilty than nVidia in this, but they're still guilty. They aren't making GPUs out of the kindness of their hearts.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

If we get 5060ti less ~5-10% performance but $350 for the 16GB and $250 for 8gb then I think AMD will have another winner on their hands.

Being generally less popular, there is less demand for AMD cards and so they are less likely to float upwards in street price as their NV equivalents.

Hopefully they hit the launch running with a good supply of cards (and hopefully all the cards aren't 3 fan 3 slot abominations either).

 

[noblody]

If the chip used in the 9060xt will be half of the 9070xt then it will probably be closer in performance to the 4060TI. Probably availability will be what will sell the 9060XT. Once availability stabilizes in the channel, we will see the real prices of these cards.

 

[yRaz]

If we get 5060ti less ~5-10% performance but $350 for the 16GB and $250 for 8gb then I think AMD will have another winner on their hands.

Being generally less popular, there is less demand for AMD cards and so they are less likely to float upwards in street price as their NV equivalents.

Hopefully they hit the launch running with a good supply of cards (and hopefully all the cards aren't 3 fan 3 slot abominations either).

I remember when the 8800gtx/gts(g82 chip?) came out people were screaming to high heaven about dual slot coolers.

If the chip used in the 9060xt will be half of the 9070xt then it will probably be closer in performance to the 4060TI. Probably availability will be what will sell the 9060XT. Once availability stabilizes in the channel, we will see the real prices of these cards.

The 5060ti isn't that much faster than the 4060ti. there are a lot of cases where the 4060ti is faster than 5060ti. well, maybe not A LOT, but enough to make it noteworthy. NV used the die space on AI features like framegen and upscaling.

 

[ScottSoapbox]

AMD needs to price this at $299 (16GB) and $229 (8GB). Anything more is too much.

Aggressive price to win the reviews and then you can overcharge for as long as the market can bear. Then in probably 3 months you have these at MRSP with huge gains to marketshare and public sentiment for AMD.

 

[Theinsanegamer]

Well, 8GB really depends on the price. Wtih both teams upscaling being really good these days, I don't see much of an issue with 1080P low/medium with upscaling, but they cany be charging $600 for it. Then 5060ti is already almost $200 over MSRP for BASE models. I think there are plenty of gamers that would happily pay $200-300 for an 8GB for a 1080P low/medium experience. There isn't a lot of margin left on these low end cards, but there are also so many 5090/4090 buyers out there.

The market needs entry level products. Many people get introduced to gaming as a kid and they carry that with them into adulthood when they can buy a 4090-5090. You build up a customer base who ends up doing repeat business with you. but, along as the scalpers keep buying up all available inventory in an attempt to resell it, noone has an incentive to keep prices low. AMD is less guilty than nVidia in this, but they're still guilty. They aren't making GPUs out of the kindness of their hearts.

the 5060ti already struggles with 8GB today, and if you are buying a new GPU for 1080p low with upscaling to make the game fit in the tiny framebuffer, you should frankly really reconsider your life choices. 8GB is only going to get worse with modern games.

At some point we need to move on from a framebuffer first seen in 2013. It's going on 5 years since the 3070 showed us that 8GB was becoming a problem, we should stop defending such cards especially at these ridiculous prices.

AMD needs to price this at $299 (16GB) and $229 (8GB). Anything more is too much.

Aggressive price to win the reviews and then you can overcharge for as long as the market can bear. Then in probably 3 months you have these at MRSP with huge gains to marketshare and public sentiment for AMD.

8GB should be $100 max. We had 8GB GPUs 11 years ago and 9 years ago the RX 480 was $229 with 8GB.

 

[yRaz]

the 5060ti already struggles with 8GB today, and if you are buying a new GPU for 1080p low with upscaling to make the game fit in the tiny framebuffer, you should frankly really reconsider your life choices. 8GB is only going to get worse with modern games.

At some point we need to move on from a framebuffer first seen in 2013. It's going on 5 years since the 3070 showed us that 8GB was becoming a problem, we should stop defending such cards especially at these ridiculous prices.

8GB should be $100 max. We had 8GB GPUs 11 years ago and 9 years ago the RX 480 was $229 with 8GB.

I'm saying we need entry level cards because the people who get those lowend cards are 1)usually new to the hobby and 2) young. if AMD prices this right, they could build an entire generation of AMD fans that go one to buy "luxury" products. most people in Cadillacs started out a with a chevy. I remember my first PC, not the family computer had an MX5200 in it instead of an iGPU.

What people don't understand is that the bottom 80% of gamers are "low end" gamers. Try to game on an Intel iGPU like Iris XE graphics and then tell me whether or not you would like a "cheap" dedicated GPU over it. housing is up 50% since 2022, utilities have nearly doubled and for has 4x in some cases and only going to rise more. what life choices could a teenager have made that having a $200 entry level, and I do mean entry level, not 5070 12GB entry level, a bad thing?

 

[GodisanAtheist]

I'm saying we need entry level cards because the people who get those lowend cards are 1)usually new to the hobby and 2) young. if AMD prices this right, they could build an entire generation of AMD fans that go one to buy "luxury" products. most people in Cadillacs started out a with a chevy. I remember my first PC, not the family computer had an MX5200 in it instead of an iGPU.

What people don't understand is that the bottom 80% of gamers are "low end" gamers. Try to game on an Intel iGPU like Iris XE graphics and then tell me whether or not you would like a "cheap" dedicated GPU over it. housing is up 50% since 2022, utilities have nearly doubled and for has 4x in some cases and only going to rise more. what life choices could a teenager have made that having a $200 entry level, and I do mean entry level, not 5070 12GB entry level, a bad thing?

- "Most people with Cadillacs started out with Chevys" we already have that in the GPU market, except the Cadillac is Nvidia's 90 series cards and Chevys are the cards made by anyone else...

 

[yRaz]

- "Most people with Cadillacs started out with Chevys" we already have that in the GPU market, except the Cadillac is Nvidia's 90 series cards and Chevys are the cards made by anyone else...

The chevys are any car made by them that isn't a 90 class card. 1 in 50 gamers have a 90 class card, there are still 49 other people who still need GPUs. The point of my analogy is that NV is stopping the sale of their economy cards in favor of selling Cadillacs. The thing is, developers win when as many people as possible can play and buy their game. And I'm sure there are plenty of people who have $600 to spend on a GPU, they don't have $600 to spend on a 60 class card that trades blows with the 4060.

 

[ScottSoapbox]

8GB should be $100 max. We had 8GB GPUs 11 years ago and 9 years ago the RX 480 was $229 with 8GB.

Optimally there wouldn't even be an 8GB but rather a 12GB. But since the leaks suggest that isn't happening, I think $229 is about the best we can hope for given AMD's track record (maybe $199 but I doubt it).

 

[NotYourITguy]

8GB should be $100 max. We had 8GB GPUs 11 years ago and 9 years ago the RX 480 was $229 with 8GB.

An RX 480 would be $309 today though. Getting a 50-100% better GPU for still at $300 today isn't bad. The lack of memory is almost laughable at this point though. I think 8GB is fine for the lowest tier of card because there still needs to be a floor somewhere, but it's definitely not a mid-tier card at 8GB.

 

[J95qRP7]

Other details include 20 Gbps memory on a 120-bit bus

I assume you mean 128 bit bus, right?