AMD insists that it was good to make an 8 GB version of RX 9060 XT GPU, but PC gamers find it easy to be cynical about this model
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- AMD has received a lot of anti -aircraft for making an 8 GB version of the RX 9060 XT
- A Red Exec team has argued that this Vram is fine for 1080p
- Some gamers do not remain convinced and also feel that AMD has called this new pair of 8 GB and 16 GB GPUs badly
AMD has shot back on critics after he has come under fire to produce a version of the newly revealed RX 9060 XT -graphic card with an 8 GB Load -Out Video -Ram (VRAM).
The RX 9060 XT was unveiled earlier this week in both 16 GB and 8 GB versions. The latter causes anger, as some claim it is not enough for Modern PC gaming, And there are other worries here too.
Michael Quesada, who runs a Spanish YouTube Channel on the subject of PC -Gaming, broadcast an indignant message on X asking why AMD (and Nvidia) Keep making GPUs with 8 GB Vram and wonders how that is justified in 2025.
Videocardz noted That Frank Azor, AMD’s head of consumer and gaming marketing, was drawn to answer, as you can see below.
The majority of gamers still plays at 1080p and has no use for more than 8 GB of memory. Most of the Games WW played are usually eSports games. We would not build it if there was no market for it. If 8 GB is not suitable for you, there is 16 GB. The same GPU, no compromise, only memory …May 22, 2025
Azor notes that most gamers still work with a resolution of 1080p and therefore do not need more than 8 GB of Vram. The AMD -Exec notes that the most popular games are esports Titles, which are less demanding, and that team red would not make an 8 GB graphic card if there was no demand for it.
Azor concludes: “If 8GB is not suitable for you, there is 16 GB. The same GPU, no compromise, only memory options.”
Analysis: no compromise, but a lot of cynicism
To be honest with Azor, there is some truth in what the director says here. Certainly, for a more casual level of gaming, as well as eSports titles built for liquid frame reasons in general, because that is more important than graphic bells and whistles for competing players, 8 GB is probably enough.
As others indicate, it is not enough for everyone PC -GamesEven with a resolution of 1080p. Although it is tweaking of graphic details and some compromises in a fitting manner, you can generally come around, although there are even remarkable exceptions at 1080p.
But despite the sound of the ‘8GB is nowadays not enough’ camp on social media – and it is an honest old racket, make no mistake – part of the negative feeling here is more about misleading naming.
Instead of having the RX 9060 XT 8GB and RX 9060 XT 16GB, there should have been a clear naming between these two variants. The most common suggestion is that AMD should have run the 8 GB the ordinary old RX 9060, so that the XT struggle is dropped.
Why is making that naming award distinction important? Because what can happen with both graphic maps called the ‘RX 9060 XT’, that system builders are simply mentioning that as the GPU in a certain PC, without associated gemeta details. Less informed consumers may not even be aware that there are two different variants of the RX 9060 XT.
They may have passed on opinions or assessments of the 16 GB taste and assume that they will get it in their shiny new PC, while in fact it has the somewhat inferior 8GB GPU.
PC builders cannot deliberately make that clear, because the system is cheaper to produce with the RX 9060 XT 8GB, but they will not drop the price to consider that. In other words, this is a knowledge drop for the inattentive and a way for system makers to use it. And it could have been an Avenue AMD with different names for the 8 GB and 16 GB cards.
AMD could claim that in the future it is an RX 9060 -vanilla -gpu, so it could not use that name, but it could certainly have found a suitable way to indicate the difference. Such as mentioning the 16 GB version The 9060 XTX (although that is reserved for the GPU flagship, you get the idea).
There is a level of accident and cynicism around the naming here, in short, and we must note that this applies to Nvidia and AMD (with the XX60 TI models from Team Green that have both 8 GB and 16 GB versions in the same vein).
AMD gets some honor here to ensure that it has not hindered the RX 9060 XT for some gamers with older motherboards by halving the number of supported PCIE riding strips. Yet I will not comment on this, because it is really on a side track (and it is Something I discussed elsewhere).
In summary: 8 GB should be in order for many games with a resolution of 1080p, with a number of down-tuning of graphic details such as applicable but it does not work well for everything, and the level of future-proof indeed feels insane.
Beware, be careful with pre -built PCs with an RX 9060 XT -Grafic card without accompanying spec -info -it will almost certainly be the 8GB version, and you might pay more for it.
For those who buy an independent RX 9060 XT, it makes sense to pay the premium for the 16 GB version. It is worth doing this only for future -proofing, and it promises one Excellent graphics card For the generally money.
That said, this assumes that the premium is approximately 15% extra according to the MRSPs and that demand for the 9060 XT 16 GB does not consider the price considerably. If this is the case, that the value comparison is many more. Hopefully Stock will not be a problem if the Rumors are the same. It is only if the offer is thin, that the chopped prices begin to raise their ugly heads.
If another rumor is correct, the 16 GB sign is the RX 9060 XT model mainly stored at retailersSo that is the one you see especially when you are looking for an AMD GPU, anyway.
Although that also suggests that the 8GB taste is being held more for PC builders, which could create the aforementioned flames of cynicism around this entire affair -assuming that this is slightly more than empty.
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