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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Radeon 9060 XT 8GB vs 7600 vs 7600 vs 5600 XT

They can't even get the title right

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

lol didn't even notice that. 😋

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Testing with the RX 9060 8 GB instead of the 16 GB version is a USA problem, due to Trumps tariffs.
I think they should have tested with both versions, I've heard many places that the 16 GB is way better.

I also think they should have tested with RX 6600 XT which was really good value when it came out. Mostly because it was actually available at MSRP, at a time of very inflated prices. So the price of 6600XT was often cheaper than the price of a used 5600 XT!

Just before the 6600 XT came out, my old RX 580 broke and I returned it, at the time it was sold at 3 times the amount I had paid for it! So I was wondering what would happen? Turned out that of course I didn't get a replacement or repair, because that would be worth more than I had paid, so I got my money back!! Which kind of sucked because graphics cards were insanely overpriced.
So instead of buying a new one, I took the old Radeon RX 560 I'd used in a media system and used in my main computer, and then I played retro games for about 4 months until the RX 6600 XT came out, which was the first reasonably priced card in a long time.

I'm not sure techspot quite remember the situation back then, if they did I'm sure they'd have used the XT instead of the even cheaper 6600 vanilla that has lower performance and came out later.

Anyways the article is interesting, but it does paint a somewhat unfair picture about AMD IMO.
Also there has been inflation after COVID, so I don't think it's fair to stay at strictly $300. The RX 9060 XT 16 GB is actually similarly priced to the 5600 XT, maybe even a bit cheaper when accounting for inflation, and 100% for sure in Europe, and also in USA when accounting for tariffs.

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Looks like the 9060 XT is one of better products for AMD in this price band in the last ~5 years.

Some of the difference between the 5000 and 6000 series are barely noticeable.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Actually the 16 GB also remains within the price band, and is way better performance and value according to the reviews I've seen.

The chart is also misleading, because 6600 XT was also within the price band, and was the first reasonably priced GPU in a long time when it came out, and way cheaper than what the 5600 XT sold for at the time. The trick was that AMD managed to make the die smaller for the 6600 XT, when there was a shortage of die production capacity.

The idea that it absolutely has to be below $300 is stupid considering the GFX 1060 was $250 when that came out in 2016. And there has been a lot of inflation especially after COVID.
The "correct" review would have been to stay on the XT models throughout, and for the 9060 using the 16 GB version, as in Europe it's actually a bit cheaper than 6600 XT when that came out.