• AMD is reportedly prioritizing the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB GPU for retailers
• It corroborates rumors that it might cancel or discontinue the 8GB GPU
• If it is true, it may very well be an indication that Group Purple will not make 8GB GPUs going ahead

AMD’s Radeon RX 9060 XT GPU is on the horizon (it is projected to launch in Could), with 16GB and 8GB variants. Nevertheless, a brand new report suggests one in every of them might not be available for shoppers at launch.

As reported by Wccftech, AMD may very well be set to prioritize the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB variant over the 8GB counterpart when it comes to availability for retailers at launch, in keeping with Benchlife. It comes after the rumor that hinted on the 8GB mannequin being cancelled or discontinued, and this new rumor actually means that one thing is occurring with the 8GB mannequin.

Primarily, this implies shoppers could not see the 9060 XT 8GB accessible on cabinets or on-line retailers aside from uncommon events. If that is true, it may very well be an enormous indication of AMD’s future stance on low VRAM capability GPUs.

Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti just lately launched with 16GB and 8GB variants, with the latter receiving quite a lot of flak; shoppers have been expressing displeasure with 8GB graphics playing cards for some time, and Benchlife claims that that is AMD’s reasoning behind the potential case of prioritizing the 16GB GPU.

The Radeon RX 9060 XT collection is anticipated to be unveiled at Computex, with a possible Could 21 launch – however apparently, it will not really go on sale till June (contemplating AMD’s Q2 2025 estimation). Regardless, this places the GPUs in direct competitors with the RTX 5060, anticipated to launch on Could 19. So, we may very well be in for an additional fierce battle between these two tech giants.

Please, let this be the top of 8GB GPUs…

If this rumor is legit, it suggests to me that Group Purple is effectively conscious that PC players are more and more of the opinion that 8GB of video reminiscence is solely not sufficient for contemporary video games at excessive resolutions. If there’s something good to come back from this, it is that we might quickly see the top of 8GB graphics playing cards.

Triple-A video games aren’t straightforward going relating to VRAM utilization, and whereas 8GB of VRAM is not utterly ineffective, I would say it is a limitation for these on the lookout for higher efficiency. Gaming at 1080p continues to be the preferred decision (in keeping with Steam’s {hardware} survey), however extra demanding video games with increased graphics settings enabled, like Cyberpunk 2077 or Black Fable Wukong, will find yourself choking 8GB GPUs.

It is also price mentioning the price of GPUs on this present market with inflated pricing; a chief instance is the XFX Speedster Radeon RX 7900 XTX, offered at $1,129.99 on Finest Purchase (it is a three-year-old GPU), regardless of its $999 launch worth. Inflation like this makes different low-end graphics playing cards appear a lot much less interesting, as they not have low costs that justify the compromises made to efficiency. If you are going to be spending that sort of cash on a GPU, you would be higher off extra highly effective playing cards.

On the very least, I really feel that trendy graphics playing cards ought to include 12GB VRAM at a minimal, as a result of something much less simply will not suffice in 2025 and onwards…

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