- AMD has received enough flak for making an 8 GB version of RX 9060 xt
- A Red Exec team has argued that this vram load is fine for 1080p
- Some players remain unvolved and also feel that AMD has misplaced this new 8 GB and 16 GB GPU pair
AMD has triggered critics after being criticized for producing a version of its recently revealed RX 9060 XT graphics card that has a load of 8 GB of RAM (Vram).
RX 9060 XT was revealed earlier this week in 16 GB and 8 GB versions. The latter is causing anger, since some argue that it is not enough for modern PC games, and there are also other concerns here.
Michael Quesada, who runs a Spanish YouTube channel on the theme of PC games, issued an indignant publication in X asking why AMD (and NVIDIA) continues to do GPU with 8 GB of VRM, questioning how it is justified in 2025.
Videocardz noticed that Frank Azor, the consumer marketing head and AMD game, was attracted to respond, as you can see below.
Most players are still playing at 1080p and have no use for more than 8 GB of memory. Most WW games are mostly electronic sports games. We would not build it if there was no market for it. If 8GB is not suitable for you, then there are 16 GB. The same GPU, without obligation, only memory …May 22, 2025
Azor observes that most players are still executed at a resolution of 1080p and, therefore, do not need more than 8 GB of VRM. AMD Exec points out that the most popular games are eSports titles, which are less demanding, and that network team would not make an 8GB graphics card if there was no demand for it.
Azor concludes: “If 8GB is not suitable for you, then there are 16 GB. The same GPU, without compromise, only memory options.”
ANALYSIS: WITHOUT COMMITMENT, BUT MUCH CINISM
To be fair with Azor, there is something really in what the Executive says here. Certainly, for a more informal level of play, as well as the eSports titles that are built for fluid frame speeds in general, since that is more important than graphic bells and whistles for competitive players, 8 GB is likely to be sufficient.
As others point out, it is not enough for all PC games, even with a resolution of 1080p. Although adjusting the details of the graphics properly and making some commitments, it can generally survive, although there are notable exceptions even 1080p.
But despite the noise made by the ‘8GB it is simply not enough in these days’ in social networks, and it is a great fair racket, it is not wrong, part of the negative sensation here is more about nameing deception.
Instead of having RX 9060 XT 8GB and RX 9060 XT 16GB, there should have been a clear delineation of names between these two variants. The most frequent suggestion is that AMD should have called 8GB to turn the old RX 9060 smooth, dropping the XT suffix.
Why is it important to make this name distinction? Because what can happen with both graphics cards called ‘RX 9060 XT’ is that systems builders simply list that, such as the GPU on any given PC, without memory details that accompany it. It is possible that less informed consumers are not even aware that there are two different variants of RX 9060 XT.
They can have opinions or reviews examined from the taste of 16 GB and assume that this is what they are obtaining on their new bright PC, when in reality the 8 GB GPU has somewhat lower.
PC builders may not leave it deliberately, because the system is cheaper to produce with RX 9060 XT 8GB, but they will not drop the price to consider it. In other words, this is a knowledge trap for the unsuspecting and a way for systems manufacturers to take advantage of them. And it is an avenue that AMD could have closed with different names for 8 GB and 16 GB cards.
AMD could argue that it has the intention of having a RX 9060 vanilla GPU in the future, so I could not use that name, but it could surely have found an adequate way to denote the difference. How to call the 16GB version 9060 XTX (although that is a suffix reserved for the flagship, you have the idea).
There is a level of unhappiness and cynicism around the names here, in summary, and we must take into account that this applies to Nvidia and AMD (with the XX60 Ti models of Team Green that have versions of 8 GB and 16 GB in the same vein).
AMD obtains some credit here to ensure that RX 9060 XT has not hindered further for some players with the middle of the amount of compatible PCIE lanes. Even so, I will not enter that here, since it is really diverting (and it is something that I have discussed elsewhere).
To summarize: 8GB should be fine for many games to the resolution of 1080p, with some details of descent of graphic details as appropriate, but it will not work well for everything, and the level of future proof is felt flooded.
In addition to that, be careful with the prebuid PCs that list an RX 9060 XT graphics card without information on specifications that accompany it; It will surely be the 8 GB version, and may be paying more for it than it should.
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 it only for the future, and promises to be an excellent graphics card for money in general.
That said, this means that the premium is approximately 15% extra according to the MRSP and that the demand of 9060 xt 16GB does not significantly inflate the price. If so, that confuses the value equation much more. However, the actions will not be a problem, however, if the rumors are correct. Only if the offer is thin, the raised prices begin to raise their ugly heads.
If another rumor is correct, the 16 GB plate will be the RX 9060 XT model predominantly stored in the retailers, so it will be the one that will see mainly if you are looking for an AMD GPU, anyway.
Although that also provides the suggestion that the taste of 8 GB remains more for PC builders, which could ventilate cynic flames mentioned above around this matter, assuming this is more than an empty talk.
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