It is the round of AMD. After months of $ 2,000+ GPU and long discussions on DLSS, we are finally on the turf of the red team. AMD’s strength is historically found at the end of the spectrum budget, in which most players play at 1080p and spending $ 1,000 or less for their entire system.

Although we really recommend making a madness on a GPU, this is not the reality for most people. A $ 800 GPU needs $ 1,200 in other parts, and that point most people who are not in PC games will start shopping for an Xbox.

For less than $ 400, the Radeon RX 9060 XT manages to exchange shots with the RTX 5060 at prices similar to 1080p and carries out with 1440p performance. If you are looking at both on the shelf, this card has a longer life in front of it and better performance in demanding games and with higher resolutions.

Factor of form and power

Photography: Brad Bourque

I know that people want to enter performance, so I don’t want to spend forever on the physical aspects of the paper. This OC Gigabyte Wind Force model is somehow Premium, with a full metal back plate that has a nice cutting cut and three natural size fans. If you have the room, the extra fan will maintain your quieter system and reduce the risk of thermal problems.

It still uses the eight -standard PCIE power to which you are used to, so don’t worry about updating the power supply or purchase of an adapter. I think this will make it a much simpler update path for the most part, which is crucial for the world of the budget GPU.

An interesting note on the Gigabyte model that I received is that there is an RGB LED in the upper/outside corner. There is a small piece of sliding plastic with the Gigabyte logo that you can put it on to reduce the light, but you will have to use the Gigabyte software or another RGB LED controller to turn it off.

Benchmark

Comparing the cards with the same GPU manufacturer is simpler than the crossing lines. The choices of individual developers and the use of different technologies can move the meter of a few percent, and this is often the difference between the GPUs at the same price. The synthetic benchmark can help us obtain a more precise vision of the related performances in the void, with the least possible variance from the optimization of the game.