AMD RX 9060 XT 16GB Review ft. ASUS

1. Introduction2. Meet the ASUS RX 9060 XT Prime 16GB3. Testing Methodology4. Alan Wake II5. Black Myth: Wukong6. Cyberpunk 20777. Dragon Age: The Veilguard8. Final Fantasy XVI9. Ghost of Tsushima10. Horizon Forbidden West11. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II12. A Plague Tale: Requiem13. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart14. Senua's Saga: Hellblade 215. Starfield16. Performance Summary (12-Game Average)17. Cost Per Frame Analysis18. Ray Tracing: Alan Wake II19. Ray Tracing: Black Myth: Wukong20. Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 207721. Ray Tracing: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle22. Ray Tracing: Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart23. Ray Tracing: Returnal24. Ray Tracing: Shadow of the Tomb Raider25. Ray Tracing: Star Wars Outlaws26. Ray Tracing Performance Summary27. AI & Productivity Benchmarks28. Clock Speed29. GPU Temperatures30. Memory Temperatures31. Acoustics32. Power Draw: 1080p33. Power Draw: 1440p34. Power Draw: 2160p (4K)35. Performance per Watt: 1080p36. Performance per Watt: 1440p37. Performance per Watt: 2160p (4K)38. Total System Power Draw39. Closing Thoughts40. View All Pages

Horizon Forbidden West is a 2022 action role-playing game developed by Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn (2017), the game is set in a post-apocalyptic version of the Western United States, recovering from the aftermath of an extinction event caused by a rogue robot swarm. The game and the Burning Shores expansion were collected together, re-released as Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition for PlayStation 5 in October 2023, and ported to Windows by Nixxes Software in March 2024. A sequel is in development. (Wikipedia).

Engine: Decima. We test using the Very High preset, DX12 API.

Horizon Forbidden West is another game that perfectly encapsulates the issues with 8GB GPUs – even at 1080p, with ray tracing not even supported in this game, 8GB cards can't play smoothly at Very High settings, with the 9060 XT 16GB about twice as fast as the 5060 Ti 8GB, but on par with the 16GB model.

The same goes for 1440p, where the 9060 XT 16GB still delivers very strong performance, averaging just below 60fps, where it's again level with the 5060 Ti 16GB.

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