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

Alan Wake 2 is a 2023 survival horror game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Epic Games Publishing. A sequel to Alan Wake, the story follows best-selling novelist Alan Wake, who has been trapped in an alternate dimension for 13 years, as he attempts to escape by writing a horror story involving an FBI special agent named Saga Anderson. The game was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 27 October 2023. (Wikipedia).

Engine: Northlight. We test using the High preset, FSR set to native resolution, DX12 API.

Kicking off with Alan Wake 2, at 1080p the RX 9060 XT 16GB is dead-level with both RTX 5060 Ti models, all three GPUs hit just over 60fps using the High preset, while AMD's newest GPU is just 5% slower than the RX 7700 XT.

At 1440p things are still very close with the two 5060 Ti models, this time with performance just over 40fps, so it's playable, but you'd likely want to tinker with the settings or enable upscaling for smoother frame rates.

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