The RX 9060 XT Leaves Us With Mixed Opinions

The Hardware Unboxed Podcast June 6, 2025
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Episode 73: Now that the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT is released and we have reviewed both models, we give some further thoughts on the 16GB card, the 8GB card, the weirdness around the launch (samples, NDAs) and where AMD have gone wrong CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 03:50 - The RX 9060 XT 16GB is Decent 14:11 - The RX 9060 XT 8GB is Problematic 31:26 - RX 9060 XT 8GB vs RTX 5060 Ti 8GB 40:50 - AMD Stuffs Up The Review Program 1:10:56 - Updates From Our Boring Lives SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Audio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcast Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfw SUPPORT US DIRECTLY Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxed LINKS YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxed Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social

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