AMD’s next mainstream GPU looks locked in for launch, with the Radeon RX 9060 XT reportedly set to be announced on May 21 at Computex, ahead of retail availability in June.
Fresh word from Benchlife suggests Team Red is lining up the budget RDNA 4 card to make its debut just in time for the Taipei tech show. It’s a slight shift from earlier whispers hinting at a May 18 reveal, but the likelihood that it would ever launch on a Sunday was always pretty slim. Instead, this leak aligns with AMD’s panel just two days after Nvidia’s, which supposedly heralds the arrival of GeForce RTX 5060.
Details remain light, though 9060 XT is expected to leverage a Navi 44 GPU with a 128-bit bus and 20Gb/s GDDR6 memory. Both 8GB and 16GB variants have been floated, but signs increasingly point to AMD favouring the higher-capacity model exclusively – a clear nod to the growing backlash against limited VRAM on modern GPUs.
Power requirements should stay sensible, with a single eight-pin connector feeding a design that targets 1080p and 1440p gaming at high frame rates. Pricing has yet to be locked down, but industry chatter hints at a $300–$350 window, neatly undercutting what many expect Nvidia’s RTX 5060 will command when it arrives.
Even though its Green Team rival will carry faster GDDR7 memory, leaks suggest it’ll carry just 8GB, shining a particularly favourable light on 9060 XT’s doubly large buffer. Combine that with modern display outputs courtesy of HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 2.1 and it looks set to offer a forward-looking package for gamers stuck choosing between affordability and futureproofing.
This likely isn’t the last stop for RDNA 4, which still has a long-rumoured RX 9060 on the way. Aside from that, however, there isn’t much left on the table with no firm noise about a RX 9050. Given RX 7500 XT never came to light, this might be all she wrote.
With Computex less than a month away, all eyes are now on AMD to see if it can seize momentum at a crucial moment for mainstream PC gaming. Join Club386 by following us on Google News for moment-to-moment updates, as we’ll have boots to the ground during the event.
