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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT official: $299 for 8GB and $349 for 16GB model, launching June 5

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-rx-9060-xt-official-299-for-8gb-and-349-for-16gb-model-launching-june-5

While the prices look good on paper, if the 9060 XT ends up anything like the 9070 XT's launch... The msrp will only be temporary as according to HUB podcast with the 9070 XT, Radeon had rebate credits for retailers to keep the prices at msrp for a few hundred units and once rebates ran out, the msrp shot up. So if you are looking to get one, I'd try to get one asap.

AMD announces FSR Redstone for RDNA4: Neural Radiance Caching, ML Ray Regeneration and Frame Generation

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-announces-fsr-redstone-for-rdna4-neural-radiance-caching-ml-ray-regeneration-and-frame-generation

Looks like Radeon is catching up to the groundwork that Nvidia has laid which also means if you are looking to get a Radeon GPU, I'd not get anything less than RDNA 4 at this point as it's very unlikely a lot of these features will come to RDNA 3 or older. Radeon is likely laying a lot of the groundwork for next gen consoles as well with RDNA 4.

As with Nvidia, I don't like that they're using the same name for the 8 and 16GB cards. Anyway, with the cards having half the specs of the 9070XT, it's easier to guess how the 9060XT will fare, a bit over half the performance thanks to the higher clocks, so around the 7700XT, at least in raster.

The price for the 16GB one is good and puts Nvidia's 5060Tis in a rough spot, tho I doubt it will be enough to move people from team green to team red. I also don't think that the real retail price in the US will be $299-349, but that with whatever tariffs are at the moment. 

As a side note, it's amusing how both GamersNexus and HardwareUnboxed, maybe also other I haven't seen, kept twisting the knife of the 5060 reviews by commenting that AMD will give them time and samples to review both cards.

As for the update to FSR4, it's good to see AMD still working to improve and bring new things to try to reach close to Nvidia parity. And the 60 games supporting it, by June, is encouraging to see.

It is certainly a bit of an interesting predicament. Imo most people will compare the 9060 XT 16GB vs 5060 Ti 16GB and think if the extra $80 is worth going for Nvidia. In the past I think with Nvidia's software, Ray Tracing and Ai advantage, it wouldn't be unreasonable to pay extra if you value those added features. Looking back, RTX 20/30/40 series are all getting quite a lot of the latest Ai features with some features being left for Blackwell. Where as RDNA 1/2/3 are basically getting left out. But now since RDNA 4 effectively has feature parity, why pay extra for Nvidia tax at all? Especially with all the problems and controversy surrounding Blackwell in general. 

If they can keep the price, I think the tides will continue to turn. They won't dominate the gpu market, especially with how little presence Radeon has in the laptop space but they can start to chip away at Nvidia's market share.