spotted this 9060xt 16gb model just under $600
not as cheap as the afterpay ebay sale at 551.65
down down.. prices are going down
preffer sub $500 for this card but not there just yet (maybe next afterpay sale/prime day/etc)
also a fairly compact card that can fit in most cases
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Did this. With BF6 being $110 AUD Steam/EA, brings the cards down to roughly $349 depending on model.
honestly have no idea the last game i spent that much on at release - since when was 110$ appropriate
It goes higher than $110. $125 for most Sony published games on release for example, or more in some cases where you need to buy the deluxe edition to play "early" (on release date).
@Vinodra: have been pirating most single player games instead - willing to justify bf6 after that beta lol
Paid over $100 for diablo 4. Only played it for about 20 hours
I've got a 6600xt - worth the upgrade?
If you can play your games on high settings at above 60fps then no.
If you play something you like, and it's a 30fps stutter fest then yes, this would be a good upgrade.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33? Lol that game is a real mess…
9060XT 16GB 61% faster: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-6600-xt.c377…
Not that useful at 1080p, but would be a massive upgrade at 1440p ;)
On 1440p it is. Not so much for 1080p. 16GB vs the 8GB on the 6600 XT is a significant upgrade. Waaay better 1% lows.
Snagged a 3-fan XFX for $589 from JW to replace my son's 6600 XT (running a Ryzen 5 5600x).
Grok's take. I'm sticking to the 30-50% on most games (viewed lots of YT game tests at High / Ultra 1440p).
The RX 9060 XT does indeed offer a noticeable upgrade over your son's current RX 6600 XT for 1440p gaming, with average improvements ranging from 20-40% across most titles (including battle royales and shooters like Fortnite, Apex Legends, or Warzone). Your 30-50% estimate is a bit on the high side but not far off for some scenarios—it's closer to 25-35% in less demanding games like Fortnite, where the workload can shift more toward the CPU (Ryzen 5 5600X) at high refresh rates. This uplift comes from RDNA 4's better efficiency, improved ray tracing, and enhanced upscaling (FSR 4), making it smoother for competitive play with high settings enabled. Both cards handle 1440p well, but the 9060 XT pushes higher FPS consistently, reduces stuttering, and future-proofs better for upcoming UE5-based updates in Fortnite.
I would wait on a good deal. No need to rush. The 2-fan cards should be in the range of $521 (ATL) to $550. The bottom of the range PowerColour is not great. Avoid.
Thanks for the replies!
You gotta be very careful asking LLMs about GPU performance, it's one of the things they hallucinate heaviest on (something to do with each game being different and distance between the actual numbers and the relevant clarifying info in the training data?)
I'd avoid them for even a very rough idea, but if you do use them for that, definitely look up the actual numbers too before pulling the trigger.
Good general advice.
You can avoid that by a) knowing how to prompt it effectively (the ask a stupid question adage), b) identify when it's just spitballing (trust but verify), and c) most importantly —> use a good model (you get what you pay for). Paid is better. Grok 4 Expert is bloody good. Can't fault it. Completely replaced Google Search for me. It rationalizes the question, formulates an approach, scrapes websites - cross validates as it goes, reads youtube transcripts, and provides citations. A solid as heck model.
@Franc-T: Can't assume that the humans I speak to don't 😄. They do and it does. Both species are fallible for now. Really find Grok to be good. GPT 5 is painful. At least it was 3 weeks ago when I cancelled my subscription.
@OrderedChaos: Yes, but Chat GPT and its ilk are damned confident in answers, brilliant for somethings (like coding assitance etc) but you just cant trust them in all cases.
NB fwiw I run a `380GB local version of deepseek 3.1 at home, its absolutely really useful for some stuff.
Well it used to be about $630ish for the Sapphire Pulse. Seems like these are new price drops
For 9060 XT 16GB in general, yeah, it's been around this price for a while but for this specific model it's usually more expensive.
I will wait for the AMD 1060XT as rumours are saying it will be as fast as Nvidia RTX4090 and cost less than $500.
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Likely to release late 2026 or early 2027 though…
So depends if you need something now
as fast as 4090 at under 500$ is where you lost me lol. dreamin'
Also waiting for low $500 price drop before upgrading from a 1080. Hopefully black friday sales
Sounds Good!
What's the latest mid-performance gpu from AMD? Radeon 9070 TI SUPER XT. I am so confused
9060 XT is the latest mid-range AMD GPU.
9070 XT is their upper mid-range.
They all seem pretty good in their class.
AMD haven't released anything conpetitive in the high end this gen.
9060 XT 16GB has the best price / performance ratio. It's currently the sweet spot for performance and affordability.
This is around what the 2060 Super was when I bought mine in The Great OzBargain $480 Umart Honoured Price Error 2060 Super Deal of 2020: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/538830
Given the insane inflation since then, I think we can finally consider this end of the market as finally back near "normal" pricing. For the first time in 5 years.
(Though I guess some other PC parts are around the same despite the inflation, so GPUs are maybe still a bit overpriced even in this range).
There's a handful of 9060 XT 16GB within $10-$20 of the same price at CentreCom. Haven't followed any of this for a long time. Is there a preferential brand?
They are all quite similar. Here's a spreadsheet showing what the differences are between the variants:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/111K2xkO2-ExNq8NgQsPU…
I went with the XFX one as it had the highest 6.1% overclock and was down to $550 on sale last month.
b580 with bf6 free is good deal too