AMD defends the existence of Radeon RX 9060 XT with 8GB

Last Wednesday (21), AMD officially announced the launch of the new GPU Radeon RX 9060 XT, which promises a better cost-effective relationship compared to competitor Nvidia. However, The fact that the hardware brings a variation of 8 GB did not please many peoplegiven that this has been a value considered relatively low to run current games.

This did not prevent the manufacturer from defending his position, stating that the value is more than enough for most consumers. At X, the company’s Game Marketing Manager, Frank Azor, said that “Most players are still playing at 1080p and does not need more than 8GB of memory”.

He also stated that the most popular games today are focused on eSports, which does not require so much resources. According to him, AMD would not put Radeon RX 9060xt 8GB in stores “if there was no market for that”. “If only 8GB are not right for you then there is 16GB. The same GPU, without commitments, just memory options”He said.

AMD statement yielded a series of criticism

Azor’s statement has received a lot of resistance on the social network, with many users arguing that 8GB is the same present value in GPUs a decade ago. In addition, many pointed out that the nomenclature adopted by AMD facilitates the confusion among consumers about which model of the Radeon RX 9060 XT are taking home.

This is not a critique directed exclusively to the company. As Videocardz points out, Nvidia underwent a similar situation when she announced the RTX 5060ti, which only had its 16 GB version sent to analysts. When the 8GB model was finally analyzed, it revealed performance levels that made it “immediately obsolete.”

The two versions of AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT will hit stores on June 5 this year, expecting the first reviews to be published shortly before that. It is only with them it will be possible to verify that the differences between the models will be as small as those promised by Azor.

Fonte: VideoCardz