Today, we will be taking a look at the ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Steel Legend 16GB OC Graphics Card. It uses AMD’s Radeon RX 9060 XT GPU running at a Boost Clock of up to 3320 MHz and features RDNA 4 Architecture with 32 Compute Units.
It comes with 16GB GDDR6 Vram on 128-Bit memory bus running at speed of 20 Gbps. The card supports for AMD’s FSR 4 technology and HYPR-RX for ultra-smooth and responsive gameplay.
The card is cooled with a triple fan design with striped ring fans and comes with stylish metal backplate. The distinctive aesthetic of Steel Legend series, makes it ideal for any white-themed PC builds.
It features 1 x 8-pin PCIE power connector and a ARGB header with a LED on/off switch. Video outputs include 2 x DisplayPort 2.1a and 1 x HDMI 2.1b, which is enough for most users.
This graphics card shoyuld be perfect for gamers who’s after 1440p gaming at reasonable price.
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I would like to thank ASRock for providing the review sample. This is a snippet from what ASRock has to say about themselves on their website:
ASRock Inc. is established in 2002, specialized in the field of motherboards. ASRock strives to build up its own brand. With the 3C design concept, “Creativity, Consideration, Cost-effectiveness”, the company explores the limit of motherboards manufacturing while paying attention on the eco issue at the same time, developing products with the consideration of eco-friendly concept.
ASRock has been growing fast and become world third largest motherboard brand with headquarter in Taipei, Taiwan and branches in Europe and the USA. The young and vibrant company targets from mainstream to enthusiast MB segments for different kinds of users, owning reputation around the world market with its reliability and proficiency.
Here’s a quick comparison between AMD’s Radeon RX 7600, RX 9060 XT (in red), RX 7900 XT and the Radeon RX 7900 XTX.
| Radeon RX 7600 | Radeon RX 9060 XT | Radeon RX 7900 XT | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | |
| Compute Units | 32 | 32 | 84 | 96 |
| FinFET process | 5nm | 4nm | 5nm | 5nm |
| Base/Game Frequency (MHz) | 1720/2250 | 1700/2530 | 1500/2000 | 1855/2300 |
| Boost Frequency (MHz) | 2655 | 3130 | 2400 | 2500 |
| Stream Processors | 2048 | 2048 | 5376 | 6144 |
| Ray Accelerators | 32 | 32 | 84 | 96 |
| Memory Type | 8 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 20GB GDDR6 | 24GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 128-bit | 128-bit | 320-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Speed | 18 Gbps | 20 Gbps | 20 Gbps | 20 Gbps |
| TBP | 165W | 160W | 315W | 355W |
The ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC graphics card uses an overclocked GPU running at 3,320 Mhz (default is 3,130 MHz), which gives it a slight edge over similar non-overclocked cards. For cooling, it feature’s ASRock’s Triple Fan design, with 3 striped ring fans, and a stylish metal backplate, all of which helps to reduce load temperatures.
We’ll be testing this graphics card using our tested rig, which is comprised of an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K sitting on a Gigabye B860 AORUS Elite ICE motherboard, along with 48GB of DRR5-8000 ram.
OK, now let’s see what this card do for us! We’ll start by taking a look at the specifications of the graphics card on our next page.
You can buy something similar – Powercolor Radeon RX 9070 for around USD $680 from Amazon – https://amzn.to/4jxNzas
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