XFX Swift RX 9060 XT:
Architecture:
The AMD Radeon RX 9000 series graphics cards are built on the new AMD RDNA 4 architecture with new ray tracing and AI gas pedals as well as support for AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 4, more traditionally called, AMD FSR 4. This should offer improvements in image quality over AMD FSR 3.1 upscaling. Although not yet fully deployed when the first RX 9000s were launched, this is now the case, even if the number of games is still limited. Let’s see what AMD’s slides unveiled at Computex 2025 tell us.
At the launch of the RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT, AMD claimed that more and more gamers were turning to 1440p definition instead of 1080p. Here, the claim is slightly different, as we’re now talking about 80% of gamers playing in either 1080p or 1440p. Well, on that score, we’re pretty convinced by the data
The following slides show us the RX 9060 XT’s specifications, as well as a comparison between the 16 GB version of the RX 9060 XT and the 8 GB RTX 5060 Ti. Consumption is identical, but NVIDIA charges more, and the green model is 8 GB smaller
AMD highlights the benefits of 16 GB for 1440p definition. This is a real subject, which we’ll come back to in our article. In 2025, and if you want to keep your graphics card for a few years, we think 16 GB is a better choice than 8 GB.
Then it’s the turn of FSR 4, with over 60 compatible games to be released on June 5 this year. It will therefore be interesting to be able to compare games with FSR4 and DLSS4 technology in the near future
Finally, MSRP prices of $299 for the RX 9060 XT 8 GB and $349 for the 16 GB model. As far as European prices are concerned, AMD has just announced a price of €319.90 for the 8 GB and €369.90 for the 16 GB.
The XFX Swift RX 9060 XT bundle:
We’re talking about an entry-level graphics card here, with an MSRP of $349 on paper. Let’s hope there are no nasty surprises at launch. The bundle boils down to the bare minimum, since there’s nothing in it
The box uses a dress code we’re not used to seeing, since it’s been a long time since we’ve had an XFX model in the editorial office. As a reminder, the XFX range consists mainly of three series: Swift, QuickSilver and Mercury, which represent XFX’s top-of-the-range models.
The cooling system:
This is a ” custom ” board, i.e., with a PCB and cooling system specific to AMD’s partner brand, i.e., XFX. There are no reference boards in the RX 9000 range, only partner boards, something we personally regret
The XFX Swift RX 9060 XT features a cooling system consisting of two 95 mm fans with 11 blades. The design of this Swift model is very sober, with no RGB backlighting. The black plastic casing will match any motherboard and any case.
At the rear, an imposing steel backplate stiffens the board. The PCB is much shorter than the heatsink, and stops at the power connector. As you can see, hot air escapes through the top edge of the board, via the bracket, but also through the backplate, which is cut out at the end. We’ll be able to judge the temperature and performance of the cooling system during our tests. In terms of thickness, our sample occupies 2.5 slots.
Connections:
To power this model, XFX has chosen to use a single 8-pin power connector
As far as video is concerned, you’ll have two DisplayPort 2.1b and one HDMI 2.1b.
