ASRock Radeon™ RX 9060 XT Steel Legend OC (16GB GDDR6)

Description

RDNA 4 — A Real Generation Jump

The RX 9060 XT runs on AMD’s Navi 44 silicon built on TSMC’s 4nm N4P node, and RDNA 4 is not a minor refresh. The 32 compute units now include 3rd-generation RT accelerators — AMD claims a 2× uplift in ray intersection performance over RDNA 3 — and 2nd-generation AI accelerators that enable FSR 4, AMD’s new machine learning-based upscaler that finally competes directly with NVIDIA DLSS in image quality. In independent testing, the RX 9060 XT 16GB showed roughly 54% faster 1080p performance and 63% faster 1440p performance over the RX 7600 — numbers that make RDNA 3 cards at this price point a genuinely harder sell. The factory OC bumps the boost clock to 3275 MHz with a game clock of 2780 MHz, both well above AMD’s reference figures.

Steel Legend Cooling — Triple Fan, 0dB, Super Alloy

The Steel Legend cooler uses ASRock’s Striped Ring Fan design across three fans — a blade geometry optimised to reduce noise while maintaining airflow — backed by Ultra-fit heatpipes that sit flush against the GPU die for efficient heat transfer, and Air Deflecting Fins that channel airflow more precisely through the heatsink stack. 0dB Silent Cooling stops all three fans completely during light use and low-load gaming, and the card won’t spin up until temperatures climb to a threshold that warrants active cooling. Military-grade Super Alloy components throughout the power delivery circuitry are rated for higher temperature tolerances and longer operational life than standard capacitors and chokes. A stylish metal backplate adds rigidity and completes the predominantly white and silver aesthetic.

Polychrome SYNC, 16GB GDDR6, PCIe 5.0

Integrated ARGB LEDs on the fans and along the card’s spine can be customised or synchronised with ASRock motherboards via Polychrome SYNC, giving you full RGB coordination across compatible system components without needing separate software. The 16GB GDDR6 frame buffer runs at 20 Gbps across a 128-bit bus for 320 GB/s of memory bandwidth — meaningfully more than the previous generation’s 288 GB/s — and PCIe 5.0 x16 ensures full slot bandwidth with current AM5 and Intel platforms. Display outputs are 2× DisplayPort 2.1a and 1× HDMI 2.1b, supporting up to three displays at up to 7680×4320. A single 8-pin PCIe connector handles power delivery, with a 550W PSU recommendation.

⚠️ Display limit: Maximum simultaneous display support is 3, not 4. Plan your multi-monitor setup accordingly.

⚠️ Ray tracing context: The RX 9060 XT’s RT performance is a major step forward from RDNA 3, but it targets 1080p RT gameplay rather than maxed-out 4K path tracing. Expectations should be set accordingly for RT-heavy titles at 1440p.

Specs at a Glance

• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT (RDNA 4, Navi 44, 4nm)
• Compute Units: 32 | Stream Processors: 2048
• Boost Clock (OC): Up to 3275 MHz | Game Clock: 2780 MHz
• Memory: 16GB GDDR6, 128-bit, 20 Gbps | Bandwidth: 320 GB/s
• Outputs: 2× DisplayPort 2.1a, 1× HDMI 2.1b (3 displays max)
• Power Connector: 1× 8-pin PCIe | Recommended PSU: 550W
• PCIe: 5.0 x16 | DirectX: 12 Ultimate | OpenGL: 4.6
• Features: FSR 4, HYPR-RX, Fluid Motion Frames, AV1 encoding, Polychrome SYNC ARGB

Proudly sold by the Ringwood Digital Store.