ASRock Radeon RX 9060 XT

The highest-end GPUs are always exciting, but that isn’t what a majority of users are using or need. In fact, while it is slowly changing the most used resolution on Steam hardware surveys is still 1080p with over 55% of users running that resolution. Almost all of the top video cards are all older mid-level cards as well. The truth is, for a lot of people they don’t upgrade constantly if what they are using works. That’s why cards like AMDs recently announced RX 9060 XT are the most important launches. For a lot of people, these are the cards that they will be looking at and considering with their next build or upgrade. They will be looking for a card that won’t struggle with anything at their 1080p or 1440p resolution and they will want performance with supersampling and ray tracing so that their next card lasts just as long as their last one. So let’s check out the ASRock RX 9060 XT Challenger OC 16GB that AMD sent over and see what the new GPU is all about!

Welche ist die beste AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB? ComputerBase liefert im Test die Antwort bezogen auf die sechs Custom-Designs ASRock Steel Legend, Asus Prime, PowerColor Hellhound, Sapphire Nitro+, XFX Swift OC und XFX Swift OC Triple Fan. Im Vergleich der Partnerdesigns steht die Lautstärke im Fokus.

Die ASRock Radeon RX 9060XT Steel Legend ist keine Karte für Taktjäger oder Benchmark-Enthusiasten, sondern ein bewusst konservativ ausgelegtes Modell, das auf eine möglichst leise und effiziente Umsetzung der RDNA4-GPU zielt. Die dauerhaft stabilen Taktraten bei gleichzeitig niedriger Leistungsaufnahme, die flache Lüfterkurve sowie die unauffällige Geräuschcharakteristik machen sie besonders für Silent- oder kompakte Systeme interessant. Trotz eines durch Shunts limitierten Power Budgets bietet sie eine im Alltag vollkommen ausreichende Performance, die sich nur geringfügig hinter aggressiver abgestimmten Karten einordnet. Wer bewusst auf maximales Overclocking verzichtet und stattdessen Wert auf geringe Lautstärke, Stabilität und solide Effizienz legt, findet hier eine sehr ausgewogene und angenehm unaufgeregte Grafikkarte.

The ASRock Steel Legend is a great-looking option. It will look right at home in any all-white build, but it'll also integrate nicely into a more traditional color scheme. Out of all the cards tested this week, it has the best RGB illumination, too. I really like the dedicated RGB switch, which makes it easy to dial down the bling, without any software installation needed. Cooling performance is excellent as well. At full load, we measured only 23 dBA, which is quieter than whisper quiet—basically inaudible. It is so quiet that you'll have to walk up right next to it on an open bench, and focus on it, to make out what little noise it emits—in a quiet room with everything else turned off and a PC with passive components! The competing RX 9060 XT cards in our test lineup are all very quiet though.