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usertests There’s no word yet on the RX 9050’s target board power, but the recommended power supply requirements for the RX 9060 XT 8GB suggest it will consume more power than the RX 9050. Probably something above 75W for an RX 9050 if they want to make it look good against a 130W RTX 5050. Reply
thestryker usertests said: Probably something above 75W for an RX 9050 if they want to make it look good against a 130W RTX 5050. I'm not sure it makes a whole lot of sense to release if it is above 75W. I have a hard time believing that their silicon variance is so high that they have parts that cannot clock higher than this rumor has them running. If it requires a PCIe power connector I'm not sure what stops someone from basically making it a 9060 XT through overclocking/vBIOS flashing. Reply
salgado18 thestryker said: If it requires a PCIe power connector I'm not sure what stops someone from basically making it a 9060 XT through overclocking/vBIOS flashing. Cheap VRM and cooling, warranty, and technical dificulties. That said, it really is strange that they didn't take the smaller chip, or even sell the 9060 to the open market. Reply
salgado18 Just did a quick search in stores online (in my country), and the 9060 XT 8GB is around 50% more expensive than the 7600, which is the cheapest AMD right now. Are they trying to replace the 7600 with another entry level card? If the price is right, it could be an amazing option. Reply
thestryker salgado18 said: Cheap VRM and cooling, There's virtually no way to skimp on power delivery enough if it's using >100W. It's not like the 9060 XT uses a lot of power in the first place. salgado18 said: warranty, and technical dificulties. This doesn't stop people from doing it on $2000+ cards so it sure wouldn't here either. salgado18 said: That said, it really is strange that they didn't take the smaller chip, or even sell the 9060 to the open market. It makes perfect sense if it's a 75W slot powered card, otherwise it does not. Reply
usertests thestryker said: I'm not sure it makes a whole lot of sense to release if it is above 75W. I have a hard time believing that their silicon variance is so high that they have parts that cannot clock higher than this rumor has them running. If it requires a PCIe power connector I'm not sure what stops someone from basically making it a 9060 XT through overclocking/vBIOS flashing. AMD has closely copied Nvidia's naming scheme, they're going to want to have similar performance as well. I assumed 75W vs. 130W would be too much performance left on the table. But maybe not? I see Tom's review indicating the 9060 XT 8GB is ~24% faster (raster) than the 5050. TechPowerUp ranking has it at 32%, or even higher in the actual review. If AMD can get a little above or below the RTX 5050 by enabling the whole die, dropping the clocks, and getting the power draw down to 70-75W, then they'll have made something amazing. I just wouldn't count on it yet. There's a number of cards ending up in this 100-130W wasteland instead of 75W: RTX 3050 8GB – 115-130W RTX 4060 – 115W RTX 5050 – 130W RTX 5060 – 145W RX 6500 XT – 107-113W RX 6600 – 132W RX 7600 – 165W RX 9060 – 132W RX 9060 XT – 150-160W RX 9060 is 2.4 GHz game, 2.99 GHz boost RX 9060 XT is 2.53 GHz game, 3.13 GHz boost So the RX 9050's 1.92 GHz game, 2.6 GHz boost would be a big cut, but maybe they can only get it to around 100W. Like a 6500 XT. If we see an RX 9040, that would almost certainly be 50-75W. Like the OEM-only RX 7400 (55W). Reply
wwenze1 So… Navi 44 dies that can't reach high clocks? Reply
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