AMD RX 9060 XT 16GB Review ft. ASUS

Horizon Forbidden West is a 2022 action role-playing game developed by Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn (2017), the game is set in a post-apocalyptic version of the Western United States, recovering from the aftermath of an extinction event caused by a rogue robot swarm. The game and the Burning Shores expansion were collected together, re-released as Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition for PlayStation 5 in October 2023, and ported to Windows by Nixxes Software in March 2024. A sequel is in development. (Wikipedia).

Engine: Decima. We test using the Very High preset, DX12 API.

Horizon Forbidden West is another game that perfectly encapsulates the issues with 8GB GPUs – even at 1080p, with ray tracing not even supported in this game, 8GB cards can't play smoothly at Very High settings, with the 9060 XT 16GB about twice as fast as the 5060 Ti 8GB, but on par with the 16GB model.

The same goes for 1440p, where the 9060 XT 16GB still delivers very strong performance, averaging just below 60fps, where it's again level with the 5060 Ti 16GB.

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