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I've always said you're special, the kind of special that would buy the 9950X3D2.

The 9060 XT 8GB is a crap product that shouldn’t exist and we have a video coming today showing you how bad it is. However, we have seen some online discussion that does not reflect reality. Firstly, when it came to sampling AMD told the tech media if they want the 8GB model they have to ask for it. AMD made it clear they were primarily sampling the 16GB model, but would provide 8GB cards upon request. Not exactly ideal but we requested an 8GB model and got it a week in advance, from AMD. Nvidia on the other hand said we would have to source an 8GB 5060 Ti ourselves, and then told their partners under no circumstances were they to allow any tech media to get their hands on the 8GB version, which is why our coverage came 5 days later after we were able to buy one at retail. Our 9060 XT 8GB review will be delayed by a day, not five and realistically if we changed priorities we could have gotten it out at the same time as the 16GB review, but we wanted to spend a bit more time exposing how bad it is. So the sampling process has been very different, we couldn’t get a 5060 Ti 8GB at all, we got a 9060 XT 8GB a week ago. I have no idea how other tech media approached this. The guys I’ve spoken with just didn’t want to cover the 8GB model, so didn’t request it. Instead they simply said “8GB’s isn’t enough VRAM in 2025 so don’t buy the 8GB model, 8GB model = bad”. We’ve put a huge amount of time and effort into our 8GB 9060 XT review, we’re currently in the process of filming and editing, it will be ready to watch later today.

Context, Nvidia are trying to hide the RTX 5060, just as they did the 8GB 5060 Ti. The strategy here is to release it the week of Computex when most of the tech media are in Taiwan attending the show. They're also blocking reviewers from accessing the driver early to evaluate the RTX 5060 and provide reviews at the time of release. So as it stands I have multiple RTX 5060 samples and I won't be able to review any of them until about a week after they go on sale.

Just to be clear, it's normal for cards to sell out fast at launch, especially when reviews are positive. There's a few unusual things here though so we're going to stay on top of it and keep AMD/Nvidia/Intel accountable - Huge price gulf between MSRP and non-MSRP cards is questionable. This shouldn't be the case at launch. A fairly basic OC card should not be so expensive. Applies to both AMD and Nvidia - Reports of promo pricing/limited time deals for MSRP cards. Some retailers claiming AMD are doing this, which AMD has denied (we'll see) - Resupplies being largely the most expensive models to avoid selling at the MSRP. Definitely applies to Nvidia, wait and see for AMD - Price increases for the same model over time, especially MSRP cards becoming not MSRP - MSRPs that only apply in the US and aren't real in other regions (eg Europe) - Continued lack of MSRP supply. Hopefully AMD can avoid this, but a big issue for Nvidia and even Intel. Why are we still unable to buy a B580 for $250?

Our review of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Ti youtube.com/watch?v=eA5lFiP3…

A quick look at some updated B580 testing here: youtube.com/watch?v=00GmwHIJ…