RX 9060 XT 16Gb: Good enough for 30-40fps in vr? Budget vr.

[AngleOff66]

I saw the 16gb 9060 xt.

Compute Units 32

Boost Frequency Up to 3130 MHz

Game Frequency 2530 MHz

Ray Accelerators 32

AI Accelerators 64

Peak Pixel Fill-Rate Up to 200.3 GP/s

Peak Half Precision Compute Performance 51.3 TFLOPs

Peak Single Precision Compute Performance 25.6 TFLOPs

Peak INT4 Performance 821 TOPs
Peak INT8 Performance410 TOPs

ROPs 64

Stream Processors2048

Texture Units 128

Transistor Count 29.7 B

 

I am pretty leary of the used market, and how long before AMD release a hopefully better card than the 9070 xt.

 

Not meaning to start anything, I was just wondering.

[speed-of-heat]

it's difficult to say, if i am honest, a lot will depend on what headset you are running... and what CPU you are pairing it with ... the specs in isolation don't tell enough to be useful, and i would suggest waiting until we have some independent bench tests before trying to draw any conclusions

[AngleOff66]

Thanks and fair points.

HMD will be whatever I can get used.  I will keep an eye out for the reviews.

Back to pc partpicker for me. HA!

[LucShep]

I concurr with @speed-of-heat.

That said, if speculating on specs alone (TPU's GPU database), performance should be slightly better than the current RX 7700XT 12GB, and the new RTX 5060Ti 16GB.

Which means it will not be a recomendable GPU for DCS VR - something more powerful (and preferentially Nvidia) is recommended to make it satisfying.

But, if using a monitor, should be a tremendous 1080P and decent 1440P performer (also thanks to FSR4) at a good price, if the base $349 MSRP is practiced.
 

Edited May 24 by LucShep

[wormeaten]

Every modern GPU could run VR only depend on what resolution.

Consider this for example Q3 in VD on Godlike is looking in VR like 1080p 27" monitor. I'm talking now about pixel density and impression you got.

With 9060XT you will probably running it on High preset in VR. That is lower resolution of rendering so pixels will be more noticeable like for example you are reducing resolution on 1080p monitor to increase in game performances.

Also VR is compromise so level of details and resolution combine with Hz. Run at 72Hz with motion reprojection on you will need 36FPS.
In VR we are not looking at average but minimum FPS. FPS shouldn't drop below 36 to keep it smooth. 

9060XT in VR is doable, it is like 3080, 6800XT, 4070 or 7700XT. But don't expect too much, have in mind low budget equal low expectation.

[Nightdare]

I managed to run my HP G2 (90hz) at those FPS consistently on most MP maps with 13600K, 3060ti, 64 Gb ram

 

PD somewhere at 1.3, using Open XR, Turbo on. no reprojection, some downsampling and foveated rendering, DCS eyecandy settings roughly at half

Fidelity still being very decent, though clear visual identification in warbirds was only possible at closer range than I found practical

Mind you, this was prior to me having chopper modules, where ground detail was less required, so I never really taxed the system for that

[Qcumber]

On 5/23/2025 at 8:11 PM, AngleOff66 said:

I saw the 16gb 9060 xt.

Compute Units 32

Boost Frequency Up to 3130 MHz

Game Frequency 2530 MHz

Ray Accelerators 32

AI Accelerators 64

Peak Pixel Fill-Rate Up to 200.3 GP/s

Peak Half Precision Compute Performance 51.3 TFLOPs

Peak Single Precision Compute Performance 25.6 TFLOPs

Peak INT4 Performance 821 TOPs
Peak INT8 Performance410 TOPs

ROPs 64

Stream Processors2048

Texture Units 128

Transistor Count 29.7 B

 

I am pretty leary of the used market, and how long before AMD release a hopefully better card than the 9070 xt.

 

Not meaning to start anything, I was just wondering.

It is very difficult to give an answer on this until to 9060xt is released. If it is similar to the 4070 then yes you should get a reasonable performance but you will likely need to use fixed foveated rendering (QVFR). However no DLSS 4 so you will need to rely on MSAA which is resource intensive.

The 5070ti is a good option if your budget can stretch to that, and you can get hold of one at MSRP. Or maybe a 5070 but that only has 12GB VRAM. That said, I only had 12GB with my old 4070 and I never had any major VRAM issues. So far with my 5080 VRAM use has not gone above about 11 GB. 

[Aapje]

On 5/31/2025 at 10:24 AM, wormeaten said:

9060XT in VR is doable, it is like 3080, 6800XT, 4070 or 7700XT.

The 7700 XT is slower than the 3080/4070.

Given the leaks, the 9060 XT is probably close to the 7700 XT and thus between the 4060 Ti and the 4070.

[Flummi]

From my point of view I wouels doubt that a RX9060XT will be sufficient for VR. Because of my own experience I say that a RX9070XT is a minimum!

[AngleOff66]

Thanks for the insights everyone.

 

 

 

[Aapje]

 

So it looks like my prediction was spot on. Since people have been using a 4070 with decent results in DCS VR, this card should perform well enough if you manage your expectations.

[AngleOff66]

Thank you for posting the review.

I will think on it.

[Qcumber]

The Techpowerup review puts the 9060xt on a par with the 4060ti and 5060ti with about 80% of the 4070 performance at 4k (39fps vs 50fps). 

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asus-radeon-rx-9060-xt-prime-oc-16-gb/31.html