Gigabyte Radeon RX 9060 XT Gaming OC Ice 16G Review: Solid White

If black PC builds bore you, you’ll be pleased that the selection of white components is growing. Gigabyte has newly added Radeon RX 9060 XT and RX 9070 XT Gaming OC models in an Ice variant. Their core specs and features match the classic Gaming OC models; the less traditional look combines a white shroud with grey and silver accents. And since they rank among the most affordable models, they’re among the best-value white cards.

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On GeForce cards, you can also enable the generally superior DLSS, which reconstructs images using AI from lower-sample frames through super resolution. For RT Ultra, we use DLAA and the Balanced mode; for RT Overdrive with path tracing, both DLAA and DLSS in Performance mode are used. GeForce RTX 40 cards support generation of an intermediate frame, and the RTX 50 series is also tested in Multi Frame Generation x4 mode, which inserts three generated frames between two rendered ones, increasing frame rates several-fold.

Global settings RT Ultra

Performance with DLAA, DLSS Performance and DLSS Frame Gen

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2560 × 1440

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Global settings RT Overdrive

Performance with DLAA, DLSS Performance and DLSS Frame Gen

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2560 × 1440

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