AMD RADEON RX 9060 XT 解禁已過，媒體紛紛發佈自家測試和評價。RX 9060XT 含 8GB 版，也有 16GB 版本，而我們同時收到這兩個版本。可是筆者也是後來才知道，外國媒體大多拿到 16GB 版本，這跟 AMD 在發佈 RX 9060 XT 時的說法不一致。因為 AMD 明言市場上有 80 % 遊戲玩家都在玩 1080P ~ 1440P，所以 8GB 有其存在價值。外國大媒體如 LINUS TECH TIPS、GAMERS NEXUS、IGOR LABS 等好像都不滿意 AMD 這次分發媒體樣品的做法，以至整個 NDA 執行都不爽，這讓筆者感到萬分尷尬。
RX 9060 XT 8GB 對市場而有存在必要
首先筆者想分享一段文字，來自 AMD RX 9060 XT 的 REVIEWER GUIDE。值得注意的是在 RX 9070 XT 的 REVIEWER GUIDE 裡是沒有這一段的，意味這是全新加入的內容。簡單來說，就是 AMD 很重視媒體測試這一塊，非常支持媒體公正測試自家產品。
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既然如此，AMD 沒主動送測 8GB 版 RX 9060XT 就顯得怪怪的，這也是為什麼老外們那麼不滿的原因。不過 HARDWARE UNBOXED 在 TWITTER 上有交待更多細節 (來源)，他們指出 AMD 是願意送測 8GB 版本，只是媒體要主動向 AMD 申請。
對於 8GB VRAM 顯示卡，筆者一直不認為有什麼問題，畢竟價格擺在那。而 RDNA 4 RX 9060XT 的好處是 8GB 跟 16GB 都有，任君選擇。筆者也認為，顯示卡價格上漲是大勢所趨，畢竟很多東西都在漲，想要更多顯示卡記憶體只能加錢。而 GDDR6 也相對尷尬，因為好像沒有 3GB 顆粒版本，反之 GDDR7 就有，但似乎也沒有太多。這是說如果我們回想 RTX 3080、RTX 3090 的時候，只有 1GB GDDR6X；直至 RTX 3080 TI 才有 2GB GDDR6X。GDDR7 的發展也差不多，一開始是 2GB，3GB 不是沒有但據說真不多，SAMSUNG 官網甚至還沒上架 3GB 的 GDDR7。
8GB VRAM 的顯示卡仍然是大宗，一堆舊卡都是 8GB，只要畫質調一下，也不是不能用。從現實來看，廢掉 8GB 的後果，不可能是 16GB 賣回 8GB 的價格，市場需要更多選擇，尤其是中低階主流級市場。
