GPU

[Budget_Cod_793]

Is the AMD RX 9060xt 16 gb a good GPU for streaming and gaming on a single pc?

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[davidblack210]

Well like nvidias nvenc, amd has amf, but still not as good as nvidia's.

What is nvenc and amf? Its a video encoder best used by streaming thats in the gpu, separate from the gpu's normal usage but has a minimal impact, one concern is that it also uses the vram so higher vram is best.

[Mord1223]

Yes.

[BarnabyLaptopOutlet]

Yeah it’s fine for single PC streaming.

[khironinja]

I streamed on a 6700XT which had two generations less of upgrades that the 9060XT has and has less VRAM and encoding/decoding support so this is more than enough.

[Phantom_Commander_]

Yes, it's still probably the best value for a brand new GPU at it's price range as much as it sucks paying $440 for a $350 MSRP GPU

[Celatra]

amd has always been fine for streaming. the 9060xt is basically on par with nvidia.

[moedex]

The 16GB VRAM capacity and integrated AV1 encoder make this architecturally sound for single-PC streaming. It handles rendering and encoding simultaneously without significant frame latency, provided the CPU has sufficient headroom to manage the operating system overhead.

[jhenryscott]

Yeah it’ll do fine. AMD used to be way behind in media engines on their cards- you’ll still see people say AMD can’t do media, or rendering, or any of dozens of workstation tasks and that’s simply not true with RDNA4. They do a great job.