AMD Breaks GPU Frequency Record With 4.77GHz 9060 XT

AMD recently teamed up with overclockers Bill Alverson and Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch to go after the GPU frequency record, and they've shared their success in a recent video. In it, they pushed an RX 9060 XT to its limits with liquid nitrogen and enhanced power delivery, hitting an utterly insane 4.769GHz. That's not just a new record; it demolishes the old one and puts AMD within spitting distance of the 5GHz threshold that would have seemed impossible just a generation or two ago.

Extreme GPU overclocking has made a big comeback with this generation of graphics cards. That's partly because neither AMD nor Nvidia is releasing new models while they try to fill their overbought orders for AI data centers, and partly because this latest batch of GPUs is power-hungry monsters. Although the 9060 XT is an entry-level GPU targeting 1080p and 1440p play, it can ...