Another impressive record for the Radeon RX 9060 XT, which seems to scale well with voltage, and the latest record is one of the highest GPU frequencies ever reported.
Bill "Sampson" Alverson Pushes Radeon RX 9060 XT Engineering Sample to a Whopping 4643 MHz Using Custom Internal Tools
Not long ago, AMD and Splave collaborated to break the GPU frequency overclocking world record by pushing the Radeon RX 9060 XT to a whopping 4.769 GHz. Another overclocker just tried to push the clocks higher than what's usually possible on an engineering sample of the RX 9060 XT. And even though he couldn't beat the current GPU frequency world record, he was able to secure the 2nd spot in the world's best GPU frequency record.
As reported by @madness727, the overclocker Bill "Sampson" Alverson was able to push the RX 9060 XT to a whopping 4643 MHz, which is the second-highest GPU frequency ever recorded. Only two discrete GPU world records have been recorded till now that exceed 4.0 GHz. This is the third one that stands closer to the world record and has been one of the most impressive feats in the overclocking world.
As per the report, he used custom internal tools, which aren't publicly available. These must be some kind of AMD's non-public overclocking utilities, firmware, or BIOS modifications that helped the overclocker push the frequency past 4.6 GHz. Using liquid nitrogen cooling, the RX 9060 XT engineering sample was able to hit such a high frequency, which is usually not possible with publicly available tools such as MSI Afterburner.
That said, the screenshots reveal something more impressive, which is the GPU's voltage that touched 1.6V. At such a high voltage, only internal tools can override voltage ceilings, as retail software normally doesn't permit such high voltages. Usually, aggressive overclocking results in around 1.2-1.3V on GPUs like the RX 9060 XT, but 1.6V is pretty high. At such voltages, the power draw usually skyrockets, and the heat density is also enormous, which can degrade the chip easily.
We can clearly see that the RDNA 4 GPUs are able to handle such voltages without much struggle, and for the RX 9060 XT, which already hits 3.1 GHz out of the box, it appears somewhat of an easier task.
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