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AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Now Starts at $800 in Direct Clash to RTX 4070 Ti
Prices of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT RDNA3 graphics card are on a downward slope, with the card now starting at $800 on US computer hardware retailer Newegg. The ASRock RX 7900 XT Phantom Gaming, a custom-design graphics card, has been holding at $799.99 for roughly a week now, while the next cheapest card, an XFX co-branded AMD reference graphics card, is going for $839.99 on the site. These prices put the RX 7900 XT in a direct clash with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti. The RX 7900 XT was launched with an AMD MSRP of $899.99, with a performance level that compelled NVIDIA to re-position the RTX 4070 Ti (originally announced as the $900 RTX 4080 12 GB), to $800. In our testing, the RX 7900 XT is about 5% faster than the RTX 4070 Ti in conventional raster 3D graphics, but with a ray tracing performance that's comparable to the previous-generation RTX 3080 Ti.
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87 Comments on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Now Starts at $800 in Direct Clash to RTX 4070 Ti
Same as for other big ticket non essentials, cars, new kitchens, furniture etc.
First you get the boom and this case it was a mega boom driven by free $ cheques and then you get the mega bust.
AMD get bad press for everything they do, regardless. Shills are still a thing. Here you guys are bitchin' at AMD for current gpu prices but it is Nvidia who is the market leader and sets the standards. You are paying for Jenzens AI domination, that's why consumer gpu prices have doubled.
www.newegg.ca/p/pl?d=7900XTX
Even the 7900XT is not changing in price
www.newegg.ca/p/pl?d=7900XT
That card in particular is the cheapest 7900XT you can buy. When you see a Strix or other "high end" card for those prices then I will be convinced.
And guess what? $500 flagship GPUs are not coming back. Go look at nvidia's gross margins. Yes, they did go up during lockdowns, but nowhere near to the extent GPU prices did. Much of that money went back into the supply chain to companies like TSMC. Short of a major economic catastrophe (that's always just 6 months out) those prices are here to stay.
FSR is not bad and is evolving. Also you dont need to use 4070Ti you can use older cards and get away from higher prices of current cards.
Between the 2, if the price is the same, AMD offers more hardware and raterization performance over the RTX 4070 TI that is badly gimped by the 192bit bus, and low amount of cache. This also affects its RT performance, which I believe favours higher memory bandwidth. Speaking of RT, recent game releases really pushed GPUs hard, and I feel that the RTX 4070 Ti will struggle even at 1440p with RT enabled. So depending on the game, if you disable RT or keep it at low settings, then I feel it is better to get one with just strong rasterization performance.
In addition, it is clear that AMD GPUs are less CPU bound, and they generally perform better at lower resolution with a weaker CPU. And a double whammy to Nvidia, the RX 7900 XT is also generally faster at 4K, because the hardware is less limiting than the RTX 4070 TI.
We need a couple of years to have a card which can carry a game lit only with RT
And don't get me wrong, RT-RT (Real time ray tracing) is the future of photorealistic animations for games on the long run.
For now, it's just a selling point on the box art.
Besides that, if you do any kind of creative work, an Nvidia GPU is going to be objectively better. Period. There's no arguing that point. Nvidia GPUs are the industry standard, everywhere, always. Video or photo editing, CAD work, any of it. Nvidia wins, period.
Several years ago, AMD was a good contender because they offered highly competitive prices. You didn't get as strong of a product, but you'd pay significantly less so it worked out. Now? Not even close. They exactly match the prices of Nvidia and deliver a slightly worse product. AMD's CPUs are starting to go the same way when compared to Intel's. They used to be an excellent value proposition. Now? It's a toss up.
At that point it barely reaches the same Price/Performance ratio of my current Rx6800
Another thing keeping me away from AMD cards is my "dedicated Gsync panel" or is this less of a concern nowadays? Either way, not planning on upgrading until next gen
Besides, after the Gamers Nexus exposé, I'm pretty sure that Newegg cleaned up their act. I honestly don't believe that they care anymore and I don't really blame them. If you had a history of offering much better prices on video cards and the ignorant masses just bought nVidia regardless of price.
How long would it be before you decided that it wasn't worth offering ungrateful consumers better prices if they weren't going to buy your card anyway? To their credit, AMD lasted a lot longer than I would have. Their "bad press" changes nothing.