Wednesday, January 15th 2025
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT & RX 9070 Custom Models In Stock at European Stores
AMD's board partners flaunted their new Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 custom models at last week's CES trade event, but no one expected to see retail units pop up anytime soon after the concluded Las Vegas showcase. Earlier today, a brave soul uploaded compelling new evidence on Team Red's subreddit—they claim that they were surprised to see the "early" delivery of Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 graphics card stock. Uploaded photos seem to show several boxed Sapphire Pulse models sitting in an Israeli computer store's stockroom. This leak has semi-ruined Sapphire's staggered Pulse-oriented marketing campaign—yesterday, a teaser image emerged via an official social media post.
Industry watcher, momomo_us, has gathered proof of GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 XT GAMING OC 16G and Radeon RX 9070 GAMING OC 16G model stock reaching Danish shores. According to VideoCardz, Føniks Computer's online store had at least four units available for purchase and immediate shipping (same business day). Entries for the two models have also appeared on Geizhals—this German price comparison engine lists January 24 as a market launch date. This information could be subject to change—AMD is likely still working on finalizing release window parameters. After all, recent pre-launch leaks have contained incomplete data and errors. It should be noted that NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series is set to hit international markets on January 30—is Team Red planning to pre-empt this rollout?
Sources:
Foniks Computer DK, momomo_us, VideoCardz, Geizhals DE, AMD Reddit
Industry watcher, momomo_us, has gathered proof of GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 XT GAMING OC 16G and Radeon RX 9070 GAMING OC 16G model stock reaching Danish shores. According to VideoCardz, Føniks Computer's online store had at least four units available for purchase and immediate shipping (same business day). Entries for the two models have also appeared on Geizhals—this German price comparison engine lists January 24 as a market launch date. This information could be subject to change—AMD is likely still working on finalizing release window parameters. After all, recent pre-launch leaks have contained incomplete data and errors. It should be noted that NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series is set to hit international markets on January 30—is Team Red planning to pre-empt this rollout?
226 Comments on AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT & RX 9070 Custom Models In Stock at European Stores
So high price suggests it will be considerably faster than RTX 4090?! :kookoo:
But AMD as they are, are always their own worse enemy!
It is, in short, another price-related AMD-marketing fiasco. Perhaps the biggest in recent memory. What a disappointment. It's just a rumor, of course, but it fits the facts.
I've switched my brain into "wait for events to unfold" mode. We should be close enough to the actual launch anyway.
Edit: Or maybe the launch driver isn't ready yet.
Or it is for launch now only the 5090/5080 and later the 5070/Ti so that make sense for the direct competitor?
Excluding the multi frame generation that only has meaning on a few cases.
The stack of the cards performance wise (raw/RT) could end up being:
1. 5070Ti
2. 9070XT
3. 5070
4. 9070
Market share is irrelevant in this comparison because up to now the last few years AMD did not have direct competition with nVidia on most aspects and features, other than raw performance.
Not saying that all of sudden the table will turn 180degrees, but it seems that AMD has a chance to "steal" at least some share if the prices are right.
Hmm the embedding doesn't work, but I do feel like AMD handed the RX 9070 / RX 9070 XT a death note, because people who was planning on buying most of the people will buy Nvidia before March I guess the Radeon team scewed up :banghead:
Maybe AMD should stop sponsering LTT Tech upgrades and focus more getting their 9070 cards out.
You are from LA and I guess you dont know what import fees and taxes are here in EU countries.
If a GPU in US cost $500 MSRP then in my country will cost
$500 = 480€
480 + 23% VAT = 590€ at least.
If the supply is limited then it can go way above 600€ up to 650~700€, some times even more.
The ~600€ is pretty much guaranteed for a new $500 MSRP US product with plenty of a supply.
US companies do care about US numbers 1st. Same for Movies, if they don't work in the US then there will be no sequel. That's just how the industry works here.