AMD RDNA 4 and Radeon RX 9070 Series Unveiled: $549 & $599

[john_]

Expecting to read many "DOA" from Nvidia trolls on the internet and see even more videos about how fantastic, amazing, wonderful DLSS 4 is from people like Tim.

This series of cards from AMD seems to have almost everything. Good performance for raster and RT, excellent compute, great upscaling and Frame Generation, prices that are much more consumer friendly (if they don't end up fake as Nvidia's), no burn connectors.

 

[_roman_]

People will buy NVIDIA. Fact. The few people who buy intel or amd graphic cards really do not matter. I think Nvidia has already 90 percent market share
#52 nvidia - harware unboxed - nothing new. Anyway 90 percent buyers so he makes videos for those 90 percent of customers.

 

[The Quim Reaper]

Very eager to see W1zzard's review!

Why?

When it comes to reviews this site is just one big ass kisser. They NEVER criticise a product. It's a bland, vanilla, nothing of a site for hardware reviews.

 

[veleciraptor]

I think i will replace my 3060 with 9070XT. With a little downclock and undervolt it will fall to 250 watt and will be perfect choice for my silent ring. Waiting for the real tests now.

 

[Slinkyodin95]

Excited for this release if the benchmarks are true! Although my Micro-center does have 7900XTX’s for only $200 more, I’ll have to see if it‘s worth the extra money in a week.

 

[El_Capitan]

Hardware Unboxed stated that they had six different versions of the video ready with the different pricing structures, and the one they expected was the one where the 9070 XT was going to be priced at $649... but they were glad that it was the $599 one. They also had ones where it was also cheaper, so that's a bummer.

 

[wNotyarD]

Why?

When it comes to reviews this site is just one big ass kisser. They NEVER criticise a product. It's a bland, vanilla, nothing of a site for hardware reviews.

If you only look at the conclusions, it may seem that way.
The number gathering is of high quality, though.

 

[tfdsaf]

Okayish price, I was hoping for $550, that would have been sick, amd would have gained at least 20% market share within 6 to 9 months. Instant buy from everyone.

This is good, but not amazing, not the disruptive pricing I was hoping for. Also the vanilla version is too close in price, at $520 it would have made more sense

 

[AnotherReader]

Pricing the 9070 at just 50 less is sure one of the moves of all time. Speculation: there are two possible reasons - either the 9070XT was supposed to be significantly more expensive originally and the correction messed up the stack (likely) or AMD for some reason got a really bum deal on the N48 chips from TSMC and that’s what they NEED to break even on the card (less likely).

An alternative explanation is that their yields are excellent and they want to upsell people to the 9070 XT. I think it's rather daft, but the last time they priced the cut down part properly was the Vega 56 at 399 versus the Vega 64's 499.

 

[Mysteoa]

Why?

When it comes to reviews this site is just one big ass kisser. They NEVER criticise a product. It's a bland, vanilla, nothing of a site for hardware reviews.

You can't form your own opinion from the data? So you rely on the conclusion of the reviewer?

 

[springs113]

Two cards for me day 1 AMD... just make sure they're available at reasonable prices.

 

[john_]

Why?

When it comes to reviews this site is just one big ass kisser. They NEVER criticise a product. It's a bland, vanilla, nothing of a site for hardware reviews.

They DO criticize a product, if it doesn't offer DLSS support

 

[3DVCash]

People will buy NVIDIA. Fact. The few people who buy intel or amd graphic cards really do not matter. I think Nvidia has already 90 percent market share

 

[Onasi]

An alternative explanation is that their yields are excellent and they want to upsell people to the 9070 XT. I think it's rather daft, but the last time they priced the cut down part properly was the Vega 56 at 399 versus the Vega 64's 499.

Potentially, sure, but creating an unattractive SKU just for an upsell means fucking the AIBs badly, since they have to shoulder the cost of that dead weight. I... don't think that Radeon division is in a position to piss off their partners.

 

[DemonicRyzen666]

Hardware Unboxed stated that they had six different versions of the video ready with the different pricing structures, and the one they expected was the one where the 9070 XT was going to be priced at $649... but they were glad that it was the $599 one. They also had ones where it was also cheaper, so that's a bummer.

The amount of hypocrisy on pricing is astounding

Nvidia: "Only Jensen knows the price of the GPU during release no one else" Everyone: Perfectly fine & happy
AMD: " We didn't tell anyone the price, we'll announce it" Everyone: OH NOOOOZZZZZ

 

[john_]

Hardware Unboxed stated that they had six different versions of the video ready with the different pricing structures, and the one they expected was the one where the 9070 XT was going to be priced at $649... but they were glad that it was the $599 one. They also had ones where it was also cheaper, so that's a bummer.

I haven't seen the video, but I am pretty sure he will be focusing on that $550 price tag for the 9070 to create some negativity. Putting the word fail first on the title and making that face for the video presentation, is what someone would expect from that guy.

JMO

 

[Hecate91]

Why?

When it comes to reviews this site is just one big ass kisser. They NEVER criticise a product. It's a bland, vanilla, nothing of a site for hardware reviews.

I only pay attention to TPU reviews for the charts, fan noise, and card teardown, the conclusions have become so Nvidia flavored.

 

[rattlehead99]

Radeon RX 9070 XT – $599
Radeon RX 9070 – $549

DOA. But who expected anything else. There is no price anchor either with founder models. Meaning the prices will fluctuate higher for sure. Paying almost 800€ for gddr6 card feels bit salty it equals basically 7900xt relauch with less vram.

But what can you expect when nvidia controls the market and doesn't give damn about Gaming and consumers.

Yes, AMD should pay you 1000$ to you their GPUs.
Also AMD rarely if ever has any or almost any reference cards, that doesn't mean that the prices will go bananas necessarily as they didn't with last gen.

 

[El_Capitan]

I haven't seen the video, but I am pretty sure he will be focusing on that $550 price tag for the 9070 to create some negativity. Putting the word fail first on the title and making that face for the video presentation, is what someone would expect from that guy.

The video is timestamped, so it only takes 30 seconds to watch the part where he had different videos prepared, and it skips everything else.

 

[Space Lynx]

indeed. there was a time when I thought Intel was always going to better than AMD cpu's, and now AMD is not only king of CPU, no one else is even close.

 

[sethmatrix7]

Why?

When it comes to reviews this site is just one big ass kisser. They NEVER criticise a product. It's a bland, vanilla, nothing of a site for hardware reviews.

That’s the worst take I’ve seen this week.
They may not be very critical but they do provide an extremely clear idea of every aspect of the products they review. If you can’t make a choice as an informed consumer that’s on you.

 

[Darc Requiem]

What makes you think these launch at MSRP as well?

Actual inventory available to buy. By the time March 6th rolls around retailers will have been sitting on stock over 2 months.

 

[AsRock]

Shots fired. Thank you AMD! I will be purchasing day 1.

Lets hope it don't turn out like nVidia cards are now, barely any stock and jacked up prices.

EDIT, surly Amazon and Newegg will be much higher prices.

 

[TheDeeGee]

These cards have been at retailers in their warehouses since January.
I'm not expecting MSRP, but either way supply and pricing has to be better than what nvidia is doing.

Retailers don't care about you i'm affraid, they're no different than scalpers.

You just get better warranty.

 

[Hxx]

People will buy NVIDIA. Fact. The few people who buy intel or amd graphic cards really do not matter. I think Nvidia has already 90 percent market share
#52 nvidia - harware unboxed - nothing new. Anyway 90 percent buyers so he makes videos for those 90 percent of customers.

Nvidia dominates because their cards have historically been affordable enough and many gamers rock older gen cards. At $1K now for midrange ? Good luck with that . I expect in a few years if this trend continues that market to shift much more towards AMD / Intel. The average gamer does not own a $1K video card .