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I genuinely hope it's another paper launch at a bullshit MSRP so that AMD can pull the trigger and price-cut the 9070. Nvidia has shown utter contempt for gamers with everything about the 5000 series so far. The only way they'll buck up is if their launch metrics are appropriately dogshit.

Hah the only card at MSRP is the 5070 and that card is DOA thanks to the 9070XT. The other prices are just as fictional as the original MSRPs...

Seeing decent amounts of 9070xt stock come in and sell out within 30 mins, compared to zero stock of the 5000 series, AMD is onto a winning generation as Nvidia seems to not even be trying over a month after launch.

Given the 9070xt strong performance and the combined blunders of a paper launch and lacklustre 5000 series performance, I'd expect AMD to gradually gain some market share this generation. If Nvidia can't get stock on shelves in the next 2 months, then it's going to be even worse for team green.

Am I hitting F5 too often or did OCUK increase the base price of the entry level 9070XT's by another £30?

Fair enough and thats a solid history of following AMD! Honestly if it wasn't for cuda I'd be making a switch to the 9070xt in a heartbeat but due to gen AI requirements, it's an annoying deal breaker.

At that price why not get a 5070ti?

Yeah that makes sense, sometimes the stock and premium designs have a large gulf between them, but some of the asking prices are crazy e.g. the Asus tax, or 30%+ which pushes the most costs into a different card category. Id be surprised if the next release still has such a wide range of...

Is there a justification for these prices, or even an argument for their existence anymore? Years ago you would see significantly better thermals and overclock potential compared to the fanblowers released by AMD and Nvidia, but those days are long gone. These premium cards are the leftovers of...

This gimmick has backfired for overclockers as their website broke, which is a joke in this day and age, all the stock went, and now the prices are jacked up by a minimum of £60+, meaning they are selling nothing remotely close to MSRP. Another GPU launch and Overclockers are doing the same...

They've added a large extra amount on top of the MSRP, looks to be about £100+

If they can target the $500 - $700 segment, Nvidia will have to slash prices if they can actually ship a normal amount of cards.

Paper launch, power connector issues and now silicon issues? Seems like Nvidia took the 5xxx series out of the oven 6 months early.

Paper launch. Expect decent supplies only in H2

This is identical to the 3000 series crypto shortage. CCL are practically professional scalpers, overclockers are not sure how badly they want to screw customers, and once again scan is the only vendor that isn't being a massive money-grubbing asshole.