AMD unveils March launch for their Radeon RX 9070 series GPUs

[AlienALX]

If that's correct and roughly a 7900XT performance then it's DOA.

Depends how real those prices are. I would hazard a guess and call fake.

Also. The 7800XT costs 449 pounds. Right now.

It's also a mid range GPU. Do you really think AMD would price something up for more than last gen with the same performance? ffs come on dudes, even Nvidia can't get away with that. Edit what I mean is, how can they launch a new, cheaper, mid range card with the same perf as a 7900XT for fookin more money? come on now. Apply some logic, please.

I reiterate. The reason why the 9000 cards have not been announced is because AMD are waiting for their competitor to it to launch their card (IE the 5070) and thus that is why you have not seen the prices yet. Please stop letting your paranoia run away with you.

It's OK to miss out. Especially when you are being completely conned. I literally can't believe people my age (51) raised their children to be so f*****g stupid. Seriously. Or even told them fookin "no". Maybe if they had done so and gone without the world wouldn't be in such a stupid mess SMH.

 

[AlienALX]

Also. Please try and understand what mid range means now. It means like, a 4070, that should really be a 4060 with a higher price. It doesn't mean 7900XT. That was a high end card, and AMD's generational improvements would be pretty amazing if they manage that on mid range silicon.

I think what AMD Are doing is basically giving you what you NEED rather than what you think you need and or want. IE, a GPU that gets you gaming and that is pretty much it. Not all of this bolacks you are led to believe you need to be able to play games as most people understand.

Hence why the new ARC card sells out all of the time.

As in. These cards basically are the replacement for the 7900GRE, which costs 550 or so and was basically the replacement for the 6800XT and 6900XT at far less money. Then again, even the GRE is not really a mid range card is it? it's faster than the 7800XT and 7700XT.

BTW AMD have already done this before. 5700 and 5700XT. Good cards, basically. Same sort of perf as a 1080, much lower price, much better mannered than pooey Vega. They sold pretty well IIRC.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

Depends how real those prices are. I would hazard a guess and call fake.

Also. The 7800XT costs 449 pounds. Right now.

It's also a mid range GPU. Do you really think AMD would price something up for more than last gen with the same performance? ffs come on dudes, even Nvidia can't get away with that. Edit what I mean is, how can they launch a new, cheaper, mid range card with the same perf as a 7900XT for fookin more money? come on now. Apply some logic, please.

I reiterate. The reason why the 9000 cards have not been announced is because AMD are waiting for their competitor to it to launch their card (IE the 5070) and thus that is why you have not seen the prices yet. Please stop letting your paranoia run away with you.

It's OK to miss out. Especially when you are being completely conned. I literally can't believe people my age (51) raised their children to be so f*****g stupid. Seriously. Or even told them fookin "no". Maybe if they had done so and gone without the world wouldn't be in such a stupid mess SMH.

Yeah, I'm really really finding it hard to believe. It would make no sense whatsoever, unless like Dice said it's actually faster than a 5080, and staying out of the high end to AMD means no 5090 competitor but still a 5080 competitor.

I'm waiting for msrp and official AIB partner prices before anything more.

 

[AlienALX]

Well look let's take the performance leaks from the 9700. "disappointing". I think it is just taking a long while for people to let it sink in that when AMD said mid range they meant just that. So tbh if it does go as quick as a 7900XT? I tell you what I will actually be made up. Nvidia are barely over 20% per card per gen. For AMD's 5070 competitor to behave like a 7900XT? damn son. That is a serious generational improvement. The 7800XT didn't even worry the 6800XT but at least it was £150+ cheaper. Like, actually really not just a fake ass Nvidia RRP.

I think the world is split right now. Some people just keep on spunking money away like it doesn't exist and others are just happy to be able to do things.

I think people are truly being fooled into thinking they *need* things like the 5090 and 5080. I don't need one scrap more than any of my AMD GPUs can do, and one of them is now well over 2 years into my ownership. I also think people generally now are just far greedier than when I was a kid. Soon learned as a kid that being greedy meant being poor. No wonder kids now don't think they can afford a house and whine about it all of the time. STOP BLOODY SPENDING. Jesus it's like an illness.

Also. The AIBPs can not scalp and blow the RRP out of the water on AMD GPUs. If they do they simply sit on shelves. I can pretty much go buy any AMD model I want right now.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

Well look let's take the performance leaks from the 9700. "disappointing". I think it is just taking a long while for people to let it sink in that when AMD said mid range they meant just that. So tbh if it does go as quick as a 7900XT? I tell you what I will actually be made up. Nvidia are barely over 20% per card per gen. For AMD's 5070 competitor to behave like a 7900XT? damn son. That is a serious generational improvement. The 7800XT didn't even worry the 6800XT but at least it was £150+ cheaper. Like, actually really not just a fake ass Nvidia RRP.

I think the world is split right now. Some people just keep on spunking money away like it doesn't exist and others are just happy to be able to do things.

I think people are truly being fooled into thinking they *need* things like the 5090 and 5080. I don't need one scrap more than any of my AMD GPUs can do, and one of them is now well over 2 years into my ownership. I also think people generally now are just far greedier than when I was a kid. Soon learned as a kid that being greedy meant being poor. No wonder kids now don't think they can afford a house and whine about it all of the time. STOP BLOODY SPENDING. Jesus it's like an illness.

Also. The AIBPs can not scalp and blow the RRP out of the water on AMD GPUs. If they do they simply sit on shelves. I can pretty much go buy any AMD model I want right now.

Yeah, greed has definitely increased. I've seen it too. And the need for super fast GPUs is silly. Yeah, sure, if you can afford it and want/need it for whatever reason, go for it. I love these halo products for that. But the vast majority should be contented with decent midrange GPUs. It's mostly about the gaming anyway, and once you're absorbed in a game you love, you don't really think about or care about whether the generational upgrade was better or worse than previous generations.

Housing is a different matter though here in Ireland. The housing crisis is very real and it's not related to unplanned spending. They just aren't any properties. Even going up North you can find them. But in the Republic, they don't exist.

 

[AlienALX]

The hilarious thing is that GPUs, especially high end ones, are THE worst investment you could ever make. And that was when they were 600 quid lmao. Two grand for a piece of silicon? hahahahahaha. It's covid pricing without the covid. I can't believe people would buy something from a company willing to screw people over and keep prices insane after something as bad as that.

I think you are onto a point though. IE the divide between the rich and poor is just getting bigger and bigger.

I bought three GPUs for less than one 4090. Just utter madness. I also love how Nvidia do the false scarcity thing too so they can sell them for even more than their joke RRP prices for ages too. Lil trick they picked up during a epidemic. Absolute scumbags.

 

[ImprovizoR]

Depends how real those prices are. I would hazard a guess and call fake.

Well those prices of the 9070 and the 9070XT in my neck of the woods are definitely real. I don't know what else to tell you. I could buy one to prove it, but sadly I'm equipped with a working brain.

 

[AlienALX]

Well those prices of the 9070 and the 9070XT in my neck of the woods are definitely real. I don't know what else to tell you. I could buy one to prove it, but sadly I'm equipped with a working brain.

How can you buy one when they are not even announced yet?

Come back to me after the launch.

 

[Dicehunter]

How can you buy one when they are not even announced yet?

Come back to me after the launch.

A lot of stores in Europe actually have them in stock and some it seems don't care about selling super early.

 

[ImprovizoR]

How can you buy one when they are not even announced yet?

They have them in stock now, so now is when they're selling them.

This is interesting, though. I just tried to fake buy the 9070, but as soon as I put the GPU in the bucket, it doubles in price. Obviously a precaution to prevent purchases before the official release date. But that pretty much confirms to me that the actual price of 1013 EUR is accurate. At least in my neck of the woods.

 

[NeverBackDown]

I'll believe it after launch. Until then all BS

 

[AlienALX]

I'll believe it after launch. Until then all BS

I just watched the end of the Linus review. He flashed up something showing $600 and $650.

Which sounds about right to me. If they perform as well as the XT and XTX that is a decent price drop. Or even in the ballpark.

Like I continually keep saying, this card is the competition for the 5070. That is why they have not announced it or released it ! If we assume the 5070 will be $600 (it will, at least that, possibly $650) then yes that all adds up perfectly. I would strongly imagine that AMD are waiting to charge as much as possible for it, hence why the delay.

So that means basically last gen "High"* performance for less money. And hopefully less power use, and better RT (who cares about that? certainly not I).

*noting that the 7900XT and XTX were far from what AMD could have pushed out. Both cards were nowhere near the core count they could well have been, but no one would have bought them at $1600+ prices as AMD said. "No one wants $1500 GPUS".

So whatever that dodgy looking EU site says is BS. Either that? or matey you need to have a word with your retailers and or country etc.

Reason they probably doubled the price when you added to the cart is they do not have any. Where are the leaks huh? where are the pics of large quantities of them we always see when they have shipped out? where are the performance leaks? there ain't any, mate.

 

[AlienALX]

Also let me remind you that, basically.

You can get that much perf for that price as I type this.

 

[AlienALX]

Housing is a different matter though here in Ireland. The housing crisis is very real and it's not related to unplanned spending. They just aren't any properties. Even going up North you can find them. But in the Republic, they don't exist.

Now for the OT. Do you know why that is? it's because their own parents are gobbling up properties to rent out. Hence why they can afford $1000 GPUs. So yeah pretty ironic really. That is why there are no properties. It all comes back to greed and nothing else.

 

[Dicehunter]

Now for the OT. Do you know why that is? it's because their own parents are gobbling up properties to rent out. Hence why they can afford $1000 GPUs. So yeah pretty ironic really. That is why there are no properties. It all comes back to greed and nothing else.

Yep, The dad of my cousins bestie in the Republic has, Wait for it... 100 flats spread out over 50 houses. He gets the highest end GPU every gen without a seconds thought, Good for him but holy hell imagine 50 houses, The cash flow would be crazy.

 

[ImprovizoR]

So whatever that dodgy looking EU site says is BS. Either that? or matey you need to have a word with your retailers and or country etc.

Reason they probably doubled the price when you added to the cart is they do not have any.

No, they have it. I called and asked. That's just how they're pricing it. They can f**k off with those prices.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

Now for the OT. Do you know why that is? it's because their own parents are gobbling up properties to rent out. Hence why they can afford $1000 GPUs. So yeah pretty ironic really. That is why there are no properties. It all comes back to greed and nothing else.

Well, obviously it's greed somewhere down the line. Almost all problems facing mankind are related to greed in one form or another. But saying the housing crisis in Ireland is only related to rich parents buying properties to rent out is factually not true. There literally are not enough houses to house people. As in, even if none of these rich people bought houses to rent, which some need to do because people need to rent as well and landlords to buy properties to rent out, there still wouldn't be enough. No offense, but the issue is far more complicated than what you're saying. It's definitely a factor, for sure mate, but it's only a part of the massive puzzle.