In the war for graphics card sales, there are only 3 fighters: AMD, Intel, and Nvidia. Unfortunately, it takes years to expand a GPU. That’s why, when one of them launches a new product, the opposition rarely retaliates with a similar product. new chip. But what they can do is invoke a transient cut of value to distract customers, and that’s exactly what AMD has done with its Radeon RX 7900 XT.
With an overall MSRP of $799, AMD’s second-most rugged graphics card, the Radeon RX 7900 XT, compares to Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, which comes at the same price. However, the recent launch of the $599 RTX 4070 Super, which performs reasonably close to the 4070 Ti, means that none of the cards are all that tempting.
So AMD teamed up with its main board partners and selected online retailers (as spotted at TweakTown), and sliced $90 off the tags for ASRock, Sapphire, PowerColour, and XFX Radeon RX 7900 XT cards. In some cases, you’ll need to employ a promo code to get the full discount, but at $710, it’s the lowest the 7900 XT has ever been.
Even after those deals end, the base value will only go back up to $749. That’s $150 less than when it launched, it has to be said that the initial value of $899 never made sense.
And it’s not just in the U. S. , as German company Hardwareluxx reports that some European outlets are also promoting the 7900 XT at a discounted price. I haven’t noticed any UK stores posting discounts yet, but that doesn’t necessarily mean this or others. Markets would possibly not get any discounts.
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But will it be worth buying one when Nvidia has the RTX 4070 Ti Super just around the corner?This price starts at $799 for the popular model, and the more sophisticated overclocked features are a bit pricier.
It’s expected to be faster than the original 4070 Ti (well, we wouldn’t expect it to be slower), so for the same price, you’d settle on the 4070 Ti Super. But $90 is rarely a very small change, which makes this drop in value pretty tricky, especially when you’ve got the $599 4070 Super sticking its nose into things.
The Radeon RX 7900 XT is no slouch. It’s a very powerful graphics card, with shaders and 20GB of VRAM, which means you’ll have trouble running out of memory in some games.
Coupled with features like FSR 3, for upscaling and symbol generation, and the fact that some games (e. g. Call of Duty) run better on AMD GPUs than Nvidia, you get a monster graphics card at a huge discount.
But is it worth $110 more than the 4070 Super? It’s faster, but if you’re a fan of ray tracing, generative AI, or content creation with Blender, then you’re better off switching to the green team. Yes, the Radeon RX 7900 XT has more VRAM, but it’s not as important. as you might think.
On the other hand, if you need to make a significant GPU upgrade and stick with Nvidia and its higher prices, then a $710 RX 7900 XT is very tempting to do it all.
Nick, Gaming and Computers met in 1981, with a love affair that began with a Sinclair ZX81 kit and a book on ZX Basic. He eventually became a professor of physics and computer science, but in the late 1990s it was time to start writing for a long-defunct British tech site. He then did the same at Madonion, helping to write the support files for 3DMark and PCMark. After a brief stint at Beyond3D. com, Nick joined Futuremark (renamed MadOnion) full-time, as editor-in-chief of its games and hardware division, YouGamers. After the site’s closure, he became a professor of engineering and computer science for many years, but had no taste for writing. 4 years out of TechSpot. com and over a hundred lengthy articles on anything. He openly admits to being too obsessed with GPUs and open-world RPGs, but who is rarely very much in those days?
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