- Microcenter’s AMD Radeon RX 9070 GPU Listing Advice to potential $ 699 PDSF
- The prices indicated could probably be reserved spaces
- The revelation of the AMD DNA 4 GPU will take place on February 28
The launch of the GPU series of Radeon RX 9000 of AMD is almost on our doors, with the official revelation which takes place for February 28. All eyes are fixed on performance capacities and the price of the RX 9070 XT GPU – and now we may have our answer on the latter, and this may not be good with fans.
As indicated by Videocardz, the Radeon RX 9070 series of AMD has been listed on Microcenter, the RX 9070 XT from $ 699, while its counterpart RX 9070 is listed at $ 649. This also includes a few other overclocking models for the RX 9070 XT and non -XT – which we will not publish since it has been deleted – and these prices are similar to those listed for the new NVIDIA Blackwell range, which has experienced detail inflation, with some of the new radeon cards listed as long as $ 1.099.
It is important to note that it is not official prices and that the official revelation of AMD can be radically different – but a previous leak has suggested that Team Red aims for a price less than $ 700, which would corroborate some of the microcenter lists.
Given the potential position of the RX 9070 XT as a competitor of NVIDIA RTX 5070 TI ($ 749 / £ 729 / around $ 1509 in), if it gets used to the alleged $ 699 (based on the lists of microchials), it may not be a singer enough to convince GPU players.
Although this can still end up being the ideal substitute for GPUs in the RTX 5000 series which are currently out of stock or simply too expensive, there is no guarantee that will not happen to the GPUs of RDNA 4 of Team Red. The scalpers could knock again, especially if the new GPUs are impressive – while it is always a threat independently of retail prices, the suspected price of $ 699 is not very attractive, especially at a time when the fiercest Rival of AMD is already on the back.
I really hope that these prices are only reserved spaces and nothing more …
As I have indicated many occasions, the GPU market has an urgent need for serious competition while Nvidia continues to storm it. Team Green is in a vulnerable state at the moment, because the GPUs of the RTX 5000 series are practically impossible to reach at the PDSF (as well as a whole series of teeth problems, including the missing ROPs on certain cards shipped), so the launch of the GPU of the AMD AMD 4 is the ideal opportunity for the Red to Claw team to take a market share.
In an frustrating way, it seems that Team Red can withdraw from the battle before it even begins – if the prices listed to microcenter end up being legitimate, I really believe that AMD has no chance of competing this generation with Nvidia. The Radeon RX 7900 XTX, the current flagship GPU – which is always one of the closest to RTX 4090 alongside the RTX 4080 Super – will be supposed to remain the most powerful consumer GPU in AMD, and this card can be found at slightly higher prices than the RTX 5070 Ti of RTX 5070 Ti.
If the Radeon RX 9070 XT cannot beat one of these GPUs at $ 699 PDSF, I fear that it died on arrival. Many fans are already turning to Nvidia for the best performance, especially When you use radius rays – while RDNA 4 promises to improve the performance of tracing the shelves, it will be a major challenge to match Team Green’s successes in this region.
I hope that by tomorrow, I can eat my words after AMD has finally opened the lid on its new GPU offers, but honestly? I would be ready to bet that the microcenter leak is correct …
