Fake MSRP: AMD's Radeon 9070 XT $600 Launch Price Was a Fantasy (www.techspot.com)

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Article is a bit old but still relevant and how gamers are being screwed.

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[-] [email protected] 44 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

GPU prices suddenly tripled about 4-5 years ago, due to price gouging that was enabled by mining, scalping, and LLM demand. The pandemic made it worse. Prices have come down a little since then, but nowhere near sane ranges.

GPU makers haven't ramped up capacity to meet the increased demand, and greedflation doesn't go away easily.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Factory recertified is probably the way to go if you want powerful hardware for (relatively) cheap, new gpu prices just don't make sense anymore. Even back when RX 6x50 refreshes came out shit wasn't so cartoonishly expensive

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I got an open box 7900xtx from microcenter for a pretty good price. No regrets.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Wish they were more widespread. Closest to me is... 800 miles away? Was nice when I was near one.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

That's a sign you need to move ;)

I agree though

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I mean my new 7900xtx was $1k, but I still think it was a pretty good price compared to the 9060 and the 9070.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Nice. I think I paid 750 +tax

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Shame microcenter doesn't ship GPUs, they're only reservable for in-store pickup.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

This is what I did with a Radeon RX 480, which still served me well until I upgraded to 1440p about a year ago. The price was good, and although one of the fans was defective, a replacement fan was quickly shipped and easily installed.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I distinctly remember buying a Radeon Vega 56 in-person at Microcenter on launch day because I must have been worried about price, availability, or both. That was seven years ago.

(That and my 9070 XT -- also bought in-person on launch day for MSRP -- are the only GPUs I've bought in the last decade.)

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

If you show up in person it was not, but the resale market and board partners kind of screwed this up.

AMD and Intel both need to be launching FEs and pushing the price down and making these board partners look bad.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

AMD and Intel both need to be launching FEs and pushing the price down and making these board partners look bad.

They do.

https://www.amazon.com/Intel-B580-Limited-Graphics-Card/dp/B0DPM9923G

Looks like the 9070 might not have a reference design card, but previous gens you used to be able to buy a reference design directly from AMD.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Recent reference cards for AMD were actually built by Sapphire from what I was told.

So the Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT was their reference card basically. And it acts like that, a very solid card.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Sapphire has been building/designing their reference cards for a long ass time.

AMD's website has a picture of what I assume is the reference 9070 and sapphires pulse looks pretty different.

I wish they'd bring back the reference cards. They look so much better than the aftermarket ones, even if the coolers are usually some of the worst.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

It's true, but it was true of every GPU launch for the last three years or so. I'm not trying to excuse it but it's not exactly news.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

It's still good to be reminded that corporations are not your friend and we should be demanding better with our wallets.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

Lol - somebody didn't pay their graphic designer: "PUKE".

[-] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Buys a B580 at MSRP

Laughs in smooth framerates in 1080p with all that extra money in pocket

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

I am gaming what I got until it breaks.

Fuck these parasites.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

6600XT gang rise up!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

RDNA2 represent

Best 16GB of VRAM I ever did buy (RX 6800 for USD$400)

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Seriously, I mostly just play indie games because AAA games tend to be shallow and boring and cheaper gpus do me just fine.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah, I’ve decided to just use a steamdeck. If it won’t run on the steamdeck then fuck it.

Although, I do want to get a gpu for ai audio transcription.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

My trusty GTX 970 was doing almost everything I needed it to do (the only bummer being it couldn't run HellDivers2 smoothly) but it died this week. The B580 was available at MSRP so I jumped on it. It is at least twice as powerful as what I used to have so I'm confident I won't find it under powered for anything I'll throw at it for the next 5 years.

Playing in 4K with raytracing is just not worth paying an extra $700+ to scalpers and price gougers for. I bet you stop noticing the difference after 5 minutes of gameplay.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Living the dream!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

The S in MSRP stands for "suggested"

[-] grill 1 points 3 days ago

I can't believe this is true. If I'd known, I never would've looked at the MSRP.

this post was submitted on 27 May 2025

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