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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT outsells entire combined NVIDIA RTX 50 series GPUs at German retailer (www.tweaktown.com)
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[-] SalamenceFury@lemmy.world 77 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Honestly this whole "AMD sells more!" "Well Nvidia sells more in THIS place!" is a fool's errand to keep fighting over. Different locations in the world will have different pricing and thus it will shift which brand/card is better value for the money, and it will also depend on local tax laws and a ton of other variables. Brazil, for example, has AMD have somewhat lower prices overall thanks to AMD having an assembly plant here, something neither Nvidia and Intel have, and thus, their GPUs/CPUs are more expensive.

[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 49 points 2 months ago

They'd probably sell even more of their naming scheme was less confusing.

[-] fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip 16 points 2 months ago

so that's not just me being unable to keep a good hierarchy of their shit in my thought cabinet?

[-] 87Six@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago

How is it confusing?

Well minus the part where theres 8GB versions with no name differences..

[-] Anivia@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago

It's confusing because they constantly change their numbering scheme. Nvidia has stayed consistent in the last 17 years

[-] 87Six@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Well yea... But nvidia didn't change their naming scheme because they use it to mislead people.

A 5080 today is equivalent to what a 1060 used to be when it comes to raw sillicon if I remember correctly.

[-] orochi02@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

Wym with raw silicone and how is it important?

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[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

It's just "confusing" because people are used to nvidia naming

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Well good thing the 9070 series is the series that is trying to adopt a more Nvidia-like naming scheme.

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah it has two names. But slightly less confusing

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[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

I thought it was confusing because this is the 3rd changeup to their naming in recent years.

RX 580 to RX Vega 56 and 64 to RX 5700 to 9070. Yes it's still the intuitive "bigger number better" and "first number is generation", but I can see how people might be frustrated with it whereas nvidia has consistency.

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

Consistency? Nvidia does the exact same thing, so yeah I guess that's consistent. That reliable numeric with the Nvidia GeForce Titan, Nvidia Titan, and Nvidia Titan RTX (yes those are all very different cards).

And don't even get me started on the workstation Quadro card naming, with the Quadro RTX 4000, RTX A4000, RTX 4000 (Ada generation), and RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell.

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Then you have the server cards. L4, L40, A100, H100 then rtx 6000 Blackwell (workstation and server editions are same name but different cards)

It goes on

[-] cron@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago

Don't forget the Radeon VII (announced 2019) that didn't fit in any scheme.

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[-] randombullet@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago

I can't wait for an RTX 9070 to replace my RX 9070 XT!

Just like how the Z890 chipset from Intel is not the same generation as the X870 chipset from AMD.

[-] network_switch@lemmy.ml 32 points 2 months ago

It's really good. I can see the 9070 and the XT being GTX 970 and GTX 1060 levels of long term relevance in gaming PCs

[-] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Currently running a GTX1060 and it's such a workhorse, my gosh.

Got my RX 9070 on the way :)

[-] network_switch@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

With the rise of PC handhelds and cutting edge graphics not seeming like a great selling point anymore, I think you'll be golden for about a decade like that 1060. Maybe more because of the rise of PC handhelds and the Switch 2 and future Switch 3

[-] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This 1060 is being sold (cheap) as well so I hope it lives another 10 years in retirement 😄

[-] 30p87@feddit.org 23 points 2 months ago

Maybe AMD is cheaper at Mindfactory than other resellers, and with NVidia it's the other way around?

[-] utjebe@reddthat.com 7 points 2 months ago

At least in EU it just could have been just the right pricing with models in 800-900 EUR for 9070XT. Still outrageous price..

Then you have 5070 that's the "low" model of 50s Nvidia that only maching 9070XT with "you can do AI and RTX" and 5080 arguably better than 9070XT, but in most cases over 1k EUR.

[-] Noja@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

the RX 9070 XT starts at ~590 € and the sales data is just for the last week

[-] majari42@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

They sell for €639 in EU now. (No BF sale) I've got myself one on the way just now for €599 (Asus)

Given the rumors about VRam scarsety I thought this was the right time to get my hands on one, coming from a 5700xt, it's a welcome upgrade

[-] hanzo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 months ago

I use AMD mainly because FLOSS values closer to mine than NVIDIA, but I wish nearly everything in late-stage capitalism wasn't a duopoly. Really a monopoly when the oligarchs own them both via multinational asset managers. I agree with the comments about older cards and the future of gaming though, I think the AMD vs NVIDIA conversation is going to move away from gaming as CUDA vs ROCm continues to evolve.

[-] cron@feddit.org 15 points 2 months ago

Is this just this week's exception or is this representative of the retail market?

[-] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 2 months ago

Might just be a personal perspective, but the majority of Nvidia cards that I've seen purchased in my community (Not in germany tho) are second hand - most aren't buying the 50 series due to their horrible pricing. People are buying AMD cards new though due to their good value proposition.

[-] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 9 points 2 months ago

The power consumption of the 50xx cards is just insane, and this makes it a bad choice in Germany where electricity prices are very high. This means I have to pay a premium for the card, extra for the excessive power demands and potentially extra in summer to keep my gaming room cool.

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[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

While nobody is talking about the Intel B580, which was actually spectacular for the price.

[-] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

I think the limiting factor for that one is availability depending on region. In the US the B580 is an amazing budget card, but AMD has a better distribution network in say LATAM nations.

[-] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Nvidia are selling many multiples of this volume to AI providers.

Gaming means essentially nothing in the big picture. (Outside of maybe prestige or similar)

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[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A couple generations back, Nvidia was the obvious choice and AMD just couldn't compete. Nvidia had real-time ray tracing, AMD didn't, Nvidia's hardware video encoding was great, AMD's sucked, Nvidia had CUDA, AMD pretty much didn't, Nvidia had their DLSS frame gen technology, AMD either didn't or it wasn't very good.

Well, in most of those places, AMD has caught up, and they offer more VRAM in their lower tier products, at better prices.

Oh, and I've been hearing through the grapevine that Nvidia is dropping the ball with drivers. That used to be AMD's bag, but AMD's drivers are more solid these days.

Oh, and Nvidia's weird new power socket keeps catching on fire. I've got a 7900GRE that attaches with two good old 8-pin PCIe connectors that offer a distinct lack of combustion.

[-] kindenough@kbin.earth 12 points 2 months ago

Great card. I am surprised how well this card performs on Bazzite.

[-] IonTempted@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The 9070XT is a good card for the price, and that doesn't tell us a lot, there's going to be markets where AMD does better and some where Nvidia does better, as an AMD user I feel like they still fall behind with their drivers, I've had many Driver timeouts with my RX6700XT just because I was hitting alt tab on CS2, I've never had it on Nvidia.

Also someone who does a lot of upscaling with Topaz I would have loved to see AMD making some serious grounds there there's no reason why they should be that behind with content creators, I don't think we'll ever see the GPU department catching up as the CPU did with Ryzen but I feel like everytime Nvidia fucks something up, AMD does the same so It's a game of who's going to fuck up more.

I bought the 6700xt just because I was contemplating on the 3070 but I saw it was an 8GB VRAM card and I thought yeah miss me with that shit.

[-] commander@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Do you have any experience with Topaz and a 9070xt? I don't because my 9070 PC runs Linux but I do have a Topaz license that goes to like 5.1 that I use on an older PC with an Nvidia card that serves as my Windows only software computer

Benchmarks for the 9070xt seemed competitive for Topaz

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/amd-radeon-rx-9070-xt-content-creation-review/#Topaz_Video_AI

I was hoping Topaz would release for Linux since they had beta versions available but they didn't update past 5.1 and then recently announced they were cancelling the Linux support plans and then they went full on subscription plans rather than buy once for a year of updates and then it's yours to keep

[-] IonTempted@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 2 months ago

I don't, I have a 6700xt I don't remember much about my settings but It's quite slow when upscaling to 4K.

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[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

And here I bought an Intel b580. -sigh-

[-] TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

I saw a Black Friday sale for a 5080 for around €1k, a decent OC model too. I have no interest in supporting NVIDIA or their fire hazards with the way they've been acting.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago

It's an obscene price to pay for a GPU no matter how fast it is.

[-] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

The 9070xt is a great card and much better value than the equivalent Nvidia offering, last time I checked the benchmarks. The Linux compatibility was the other major draw. My system is now 100% AMD and I'm preparing to trial Steam os and Bazzite.

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