Man from Atlantis
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The said prices are 20% VAT included, so $750 and $625 before tax.
AMD RDNA4 potential product value
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Think it is important to note that it is news from Bulgaria and their specific market pricing... where retailers regularly scalp their customers twice, coming and going.
7900XT is currently being listed there from ~1500BGN-2350BGN or ~$800-$1250USD.
The initial pricing information I can find about 7900XT in early 2023 they were listed up at ~2400-2500BGN, +$1300USD.
7900XT is currently being listed there from ~1500BGN-2350BGN or ~$800-$1250USD.
The initial pricing information I can find about 7900XT in early 2023 they were listed up at ~2400-2500BGN, +$1300USD.
Man from Atlantis
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Why would there be any turmoil? Why would they be worried about how to make money on them, when there is literally zero relation to how much something costs to make and how much it is priced for us? Why would making money on these be an issue, even at $300?
Given his track record, Frank Azor denying it is practically a confirmation.
Bondrewd
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RV770 was made way back when Radeon was still a brand, not a corpse. Didn't help them an iota.
Like there's a good reason Tahiti went to 550 buck SRP.
I disagree.
It was an important launch after the disastrous R600 vs G80 battle. It may not have won them back a tonne of market share, but I think it was an important reputation-save for Radeon.
DegustatoR
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Prices - and cards themselves - seem to be leaking all over the planet:
Sales start is set on March 6
Sales start is set on March 6
Bondrewd
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Kinda mixed bag on that. It was an amazing product for the price point target, but them existing the $500+ high-end also painted Radeon as a poverty brand. When they re-entered it with Tahiti, there was a small riot.
What painted them as a poverty brand was more-so the AMD ownership, and the subsequent underinvestment by AMD into RTG. AMD didn't recover from getting Conroe'd until Intel's 14nm++++ nonsense.
Some people complained about Tahiti's pricing -- but people also complained about things like the 8800 Ultra. Still, people bought both.
Tahiti was a premium-looking product beaten by cheapo Kepler. Not good. The Fine Wine™ copium doesn't really strengthen the brand.
What?
Kepler squared-off against Hawaii, not Tahiti. Tahiti was positioned against Fermi and Fermi+, and it did great against both.
Tahiti released 21 months after Fermi (13 months after Fermi+) and 3 months before Kepler. Hawaii released 19 months after Kepler
Now that we’ve seen the 5070 Ti what can AMD do to make a splash. The 5070 Ti trades blows with the 7900 XTX in raster and they end up within 5% of each other on average. The 5070 Ti is 55-70% faster in RT according to HUB’s lineup of “games with impressive RT”.
Surprises aside it’s probably safe to assume the 9070 XT’s performance will fall in line with its specs. It has 20% higher clocks, 80% of the flops and 66% of the bandwidth of the 7900 XTX. RT is also improved but we don’t know how much. Based on those numbers it’s unlikely to get close to the current flagship and likely lands right between the 5070 and 5070 Ti.
$600 with good availability should be enough to turn heads. Of course it’ll be much more fun if performance is greater than specs indicate.
Surprises aside it’s probably safe to assume the 9070 XT’s performance will fall in line with its specs. It has 20% higher clocks, 80% of the flops and 66% of the bandwidth of the 7900 XTX. RT is also improved but we don’t know how much. Based on those numbers it’s unlikely to get close to the current flagship and likely lands right between the 5070 and 5070 Ti.
$600 with good availability should be enough to turn heads. Of course it’ll be much more fun if performance is greater than specs indicate.
DegustatoR
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I'd say $550 to go directly against much weaker 5070.
Potato Head
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Bingo. Any higher and AMD can watch that last 10% market share evaporate.
(Apologies to Rys)
500$ for the 9070 XT. They will be comparable in general performance at best, much slower in RT, and won't have any answer for DLSS.
