In an interview with PC World, Frank Azor said that past performance leaks for RDNA 4 models have undersold the frame rates we'll get with these GPUs.
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Frank Azor's word is utterly worthless. I mean, we shouldn't take corporate marketing claims to mean a ton in the first place, his especially just shouldn't be taken seriously.
With 64CU, GDDR6 and a rough clockspeed estimate, we can have a decent idea of how it'll perform, and I think it's extremely unlikely to be surprising many paying attention. Somewhere between 7900 and 7900XT(or 4070Ti/4070Ti S in Nvidia terms) in general performance.
I know people want the 9070XT to be priced super aggressively, but if we think to how AMD used to do their more aggressive pricing, it wasn't necessarily the top SKU that had great value, but the slightly cut down version below it. And I'd be cool with that if they bring this back. They dont need a big win at every single product level, they simply need one in every bigger tier that sticks out and is easy for people to recommend.
I think something like 9070XT - $480, with a 9070 non-XT at $400 would be a winner. I mean, they'll probably drop down to such prices within like 6-12 months anyways, but the win will be a great first impression this time around, and something that will be solidified in reviews that people will still check later on.
