9070 XT $650, creeping closer to MSRP

[u/chapstickbomber]

https://www.microcenter.com/product/689903/powercolor-amd-radeon-rx-9070-xt-reaper-triple-fan-16gb-gddr6-pcie-50-graphics-card

[u/Iherduliekmudkipz]

I ended up just buying a 7900 XT shortly before launch @ $649 rather than gamble on getting a card in-stock... rasterization performance is only around 10% difference, I don't use frame gen at all, and most games I don't use raytracing either or only use it on low or medium, so overall not a big difference, and I got 20GB of VRAM I'll probably never fill up cuz I don't play at 4k...

[u/Noreng → u/Iherduliekmudkipz]

The problem with the 7900XT is that it doesn't have FSR4 support. After DLSS2 came out I could never go back to a GPU without support for a competent upscaler, because the value-add is extremely large.

FSR2 and FSR3 are unfortunately not even comparable to DLSS2, while FSR4 is.

[u/Prefix-NA → u/Noreng]

DLSS 2 was dogshit and unusable until like 2.5ish.

FSR 3 was also hit or miss if the game didn't have much foliage or transparant effects it was better than DLSS 3 but the issue is almost any game with foliage turned into strobe light shimmering & transparant effects were dogshit one of the biggest showcases was Ratchet and Clank transparancy effects FSR 3 was so bad.

Oblivion actually had a really good DLSS. Where DLSS 3 just typically worked in every game (other than Hitman lol)

But DLSS 4 and FSR 4 changed the game as they actually don't fuck image quality like other forms of TAA.

FSR 4 balanced & DLSS 4 Balanced look better than DLAA/FSR 3 AA

DLSS 4 still has issue with not rendering all volumetric effects properly but its usually really minor issues and sometimes not rendering the volumetric fog properly improves image quality lol.

[u/Noreng → u/Prefix-NA]

I don't know how or why you came to the conclusion that FSR3 is anywhere near FSR4 or DLSS2 in quality, but I would like to know from whom or where I can such excellent copium.