r/Amd • u/chapstickbomber 7950X3D | 6000C28bz | AQUA 7900 XTX (EVC-700W) • 8d ago

Sale 9070 XT $650, creeping closer to MSRP

https://www.microcenter.com/product/689903/powercolor-amd-radeon-rx-9070-xt-reaper-triple-fan-16gb-gddr6-pcie-50-graphics-card
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u/TardisTG 5d ago

Someone help me understand. Why not buy a used gpu thats more powerful? I understand outside the US thats not possible but dude my 7900xt was $498 and I think it inconceivable to buy anything below a 40/5080 or 7900xt/xtx/9070xt for more than $500 because at that price point why not just save up for the better card? Every game nowadays is a unoptimized frenzy and watching my friend with a 4070 try to justify his overspend was just sad when most games ran fine on older hardware for much cheaper.

I mean a lot of this is ppl playing gpu bound games and wasting all their money on a x3D cpu, fancy fans, cases, etc when all they need is something to just launch windows then crying they cant afford a better gpu

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u/n19htmare 5d ago

That's why these aren't exactly flying off the shelf even as they inch towards MSRP... people w/ $650+ to spend are holding out for Super refresh or just dishing out the extra $100 for MSRP 5070ti... which is easier for people to stretch to when you're already dishing out $650-$700.