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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT "bumpy" launch reportedly linked to price pressure from NVIDIA - VideoCardz.com

Radeon RX 9070 launch with retailer background PC Games Hardware reports that their moderator “pokerclock,” a well-informed person within retailer circles, has shared a new update on an upcoming Radeon GPU launch. Previously, this source provided insights on the GeForce RTX 50 series launch...

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I await all the AyyMD bros coming in to tell me that this complete mess of a launch is actually AMD's 5D chess move against Nvidia.

 

[Buggy Loop]

MLID preparing the new thumbnail

AMD is 5D chess player (as predicted every gen)

Nvidia fell into THEIR trap!

 

[TheRedRiders]

MLID preparing the new thumbnail

AMD is 5D chess player (as predicted every gen)

Nvidia fell into THEIR trap!

Lmao

So it seems like AMD got caught with their pants down by the 5070 pricing.

They are now deciding how much profit they can squeeze whilst also offering a competitive price against the Nvidia offering. As they should but my issue is the the whole "good guy AMD helping out gamers against greedy nvidia" narrative that people like MLiD try to push.

 

[FingerBang]

What has MLiD said? All the videos I watched since the announcement have said exactly what the article says: AMD was caught off guard by Nvidia's low prices and performance claims.

I'm also confused at people acting all surprised here. AMD's strategy for years has been to see Nvidia's price and undercut it slightly. Even their naming convention is a fucked up mess, to the point they're now just copying Nvidia.

They have no intention of disrupting the market. They profit off Nvidia's trail and they're happy to just follow. It's pretty obvious to me their main reason for being in the GPU market is for their APUs that are everywhere. These cards are an afterthough. I'd say it's the same for Nvidia for the gaming market, with their focus being datacenters.

 

[SolidQ]

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[VolticArchangel]

MLID preparing the new thumbnail

AMD is 5D chess player (as predicted every gen)

Nvidia fell into THEIR trap!

jEbAiTeD!!!!!!!!???11!!!ONE!!!

 

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Where is this from? Chiphell?

I think the fact that we're still in a "he said, she said" situation here is very dire for the brand.

 

[SolidQ]

Where is this from? Chiphell?

Yeah from guy, who leak all to us

 

[Bojji]

Yeah from guy, who leak all to us

We still don't know If what he leaks is correct.

 

[SolidQ]

We still don't know If what he leaks is correct.

about XTX and XT perf is mostly correct +-5%

 

[Mr Moose]

Huh, when did it launch?
Edit:

has shared a new update on an upcoming Radeon GPU launch

It hasn't...

 

[Xyphie]

MLID preparing the new thumbnail

AMD is 5D chess player (as predicted every gen)

Nvidia fell into THEIR trap!

The narrative is going to be that 9070XT was actually going to be $479, but because Blackwell underdelivered (even though the specs for the entire lineup has been around for months, and it was pretty easy to estimate that it was mostly going to be Ada + GDDR7 + non-raster improvements) AMD had a last minute change of mind and raised the price, so it's actually nVidia's fault.

 

[64gigabyteram]

So it seems like AMD got caught with their pants down by the 5070 pricing.

dumb fucks,

Funny how people are usually like "AMD lowering prices will make Nvidia lower prices too" but this time it ended up being the opposite.

 

[SolidQ]

The narrative is going to be that 9070XT was actually going to be $479

499 Vanilla/599 XT that was for real