AMD launches the $549 Radeon 9070 and $599 9070 XT: Another fail or great success?

Highly anticipated: AMD has finally launched announced the Radeon RX 9000 series, headlined by the RX 9070 XT and its $599 MSRP. There are some interesting features and architectural details to explore, but we're a bit uncertain about the price based on what AMD has shown so far. On the surface, it looks more like a continuation of AMD's graphics card strategy rather than a significant shift toward providing better value. The Radeon RX 9070 XT will be available on March 6th at a $599 asking price. It comes with a fully unlocked Navi 48 die featuring 64 RDNA 4 compute units, a boost clock of up to 2.97 GHz, 16GB of GDDR6 memory, and a 304W TDP. While $600 isn't an outright terrible price for this model – thankfully, AMD didn't go with something even more extreme – it lacks a certain wow factor. Radeon RX 9070 XT Pricing, Performance and Value To understand the value proposition, we first have to look at how fast AMD claims the RX 9070 XT is. They state it's 42% faster on average than ... Read full article.