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[CrustyBritches]

AMD's official reveal of both the RDNA 4 architecture and its new Radeon RX 9070 series GPUs. AMD is forgoing high-end GPUs and focusing on 5070/5070 Ti performance tiers according to leaks.





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The Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 are both based on the 4 nm "Navi 48" silicon, which reportedly features up to 64 compute units for 4,096 stream processors, and a new generation AI accelerator that's both faster and more capable than the one introduced with RDNA 3. There is expected to be a significant uplift in the ray tracing performance, too, reducing the performance cost of enabling ray tracing in games. FSR 4 is expected to leverage the AI acceleration capabilities of RDNA 4 for its super resolution algorithm. Both are expected to feature 16 GB of older GDDR6 memory across a 256-bit wide memory interface.

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Leaks from Chinese event:

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-confirms-radeon-rx-9070-xt-is-42-faster-than-rx-7900-gre-at-4k

"42% faster than 7900 GRE at 4K"

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[CrustyBritches]

*1080p Youtube screencaps...

 

[Senua]

Reserved.

Pre orders aren't open yet bro!

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Anybody camping out at Microcenter yet?

 

[twilo99]

All about pricing…

 

[CrustyBritches]

Pre orders aren't open yet bro!

I'm posting from a tent outside MicroCenter as we speak. Only a week to go until launch. Potty bucket already full. Having to tolerate stinky 5070 buyers. Send help, please.

 

[Darkkahn]

I'm reserving this post. How long to go?

 

[CrustyBritches]

I'm reserving this post. How long to go?

Youtube countdown for I'd guess pre-show is under 10min!

 

[Mokus]

Come on AMD, help me. I'm not a rich person.

 

[GHG]

I'm not in the market for a new GPU but crossing my fingers and toes for a good result here for everyone who is.

 

[moogman]

I'm sure I just saw a countdown for a countdown.

 

[CrustyBritches]

Hoping for $599 "official msrp" for 9070 XT, decent cards at ~$649, and good availability!

They just started a new countdown...Jebaited! Looks like 5am PST/8am EST they'll go live.

OT hype soundtrack...

 

[Wolzard]

Bracing myself for disappointment.

 

[ThisIsMyDog]

550$ for 9070 and 650$ for 9070XT

 

[RagnarokIV]

It's amd - probably be crap unless you're a kid who only plays roblox or something

 

[Luipadre]

Please be good. We need competition

 

[CrustyBritches]

 

[Mokus]

Impressive to see that 70K people are watching the (pre-recorded) stream.

 

[Lukaku's First Touch]

I hate the naming on these cards...

 

[Newari]

Intro having hype trailer voice telling that AMD never stops innovating is hilarious when AMD is following a gen or two behind of Nvidia.

 

[Guilhermegrg]

 

[winjer]

 

[ResilientBanana]

Intro having hype trailer voice telling that AMD never stops innovating is hilarious when AMD is following a gen or two behind of Nvidia.

Right!? They wouldn't have added ray tracing if Nvidia didn't force their hand.

 

[Luipadre]

 

[CrustyBritches]

Fuck yeah!

 

[Luipadre]

600 wow. Thats a great price. Gonna watch that video after reveal

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Official PR:

Pricing and Availability

AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series graphics cards are expected to be available from leading board partners including Acer, ASRock, ASUS, Gigabyte, PowerColor, Sapphire, Vastarmor, XFX and Yeston beginning March 6th, 2025. The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT has an SEP of $599 USD, while the AMD Radeon RX 9070 has an SEP of $549 USD.

AMD Unveils Next-Generation AMD RDNA™ 4 Architecture with the Launch of AMD Radeon™ RX 9000 Series Graphics Cards

– The new AMD Radeon™ RX 9000 Series graphics cards deliver enthusiast-level gaming experiences supercharged by AI –...

www.globenewswire.com

 

[PeteBull]

guys, lets be real here, avaiability will be non existent so prices will be far above msrp, sorry

 

[Imtjnotu]

Please AMD. Help.

 

[DirtInUrEye]

Nvidia probably priced in any meaningful undercutting from AMD and will have purposefully given themselves plenty of headroom for necessary price cuts should AMD appear to be making inroads into Nvidia's bottom line. Any celebration of AMDs pricing may yet prove short-lived, should Nvidia address their "shortage" issues in the spring.

Regardless, I'd love AMD to have a great gen. I'm on a 4000 series card myself, but Nvidia badly need to be challenged by now.

 

[Gaiff]

Good thing Blackwell is a dud because all this stuff has been done by NVIDIA over 2 years ago lol.

 

[Outlier]

A lot of ghosting in that presentation.

YIKES!

 

[Nankatsu]

So FSR4 will be exclusive to the new GPU's, right?

 

[GHG]

A lot of ghosting in that presentation.

YIKES!

The yikes is the fact that the stream tops out at 1080p.

 

[Jinxed]

Great pricing, might replace my 6800xt down the line, it's still running everything I throw at it without any problems though

 

[ValiantInstance]

600 for better raster than a 4080 is an excellent deal.

If they can get it down to 450-500 next year then there is a chance to capture some real market share.

 

[CrustyBritches]

Just name-dropped Dragon Age Veilguard.

 

[Xyphie]

Not making FSR user upgradable from the start was a really big mistake of AMD in hindsight. DLSS4 can be injected into any post-DLSS2 game without developer input making it available in hundreds of games, but an in-situ FSR4 upgrade will only work with FSR3.1 games unless someone develops an injector that hijacks the DLSS/XeSS implementation in a game.

 

[winjer]

So far, it looks good.
But I want to see reviews first.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

I'm noticing a lot of re-recorded/adr lines. They did not decide the price until the last second.

 

[FingerBang]

The 9070xt seems fantastic for the price.

The 9070 being just $50 less makes no sense.

 

[DenchDeckard]

They dropped the price last minute! Good for them!

 

[winjer]

Not making FSR user upgradable from the start was a really big mistake of AMD in hindsight. DLSS4 can be injected into any post-DLSS2 game without developer input making it available in hundreds of games, but an in-situ FSR4 upgrade will only work with FSR3.1 games unless someone develops an injector that hijacks the DLSS/XeSS implementation in a game.

Yes it was.
But we can do something better with programs like Optiscalar or DLSS enabler.
With these, we can inject FSR3.1 or XeSS into almost any game that has DLSS.

 

[Outlier]

Hmmm. Very interesting. $549 for all that seems like a good deal.

 

[ValiantInstance]

I'm noticing a lot of re-recorded/adr lines. They did not decide the price until the last second.

Steve said as much in a recent GN video. Apparently the higher ups were reading articles and watching Youtubers to try and read the room on prices.

Seems they actually payed attention for a change, about time someone did in this market.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

AMD hit a double, eventhough the pitcher threw a softball right over the plate begging them to hit a home run…

My thoughts are those who wanted to upgrade to AMD will do it and that will entice exactly no nvidia duehards.

Well done….i guess

 

[DirtInUrEye]

600 would have been acceptable if it retailed at that, which it won't. Not a for a good while anyway.

Surprised people are acting so thrilled by this tbh.

The 9070 model should have been 400, end of story. Because that RRP would have allowed retailers another fifty on top to be money grubbers with, but instead they'll now take it up to 600.

Circle of life.

 

[ThisIsMyDog]

So far, it looks good.
But I want to see reviews first.

i want to see DLSS4 vs. FSR4

 

[winjer]

The 9070xt seems fantastic for the price.

The 9070 being just $50 less makes no sense.

It might be the opposite.
The price difference is of 10%. The performance difference, considering clocks and CUs, is up to 14%.
But in the CU difference is just 7%. So with a bit of OC, to match the XT model, the base 9700, might be very close.

 

[Wolzard]