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Video Index
00:00 - Welcome to Hardware Unboxed
00:40 - Ad Spot
01:20 - RX 9070 XT Overview
01:31 - RX 9070 Series specs table
02:14 - Overview Continued
03:37 - AIB Thermals/Clocks
05:03 - Test System Specs
05:10 - Marvel Rivals
05:38 - Stalker 2
06:11 - Counter Strike 2
06:53 - God of War Ragnarok
07:23 - Delta Force
08:01 - Space Marine 2
08:52 - Star Wars Jedi Survivor
09:23 - A Plague Tale Requiem
09:51 - Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty
10:23 - Dying Light 2
10:46 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
11:18 - Dragon Age The Veilguard
11:49 - War Thunder
12:23 - Marvel’s Spider Man Remastered
12:45 - Hogwarts Legacy
13:12 - The Last of Us Part I
13:34 - Star Wars Outlaws
13:57 - Starfield
14:20 - 1440p Average
15:09 - 4K Average
15:27 - Power Usage
15:52 - Metro Exodus Enhanced [RT]
16:32 - Alan Wake 2 [RT]
17:05 - Cyberpunk 2077 [RT]
17:45 - Marvel’s Spider Man Remastered [RT]
18:07 - Dying Light 2 [RT]
18:29 - Black Myth Wukong [RT]
18:51 - Indiana Jones and the great Circle [RT]
19:14 - RT Average [1440p]
19:36 - RT Average [4K]
19:54 - MSRP Cost Per Frame
20:50 - Real MSRP Cost Per Frame
21:23 - Retail Cost Per Frame
21:45 - Conclusion
27:40 - Final Thoughts

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00:00Okay, time to review AMD's new Radeon RX 9070 XT and you know what, my legs are a bit sore
00:12today, probably all that ladder climbing I did yesterday so I think I'm going to go sit
00:16down for this one.
00:19That's better isn't it, a bit more comfortable.
00:21Now a lot has been said about the 9070 XT, so much so that it kind of feels like we've
00:26already reviewed it, but to date we've relied on nothing more than leaks and first party
00:30benchmarks and neither of which are typically that reliable, so today finally we're taking
00:35a very in-depth look at the 9070 XT to see what it's all about.
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01:20But before we jump into the benchmark data I'll quickly go over what the 9070 series
01:24is.
01:25There are two models, the standard 9070 which is a binned or cut down version of the 9070
01:31XT.
01:32Both are based on the same 357mm2 die.
01:36The 9070 XT packs 4096 cores whereas the 9070's core count has been reduced by 13% to 3584
01:45cores.
01:47It's also said to operate the cores at 2070MHz, so a 14% reduction when compared to the XT
01:55version, though the actual core clock speeds will differ under load.
01:59As for the memory subsystem, it's identical for both models, so 16GB of 20Gbps GDDR6 memory
02:08on a 256-bit wide memory bus resulting in a bandwidth of 640Gbps.
02:15Now all this means is that the 9070 series should be very economical to produce given
02:20the die size is similar to that of the 7800 XT and the memory subsystem is also the same.
02:27AMD managed to sell that part for $500 US or less, so they should be making a decent
02:33amount of money on even the cut down 9070 silicon which has been given an MSRP of $550
02:40while the full blown 9070 XT is set to cost $600 US.
02:46The matchup on paper between the older 7900 XT and the 9070 XT is quite interesting.
02:52The 9070 XT packs 24% fewer cores, the die size has been reduced by 33%, the cache capacity
03:00has also been reduced by 20%, there's 20% less VRAM and the memory bandwidth has also
03:05been slashed by 20%, yet it is meant to deliver similar or better performance.
03:13Now on hand for testing I have a number of 9070 XT graphics cards, I will be reviewing
03:18the 9070 in tomorrow's video so the focus for today will be on the 9070 XT and all of
03:25our benchmark results are based on the Sapphire Pure model.
03:29Along with the Pure I also have the Nitro Plus, XFX Mercury, Asus TUF Gaming and ASRock
03:36Taichi.
03:37When placed under load we saw hotspot GPU temperatures range from as low as 75 degrees
03:42with the XFX Mercury to as high as 87 degrees which quite shockingly was seen with the Nitro
03:49Plus.
03:50That's particularly odd given the Pure maxed out at 81 degrees.
03:55The Asus TUF Gaming ran cool at 80 degrees while the Asrock Taichi hit 85 degrees.
04:01Still given that this is a hotspot temperature all models did run very cool.
04:06The GDDR6 Memory operated at 85 degrees on the Asus and XFX models while the rest ran
04:12at 90 degrees.
04:13Then for the GPU VRAM temperatures we have quite a large range, the Asrock Taichi and
04:18Sapphire Nitro Plus both peaked at over 80 degrees while the Pure reached 79 degrees.
04:24Then we have the XFX Mercury and Asus TUF Gaming both of which kept their VRAM comfortably
04:30below 70 degrees.
04:32Now when it came to operating volume, the Asrock Taichi along with the Sapphire Pure
04:36and Nitro Plus were all virtually silent, generating less noise than our case fans.
04:42The XFX Mercury was also very quiet and could only just be heard over the case fans while
04:48the Asus TUF Gaming was noticeably audible but still reasonably quiet.
04:52As for core clock speeds, all models were much the same with no more than a 3% variance
04:57out of the box so there shouldn't be too much performance difference between these
05:00various models.
05:02So that's all the AIB cards we have on hand for the moment, for now I think we should
05:06move on and get into the blue bar graphs.
05:10First up we have Marvel Rivals at 1440p and here the 9070 XT was good for 88 FPS on average
05:17though that did make it 7% slower than the 5070 Ti and just 6% faster than the 7900 XT
05:24so not bad but also not an amazing start.
05:28Then at 4K it slips a little further behind the 5070 Ti now trailing by an 11% margin
05:35with 51 FPS on average.
05:38Moving on to Stalker 2, again at 1440p the 9070 XT is coming in slower than the 5070
05:45Ti, this time trailing by a 9% margin which actually made it 2% slower than the 7900 XT
05:53so that's a disappointing result.
05:56Bumping the resolution up to 4K did help and now it's just 5% slower than the 5070 Ti
06:01and 5% faster than the 7900 XT, still not an amazing result but probably good enough
06:07despite only rendering 39 FPS on average.
06:11This time we see when testing with Counter-Strike 2 that the 9070 XT is coming in 10% slower
06:17than the 5070 Ti which is quite a significant margin, in fact here it only managed to match
06:23the 7900 GRE, this is a very weak result and sadly this isn't a game AMD benchmarked for
06:30their review guide so I'm not sure if they're also seeing the same poor performance or they
06:36would if they tested it.
06:37It's also quite surprising that they're not actually testing the most popular game on
06:41Steam.
06:42And things only got worse at 4K, here the new Radeon GPU trailed the 5070 Ti by a 16%
06:49margin only roughly matching the RTX 5070.
06:54Finally we have a game in God of War Ragnarok where the 9070 XT is able to match the 5070
07:00Ti and I wouldn't say it necessarily won at 1440p given it was a mere 1% faster but seeing
07:06RTX 4080 lite performance was impressive.
07:10The 4K margins are really much the same, here the 9070 XT was just 1% slower than the 5070
07:16Ti so again it was able to deliver 7900 XTX and RTX 4080 lite performance so that's very
07:23good.
07:24The Delta Force performance wasn't great, here the 9070 XT averaged 160 FPS which is
07:31certainly great performance but that result meant it was 8% slower than the 5070 Ti and
07:3710% slower than the 7900 XT.
07:40So I'm not sure what went wrong there to see it deliver 4070 super lite performance.
07:46The 4K results were a lot better though, here it matched the 7900 XT so still not an amazing
07:51result in on itself and that did make it 6% slower than the 5070 Ti so overall not a particularly
07:58great game for the new Radeon GPU.
08:02Now the 9070 XT was excellent in Space Marine 2 beating even the 7900 XTX.
08:09Also please note that the Blackwell results aren't wrong, for whatever reason the new
08:13GeForce 50 series performs very poorly in this game and so far Nvidia hasn't been able
08:18to address this so as a result the 9070 XT is 17% faster than the 5070 Ti at 1440p and
08:27then at 4K it ends up being a massive 36% faster and again I really don't know what's
08:33wrong here with the GeForce 50 series, I actually ended up throwing my results out and retesting
08:37this entire game for all GPUs due to a recent update where I thought it changed performance
08:43but really the performance for most of the GPUs is much the same, it's just the Blackwell
08:48GPUs that appear broken and Nvidia really does need to address this.
08:53Star Wars Jedi Survivor has another example for us where the 9070 XT is actually slower
08:58than the 7900 XT at 1440p, albeit by just 2 FPS but perhaps more importantly that meant
09:05it was 12% slower than the 5070 Ti and that margin does shrink slightly to 8% at 4K but
09:13even so just 53 FPS on average means that the 9070 XT was only slightly faster than
09:19the 4070 Ti Super and 7900 XT.
09:24The 9070 XT performs well in a playtail requiem coming in just behind the 7900 XT-X at 1440p
09:31though that did make it 7% slower than the 5070 Ti but I think overall that is a solid
09:37result.
09:38Now at 4K the 9070 XT is 4% slower than the 5070 Ti with 65 FPS on average so the same
09:46level of performance seen from the RTX 4080 and I think that's quite impressive.
09:52Now the Radeon GPUs have always performed well in Cyberpunk 2077 and the 9070 XT thankfully
09:58is no exception, rendering 125 FPS at 1440p allowing it to match the 5070 Ti and that
10:05also made it 11% faster than the 7900 XT.
10:09Again at 4K it pulled slightly ahead of the 5070 Ti albeit by a mere 3% margin but that
10:16meant that it was now 17% faster than the 7900 XT so a great result overall.
10:24Unfortunately though the 9070 XT struggled quite a bit in Dying Light 2 only just beating
10:30the older 7900 XT which saw it come in 12% slower than the 5070 Ti and the 4K data is
10:37much the same.
10:38Here the 9070 XT was again 12% slower than the 5070 Ti though it was also 12% faster
10:44than the 7900 XT.
10:47Call of Duty has always been a positive title for AMD and Black Ops 6 is no exception.
10:52Here the 9070 XT spat out an impressive 118 FPS at 1440p allowing it to roughly match
10:59the 7900 XTX and this saw it beat the 5070 Ti by an impressive 22% margin.
11:06Again at 4K it led the 5070 Ti by a 19% margin again delivering 7900 XTX like performance.
11:14So another excellent result here for the new 9070 XT.
11:19Next up we have Dragon Age the Valguard and this game does use some ray tracing with the
11:24ultra preset but even so the 9070 XT still performed okay coming in 4% slower than the
11:305070 Ti though really we're only looking at roughly 7900 XT performance in this example.
11:37Now at 4K the 9070 XT matched the 4070 Ti Super making it 10% faster than the 7900 XT
11:45but also 10% slower than the 5070 Ti.
11:49Unfortunately Radeon GPUs perform quite poorly relative to the GeForce competition in War
11:55Thunder when using the default DirectX 11 mode.
11:58The 9070 XT was only able to match the 7900 XT making it a massive 31% slower than the
12:055070 Ti at 1440p.
12:09However when we increase the resolution to 4K things change quite dramatically and now
12:14the 9070 XT is very impressive matching the 7900 XTX and 5070 Ti with 227 FPS.
12:24The Spider-Man Remastered performance is pretty disappointing at 1440p the 9070 XT
12:30ended up slower than the 7900 XT and that saw it trail the 5070 Ti by an 8% margin but
12:37as we often see the 4K data is more positive and here it matched the 5070 Ti with 118 FPS.
12:45The Hogwarts Legacy performance looks promising though that is until you realize that despite
12:50being 4% faster than the 5070 Ti at 1440p the 9070 XT is still slower than both the
12:569700 XT and XTX.
13:00That does all change though at 4K and here the 9070 XT managed to outperform not just
13:05the 5070 Ti but also the 7900 XTX with an impressive 87 FPS on average.
13:12The 9070 XT was 5% slower than the 5070 Ti in The Last of Us Part 1 rendering 106 FPS
13:19on average which actually made it a few frames slower than the 7900 XT.
13:25Then at 4K it was 3% slower than the 5070 Ti though it was at least 9% faster than the
13:327900 XT.
13:35Performance in Star Wars Outlaws was decent, here the 9070 XT was just 5% slower than the
13:405070 Ti at 1440p but 13% faster than the 7900 XT.
13:47Then at 4K it basically matched the 5070 Ti and 7900 XTX which meant it was now 21%
13:54faster than the 7900 XT.
13:58Finally we have Starfield and here the 9070 XT was 7% slower than the 5070 Ti at 1440p
14:05as it only delivered 7900 XT light performance.
14:08The 4K data was more favorable but even so it was only able to roughly match the 5070
14:14Ti while just edging out the likes of Nvidia's RTX 4070 Ti Super.
14:21Okay so across the 18 games that I used for testing, the 9070 XT averaged 119 FPS at 1440p
14:30which made it 6% slower than the 5070 Ti and I believe AMD were expecting to see parity
14:36there.
14:37It's not far off mind you but the Radeon GPU was slower overall.
14:42Perhaps more troubling though is the fact that AMD claimed the 9070 XT was on average
14:4737% faster than the 7900 GRE for raster performance but we found just a 20% improvement when looking
14:55at mostly raster performance.
14:58And just as troubling is the fact that the 9070 XT is just 2% faster than the 7900 XT
15:05and 13% slower than the 7900 XTX.
15:10Now at 4K the 9070 XT does look a bit better coming in just 1% slower than the 5070 Ti
15:16and 9% faster than the 7900 XT.
15:20Not exactly amazing performance overall but at $600 it could end up being something pretty
15:24special and we'll look at that in a moment.
15:28Now when it comes to power consumption, the 9070 XT isn't exactly amazing but it's also
15:33not bad.
15:34When compared to RDNA 3, little has changed.
15:38As we just saw, you're roughly getting 7900 XT performance for roughly 7900 XT power consumption.
15:44So we're often looking at around 20% more power usage than the 5070 Ti for slightly
15:50weaker performance.
15:53So when it comes to ray tracing performance, the 9070 XT is generally much better than
15:58RDNA 3 and we see this when comparing with parts such as the 7900 XT and even the XTX.
16:05In Metro Exodus at 1440p, the 9070 XT was 9% slower than the 5070 Ti but it was also
16:1234% faster than the 7900 XT and 12% faster than the XTX.
16:19Then at 4K it trailed the 5070 Ti by a 12% margin and was 18% faster than the 7900 XTX
16:27and a whopping 44% faster than the 7900 XT.
16:32The Outland Wake 2 performance though, it's not good.
16:35But also, it's the first ever Radeon GPU that will allow for over 30FPS at 1440p with
16:40upscaling when using the high ray tracing settings.
16:43So I guess that's something.
16:45It's also a massive 44% performance uplift when compared to the 7900 XTX but despite
16:52that it is still 36% slower than the 5070 Ti.
16:56Then at 4K, the demands are obviously too extreme and even here the 5070 Ti is only
17:02able to average 31FPS.
17:05Now the Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra Ray Tracing performance is quite impressive from the 9070 XT.
17:11At 1440p using upscaling it managed to render 68FPS making it just 8% slower than the 5070
17:19Ti which is an incredible result for a Radeon GPU and that meant it was 24% faster than
17:25the 7900 XTX and 51% faster than the 7900 XT.
17:32As expected though it did struggle at 4K when using upscaling but even so the 9070 XT was
17:3712% slower than the 5070 Ti and then 29% faster than the 7900 XTX.
17:46Despite running into a CPU bottleneck in Spider-Man Remastered, the 9070 XT was still 22% faster
17:52than the 7900 XTX at 1440p.
17:56Then jumping up to 4K sees the 9070 XT trailing the 5070 Ti by just 7% though this also meant
18:03the new Radeon GPU was a few frames slower than the XTX.
18:08Next up we have Dying Light 2 and here the 9070 XT was 14% slower than the 5070 Ti at
18:141440p making it slightly faster than the 7900 XTX which is another great result.
18:21Then at 4K it again just managed to edge out the XTX coming in 29% slower than the
18:275070 Ti.
18:30Black Myth Wukong still isn't too kind to the Radeon GPU.
18:33The 9070 XT rendered just 30fps at 1440p which is an almost 60% boost from the XTX but also
18:42roughly half the performance of the 5070 Ti.
18:46That being the case we don't really need to talk about the 4K results but here they
18:50are anyway.
18:52Finally we have Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and this was a great cluster for the
18:569070 XT just 17fps on average at 1440p with upscaling.
19:02Of course I also ran the numbers at 4K but again as you can see you can just ignore this
19:06data as none of these GPUs are able to deliver playable performance or at least what we would
19:11call playable performance under these conditions.
19:15Ok so here's a look at the average raytracing performance seen at 1440p when generally using
19:20upscaling and here the 9070 XT was 21% slower than the 5070 Ti but an impressive 26% faster
19:28than the 7900 XTX.
19:31So with RDNA4 AMD has made huge strides when it comes to RT performance.
19:37Now a lot of the 4K data was a bust for the 9070 XT though for quite a few titles the
19:425070 Ti was also extremely slow.
19:45Even so we have the data and here the 9070 XT was on average 25% slower than the 5070
19:52Ti.
19:53Now it's time for the all important cost per frame analysis and we'll start with the
19:58elusive MSRP, so the fake MSRP data if you will, at least when it comes to Nvidia's
20:03Blackwell GPUs.
20:05If the 5070 Ti was readily available at $750 US, which it currently isn't, the 9070 XT
20:13is only offering 15% better value, which is reasonable but in the past we've felt AMD
20:19needs to offer 20% better value for a solid review recommendation.
20:24Of course with RDNA4 we're now getting better raytracing performance and FSR4 which we're
20:29in the process of analysing and we'll have a dedicated and highly detailed video for
20:33you shortly.
20:35So perhaps we're at a point where 15% better value can result in a review recommendation,
20:41in fact I'm pretty confident it can now, but I'll talk more about this in a moment.
20:45For now let's look at what is considered to be the real MSRP.
20:50As it stands if AMD can deliver the 9070 XT for $600 US and we've been reliably informed
20:58by multiple sources that they can and will, then as things stand right now, the 9070 XT
21:04will be delivering 29% better value than the 5070 Ti and this is key because we believe
21:10based on sales data evidence that AMD needs to deliver 30% greater value than their nearest
21:16GeForce competitor in order to convert GeForce owners to becoming Radeon owners.
21:24Now if we compare the 9070 XT to the best retail prices from mid 2024 it still looks
21:29very good, delivering nearly 20% better value than the discounted 7900 XT, AMD's best value
21:37offering in this performance range.
21:40It's also 26% better value than the 4070 Ti Super.
21:45So there you have it, the new Radeon RX 9070 XT and I've got to admit this is a difficult
21:50one to sum up.
21:51On one hand I know there's going to be some people who are quite disappointed with the
21:55performance they've seen here, even when keeping the price in mind, and maybe that's on AMD
22:00and their performance claims which I'll get to soon, but I think overall what's on offer
22:05here in the current market is very good and worthy of recommendation.
22:11There's really two main conclusions that you can make here, one being if the 5070 Ti stays
22:16well above MSRP, so typically around $900 US dollars, along with the poor availability,
22:22then at $600 US the 9070 XT is going to be a no brainer.
22:27It's offering almost 30% better value, you would be mad not to buy it.
22:33But the other conclusion being if the 5070 Ti manages to drop down to the MSRP, then
22:39the 9070 XT becomes 20% cheaper to purchase and in terms of cost per frame it's just 15%
22:46better value.
22:47It's a little over 20% slower on average for ray tracing, and then you have to weigh up
22:52the other features, which we're in the process of doing some of that.
22:55I certainly think saving $150 US by going with the 9070 XT is going to be a good idea
23:01for most gamers, but whether or not AMD can convince most gamers of this, well that's
23:06an entirely different story, and historic data would suggest that this isn't enough
23:11to convert GeForce owners.
23:14It's also worth noting that although I've closely compared the 9070 XT's performance
23:18with the 5070 Ti, in terms of pricing it's actually much closer to the standard RTX 5070.
23:26The thing is though, the RTX 5070 sucks.
23:30It's a poor value option with just 12GB of VRAM, so based on that fact alone, I don't
23:35recommend it, and therefore comparing the 9070 XT to a GPU we already don't recommend
23:41seems like a waste of time, and not really a great win for the new 9070 XT.
23:47Also just another side note, for the Radeon 7000 vs GeForce 40 series, Tim and myself
23:54agreed that AMD needed to offer at least 20% better cost per frame value in order for us
24:00to recommend Radeon GPUs.
24:02But with the Radeon 9000 vs GeForce 50 series, we feel this does need to be revised downwards,
24:10probably to 15%, and this is due to the improved raytracing performance and the fact that AMD's
24:14upscaling technology has improved dramatically and should close the gap to DLSS, though we
24:20are still busy investigating if that is indeed the case.
24:24So it's a little too early to call right now, but what we can say is FSR4 is worlds better
24:29than FSR3.
24:31So all of this certainly does help the 9070 XT, at least in our eyes, but what gamers
24:35at large think could be a different story.
24:38And therefore AMD might still need to be targeting a 30% discount again to convert
24:43those GeForce owners.
24:45But what all this means is, in a world where the 9070 XT can be purchased for $600 and
24:51the 5070 Ti $750, it's difficult to recommend one over the other.
24:57There's pros and cons to either choice, which is why we felt for AMD to really crush Nvidia's
25:02midrange to this generation, the 9070 XT would have to hit $550 US.
25:09But if supply of the 5070 Ti remains weak, and therefore prices sky high, the 9070 XT
25:16should win anyway.
25:18So in short, we feel if AMD can maintain a 20% margin to the 5070 Ti, as in 20% better
25:25cost per frame, then the 9070 XT will be the obvious choice in our opinion.
25:31No need to toss up between the two, just get the Radeon GPU for that nice discount.
25:36Now to change gears for a moment, I'm a bit concerned that AMD has managed to once
25:40again set the wrong expectations, this time of course for the 9070 XT, by comparing it
25:46to the GRE and then quoting what looks to be heavily inflated numbers, at least when
25:51compared to our own independent testing.
25:54AMD claimed that the 9070 XT was an average 35% faster than the GRE for raster performance
26:00at 1440p, but in reality we found it to be just 20% faster.
26:06Different sample of games of course, but some examples, AMD claimed a 39% improvement in
26:11Dragon Age, but I only got 25%, then 32% in Starfield, but I only saw 20%, and 29% better
26:18performance in Stalker, whereas I only saw 16% better performance.
26:23So perhaps in the games without built in benchmarks, AMD is testing in an area with a lighter load.
26:29I'm not really sure how the numbers differ so much, but in reality AMD's numbers make
26:34the GRE appear much slower than it really is, or of course the 9070 XT are much faster
26:40than it really is.
26:42The fact is a 35% boost over the GRE would make the 9070 XT as fast as the 7900 XTX and
26:494080 Super based on our data, and I did see many people claiming that would indeed be
26:54the case based on AMD's first party benchmark results.
26:59We believe AMD was set to charge at least $650 US for the 9070 XT, and they were under
27:04the impression that that would be a great price, and this would make sense if it really
27:09was 35% faster than the GRE and able to match or even beat the 5070 Ti.
27:14So like what we saw with the release of the Ryzen 7 9700X, I'm not really sure how AMD
27:20is doing their internal testing.
27:23Okay so I'm going to stand for this bit because I'm not really sure how real the $600 US
27:28MSRP is, and this is because I've done some digging around and it sounds like while there
27:33will be some stock available at the MSRP, in order to achieve this AMD's providing retailers
27:40a $50 US rebate.
27:41This is sort of a temporary thing, or it could be, and this suggests that the price was intended
27:46to be at least $650 US.
27:49That's ultimately what AMD want for this product, but at least for now AMD are subsidizing some
27:55models so they can hit that $600 US MSRP, but it's going to be I imagine in limited
28:01numbers.
28:02XFX for example have told me that the 9070 Mercury, the model we featured in this video,
28:07this guy right here, this one won't be selling at the $650 US MSRP.
28:14Won't even cost $700, rather the actual MSRP from XFX for this one is a whopping $770 US.
28:23And on shelf pricing for the US, because of tariffs and all that fun stuff, it's expected
28:29to be $850 US.
28:31So that's a bit tragic if true.
28:34Now based on the information I have been able to gather, it does sound as though AMD is
28:39starting to play the game.
28:40That is of course NVIDIA's game.
28:42So this means the $600 US MSRP might not really be a thing beyond sort of the initial very
28:49limited supply of MSRP models.
28:52And that leaves everything else well above $600.
28:56And restocks of those MSRP models let's say are expected to be few and far between.
29:03So I think how this is going to ultimately play out will depend on how sales go.
29:08AMD does have a lot of 9070 series stock, so if sales are slow after the initial demand
29:15then I'm sure they will keep those rebates going.
29:17But of course we'll just have to wait and see how that one plays out.
29:20Anyway, as things stand, no pun intended, the Radeon RX 9070 XT is a great offering
29:27that we expect will sell extremely well at $600.
29:31But hitting that price is certainly in question at this point in time.
29:35So again we have to see how that one plays out before I suppose ultimately making our
29:39decision on how successful this product has been.
29:42But yeah, at the $600 if they can do that, it's good.
29:47And if they do manage to sell out, so if the pricing is good and AMD sell all of the stock
29:53that they have, what that means is they will have sold considerably more 9070 XTs than
29:59Nvidia has 5090s, 5080s, 5070s and 5070 Ti's combined.
30:05So that's pretty crazy.
30:07And on that bombshell, I'm going to end this video.
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