We’re mere weeks away from the launch of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, with the cardboard set to be formally unveiled in all its glory at an occasion on February 28, 2025. Nonetheless, one probably fortunate purchaser could possibly be getting the brand new graphics card early, due to an obvious slip up by Amazon Canada.
With the RX 9070 XT set to be AMD‘s most performant finest graphics card choice out of its upcoming RDNA 4 gaming GPUs, there’s each likelihood it will likely be in enormous demand when it arrives. For one Canadian purchaser, although, the scramble for inventory come launch day could possibly be of no concern in any respect.
The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT itemizing appeared on Amazon.ca the place it was snapped up by Reddit person, MrDrCardiologist, who took to Reddit to indicate a screenshot of the order they’d simply made.
MrDrCardiologist revealed they’d paid $1,360 CAD for the cardboard, which is roughly $960 USD, so that they seemingly paid a premium for this early entry card, in comparison with the rumored RX 9070 XT worth. That mentioned, whereas we had beforehand anticipated the cardboard to be priced within the area of $550-$750 {dollars}, latest rumors have recommended some playing cards could possibly be promoting for as excessive as $849, so the premium this purchaser paid may not be all that prime. We’ve additionally seen costs for Nvidia’s RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 playing cards skyrocket since launch, on account of demand remaining so excessive.
Regardless, it’s presently unclear if Amazon has or will honor the acquisition and ship the cardboard early. MrDrCardiologist has additionally indicated that they’re uncertain if they may cancel the order themselves or return the cardboard, saying “Unsure I’ll maintain the order, I guess it’ll most likely be canceled however I’m simply pleased I used to be in a position to get one thing in case it’s an excellent product.”
MrDrCardiologist goes on to level out that their resolution of whether or not or to not maintain the cardboard will partly come right down to how the efficiency of the cardboard pans out. Notably, they level out that the choice gained’t come right down to the much-rumored improved ray tracing efficiency of AMD’s newest GPU structure however will as an alternative depend upon conventional rasterized efficiency, with them saying “if it’s near the 5080 in raster it would find yourself being price it.”
The cardboard in query is the Sapphire Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC, which seems to be an overclocked, souped-up model of the GPU. The itemizing additionally notes the cardboard contains 16GB of GDDR6 VRAM, which is according to rumors and would match the anticipated VRAM of the RTX 5070 Ti, however be greater than the 12GB anticipated VRAM of the RTX 5070.
Whereas the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT reveal date is about for February 28, AMD has confirmed you gained’t be capable of really purchase the cardboard till “early March.” So, when you await these dates to roll round, why not take a look at our RTX 5080 evaluation to get a way of the options and efficiency of Nvidia’s nearest rival card that’s already accessible.
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