The 7900XT was reviewed as over priced, i agree it was.
But the 7900XTX was lumped in the same over priced category despite being 47% faster than the 6900XT its replaced for the same $999, the problem is reviewers like HUB expect
AMD to do
what ever it takes to make Nvidia cards cheaper and being at the time 5% faster than the 4080 and 20% cheaper isn't anything like enough, so they hate on it.
While at the same time give a card with the same amount of VRam, 20% faster for 60% more money a glowing backside kissing review. and they wonder why people call them Nvidia fanboys?
I think it just seems like the 7900XTX was worse than it actually was because quite a few people gave it such a bad review because it didn't meet their expectations of metering Nvidia.
Look the RX 7600 was originally meant to be $329, the same price as the RX 6600 its replaced, like the 7900XTX vs 6900XT, after being told over and over again the other two GPU's were too expensive and would be given a bad review, HUB told them again this now was too expensive, so this time AMD listened and dropped it to $299, HUB told them its still too expensive, so AMD dropped it to $270, now 20% cheaper than the card its replaced at 27% faster HUB gave it a bad review for being over priced.
Mean while they actually gave the 4080 a card now 70% more expensive than its predecessor at £1200 a mixed review, its quite telling they did not draw any conclusions on its value until the 7900XTX. So they did not give it a value conclution based on its own merits, on that its shocking, instead the wait for AMD's card and hate on that if it didn't meet their standards giving the 4080 a free pass.
That is the sheer ####### state of modern tech journalism.
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