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Resistance is Futile - AMD RX 9070 Borg Armada - OcUK Kings of Stock (1000's in stock)
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From reviews the 5070 ti is more efficient than the AMD counterpart using on average 100w less power for similar performance. 5070ti will pay for itself over time
The card is great! I do regret the price!
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@Gibbo Is the RX9070XT Reaper stock in decent amount or is there far more of the Pulse?
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When/if nvidia actually have stock, it won't be an issue.
I was going to pick one up here in the US tomorrow, but screw it: don't want to deal with the admin and will be too jet lagged to think about schleping down to MC in the morning EST. Just going to buy one at OCUK amd have it delivered to inlaws.
If the first part of your sentence was true then the second part could become true.
But don't believe the first part. There is no way a company is distributing/selling these (or any) product for any less than a 20% markup, typically much much higher. They aren't a charity (or a forum
) but a company and they have big overheads that demands revenue and profit to stay in business. This is not a criticism, it's the way business works. It's disingenuous to say otherwise.Back on the subject of the 9070XT, I'm tempted to get one for my lad to replace the 1080Ti but I think his i7 4790k system might hold it back a bit!
it would take a hell of a long time.
100w seems a lot??
This review only shows a 37w difference between the two on average:
Radeon RX 9070 XT (ASUS TUF OC) review (Page 5)
We review the Radeon RX 9070 XT (ASUS TUF OC). The most striking improvement lies in the number of AI and ray tracing (RT) accelerators, which have seen a noticeable boost compared to previous generations. The RX 9070 XT packs 64 RDNA 4 compute units, 64 RT accelerators, and 128 AI accelerators.
www.guru3d.com
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You've been here since 2009 and DONT KNOW what the burger is ??Where've you been hiding under a rock ? (no offence)
Eh, of course, I know, silly. I was just checking to see if you do too. Like, some people pretend to know about the "burger", but they really don't!
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Which reviews are suggesting a 100W difference? The largest I've seen is Techpowerup, which used the Nitro+ for their review. And even that only put the difference at 72W.
Though it's worth noting that even if the difference was 100W, It would take a long time for the power savings to make up the £180 difference in MSRP. 7,200 hours at 25p per kWh. The payback time is almost 14 years at 10 hours of gaming per week, or over 9 years at 15 hours of gaming per week.
Having been a Sapphire Nitro+ XT user for my previous 2 cards, this time I'm looking at the 9070 XT Pulse. Does the Pulse have a dual BIOS? I can't see it listed in any of the specs, but then again the Nitro + doesn't seem to mention it either and I'm pretty sure I read that it did.
Whose army is going to force everyone in the chain to stick to msrp when stock evaporates at launch.
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This guy says no re: dual bios -
None of the Sapphire 9000 cards have dual bios from what I have seen.
XFX cards may have highest power limit, see table here in TPU review. When I looked at XT images even lowest version of each (ie Mecury/Swift) has dual bios, so reckon all may have.
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Retailers claim they can't buy AMD RX 9070 series GPUs at MSRP - OC3D
Retailers are unable to purchase Radeon RX 9070 series GPUs at AMD's MSRP price. Is AMD's MSRP real?
You'd need to be hiding under a rock for a really long time to think it's something special or copied or recent.
I can still distinctly recall polaris launching with a batch of AMD sponsored stock to guarantee the $199 MSRP would happen and that it was so scuffed the $199 4GB cards were actually 8GB cards hiding under a BIOS.
AMD doesn't sell cards so sponsored stock at launch is the most obvious time MSRP happens. Then whenever they feel like it after that.
Nvidia competes with its partners and sells its own cards so they can divert chips to themselves to sell at "MSRP" whenever they feel like propping up the MSRP claim.
I can still distinctly recall polaris launching with a batch of AMD sponsored stock to guarantee the $199 MSRP would happen and that it was so scuffed the $199 4GB cards were actually 8GB cards hiding under a BIOS.
AMD doesn't sell cards so sponsored stock at launch is the most obvious time MSRP happens. Then whenever they feel like it after that.
Nvidia competes with its partners and sells its own cards so they can divert chips to themselves to sell at "MSRP" whenever they feel like propping up the MSRP claim.