*** The AMD RDNA 4 Rumour Mill ***

[uscool]

Indeed. As stated in the post you quoted It looks like it is going to be a 16gb 7900xtx with better power efficiency and slightly better RT. Anything over £600 will be a disappointment really. Over £700 will be a **** take.

I think starting at £550 would be golden and would hopefully start to eat into 5070ti sales. Id certainly consider one over a 5070ti at that price.

And what are you willing to pay for the 5070ti ? £800+ ?

 

[SuperElectric]

If we use the most recent set of graphs from the 5070 Ti review, it will look something like this:

 

[SuperElectric]

If anyone is concerned about the massive drop in relative RT performance between the Sapphire 7900 GRE review (Feb 2024) and the MSI 5070 TI Ventus Review (Feb 2025), Techpowerup changed the RT suite of games as follows:

Removed:
A Plague Tale Requiem
F1 23
Far Cry 6
Spider-Man Remastered

Added:
F1 24
Resident Evil 4
Silent Hill 2

In both reviews:
Alan Wake 2
Cyberpunk 2077
Doom Eternal
Elden Ring
Hogwarts Legacy
Ratchet & Clank

For the games that are common in both reviews, you can look at the individual results to see that actual FPS for the 7900 GRE is about the same, although I've only compared a few. I don't think the AMD cards are being intentionally nerfed, just imo.

 

[Besty]

I thought AMD had already started shipping back around January.

they did but we don't know how many and also the Nvidia launches have been total disaster zones for shipments.

 

[nomadd]

We back on the hype train?

For two weeks - until it collides with the disappointment train.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

For two weeks - until it collides with the disappointment train.

Blackwell derails due to faulty ROPS and crashes into AMD Maglev hype train.

 

[muzzydark]

If anyone is concerned about the massive drop in relative RT performance between the Sapphire 7900 GRE review (Feb 2024) and the MSI 5070 TI Ventus Review (Feb 2025), Techpowerup changed the RT suite of games as follows:

Removed:
A Plague Tale Requiem
F1 23
Far Cry 6
Spider-Man Remastered

Added:
F1 24
Resident Evil 4
Silent Hill 2

In both reviews:
Alan Wake 2
Cyberpunk 2077
Doom Eternal
Elden Ring
Hogwarts Legacy
Ratchet & Clank

For the games that are common in both reviews, you can look at the individual results to see that actual FPS for the 7900 GRE is about the same, although I've only compared a few. I don't think the AMD cards are being intentionally nerfed, just imo.

That absolutely makes sense. Adding modern games and removing outdated games from the basket shows more realistic results.

 

[kieran_read]

Since it's looking more and more like I'll be going the 9070 XT route (rather than a 5080 or 5070Ti) I am left with the question, do I buy at release or wait 3+ months for AMD to drop the price significantly?

At least this question is easy to answer with Nvidia, they're not going to drop the price in the next 2 years let alone the next few months! Plus, right now, you can't get an Nvidia GPU for anything like MSRP.

Depends on want vs need.

I want not need, I wouldn't mind playing some games i've had on the backburner like CP77 but i'm also not desperate to playing them next week, so ill be waiting. If I can get one for around 600-700 i'll consider it, if they're more than that ill wait.

 

[humbug]

If we use the most recent set of graphs from the 5070 Ti review, it will look something like this:

Nothing wrong with any of that, it pretty good if its a £600 GPU. the 5070 is going to cost about the same an be nowhere near this good.