Maybe AMD is cheaper at Mindfactory than other resellers, and with NVidia it’s the other way around?
At least in EU it just could have been just the right pricing with models in 800-900 EUR for 9070XT. Still outrageous price…
Then you have 5070 that’s the “low” model of 50s Nvidia that only maching 9070XT with “you can do AI and RTX” and 5080 arguably better than 9070XT, but in most cases over 1k EUR.
the RX 9070 XT starts at ~590 € and the sales data is just for the last week
It’s really good. I can see the 9070 and the XT being GTX 970 and GTX 1060 levels of long term relevance in gaming PCs
Currently running a GTX1060 and it’s such a workhorse, my gosh.
Got my RX 9070 on the way :)
With the rise of PC handhelds and cutting edge graphics not seeming like a great selling point anymore, I think you’ll be golden for about a decade like that 1060. Maybe more because of the rise of PC handhelds and the Switch 2 and future Switch 3
This 1060 is being sold (cheap) as well so I hope it lives another 10 years in retirement 😄
I use AMD mainly because FLOSS values closer to mine than NVIDIA, but I wish nearly everything in late-stage capitalism wasn’t a duopoly. Really a monopoly when the oligarchs own them both via multinational asset managers. I agree with the comments about older cards and the future of gaming though, I think the AMD vs NVIDIA conversation is going to move away from gaming as CUDA vs ROCm continues to evolve.
Is this just this week’s exception or is this representative of the retail market?
Might just be a personal perspective, but the majority of Nvidia cards that I’ve seen purchased in my community (Not in germany tho) are second hand - most aren’t buying the 50 series due to their horrible pricing. People are buying AMD cards new though due to their good value proposition.
The power consumption of the 50xx cards is just insane, and this makes it a bad choice in Germany where electricity prices are very high. This means I have to pay a premium for the card, extra for the excessive power demands and potentially extra in summer to keep my gaming room cool.
That is an important aspect I didn’t consider, good catch.
American don’t think about that. Same reason poor people buy V8 pickups then complain about being poor.
Great card. I am surprised how well this card performs on Bazzite.
I saw a Black Friday sale for a 5080 for around €1k, a decent OC model too. I have no interest in supporting NVIDIA or their fire hazards with the way they’ve been acting.
It’s an obscene price to pay for a GPU no matter how fast it is.
NVIDIA made like 4 billion on gaming GPUs and like 58 billion on AI GPUs last quarter. I’m sure 80% of those gaming GPUs were used for AI as well. To them it’s likely irrelevant how they’re doing in the gaming market.
