I bought a XFX Swift AMD Radeon RX 9060XT 16GB OC model - for $349.99 MSRP. I wasn't even looking at launch - I randomly ordered it off Amazon during my lunch break.
Probably the best availability of a GPU launch in recent memory. It actually was obtainable without spamming refresh.
Just gotta hope the summer heat cools down gaming GPU demand a bit... but that's probably wishful thinking if nV is cutting production for gamers since AMD/Intel can't hope to make up the difference.
$10000 for a prosumer GPU or $20000 for a AI/DC GPU versus $2000 for similar gaming GPU. Yeah, I know where I'd allocate my wafers.
Hint: nVidia is cutting GeForce production to allocate more wafers towards the high margin parts.
AMD: They could sell 357mm^2 dies for <$600 (9070XT) or they...
Just a cool $10000 for your RTX 6000 Pro Blackwell GPU with the full fat GB202 die.
Highlights:
He calls it 12V High Failure power connector
TERRIBLE coil whine when under load
Puts RTX 5090 owners in their place - tells them they got the "garbage" (i.e. reject dies) with their $2000 mid-range...
No issues for me yet. I have a 14700K on Z690 Ace and a 14600K on a Z690 Carbon (both MSI boards) on latest BIOS with no evidence of degradation yet. They run lightly threaded workloads including F@H.
Playing DOOM: The Dark Ages on my 9070XT and it is a great experience even while streaming to twitch. Zero frame drops, good quality stream.
I should have a 5070 Ti later this week to compare to but considering the 9070 XT beats the 5080 it's really not a fair fight.
Ideally you will have a dual rank kit of 64GB or 96GB and just run it at 6000 CL28 or similar. It's a lot easier to run 6000-6100 and takes low vSOC and runs cool.
You can always take a faster kit and downclock it. I have a 6400 CL32 kit in my main rig and run it at 6000 CL28 (really 6030...
Latest AM5 build:
9600X on a Gigabyte B650M Gaming Plus Wifi with an AMD Wraith Prism RGB cooler, 32GB of DDR4-6400 CL36 with XMP profile loaded, and 2200 FCLK, 1:1 UCLK:MCLK.
Just to see if even bargain bin boards can do it.
576.02 is causing issues for one of my F@H rigs. Temp reading is inconsistent and will say it is 36C when clearly not (F@H) and causing fans to go at 100% on any load. It's a Gigabyte card and none of the other RTX 5070s (PNY and MSI) are doing it.
Hopefully the next major driver update fixes...
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