We’re mere weeks away from the launch of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, with the cardboard set to be formally unveiled in all its glory at an occasion on February 28, 2025. Nonetheless, one probably fortunate purchaser may very well be getting the brand new graphics card early, because of an obvious slip up by Amazon Canada.
With the RX 9070 XT set to be AMD‘s most performant finest graphics card choice out of its upcoming RDNA 4 gaming GPUs, there’s each probability it will likely be in big demand when it arrives. For one Canadian purchaser, although, the scramble for inventory come launch day may very well be of no concern in any respect.
The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT itemizing appeared on Amazon.ca the place it was snapped up by Reddit person, MrDrCardiologist, who took to Reddit to point out a screenshot of the order they’d simply made.
MrDrCardiologist revealed they’d paid $1,360 CAD for the cardboard, which is roughly $960 USD, in order that they seemingly paid a premium for this early entry card, in comparison with the rumored RX 9070 XT value. That mentioned, whereas we had beforehand anticipated the cardboard to be priced within the area of $550-$750 {dollars}, latest rumors have steered some playing cards may very well be promoting for as excessive as $849, so the premium this purchaser paid won’t be all that prime. We’ve additionally seen costs for Nvidia’s RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 playing cards skyrocket since launch, as a consequence of demand remaining so excessive.
Regardless, it’s presently unclear if Amazon has or will honor the acquisition and ship the cardboard early. MrDrCardiologist has additionally indicated that they’re uncertain if they’ll cancel the order themselves or return the cardboard, saying “Unsure I’ll hold the order, I guess it’ll most likely be canceled however I’m simply glad I used to be capable of get one thing in case it’s a very good product.”
MrDrCardiologist goes on to level out that their choice of whether or not or to not hold the cardboard will partially come right down to how the efficiency of the cardboard pans out. Notably, they level out that the choice received’t come right down to the much-rumored improved ray tracing efficiency of AMD’s newest GPU structure however will as an alternative rely on conventional rasterized efficiency, with them saying “if it’s near the 5080 in raster it’d find yourself being price it.”
The cardboard in query is the Sapphire Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC, which seems to be an overclocked, souped-up model of the GPU. The itemizing additionally notes the cardboard contains 16GB of GDDR6 VRAM, which is in keeping with rumors and would match the anticipated VRAM of the RTX 5070 Ti, however be greater than the 12GB anticipated VRAM of the RTX 5070.
Whereas the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT reveal date is ready for February 28, AMD has confirmed you received’t be capable of really purchase the cardboard till “early March.” So, when you look ahead to these dates to roll round, why not take a look at our RTX 5080 evaluation to get a way of the options and efficiency of Nvidia’s nearest rival card that’s already accessible.
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