News XFX RX 7900 XTX Briefly Surfaces On Amazon At $100 Over MSRP

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[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

As there are no reference edition 7900 series cards, AMD's SRP is even more meaningless as ever.

 

[TechieTwo]

Asrock has released their RX-7900 series card basic details so it looks like they should be available soon.

https://www.asrock.com/news/index.asp?iD=5060


More details at the bottom of the above link.

 

[JarredWaltonGPU]

As there are no reference edition 7900 series cards, AMD's SRP is even more meaningless as ever.

What is that supposed to mean? Are you saying there won't be sufficient quantity? Because there are definitely reference RX 7900 XTX/XT cards coming, both from AMD as well as its partners.

 

[InvalidError]

Wonder what the sales for 3rd-best GPU near $1000 are going to be like. I hope the market tells manufacturers that $1000+ for 2nd/3rd-best is far too much by letting stock pile up in inventories until a massive price correction is issued.

 

[Coffee Fueled Curmudgeon]

Wonder what the sales for 3rd-best GPU near $1000 are going to be like. I hope the market tells manufacturers that $1000+ for 2nd/3rd-best is far too much by letting stock pile up in inventories until a massive price correction is issued.

This will just drive a lot more people to consoles, especially once the mid-range bang-for-buck sweet spot for the overwhelming majority of consumers turns out to be £600-800 for cards that used to be £400-600. At this rate even the £300 budget cards will be a turn off.

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

What is that supposed to mean? Are you saying there won't be sufficient quantity? Because there are definitely reference RX 7900 XTX/XT cards coming, both from AMD as well as its partners.

The only reference edition products I've seen is Sapphire's Made By AMD duo, and I haven't seen anything that says reference edition products would be available at launch, or that any AIB other than Sapphire is even making a strictly reference edition.

Also, it means that SRP only applies to reference edition products, AIBs are free to tack on anything they want, and retailers can add on anything they want on top of that, so like the promised "Socket AM5 motherboards starting at $125", the $1000 and $900 cards won't be seen, especially at launch if the rumors of near zero stock as well as typical scalper bot buys occur.

 

[InvalidError]

the $1000 and $900 cards won't be seen, especially at launch if the rumors of near zero stock as well as typical scalper bot buys occur.

Nvidia outsells AMD by a margin of about 10:1 if the last quarter's numbers are to be believed. I think scalpers are going to be quite wary of buying 3rd-best GPUs after getting burnt on the RTX4080, especially if Nvidia drops prices in response to the 7900s' launch as it is expected to. There won't be much profit to be had for scalpers on $1000+ 7900s once the unsold RTX4080s they are sitting on get an official drop to $1000.

 

[digitalgriffin]

Being able to readily overclock a decent amount with sustained boost are a thing of the past unless you use water. Everything this gen looks like it's pushed to the bleeding edge.

Reference designs have also come a long way. $100 for maybe 3-5% improvement simply isn't worth it. Even $999 is a lot of money in this economy. Going over that is going to have a lot of people look twice. It's a psychological barrier.

That said I'm also disappointed in the rumor mill. 60% uplift over a 6950 isn't near the 100%+ I heard tossed around a lot. AMD hype strikes again. While the price is okay (compared to nividia) I'm still waiting for the gpu that shows Nvidia is all over hype.

 

[Old_grumpy]

Wonder what the sales for 3rd-best GPU near $1000 are going to be like. I hope the market tells manufacturers that $1000+ for 2nd/3rd-best is far too much by letting stock pile up in inventories until a massive price correction is issued.

How are you ranking the top 3 $1000 cards? Not sure if you’re saying the 7900xtx is best or 3rd best?

 

[InvalidError]

How are you ranking the top 3 $1000 cards? Not sure if you’re saying the 7900xtx is best or 3rd best?

If you care about RT, then the RX7900XXX would be 3rd, possibly 4th behind the RTX4080-12GB/4070Ti. If you don't, then it is probably 2nd behind the RTX4090.

I'm counting the RTX4090 in this category because if you spread your wallet wide enough to pop $1000 out, $1500 isn't a much further stretch from that and most people shopping in the $1000+ price bracket don't like to settle for 2nd best, as shown by the RTX4080's horrible sales.

 

[The Historical Fidelity]

If you care about RT, then the RX7900XXX would be 3rd, possibly 4th behind the RTX4080-12GB/4070Ti. If you don't, then it is probably 2nd behind the RTX4090.

I'm counting the RTX4090 in this category because if you spread your wallet wide enough to pop $1000 out, $1500 isn't a much further stretch from that and most people shopping in the $1000+ price bracket don't like to settle for 2nd best, as shown by the RTX4080's horrible sales.

You mean $1600. It would help your case if you at least seem like you know what you are talking about. The 4080 isn’t selling because it’s $1200 msrp and the 4090 has ~70% more performance but is only 33.3% more expensive. The 7900xtx’s $1000 msrp is definitely an advantage if it beats the 4080 in raster.

 

[InvalidError]

The 7900xtx’s $1000 msrp is definitely an advantage if it beats the 4080 in raster.

It may beat it at raster but likely lose at everything else. Keep in mind that Nvidia is out-selling AMD roughly 10:1 despite costing $100-200 extra for a given raster performance point, which means about 90% of the market won't be wooed by AMD being only $200 cheaper for similar raster performance and much worse everything else.

 

[Giroro]

How much X is too much x for the name of a product?
The answer is 5x. 5 Xes is an excessive amount of X's.

 

[KyaraM]

Wonder what the sales for 3rd-best GPU near $1000 are going to be like. I hope the market tells manufacturers that $1000+ for 2nd/3rd-best is far too much by letting stock pile up in inventories until a massive price correction is issued.

I'm afraid that, seeing how AMD fanboys already clamor for people to "don't buy the 4080, vote with your wallet and ghet the FX7900XTX!", I have a feeling they will sell far better than they should...

 

[Old_grumpy]

If you care about RT, then the RX7900XXX would be 3rd, possibly 4th behind the RTX4080-12GB/4070Ti. If you don't, then it is probably 2nd behind the RTX4090.

I'm counting the RTX4090 in this category because if you spread your wallet wide enough to pop $1000 out, $1500 isn't a much further stretch from that and most people shopping in the $1000+ price bracket don't like to settle for 2nd best, as shown by the RTX4080's horrible sales.

That makes 0 sense. That’s like saying look at the best $400 card but you include $500 cards because at that point if you skip a few Starbucks coffees you can afford $500.

$1600 or $1800 isn’t $999.

 

[Maebius]

I didn't catch the listing, but another one that was also discovered, wasn't sold by Amazon (EU), but from one of their other sellers' partner/storefronts.
Some of them are quite scalp-y anyway so it's expected.

 

[InvalidError]

$1600 or $1800 isn’t $999.

IMO, you'd have to be nuts to spend $1000 on a GPU for non-professional use and if you have enough disposable income to afford a $1000 GPU, $1600 shouldn't be much of a stretch. We're not in the budget-conscious sub-$500 segment anymore.

 

[Devoteicon]

I remember a time when $1000+ was reserved for the best of the best. They do realize we're on the brink of a recession, right?

 

[InvalidError]

I remember a time when $1000+ was reserved for the best of the best. They do realize we're on the brink of a recession, right?

Let the stacks of unsold stock in warehouses jog their memory.

 

[MiniITXEconomy]

Had nothing but overheating issues with my XFX 6700 XT, so... no thanks!