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Sapphire so far the only company to launch AMD reference Radeon RX 7800 XT GPU

https://videocardz.com/newz/sapphire-so-far-the-only-company-to-launch-amd-reference-radeon-rx-7800-xt-gpu

Not that it's a bad thing since Radeons reference design has been quite bad this generation.

MSI Z790 MAX motherboards come with 10% price hike, Z790 GODLIKE MAX to retail at $1,299

https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-z790-max-motherboards-come-with-10-price-hike-z790-godlike-max-to-retail-at-1299

Feels like spending so much on a EoL platform is a waste

Well, the cooler of the 7900 cards wasn't great but, other than the ones with the broken vapor chambers, it was "just fine". The reference cooler for the 7600 was also enough, so maybe this one will also be just ok.
If it makes the card cheaper, I don't see anything wrong with it, as long as it's able to keep the card cool and it's not too loud.

That MSI motherboard is stupidly expensive, even more so one that's nothing more than an updated design.

Yea but it rarely does make it cheaper is the issue. The reference designs are usually limited and aren't always the cheapest and worst of all is they hand out the reference coolers as giveaways and such. So does Nvidia but Nvidia's Founders Edition coolers perform just as well as top end AIB coolers so when you win one of those, you would actually want to keep it. If I gotten a 7900xtx starfield edition free for example, I'd rather sell it and buy a cooler that won't make my ears hurt.

It's kind of a shame because RDNA 2 reference coolers were pretty good and easily up there with Nvidias founders editions.